Questions asked in SBI PO Prelims Exam: 1st July First Shift

Questions asked in SBI PO Prelims Exam: 1st July First Shift

Quantitative Aptitude 

Qs.1) 59, 60, 61, 64, 79, 185, 1129

Sol -  185 wrong- take difference..1,1,3,15,106,944 (×1,×3,×5,×7,×9)

Qs.2) 26,27,34,58,106,186,306

Sol - 27 wrong- same take difference

Qs.3) 330,80,280,120,250,130,240

Sol - 130 wrong

Qs. 4) 1, 3, 9, 31, 129, 652, 3913

Ans - 653

Qs. 5) 291, 147, 75, 39, 22, 12, 7.5

Ans - 22

Miscellaneous Questions

1. Sum of ages of A and B is 88, 8 years ago. The age of A 18 years ago and age of B 6 years ago is same. What is the age of A after 2 years?

Sol -

A+B=104
A-18=B-6
B..consider xx
A=104-x
(104-x)-18=x-6
Solve x=46
104-46=58yrs

Age of A two years from now...so 58+2=60 years

Partnership Qs -

Sample Questions -

3 partners – A, B, and C – invested in a business through different means – cash capital, land assets and equity certificates. Cash invested by the 3 were in the proportion 2:3:7 respectively; land assets were invested in the ratio 4:3:5 respectively; and equity certificates were invested in proportion 1:5:4 respectively.

Qs 1) If total cash investment was Rs. 42 lakhs, total land worth invested was Rs. 93 lakhs, total value of equity certificates was Rs. 65 lakhs, and all invested for the same time, then what will be profit share of ‘A’ if the total profit at the end of 1^st cycle is Rs. 1.5 crores?

Qs 2) In the next cycle the investments made were doubled but in the same proportion as in the previous cycle. However, the period they were invested changed for this cycle. A invested for 10 months, B invested for 2.5 years and C invested for 20 months. What is C’s approximate profit share if the total profit this time was Rs.3 crores?

Reasoning Ability

Linear Arrangement

Sample Questions - 

Seven people – P, Q, R, S, T, U and V – are sitting in a straight line with equal distance between each other, but not necessarily in the same order. Some of them are facing north and some are facing south. 

Only two people are sitting to the left of V. Only two people sit between V and Q. P sits second to the left of Q. The immediate neighbors of P face opposite directions. Only one person sits between P and R. U sits third to the left of R. S is not an immediate neighbor of Q. Both the immediate neighbors of R face the same direction. P faces the same direction as R. T faces north. Q sits on the immediate left of T.

English Language 

Reading Comprehension - Passage asked in SBI PO 1st shift 

According to the diaper maker Unicharm, in Japan, adult diapers now outsell baby diapers. That’s because a quarter of the country’s population is 65 or older. By 2060, that proportion will hit 40 per cent.

What adjustments have to be made when so many people grow old simultaneously? To take one example, after a recent surge in accidents involving older drivers, the government began testing the Robot Shuttle, an autonomous bus intended for use in rural areas, where Japan’s shrinking pains have hurt the most. Other tweaks include slowing down escalators and equipping shopping carts with magnifying glasses.

It’s long been observed that Japan’s ageing doesn’t bode well for its economy. Lots of old people mean a financial drainon both the private and public sectors, as health-care and pension costs skyrocket and productivity declines. But the news isn’t all bad: Amid this elder boom, a new, 100 trillion yen ($800 billion) consumer category has emerged, known as “the silver market.”

Millions of Japanese seniors who have long been saving for retirement find themselves at the centre of a commercial bonanza. The products vying for their attention range from Docomo’s Raku-Raku 4, a smartphone that’s “easier to hear” and also has jumbo screen icons, to Fujisoft’s Palro, a $6,000 “carebot” that combats dementia through trivia games and fitness drills. Even video-game arcades, long a bastion of youth, are wooing golden-agers with benches for resting; arcade staffers are encouraged to get certified as senior-friendly “service assistants.”

The most intriguing product, though, may be engay food. Engay is Japanese for “swallowing,” something that can become increasingly difficult as people age: More Japanese now die each year from choking than in traffic accidents.

Instead of settling for, say, a cup of Ensure-brand pudding, throw some cooked salmon in a blender. Then, with a little help from modern chemistry, mold the resulting pink puree back into the shape of a fillet, and add “grill” marks with a propane torch. Presto: salmon that looks like it was plated in a restaurant and almost tastes that way, minus the flaky texture.

The thing that makes this culinary alchemy possible is a gelling agent called Softia G, one of many nutritional-therapy products from Japan’s Nutri Co. Softia G allows cooks to reshape pureed food into something resembling its original form, but with a texture that goes down easy. Almost any dish can get the engay treatment, from dumplings to mochi cakes. The technique has been widely featured on cooking blogs and has given rise to its own cookbook and cooking contest. Even the fancy Hotel New Otani Osaka now uses it to prepare meals for geriatric guests.

Nutri hopes to bring engay food to the rest of the world, though it’s not clear how the rest of the world would respond. “This is gorgeous stuff, but you have to be practical,” says Howard Rosenberg, the director of food services at the Resort Nursing Home in Queens, New York. “Putting a glaze on salmon with a blowtorch … You can’t have an open flame in a nursing facility.”

The contrast between the American and Japanese approaches to food is stark. “It’s a difference of cultures,” explains Koichi Yanagisawa, a marketing executive for Nutri. America serves its eldest residents mush; Japan serves them salmon à la torche.

 Note:

Antonym of 'HURT'

Synonym of 'Drain