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SBI Clerk Prelims 2020 – Reasoning Ability 
 
Direction (1-5): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions given below: 
 
There are eight employees of a company and all of them 
are working on eight different designation of a bank viz. 
Chairman, CFO, GM, DGM, AGM, Manager, Junior Manager 
and Clerk. All the designations given are to be considered 
in a given order (as Chairman is considered as Senior-
most and Clerk is considered as the Junior-most). 
 
Only two persons are senior to B. One designation lies 
between B and G. The number of persons junior to G is 
same as the number of persons senior to C. H is just senior 
to E, but junior to C. More than four designations lie 
between H and F. D is junior to A.  
 
1. How many persons are junior to H? 
 (a) None  (b) One  (c) More than four 
 (d) Four (e) Three 
 
2. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way 
and hence they form a group. Which one of the 
following does not belong to that group? 
 (a) A-F (b) B-A (c) H-D 
 (d) G-A (e) E-H 
 
3. How many designation gaps are between A and D?  
 (a) More than three (b) Two (c) Three 
 (d) One (e) None 
 
4. Who among the following is just senior to B? 
 (a) A (b) D (c) C 
 (d) E (e) None of these 
 
5. Who among the following is AGM? 
 (a) F (b) B (c) G 
 (d) D (e) None of these 
 
Direction (6-8): In each of the questions below are given 
some statements followed by some conclusions. You have 
to take the given statements to be true even if they seem 
to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the 
conclusions and then decide which of the given 
conclusions logically follows from the given statements 
disregarding commonly known facts. 
(a) If only conclusion I follows.  
(b) If only conclusion II follows.  
(c) If either conclusion I or II follows. 
(d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.  
(e) If both conclusions I and II follow. 
 
6. Statements:  Some Banana are Orange.  
  All Orange are Apple.  
 Conclusions: I. Some Banana are not Apple.  
  II. Some Orange are Banana.  
 
7. Statements: Only a few East are North.  
  Few North are South.  
  All South are West.  
 Conclusions: I. All East being North is a possibility.  
  II. Some East are West.  
 
8. Statements:  Only a few Song are Melody.  
  Only a few Melody are Film.  
  No Film is Award.  
 Conclusions: I. All Song being Film is a possibility.  
  II. Some Melody are not Award.  
 
Direction (9-12): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions given below: 
In a certain code language:  
“Club house near located” is coded as “ol gp ox ot” 
“both club view near” is coded as “mt ox sq ot” 
“make located house view” is coded as “nk ol gp sq” 
“near club view area” is coded as “ot ox sq tm”  
 
9. What is the code for “both” in the given code 
language? 
 (a) ox (b) sq (c) mt 
 (d) ot (e) Either (b) or (c) 
 
10. What is the code for “house” in the given code 
language? 
 (a) ol (b) ox (c) gp 
 (d) Either (a) or (c) (e) None of these 
 
11. The code “nk” is stands for? 
 (a) make (b) both (c) area 
 (d) club (e) None of these 
 
12. What may be the possible code for “both house” in the 
given code language? 
 (a) gp mt (b) mt nk (c) mt sq 
 (d) ox mt (e) gp sq 
 
Directions (13-17): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions given below: 
There are eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H sitting 
around a circular table facing towards the centre of the 
table but not necessarily in the same order. 
B sits third to the right of A. Only one person sits between 
B and D. E faces C who is not an immediate neighbour of 
B. G sits third to the left of F. A is not an immediate 
neighbour of F. 
 
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SBI Clerk Prelims 2020 – Reasoning Ability 
 
Direction (1-5): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions given below: 
 
There are eight employees of a company and all of them 
are working on eight different designation of a bank viz. 
Chairman, CFO, GM, DGM, AGM, Manager, Junior Manager 
and Clerk. All the designations given are to be considered 
in a given order (as Chairman is considered as Senior-
most and Clerk is considered as the Junior-most). 
 
Only two persons are senior to B. One designation lies 
between B and G. The number of persons junior to G is 
same as the number of persons senior to C. H is just senior 
to E, but junior to C. More than four designations lie 
between H and F. D is junior to A.  
 
1. How many persons are junior to H? 
 (a) None  (b) One  (c) More than four 
 (d) Four (e) Three 
 
2. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way 
and hence they form a group. Which one of the 
following does not belong to that group? 
 (a) A-F (b) B-A (c) H-D 
 (d) G-A (e) E-H 
 
3. How many designation gaps are between A and D?  
 (a) More than three (b) Two (c) Three 
 (d) One (e) None 
 
4. Who among the following is just senior to B? 
 (a) A (b) D (c) C 
 (d) E (e) None of these 
 
5. Who among the following is AGM? 
 (a) F (b) B (c) G 
 (d) D (e) None of these 
 
Direction (6-8): In each of the questions below are given 
some statements followed by some conclusions. You have 
to take the given statements to be true even if they seem 
to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the 
conclusions and then decide which of the given 
conclusions logically follows from the given statements 
disregarding commonly known facts. 
(a) If only conclusion I follows.  
(b) If only conclusion II follows.  
(c) If either conclusion I or II follows. 
(d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.  
(e) If both conclusions I and II follow. 
 
6. Statements:  Some Banana are Orange.  
  All Orange are Apple.  
 Conclusions: I. Some Banana are not Apple.  
  II. Some Orange are Banana.  
 
7. Statements: Only a few East are North.  
  Few North are South.  
  All South are West.  
 Conclusions: I. All East being North is a possibility.  
  II. Some East are West.  
 
8. Statements:  Only a few Song are Melody.  
  Only a few Melody are Film.  
  No Film is Award.  
 Conclusions: I. All Song being Film is a possibility.  
  II. Some Melody are not Award.  
 
Direction (9-12): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions given below: 
In a certain code language:  
“Club house near located” is coded as “ol gp ox ot” 
“both club view near” is coded as “mt ox sq ot” 
“make located house view” is coded as “nk ol gp sq” 
“near club view area” is coded as “ot ox sq tm”  
 
9. What is the code for “both” in the given code 
language? 
 (a) ox (b) sq (c) mt 
 (d) ot (e) Either (b) or (c) 
 
10. What is the code for “house” in the given code 
language? 
 (a) ol (b) ox (c) gp 
 (d) Either (a) or (c) (e) None of these 
 
11. The code “nk” is stands for? 
 (a) make (b) both (c) area 
 (d) club (e) None of these 
 
12. What may be the possible code for “both house” in the 
given code language? 
 (a) gp mt (b) mt nk (c) mt sq 
 (d) ox mt (e) gp sq 
 
Directions (13-17): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions given below: 
There are eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H sitting 
around a circular table facing towards the centre of the 
table but not necessarily in the same order. 
B sits third to the right of A. Only one person sits between 
B and D. E faces C who is not an immediate neighbour of 
B. G sits third to the left of F. A is not an immediate 
neighbour of F. 
 
 
  
  
 
 
13. Who among the following sits to the immediate left of 
C? 
 (a) G (b) D (c) F 
 (d) H (e) None of these 
 
14. Who among the following sits to the opposite of A? 
 (a) H (b) G (c) F 
 (d) D (e) None of these 
 
15. How many persons sit between H and G when 
counted from the left of G? 
 (a) Two (b) One (c) Three 
 (d) Four (e) None of these 
 
16. If all the persons sit around the circle in clockwise 
direction by their names according to English 
alphabetical order starting from A, then how many 
persons remain unchanged except A? 
 (a) Four (b) One (c) Three 
 (d) Two (e) None of these 
 
17. What is the position of B with respect to H? 
 (a) Fourth to the left  
 (b) Fourth to the right  
 (c) Third to the right 
 (d) Both (a) and (c)  
 (e) Both (a) and (b) 
 
Direction (18-20): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions given below: 
 
Point E is in 15m north of Point D. Point F is in 20m north 
of Point C. Point A is in 35m east of Point F. Point P is in 
25m south of Point A. Point E is in 20m east of Point P.  
 
18. What is the direction of point F with respect to point 
P? 
 (a) North-west (b) North-east (c) South-west 
 (d) South-east (e) North 
 
19. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way 
and hence they form a group. Which one of the 
following does not belong to that group? 
 (a) C-P (b) A-E (c) A-C 
 (d) P-D (e) F-E 
 
20. If point X is 20m south of point C, then what is the 
total distance between point X and point D? 
 (a) 40m (b) 35m (c) 55m 
 (d) 65m (e) 85m 
 
Directions (21-25): Following questions are based on 
the five numbers given below, Study the given 
information and answer the following questions. 
625 427 189 258 469 
 
21. What is the sum of the 3
rd
 digit of second number 
from left and 2
nd
 digit of third number from right? 
 (a) 10 (b) 15 (c) 14 
 (d) 12 (e) None of these 
 
22. If the position of first and third digits of each of the 
numbers are interchanged, then which among the 
following is the highest number?  
 (a) 258 (b) 469 (c) 189 
 (d) 427 (e) 625 
 
23. If all the digits in the number are arranged in the 
descending order within the number from left to 
right, then which among the following will be the 
lowest number after rearrangement? 
 (a) 427 (b) 189 (c) 258 
 (d) 625 (e) 469 
 
24. What is the product of 3rd digit of 2nd lowest number 
and 1st digit of 2nd highest number? 
 (a) 32 (b) 72 (c) 24 
 (d) 36 (e) None of these 
 
25. If 2 is subtracted from each number then how many 
numbers thus formed are odd numbers? 
 (a) One (b) Two (c) Three 
 (d) More than three (e) None 
 
26. How many such numerals are there in the number 
‘645903287’ which will remain at the same position 
when arranged in ascending order from left to right? 
 (a) Three (b) Two (c) One 
 (d) Four (e) None of these 
 
27. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word 
with the 1
st
, 3
rd
, 5
th
 and 11
th
 letters of the word 
‘INHERITENCE’, which would be the third letter of the 
word from the left? If more than one such word can 
be formed give ‘Y’ as the answer. If no such word can 
be formed, give ‘Z’ as your answer. 
 (a) Y (b) R (c) I 
 (d) E (e) Z 
 
Direction (28-32): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions given below: 
 
Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are buying some 
products one after another but not necessarily in the 
same order.  
At most two persons are buying products before F. Only 
one person is buying between D and F. C is buying just 
before H. One person is buying between C and D. A is 
buying just before E. B is buying before G and after E.  
 
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SBI Clerk Prelims 2020 – Reasoning Ability 
 
Direction (1-5): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions given below: 
 
There are eight employees of a company and all of them 
are working on eight different designation of a bank viz. 
Chairman, CFO, GM, DGM, AGM, Manager, Junior Manager 
and Clerk. All the designations given are to be considered 
in a given order (as Chairman is considered as Senior-
most and Clerk is considered as the Junior-most). 
 
Only two persons are senior to B. One designation lies 
between B and G. The number of persons junior to G is 
same as the number of persons senior to C. H is just senior 
to E, but junior to C. More than four designations lie 
between H and F. D is junior to A.  
 
1. How many persons are junior to H? 
 (a) None  (b) One  (c) More than four 
 (d) Four (e) Three 
 
2. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way 
and hence they form a group. Which one of the 
following does not belong to that group? 
 (a) A-F (b) B-A (c) H-D 
 (d) G-A (e) E-H 
 
3. How many designation gaps are between A and D?  
 (a) More than three (b) Two (c) Three 
 (d) One (e) None 
 
4. Who among the following is just senior to B? 
 (a) A (b) D (c) C 
 (d) E (e) None of these 
 
5. Who among the following is AGM? 
 (a) F (b) B (c) G 
 (d) D (e) None of these 
 
Direction (6-8): In each of the questions below are given 
some statements followed by some conclusions. You have 
to take the given statements to be true even if they seem 
to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the 
conclusions and then decide which of the given 
conclusions logically follows from the given statements 
disregarding commonly known facts. 
(a) If only conclusion I follows.  
(b) If only conclusion II follows.  
(c) If either conclusion I or II follows. 
(d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.  
(e) If both conclusions I and II follow. 
 
6. Statements:  Some Banana are Orange.  
  All Orange are Apple.  
 Conclusions: I. Some Banana are not Apple.  
  II. Some Orange are Banana.  
 
7. Statements: Only a few East are North.  
  Few North are South.  
  All South are West.  
 Conclusions: I. All East being North is a possibility.  
  II. Some East are West.  
 
8. Statements:  Only a few Song are Melody.  
  Only a few Melody are Film.  
  No Film is Award.  
 Conclusions: I. All Song being Film is a possibility.  
  II. Some Melody are not Award.  
 
Direction (9-12): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions given below: 
In a certain code language:  
“Club house near located” is coded as “ol gp ox ot” 
“both club view near” is coded as “mt ox sq ot” 
“make located house view” is coded as “nk ol gp sq” 
“near club view area” is coded as “ot ox sq tm”  
 
9. What is the code for “both” in the given code 
language? 
 (a) ox (b) sq (c) mt 
 (d) ot (e) Either (b) or (c) 
 
10. What is the code for “house” in the given code 
language? 
 (a) ol (b) ox (c) gp 
 (d) Either (a) or (c) (e) None of these 
 
11. The code “nk” is stands for? 
 (a) make (b) both (c) area 
 (d) club (e) None of these 
 
12. What may be the possible code for “both house” in the 
given code language? 
 (a) gp mt (b) mt nk (c) mt sq 
 (d) ox mt (e) gp sq 
 
Directions (13-17): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions given below: 
There are eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H sitting 
around a circular table facing towards the centre of the 
table but not necessarily in the same order. 
B sits third to the right of A. Only one person sits between 
B and D. E faces C who is not an immediate neighbour of 
B. G sits third to the left of F. A is not an immediate 
neighbour of F. 
 
 
  
  
 
 
13. Who among the following sits to the immediate left of 
C? 
 (a) G (b) D (c) F 
 (d) H (e) None of these 
 
14. Who among the following sits to the opposite of A? 
 (a) H (b) G (c) F 
 (d) D (e) None of these 
 
15. How many persons sit between H and G when 
counted from the left of G? 
 (a) Two (b) One (c) Three 
 (d) Four (e) None of these 
 
16. If all the persons sit around the circle in clockwise 
direction by their names according to English 
alphabetical order starting from A, then how many 
persons remain unchanged except A? 
 (a) Four (b) One (c) Three 
 (d) Two (e) None of these 
 
17. What is the position of B with respect to H? 
 (a) Fourth to the left  
 (b) Fourth to the right  
 (c) Third to the right 
 (d) Both (a) and (c)  
 (e) Both (a) and (b) 
 
Direction (18-20): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions given below: 
 
Point E is in 15m north of Point D. Point F is in 20m north 
of Point C. Point A is in 35m east of Point F. Point P is in 
25m south of Point A. Point E is in 20m east of Point P.  
 
18. What is the direction of point F with respect to point 
P? 
 (a) North-west (b) North-east (c) South-west 
 (d) South-east (e) North 
 
19. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way 
and hence they form a group. Which one of the 
following does not belong to that group? 
 (a) C-P (b) A-E (c) A-C 
 (d) P-D (e) F-E 
 
20. If point X is 20m south of point C, then what is the 
total distance between point X and point D? 
 (a) 40m (b) 35m (c) 55m 
 (d) 65m (e) 85m 
 
Directions (21-25): Following questions are based on 
the five numbers given below, Study the given 
information and answer the following questions. 
625 427 189 258 469 
 
21. What is the sum of the 3
rd
 digit of second number 
from left and 2
nd
 digit of third number from right? 
 (a) 10 (b) 15 (c) 14 
 (d) 12 (e) None of these 
 
22. If the position of first and third digits of each of the 
numbers are interchanged, then which among the 
following is the highest number?  
 (a) 258 (b) 469 (c) 189 
 (d) 427 (e) 625 
 
23. If all the digits in the number are arranged in the 
descending order within the number from left to 
right, then which among the following will be the 
lowest number after rearrangement? 
 (a) 427 (b) 189 (c) 258 
 (d) 625 (e) 469 
 
24. What is the product of 3rd digit of 2nd lowest number 
and 1st digit of 2nd highest number? 
 (a) 32 (b) 72 (c) 24 
 (d) 36 (e) None of these 
 
25. If 2 is subtracted from each number then how many 
numbers thus formed are odd numbers? 
 (a) One (b) Two (c) Three 
 (d) More than three (e) None 
 
26. How many such numerals are there in the number 
‘645903287’ which will remain at the same position 
when arranged in ascending order from left to right? 
 (a) Three (b) Two (c) One 
 (d) Four (e) None of these 
 
27. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word 
with the 1
st
, 3
rd
, 5
th
 and 11
th
 letters of the word 
‘INHERITENCE’, which would be the third letter of the 
word from the left? If more than one such word can 
be formed give ‘Y’ as the answer. If no such word can 
be formed, give ‘Z’ as your answer. 
 (a) Y (b) R (c) I 
 (d) E (e) Z 
 
Direction (28-32): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions given below: 
 
Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are buying some 
products one after another but not necessarily in the 
same order.  
At most two persons are buying products before F. Only 
one person is buying between D and F. C is buying just 
before H. One person is buying between C and D. A is 
buying just before E. B is buying before G and after E.  
 
 
  
  
 
 
28. How many persons are buying their products after D? 
 (a) None   
 (b) Two  
 (c) More than three 
 (d) One  
 (e) None of these 
 
29. Who among the following is buying just after G? 
 (a) E (b) F (c) B 
 (d) C (e) None of these 
30. If all the persons are arranged in alphabetical order 
from left to right starting from A, then find how many 
persons remains at the same position (excluding A)? 
 (a) One (b) None  (c) Two 
 (d) Four (e) More than Four 
 
31. Who among the following is buying exactly between D 
and F? 
 (a) E (b) B (c) A 
 (d) H (e) None of these 
 
32. How many persons are buying between E and C? 
 (a) Five (b) Four (c) Three 
 (d) None  (e) Two 
 
Directions (33-35): In each of the question, relationships 
between some elements are shown in the statements. 
These statements are followed by conclusions numbered I 
and II. Read the statements and give the answer. 
(a) If only conclusion I follows.  
(b) If only conclusion II follows.  
(c) If either conclusion I or II follows. 
(d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.  
(e) If both conclusion I and II follows. 
 
33. Statements:  P > Q = R = S < T = U 
 Conclusions:  I. Q > S  II. S = Q  
 
34. Statements:  J < D = L = K = Q = R 
 Conclusions:  I. J < Q  II. L = R 
 
35. Statements:  O > P = G > B = X = M = H 
 Conclusions:  I. G > X  II. O > M 
 
 
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SBI Clerk Prelims 2020 – Reasoning Ability 
 
Direction (1-5): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions given below: 
 
There are eight employees of a company and all of them 
are working on eight different designation of a bank viz. 
Chairman, CFO, GM, DGM, AGM, Manager, Junior Manager 
and Clerk. All the designations given are to be considered 
in a given order (as Chairman is considered as Senior-
most and Clerk is considered as the Junior-most). 
 
Only two persons are senior to B. One designation lies 
between B and G. The number of persons junior to G is 
same as the number of persons senior to C. H is just senior 
to E, but junior to C. More than four designations lie 
between H and F. D is junior to A.  
 
1. How many persons are junior to H? 
 (a) None  (b) One  (c) More than four 
 (d) Four (e) Three 
 
2. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way 
and hence they form a group. Which one of the 
following does not belong to that group? 
 (a) A-F (b) B-A (c) H-D 
 (d) G-A (e) E-H 
 
3. How many designation gaps are between A and D?  
 (a) More than three (b) Two (c) Three 
 (d) One (e) None 
 
4. Who among the following is just senior to B? 
 (a) A (b) D (c) C 
 (d) E (e) None of these 
 
5. Who among the following is AGM? 
 (a) F (b) B (c) G 
 (d) D (e) None of these 
 
Direction (6-8): In each of the questions below are given 
some statements followed by some conclusions. You have 
to take the given statements to be true even if they seem 
to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the 
conclusions and then decide which of the given 
conclusions logically follows from the given statements 
disregarding commonly known facts. 
(a) If only conclusion I follows.  
(b) If only conclusion II follows.  
(c) If either conclusion I or II follows. 
(d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.  
(e) If both conclusions I and II follow. 
 
6. Statements:  Some Banana are Orange.  
  All Orange are Apple.  
 Conclusions: I. Some Banana are not Apple.  
  II. Some Orange are Banana.  
 
7. Statements: Only a few East are North.  
  Few North are South.  
  All South are West.  
 Conclusions: I. All East being North is a possibility.  
  II. Some East are West.  
 
8. Statements:  Only a few Song are Melody.  
  Only a few Melody are Film.  
  No Film is Award.  
 Conclusions: I. All Song being Film is a possibility.  
  II. Some Melody are not Award.  
 
Direction (9-12): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions given below: 
In a certain code language:  
“Club house near located” is coded as “ol gp ox ot” 
“both club view near” is coded as “mt ox sq ot” 
“make located house view” is coded as “nk ol gp sq” 
“near club view area” is coded as “ot ox sq tm”  
 
9. What is the code for “both” in the given code 
language? 
 (a) ox (b) sq (c) mt 
 (d) ot (e) Either (b) or (c) 
 
10. What is the code for “house” in the given code 
language? 
 (a) ol (b) ox (c) gp 
 (d) Either (a) or (c) (e) None of these 
 
11. The code “nk” is stands for? 
 (a) make (b) both (c) area 
 (d) club (e) None of these 
 
12. What may be the possible code for “both house” in the 
given code language? 
 (a) gp mt (b) mt nk (c) mt sq 
 (d) ox mt (e) gp sq 
 
Directions (13-17): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions given below: 
There are eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H sitting 
around a circular table facing towards the centre of the 
table but not necessarily in the same order. 
B sits third to the right of A. Only one person sits between 
B and D. E faces C who is not an immediate neighbour of 
B. G sits third to the left of F. A is not an immediate 
neighbour of F. 
 
 
  
  
 
 
13. Who among the following sits to the immediate left of 
C? 
 (a) G (b) D (c) F 
 (d) H (e) None of these 
 
14. Who among the following sits to the opposite of A? 
 (a) H (b) G (c) F 
 (d) D (e) None of these 
 
15. How many persons sit between H and G when 
counted from the left of G? 
 (a) Two (b) One (c) Three 
 (d) Four (e) None of these 
 
16. If all the persons sit around the circle in clockwise 
direction by their names according to English 
alphabetical order starting from A, then how many 
persons remain unchanged except A? 
 (a) Four (b) One (c) Three 
 (d) Two (e) None of these 
 
17. What is the position of B with respect to H? 
 (a) Fourth to the left  
 (b) Fourth to the right  
 (c) Third to the right 
 (d) Both (a) and (c)  
 (e) Both (a) and (b) 
 
Direction (18-20): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions given below: 
 
Point E is in 15m north of Point D. Point F is in 20m north 
of Point C. Point A is in 35m east of Point F. Point P is in 
25m south of Point A. Point E is in 20m east of Point P.  
 
18. What is the direction of point F with respect to point 
P? 
 (a) North-west (b) North-east (c) South-west 
 (d) South-east (e) North 
 
19. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way 
and hence they form a group. Which one of the 
following does not belong to that group? 
 (a) C-P (b) A-E (c) A-C 
 (d) P-D (e) F-E 
 
20. If point X is 20m south of point C, then what is the 
total distance between point X and point D? 
 (a) 40m (b) 35m (c) 55m 
 (d) 65m (e) 85m 
 
Directions (21-25): Following questions are based on 
the five numbers given below, Study the given 
information and answer the following questions. 
625 427 189 258 469 
 
21. What is the sum of the 3
rd
 digit of second number 
from left and 2
nd
 digit of third number from right? 
 (a) 10 (b) 15 (c) 14 
 (d) 12 (e) None of these 
 
22. If the position of first and third digits of each of the 
numbers are interchanged, then which among the 
following is the highest number?  
 (a) 258 (b) 469 (c) 189 
 (d) 427 (e) 625 
 
23. If all the digits in the number are arranged in the 
descending order within the number from left to 
right, then which among the following will be the 
lowest number after rearrangement? 
 (a) 427 (b) 189 (c) 258 
 (d) 625 (e) 469 
 
24. What is the product of 3rd digit of 2nd lowest number 
and 1st digit of 2nd highest number? 
 (a) 32 (b) 72 (c) 24 
 (d) 36 (e) None of these 
 
25. If 2 is subtracted from each number then how many 
numbers thus formed are odd numbers? 
 (a) One (b) Two (c) Three 
 (d) More than three (e) None 
 
26. How many such numerals are there in the number 
‘645903287’ which will remain at the same position 
when arranged in ascending order from left to right? 
 (a) Three (b) Two (c) One 
 (d) Four (e) None of these 
 
27. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word 
with the 1
st
, 3
rd
, 5
th
 and 11
th
 letters of the word 
‘INHERITENCE’, which would be the third letter of the 
word from the left? If more than one such word can 
be formed give ‘Y’ as the answer. If no such word can 
be formed, give ‘Z’ as your answer. 
 (a) Y (b) R (c) I 
 (d) E (e) Z 
 
Direction (28-32): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions given below: 
 
Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are buying some 
products one after another but not necessarily in the 
same order.  
At most two persons are buying products before F. Only 
one person is buying between D and F. C is buying just 
before H. One person is buying between C and D. A is 
buying just before E. B is buying before G and after E.  
 
 
  
  
 
 
28. How many persons are buying their products after D? 
 (a) None   
 (b) Two  
 (c) More than three 
 (d) One  
 (e) None of these 
 
29. Who among the following is buying just after G? 
 (a) E (b) F (c) B 
 (d) C (e) None of these 
30. If all the persons are arranged in alphabetical order 
from left to right starting from A, then find how many 
persons remains at the same position (excluding A)? 
 (a) One (b) None  (c) Two 
 (d) Four (e) More than Four 
 
31. Who among the following is buying exactly between D 
and F? 
 (a) E (b) B (c) A 
 (d) H (e) None of these 
 
32. How many persons are buying between E and C? 
 (a) Five (b) Four (c) Three 
 (d) None  (e) Two 
 
Directions (33-35): In each of the question, relationships 
between some elements are shown in the statements. 
These statements are followed by conclusions numbered I 
and II. Read the statements and give the answer. 
(a) If only conclusion I follows.  
(b) If only conclusion II follows.  
(c) If either conclusion I or II follows. 
(d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.  
(e) If both conclusion I and II follows. 
 
33. Statements:  P > Q = R = S < T = U 
 Conclusions:  I. Q > S  II. S = Q  
 
34. Statements:  J < D = L = K = Q = R 
 Conclusions:  I. J < Q  II. L = R 
 
35. Statements:  O > P = G > B = X = M = H 
 Conclusions:  I. G > X  II. O > M 
 
 
 
  
  
 
SBI Clerk Prelims 2020 – Quantitative Aptitude  
 
Directions (36-40): Table given below shows the 
number of male and female participated in an event from 
five different schools (A, B, C, D & E). Study the table 
carefully and answer the following questions. 
 
Schools Male Female 
A 650 450 
B 540 420 
C 720 500 
D 560 450 
E 680 320 
 
36. Find average number of female participated from 
school – A, B & D. 
 (a) 400 (b) 380 (c) 350 
 (d) 440 (e) 450 
 
37. Total male participated from school – B & D together 
are how much more or less than total female 
participated from school – A & C together? 
 (a) 150 (b) 110 (c) 170 
 (d) 120 (e) 240 
 
38. Total male participated from school – B & C together 
are what percent more or less than total female 
participated from school – A & D together? 
 (a) 20% (b) 60% (c) 50% 
 (d) 40% (e) 30% 
 
39. If total male participated from school – F are 40% 
more than that of from school – A and ratio of female 
participated from school – B to that of from school – F 
is 21:32, then find total students participated from 
school – F. 
 (a) 1420 (b) 1550 (c) 1580 
 (d) 1460 (e) 1490 
40. Find total number of male students participated from 
all the five schools together. 
 (a) 2860 (b) 3150 (c) 2940 
 (d) 3200 (e) 3020 
 
Direction (41 –45): What will come in the place of 
question (?) mark in following number series: 
 
41. ?,     100,     150,     375,     1312.5 
 (a) 100 (b) 200 (c) 150 
 (d) 400 (e) 50 
 
42. 104,     ?,     96,     120,     88,     128 
 (a) 112 (b) 110 (c) 114 
 (d) 118 (e) 108 
 
43. 15,     8,     9,     15,     32,     ? 
 (a) 66 (b) 99 (c) 80 
 (d) 82.5 (e) 80.5 
 
44. 6,     8,     14,     26,     46,     ? 
 (a) 72 (b) 84 (c) 96 
 (d) 80 (e) 76 
 
45. 72000,     36000,     12000,     3000,     600,     ? 
 (a) 120 (b) 200 (c) 300 
 (d) 150 (e) 100 
 
46. 12 men can do a work in 10 days while 10 women can 
do the same work in 18 days. In how many days 4 
men & 6 women together can do the same work? 
 (a) 
120
7
 days (b) 24 days (c) 
180
13
 days 
 (d) 15 days (e) 18 days 
 
47. A car can cover a distance in 4 hour at speed 60 kmph 
then by what percent should the speed of car be 
increased to cover the same distance in 2.5 hr? 
 (a) 60% (b) 40% (c) 50% 
 (d) 100% (e) 75% 
 
48. The ratio of the ages of Ram and Rahim 10 years ago 
was 1 : 3. The ratio of their ages five years hence will 
be 2 : 3. Then, the ratio of their present ages is :  
 (a) 1 : 2 (b) 3 : 5 (c) 3 : 4 
 (d) 2 : 5 (e) None of these 
 
49. Two trains of length 140m & 120m are running in 
same direction on parallel tracks with speeds 132 
kmph & 80 kmph respectively. How much time will 
they take to cross each other? 
 (a) 7.09 sec (b) 18 sec (c) 11.7 sec 
 (d) 4.42 sec (e) Cannot be determined  
 
50. A person sold a book at 20% profit. If he had bought it 
at 10% less cost and sold for Rs 90 more then he 
would have gained 40% profit. Find cost price of 
book. 
 (a) Rs 800 (b) Rs 1600 (c) Rs 1500 
 (d) None of these (e) Rs 1200 
 
Direction (51 –55): In each question two equations 
numbered (I) and (II) are given. You have to solve both 
the equations and mark appropriate answer.  
(a) If x = y or no relation can be established  
(b) If x > y  
(c) If x < y  
(d) If x = y  
(e) If x = y 
 
51. I. ?? = v25 II. y
3
 = 125 
 
52. I. x
2
 + 2x – 35 = 0 II. y
2
 + 15y + 56 = 0 
 
53. I. x
2
 = 81 II. y
2
 = 64 
 
54. I. 17x
2
 – 14x – 83 = - 80 II. y
2
 = 2y + 35  
 
55. I. x
2
 + 4x – 45 = 0  II. y
2
 - 13?? + 40 = 0 
 
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SBI Clerk Prelims 2020 – Reasoning Ability 
 
Direction (1-5): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions given below: 
 
There are eight employees of a company and all of them 
are working on eight different designation of a bank viz. 
Chairman, CFO, GM, DGM, AGM, Manager, Junior Manager 
and Clerk. All the designations given are to be considered 
in a given order (as Chairman is considered as Senior-
most and Clerk is considered as the Junior-most). 
 
Only two persons are senior to B. One designation lies 
between B and G. The number of persons junior to G is 
same as the number of persons senior to C. H is just senior 
to E, but junior to C. More than four designations lie 
between H and F. D is junior to A.  
 
1. How many persons are junior to H? 
 (a) None  (b) One  (c) More than four 
 (d) Four (e) Three 
 
2. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way 
and hence they form a group. Which one of the 
following does not belong to that group? 
 (a) A-F (b) B-A (c) H-D 
 (d) G-A (e) E-H 
 
3. How many designation gaps are between A and D?  
 (a) More than three (b) Two (c) Three 
 (d) One (e) None 
 
4. Who among the following is just senior to B? 
 (a) A (b) D (c) C 
 (d) E (e) None of these 
 
5. Who among the following is AGM? 
 (a) F (b) B (c) G 
 (d) D (e) None of these 
 
Direction (6-8): In each of the questions below are given 
some statements followed by some conclusions. You have 
to take the given statements to be true even if they seem 
to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the 
conclusions and then decide which of the given 
conclusions logically follows from the given statements 
disregarding commonly known facts. 
(a) If only conclusion I follows.  
(b) If only conclusion II follows.  
(c) If either conclusion I or II follows. 
(d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.  
(e) If both conclusions I and II follow. 
 
6. Statements:  Some Banana are Orange.  
  All Orange are Apple.  
 Conclusions: I. Some Banana are not Apple.  
  II. Some Orange are Banana.  
 
7. Statements: Only a few East are North.  
  Few North are South.  
  All South are West.  
 Conclusions: I. All East being North is a possibility.  
  II. Some East are West.  
 
8. Statements:  Only a few Song are Melody.  
  Only a few Melody are Film.  
  No Film is Award.  
 Conclusions: I. All Song being Film is a possibility.  
  II. Some Melody are not Award.  
 
Direction (9-12): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions given below: 
In a certain code language:  
“Club house near located” is coded as “ol gp ox ot” 
“both club view near” is coded as “mt ox sq ot” 
“make located house view” is coded as “nk ol gp sq” 
“near club view area” is coded as “ot ox sq tm”  
 
9. What is the code for “both” in the given code 
language? 
 (a) ox (b) sq (c) mt 
 (d) ot (e) Either (b) or (c) 
 
10. What is the code for “house” in the given code 
language? 
 (a) ol (b) ox (c) gp 
 (d) Either (a) or (c) (e) None of these 
 
11. The code “nk” is stands for? 
 (a) make (b) both (c) area 
 (d) club (e) None of these 
 
12. What may be the possible code for “both house” in the 
given code language? 
 (a) gp mt (b) mt nk (c) mt sq 
 (d) ox mt (e) gp sq 
 
Directions (13-17): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions given below: 
There are eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H sitting 
around a circular table facing towards the centre of the 
table but not necessarily in the same order. 
B sits third to the right of A. Only one person sits between 
B and D. E faces C who is not an immediate neighbour of 
B. G sits third to the left of F. A is not an immediate 
neighbour of F. 
 
 
  
  
 
 
13. Who among the following sits to the immediate left of 
C? 
 (a) G (b) D (c) F 
 (d) H (e) None of these 
 
14. Who among the following sits to the opposite of A? 
 (a) H (b) G (c) F 
 (d) D (e) None of these 
 
15. How many persons sit between H and G when 
counted from the left of G? 
 (a) Two (b) One (c) Three 
 (d) Four (e) None of these 
 
16. If all the persons sit around the circle in clockwise 
direction by their names according to English 
alphabetical order starting from A, then how many 
persons remain unchanged except A? 
 (a) Four (b) One (c) Three 
 (d) Two (e) None of these 
 
17. What is the position of B with respect to H? 
 (a) Fourth to the left  
 (b) Fourth to the right  
 (c) Third to the right 
 (d) Both (a) and (c)  
 (e) Both (a) and (b) 
 
Direction (18-20): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions given below: 
 
Point E is in 15m north of Point D. Point F is in 20m north 
of Point C. Point A is in 35m east of Point F. Point P is in 
25m south of Point A. Point E is in 20m east of Point P.  
 
18. What is the direction of point F with respect to point 
P? 
 (a) North-west (b) North-east (c) South-west 
 (d) South-east (e) North 
 
19. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way 
and hence they form a group. Which one of the 
following does not belong to that group? 
 (a) C-P (b) A-E (c) A-C 
 (d) P-D (e) F-E 
 
20. If point X is 20m south of point C, then what is the 
total distance between point X and point D? 
 (a) 40m (b) 35m (c) 55m 
 (d) 65m (e) 85m 
 
Directions (21-25): Following questions are based on 
the five numbers given below, Study the given 
information and answer the following questions. 
625 427 189 258 469 
 
21. What is the sum of the 3
rd
 digit of second number 
from left and 2
nd
 digit of third number from right? 
 (a) 10 (b) 15 (c) 14 
 (d) 12 (e) None of these 
 
22. If the position of first and third digits of each of the 
numbers are interchanged, then which among the 
following is the highest number?  
 (a) 258 (b) 469 (c) 189 
 (d) 427 (e) 625 
 
23. If all the digits in the number are arranged in the 
descending order within the number from left to 
right, then which among the following will be the 
lowest number after rearrangement? 
 (a) 427 (b) 189 (c) 258 
 (d) 625 (e) 469 
 
24. What is the product of 3rd digit of 2nd lowest number 
and 1st digit of 2nd highest number? 
 (a) 32 (b) 72 (c) 24 
 (d) 36 (e) None of these 
 
25. If 2 is subtracted from each number then how many 
numbers thus formed are odd numbers? 
 (a) One (b) Two (c) Three 
 (d) More than three (e) None 
 
26. How many such numerals are there in the number 
‘645903287’ which will remain at the same position 
when arranged in ascending order from left to right? 
 (a) Three (b) Two (c) One 
 (d) Four (e) None of these 
 
27. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word 
with the 1
st
, 3
rd
, 5
th
 and 11
th
 letters of the word 
‘INHERITENCE’, which would be the third letter of the 
word from the left? If more than one such word can 
be formed give ‘Y’ as the answer. If no such word can 
be formed, give ‘Z’ as your answer. 
 (a) Y (b) R (c) I 
 (d) E (e) Z 
 
Direction (28-32): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions given below: 
 
Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are buying some 
products one after another but not necessarily in the 
same order.  
At most two persons are buying products before F. Only 
one person is buying between D and F. C is buying just 
before H. One person is buying between C and D. A is 
buying just before E. B is buying before G and after E.  
 
 
  
  
 
 
28. How many persons are buying their products after D? 
 (a) None   
 (b) Two  
 (c) More than three 
 (d) One  
 (e) None of these 
 
29. Who among the following is buying just after G? 
 (a) E (b) F (c) B 
 (d) C (e) None of these 
30. If all the persons are arranged in alphabetical order 
from left to right starting from A, then find how many 
persons remains at the same position (excluding A)? 
 (a) One (b) None  (c) Two 
 (d) Four (e) More than Four 
 
31. Who among the following is buying exactly between D 
and F? 
 (a) E (b) B (c) A 
 (d) H (e) None of these 
 
32. How many persons are buying between E and C? 
 (a) Five (b) Four (c) Three 
 (d) None  (e) Two 
 
Directions (33-35): In each of the question, relationships 
between some elements are shown in the statements. 
These statements are followed by conclusions numbered I 
and II. Read the statements and give the answer. 
(a) If only conclusion I follows.  
(b) If only conclusion II follows.  
(c) If either conclusion I or II follows. 
(d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.  
(e) If both conclusion I and II follows. 
 
33. Statements:  P > Q = R = S < T = U 
 Conclusions:  I. Q > S  II. S = Q  
 
34. Statements:  J < D = L = K = Q = R 
 Conclusions:  I. J < Q  II. L = R 
 
35. Statements:  O > P = G > B = X = M = H 
 Conclusions:  I. G > X  II. O > M 
 
 
 
  
  
 
SBI Clerk Prelims 2020 – Quantitative Aptitude  
 
Directions (36-40): Table given below shows the 
number of male and female participated in an event from 
five different schools (A, B, C, D & E). Study the table 
carefully and answer the following questions. 
 
Schools Male Female 
A 650 450 
B 540 420 
C 720 500 
D 560 450 
E 680 320 
 
36. Find average number of female participated from 
school – A, B & D. 
 (a) 400 (b) 380 (c) 350 
 (d) 440 (e) 450 
 
37. Total male participated from school – B & D together 
are how much more or less than total female 
participated from school – A & C together? 
 (a) 150 (b) 110 (c) 170 
 (d) 120 (e) 240 
 
38. Total male participated from school – B & C together 
are what percent more or less than total female 
participated from school – A & D together? 
 (a) 20% (b) 60% (c) 50% 
 (d) 40% (e) 30% 
 
39. If total male participated from school – F are 40% 
more than that of from school – A and ratio of female 
participated from school – B to that of from school – F 
is 21:32, then find total students participated from 
school – F. 
 (a) 1420 (b) 1550 (c) 1580 
 (d) 1460 (e) 1490 
40. Find total number of male students participated from 
all the five schools together. 
 (a) 2860 (b) 3150 (c) 2940 
 (d) 3200 (e) 3020 
 
Direction (41 –45): What will come in the place of 
question (?) mark in following number series: 
 
41. ?,     100,     150,     375,     1312.5 
 (a) 100 (b) 200 (c) 150 
 (d) 400 (e) 50 
 
42. 104,     ?,     96,     120,     88,     128 
 (a) 112 (b) 110 (c) 114 
 (d) 118 (e) 108 
 
43. 15,     8,     9,     15,     32,     ? 
 (a) 66 (b) 99 (c) 80 
 (d) 82.5 (e) 80.5 
 
44. 6,     8,     14,     26,     46,     ? 
 (a) 72 (b) 84 (c) 96 
 (d) 80 (e) 76 
 
45. 72000,     36000,     12000,     3000,     600,     ? 
 (a) 120 (b) 200 (c) 300 
 (d) 150 (e) 100 
 
46. 12 men can do a work in 10 days while 10 women can 
do the same work in 18 days. In how many days 4 
men & 6 women together can do the same work? 
 (a) 
120
7
 days (b) 24 days (c) 
180
13
 days 
 (d) 15 days (e) 18 days 
 
47. A car can cover a distance in 4 hour at speed 60 kmph 
then by what percent should the speed of car be 
increased to cover the same distance in 2.5 hr? 
 (a) 60% (b) 40% (c) 50% 
 (d) 100% (e) 75% 
 
48. The ratio of the ages of Ram and Rahim 10 years ago 
was 1 : 3. The ratio of their ages five years hence will 
be 2 : 3. Then, the ratio of their present ages is :  
 (a) 1 : 2 (b) 3 : 5 (c) 3 : 4 
 (d) 2 : 5 (e) None of these 
 
49. Two trains of length 140m & 120m are running in 
same direction on parallel tracks with speeds 132 
kmph & 80 kmph respectively. How much time will 
they take to cross each other? 
 (a) 7.09 sec (b) 18 sec (c) 11.7 sec 
 (d) 4.42 sec (e) Cannot be determined  
 
50. A person sold a book at 20% profit. If he had bought it 
at 10% less cost and sold for Rs 90 more then he 
would have gained 40% profit. Find cost price of 
book. 
 (a) Rs 800 (b) Rs 1600 (c) Rs 1500 
 (d) None of these (e) Rs 1200 
 
Direction (51 –55): In each question two equations 
numbered (I) and (II) are given. You have to solve both 
the equations and mark appropriate answer.  
(a) If x = y or no relation can be established  
(b) If x > y  
(c) If x < y  
(d) If x = y  
(e) If x = y 
 
51. I. ?? = v25 II. y
3
 = 125 
 
52. I. x
2
 + 2x – 35 = 0 II. y
2
 + 15y + 56 = 0 
 
53. I. x
2
 = 81 II. y
2
 = 64 
 
54. I. 17x
2
 – 14x – 83 = - 80 II. y
2
 = 2y + 35  
 
55. I. x
2
 + 4x – 45 = 0  II. y
2
 - 13?? + 40 = 0 
 
 
  
  
 
56. A container contains mixture of milk & water in ratio 
5 : 3 respectively. If 8 lit milk is added in it then ratio 
of milk to water becomes 11 : 5. Find difference 
between initial quantity of milk & that of water. 
 (a) 5 lit (b) 38 lit (c) 18 lit 
 (d) 30 lit (e) 10 lit 
 
57. Rs 6000 when invested at a certain rate at SI for 2 
years, it fetches Rs 1200. If same sum is invested at 
same rate for a year compounded half – yearly then 
find compound interest. 
 (a) Rs 615 (b) Rs 600 (c) Rs 1200 
 (d) Rs 585 (e) Rs 1260 
 
58. A boat can cover 28 km downstream in 42 min. ratio 
of speed of boat in still water to speed of stream is 7 : 
3. Find difference between time taken by boat to 
cover 60 km downstream & 40 km upstream. 
 (a) 2.25 hr (b) 1 hr (c) 1.5 hr 
 (d) 0.4 hr (e) 0.9 hr 
 
59. A & B entered into a business by investing total 
capital of Rs 17000. B withdraws Rs 1500 after 6 
months and gets Rs 8100 as profit out of total profit of 
Rs 19500 at the end of year. Find capital of B after 6 
months from starting. 
 (a) Rs 7000 (b) Rs 9500 (c) Rs 7500 
 (d) Rs 6000 (e) Rs 6500 
 
60. If length of a rectangle increases by 40% while 
keeping breadth constant then area of rectangle 
increased by 24 m
2
 and perimeter of original 
rectangle is 32 m. find breadth of rectangle. 
 (a) 8.4 m (b) 10 m (c) 6 m 
 (d) 14 m (e) 8 m 
 
Direction (61 –70): What will come in the place of (?) 
mark in following question. 
 
61. 280 ÷ 4 ÷ 2 = 170 – ? 
 (a) 105 (b) 115 (c) 125 
 (d) 135 (e) 145 
 
62. (v144  + v169 ) × 3 =
?
5
  
 (a) 375 (b) 325 (c) 350 
 (d) 275 (e) 475 
 
63. (12 × 5 ÷ 4) × 8 = ? 
 (a) 100 (b) 140 (c) 120 
 (d) 80 (e) 90 
 
64. (120% of 750) ÷ ? = 25 
 (a) 30 (b) 36 (c) 24 
 (d) 18 (e) 48 
 
65. 8
1
2
- 4
5
6
=? -3
7
12
 
 (a) 3
1
4
 (b) 3
5
12
 (c) 2
7
12
 
 (d) 7
1
4
 (e) 5 
2
3
 
 
66. 275 + 64% of 750 = 750 + ? 
 (a) 25 (b) 8 (c) 10 
 (d) 15 (e) 5 
 
67. v225 + v81 + 12
2
=? 
 (a) 168  (b) 164  (c) 162 
 (d) 172  (e) 182 
 
68. 
510
?
= v324 + 3.25 
 (a) 12 (b) 48 (c) 24 
 (d) 6 (e) 18 
 
69. 12.5% of (120 + ?) = 45 
 (a) 160 (b) 180 (c) 360 
 (d) 240 (e) 120 
 
70. 572 ÷ 13 × 12 – 16 = (8)
?
 
 (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 
 (d) 5 (e) None of these