English New pattern for SBI PO 2017

Directions (1-15): Five alternative summaries are given below the text. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the text.

Q1. Laljipada’s residents are largely entrepreneurs running cottage industries from their homes that are as small as 100 square feet. Primarily migrants from North India, they contradict the popular perception that migrants take away jobs from the local population. The 20,000 families here are self-employed; they make products that feed into larger businesses such as imitation jewelry, recycled plastic and paper waste, or operate small tailoring or bakery units. With each family contributing in some way or the other to the final finished product, all the families here are dependent on each other for their livelihood.

(a) Laljipada’s residents run cottage industries from their homes contributing to other finished products and are interdependent on each other for livelihood.

English Para Jumble for SBI PO 2017

Directions (1-5): Rearrange the following sentences in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, and then answer the given questions. 

(A) At the same time, allowing restaurant drivers to take leftovers home in a ‘doggy bag’ is a common phenomenon in the US, but the practice is frowned upon in some EU countries. 

(B) An approach to train waste-minimising habits is through cooking classes, for example, the local authority of Brussels trained 1900 people in 2009 on how to minimise waste. 

(C) Caterers can minimise waste by anticipating demand, informed by reservations and customer feedback surveys.

(D) There are similar education opportunities in the hospitality industry as well.

(E) Societal efforts are needed to banish this embarrassment.

(F) The European Parliament has recommended that this practical training be incorporated in school curricula. 

Q1. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after the rearrangement? 

(a) A

(b) B

(c) F

(d) D

(E) E 

Q2. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after the rearrangement? 

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) E

(e) D

Q3. Which of the following should be the LAST (SIXTH) sentence after the rearrangement? 

(a) A

(b) E

(c) D

(d) C

(e) B

Q4. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after the rearrangement? 

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Q5. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after the rearrangement?   

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) F 

Directions (6-10): Rearrange the following sentences in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, and then answer the given questions.  

(A) “Anything that you touch will turn into gold” - The king was delighted with his good future.

(B) Even though he was very rich he always craved for more and more.

(C) Everything he touched turned into gold. He turned trees, grass, tables, chairs, flowers, and vases into gold. 

(D) One day, he called his court magician and commanded, “Find me a spell that can get me more treasures than I already have”. 

(E) King Midas was a very greedy king.

(F) The magician said. “Your majesty, I can give you a power that no one else in this world has”. 

Q6. Which of the following should the FIRST sentence after rearrangement? 

(a) F

(b) A

(c) E

(d) B 

(e) C 

Q7. Which of the following should the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?   

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) E

(e) D 

Q8. Which of the following should the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?  

(a) E

(b) F

(c) D

(d) C

(e) B 

Q9. Which of the following should the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?   

(a) B

(b) G

(c) F

(d) E

(e) C 

Q10. Which of the following should the LAST (SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement? 

(a) C

(b) A

(c) B

(d) D

(e) F 

Directions (11-15): Rearrange the following sentences in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

A. He did whatever work was assigned to him and soon the lion became so fond of him that he promised to give him a cart full of almonds as pension when he (the squirrel) retired.

B. Once a squirrel joined the service of the king of the forest, the lion.

C. The squirrel had waited so long for this day but when he saw the almonds, he was seized with sadness as he realised that they were of no use to him now when he had lost all his teeth.

D. However, he envied other squirrels in the forest because of their carefree life which he could not enjoy as he had to be by the king’s side all the time.

E. He consoled himself with the thought that at the end of this career, he would receive a cart full of almonds, a food that only a few squirrels got to taste in their lifetime.

F. Finally, the day came when it was time for him to retire and so promised the king gave a grand banquet in his honour and presented him with a cart full of almonds.   

Q11. Which of the following should be SECOND sentence after the rearrangement? 

(a) A

(b) B

(c) F

(d) D

(e) E

Q12. Which of the following should be FIRST sentence after the rearrangement? 

(a) A

(b) C

(c) B

(d) D

(e) E

Q13. Which of the following should be FIFTH sentence after the rearrangement? 

(a) E

(b) D

(c) B

(d) F

(e) A 

Q14. Which of the following should be FOURTH sentence after the rearrangement?   

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) F

(e) E

Q15. Which of the following should the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?  

(a) E

(b) F

(c) D

(d) C

(e) B 

Solutions

Sol(1-5): The correct order of re-arrangement of sentences is: BFDCAE

S1. Ans.(d)

S2. Ans.(c)

S3. Ans.(b)

S4. Ans.(b)

S5. Ans.(a)

Sol(6-10): The correct order of re-arrangement of sentences is: EBDFAC

S6. Ans.(c)

S7. Ans.(b)

S8. Ans.(c)

S9. Ans.(c)

S10. Ans.(a)

Sol(11-15): The correct order of re-arrangement of sentences is: BADEFC

S11. Ans.(a)

S12. Ans.(c)

S13. Ans.(d)

S14. Ans.(e)

S15. Ans.(c)

Reasoning for SBI PO 2017:

Q-1] Directions -: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Five friends Angelina Jolie, Emma Stone, Kristen Stewart, Jessica Jones and Julia Roberts are Musician, Architect, Doctor, Engineer and Artist by profession and like White, Blue, Red, Yellow and Green colour but not necessarily in that order.

• The person whose hobby is dancing preferred lemonade over cola while others preferred cola over lemonade in beverages

• The four friends who took cola were Angelina Jolie, the one who is an engineer, the person whose favourite colour is Green and the one whose hobby is net surfing.

• Jessica Jones did not take lemonade and her favourite colour is white.

• Emma Stone’s favourite colour is Blue. She did not like lemonade.

• Julia Roberts’s hobby is not painting, reading or gardening.

• The person whose favourite colour is Red likes painting and the person who is artist likes gardening.

• Jessica Jones is not a doctor. The person who is a doctor takes cola. The person who is an engineer likes Blue colour. The person whose favourite colour is yellow is a Architect.

• The musician’s favourite colour is not yellow. Kristen Stewart’s favourite colour is Green. Kristen Stewart is a artist and Jessica Jones is a musician.

Q-2] Directions -: Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

Seven friends Jack, Simon, Tom, Matt, Drone, Smith and Chris are sitting in a straight line facing south. All of them study in a different school, viz St Francis, Bal Bhavan, DAV, Bal Vidya, Saint Mary, Gyan Niketan and Gurukul but not necessarily in the same order. Simon sits fourth to the right of the person who studies in Gyan Niketan. Only one person sits between Simon and Chris. Chris studies in DAV. Either Simon or the one who studies in Gyan Niketan sits at the extreme end of the row. The person who studies in St Francis school in third to the left of Matt, who is not an immediate neighbour of Chris. only one person sits between Drone and the one who studies in Bal Bhavan. Jack and Tom are immediate neighbours. Jack does not study in Gyan Niketan. The person who studies in Saint Mary sits third to the left of the one who studies in

Gurukul.

Solutions:

Reasoning New pattern for SBI PO 2017:

Directions (1-6):Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below

Eight persons O,F,Y,A,U,N,G and T are sitting around square table in such a way that four of

them who sit at the corner, are facing towards the center and other four who sit in the middle

of each row, are facing outside the center. There are four males and four females. Each person

has different lucky numbers 11,12,13,14,15,16,17 and 18 but the sequence of persons and

Lucky are not necessarily in the same order.

• A’s daughter’s Lucky number is 11. Only one person is sitting between O and N.

• T’s brother A, sits on the immediate left of his mother whose lucky number is 16. O is the

father of G.

• Only one person sits between T’s mother and U. U sits on the immediate right of the person

whose lucky number is 12.

• No female is an immediate neighbor of F who sits at the corner of the table. A’s daughter sits

second to the right of N and on the immediate left of that person whose lucky number is 13.

• F sits second to the left of T’s husband whose lucky number is neither 14 nor 17.

• N, who is the sister of G, her lucky number is 17 and is not an immediate neighbor of T’s

husband.

• Only one person sits between T and G. G sits second to the right of the person whose lucky

number is 18. G is the father of Y and not an immediate neighbor of U. Y is not married to T.

Q -Who amongst the following represents the right female members group?

a. F,A,G,O

b. Y,U,G,T

c. F,U,N,T

d. Cannot be determined

e. None of these

Q-Who among the following represent the Male members group?

a. P,Q,S,U

b. R,S,T,W

c. P,S,T,W

d. T,R,S,Q

e. None of these.

Q- Who among the following is the mother of A?

a. P

b. U

c. Q

d. F

e. W

Q- Which of the following is true regarding U?

a. All are true.

b. O sits diagonally opposite to U

c. F is an immediate neighbour of U

d. T sits second to the right of U.

e. None is true

Q-Who sits diagonally opposite to F?

a. G

b. U

c. A

d. Y

e. N

Q-How many persons are there between O and F when counted in clockwise direction from

O?

a. One

b.Two

c. Three

d. Four

e. More than four

Directions (7-11): Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below

Eight persons E,F,G,H,I,J,K and L are seated around square table – two on each side. All are

facing inside.

• There are three ladies who are not seated next to each other.

• J is between L and F.

• G is between I and F.

• H, a lady member is second to the left of J.

• F, a male member is seated opposite to E who is a lady member.

• There is a lady member between F and I.

Q-Who amongst the following sits diagonally Second to the right of J?

a. G

b. K

c. E

d. L

e. H

Q-Who among the following represent the immediate neighbours of I?

a. J,F

b. H,K

c. G,E

d. E,F

e. None of these

Q-Who among the following sits Exactly between F and L?

a. J

b. A female member

c. K

d. G

e. A male member

Q-Which of the following Pairs represents the group of female members?

a. L,I,J

b. I,J,K

c. K,J,F

d. E,G,H

e. Cannot be determined

Q-What is the position of L regarding I?

a. Second to the left

b. Third to the right

c. Fourth to the left

d. Second to the right

e. Third to the left

Solution:

Q 1-6

Q 7-11