1. Pattern of the Preliminary Exam :a) Reasoning Ability : 35
Questionsb) Quantitative Aptitude : 35 Questionsc) English: 30
Questionsa) Reasoning ability :Reasoning has always been the
difcult section in SB e!a"# But Being the p$eli"ina$y e!a"% we
cane!pect that the difculty level o& SB e!a" will be "ode$ate
and will include "any i"po$tant topics#'e a$e p$oviding the details
in the &ollowing table :b) Quantitative Aptitude :Quantitative
aptitude used to be the toughest pa$t because it included both ti"e
ta(ing andcalculativepa$t and"ost o&
the)uestionswas&$o"*atainte$p$etationandanalysis# But
inthep$eli"ina$ysection% wecanhope)uestions&$o"all
thetopicsasthisti"eSB hasw$ittenit asQuantitative Aptitude# 'e can
e!pect the &ollowing topics that one can cove$ &o$ +$eli"
e!a"#c) English anguage :,he syllabus &o$ English section has
always been sa"e and is conside$ed to be one o&
thesco$ingsections# ,his ti"e we can e!pect that English will be
o& "ode$ate level and eve$yone will be able to doit# ,he
topicwise details a$e as &ollows :!. "ains Examination-owlet.s
tal( about the "ost i"po$tant pa$t o& thewhole $ec$uit"ent
p$ocess i#e# the /ainse!a"inations# ,hispa$t will need"o$ee0o$t
andti"e"anage"ent s(ills# 'iththe"ost o& the1$epo$tedinstances%
wecansaythat i& you"angetodoit inti"e% thenyouwill
behavinganadvantage ove$ othe$s# ,he$e is no ha$d and &ast $ule
that you need to &ollow#a" showing you
ane!a"pletodivideyou$ti"ethat"osto&ou$$eade$scan&ollowo$youcan"a(eyou$ownti"edivision
analysis :,his*ivisiono& ti"ehelpedalot o& studentstoclea$
thei$ e!a"inationandget th$oughall the$ec$uit"ent p$ocesses o&
B+S% RB% -ABAR*% 23% -A32% -32% 43% etc# -ow i& you a$e
thin(ing aboutnu"be$ o& )uestions to be atte"pted in the
e!a"ination% then let it be clea$ that you need to
atte"ptas"anyaspossibleandall theatte"pted)uestions shouldbeco$$ect
andnoneedtogo&o$any #$u%%a& because that 5,u((a. can "a(e a
di0e$ence between you$ "a$(s and cut6o0 "a$(s#-ow co"ing to the
bi&u$cation o& the )uestions &$o" the "ains e!a"% we
would be p$oviding you thedetailed division that will de7nitely
"a(e you$ way towa$ds clea$ing the e!a"#/ains E!a" will include the
&ollowing sub8ects and topics :a) Reasoning '(igh evel)b) )ata
*nterpretation and Analysisc) +eneral A,areness- "ar%eting-
.omputersd) English anguage,his will be the $eal deal in the whole
p$ocess and the topicwise details a$e as &ollows :a) Reasoning
'(igh evel) :This is one the important section where numbers can be
scored easily and one can devote a good amount of time toto score
in this section. Speculations are clear about this sections as it
willbe unchanged and willfollow the oldpattern and the topics are
mentioned below :b) )ata *nterpretation and Analysis,his is the
"ost hated pa$t o& the pape$ and "ost o& the studentsa$e
sca$ed with this pa$t# ,heyatte"pt this section to clea$ the
individual cut6o0# -o one thin(s o& getting "o$e "a$(s in this
section9because it can be dange$ous to dealwith% in the pape$#
:ollowing is the topicwise b$ea( up o& thissection :c) +eneral
A,areness- "ar%eting- .omputers-ow 3o"ing to this pa$t% we can only
say that capsule p$ovided by Ban(e$s Adda is "o$e than enoughto
sco$e in this section# ,he capsule will be out be&o$e the e!a"
and till the ti"e you can p$epa$e &$o"daily )ui;;es on Ban(e$s
Adda# ,his section is the one that anyone can easily sco$e and
&ollowing a$ethe detailed topicwise bi&u$cation :d) English
anguage,his section is "ode$ate and i& one can concent$ate on
ce$tain topics% then "a$(s can be sco$ed easily#00J>50 A
3000-u"be$ o& students in 1EEE A 30006350J500 A 3150-u"be$
o& students in 9000 A 31506>50J>00 A 3100-u"be$ o&
students in 9001 A 31006>50J550 A 3900Above analysis will help
us solving p$oble"s &o$ this line g$aph#2ets be bac( on
)uestion now%+e$centage inc$ease in st$ength o& the school
&$o" 1EEB to 1EEC will be%A @@3000N9E50)G9E50P100)DA1#?ED@o
this is approx e00J>50 A 3000-u"be$ o& students in 1EEE A
30006350J500 A 315010>.@>) Explanation: -u"be$ o&
students in 1EE5 A 3000 LgivenM-u"be$ o& students in 1EE? A
30006950J350 A 3100-u"be$ o& students in 1EEB A 31006>50J300
A 9E50-u"be$ o& students in 1EEC A 9E506>00J>50 A
3000-u"be$ o& students in 1EEE A 30006350J500 A 3150-u"be$
o& students in 9000 A 31506>50J>00 A 3100-u"be$ o&
students in 9001 A 31006>50J550 A 3900:$o" &$o" above
options we 7nd in 1EE? and 9000 nu"be$ o& students was sa"e
i#e# 3100:. Explanation: -u"be$ o& students in 1EE5 A 3000
LgivenM-u"be$ o& students in 1EE? A 30006950J350 A 3100-u"be$
o& students in 1EEB A 31006>50J300 A 9E50-u"be$ o&
students in 1EEC A 9E506>00J>50 A 3000-u"be$ o& students
in 1EEE A 30006350J500 A 3150-u"be$ o& students in 9000 A
31506>50J>00 A 3100-u"be$ o& students in 9001 A
31006>50J550 A 3900n 9001 students A 3900n 1EEC students A
3000Re)ui$ed +e$centage A@3000G3900P100)D?:/.=48SBI PO: Business
,etter 8ormat%ear readers& here we are presenting you a few
writing tips and format of /usiness Letter Writin! & which will
be important for upcoming SBI PO e2am.' business letter& as the
name suggests& is a letter which has a formal tone and is used
for business purposes. 'part from this& business letters are
also written for conveying messages to people who we do not (now
personally. This ma(es the business letter different from the usual
casual or informal letter./hile writing a business letter& a
person has to follow certain rules. One of the most important rules
is thatit should be short and concise. Businessmen do not have the
time to read long letters and hence& the letter should not be
more than a page i.e.& with ma2imum 2@B paragraphs. 'part from
this& you have to follow a uni4ue format for business
letters& which differs to a large e2tent from informal
letters./usiness Letter Writin! (ips+It will be a good idea to
gather some crucial information on the things that you have to (eep
in mind while writing a business letter. #ere& you will find
some important tips for the same..ender0s address and date+
'ccording to the rules& it is important to begin the letter
with the address and other contact details of the sender. 8ollowed
by this& one has to mention the date on which the letter is
written.1eipient0s name and address+ 'fter you have written the
date& you have to mention the recipient7s name and full
address. This should come C@D lines after the date..alutation+ Once
you are done with the address of the recipient& you have to
begin the letter with a 11salutation. The salutation should have a
greeting word or phrase followed by a personal title @ 9r.E9s. @
and the full name of the person. Some of the letter salutations
that you can use for business letters include %ear )full name*&
%ear SirE9adam& etc. If you do not (now the name of the
recipient& it would be best to begin with To /homsoever It 9ay
-oncern..u#2et+ 'fter the salutation comes the sub=ect line where
you have to mention the purpose of the letter in short. 9a(e sure
that the sub=ect line is in upper@case characters and is aligned
either to the left or to the center./ody+ The body of the letter
can have 2@B paragraphs. In the introduction& tal( about the
reason for writing the letter and in the following paragraphs&
you can give the necessary details. It is important to maintain
double@line spaces between paragraphs when you are writing a
business letter.&omplimentary losin!+ Once you finish writing
the letter& you have to end it with a complimentary closing.
Some of the closings include ;espectfully home(o, many steps ,ill
be re) Seven5) -one o& theseSolutions:@1;"A +'fter careful&
'nalysis of the given input and various steps of arrangement it is
evident that one number andone word are arranged alternately. The
numbers are arranged in ascending order while the words arearranged
in reverse alphabetical order.1. )B*.tep 55 : !" yes D2 "!CG tal(
now gone.tep 555 : !" yes CG D2 "! tal( now gone.tep 5B : !" yes CG
tal( D2 "! now gone.tep B : !" yes CG tal( "! D2 now gone.tep B5 :
!" yes CG tal( "! now D2 gone2. )"*.tep 555 : 2! victory B =oint DC
CK all gone.tep 5B : 2! factory B =oint CK DC all gone.tep B : 2!
victory B =oint CK gone DC all3. )B*5nput : GF bind B2 goal house
D! !2 =oy.tep 5 : !2 GF bind B2 goal house D! =oy.tep 55 : !2 =oy
GF bind B2 goal house D!.tep 555 : !2 =oy B2 GF bind goal house
D!90.tep 5B: 2! victory B =oint CK DC all gone.tep B : 2! victory B
=oint CK gone DC all4. )"*5nput : save 2! CB KG them early BD
for.tep 5 : 2! save CB KG them early BD for.tep 55 : 2! them save
CB KG early BD for.tep 555 : 2! them BD save CB KG early for.tep 5B
: 2! them BD save CB for KG early". )2*5nput : desire "F DB all few
BG CD 6one.tep 5 : BG desire "F DB all few CD 6one.tep 55 : BG 6one
desire "F DB all few CD.tep 5B: BG 6one CD few desire "F DB all.tep
B : BG 6one CD few "F desire DB all@$;1-A+8rom the given analysis
of given input and various steps of rearrangement& it is
evident that alternately onenumber and one word are arranged. The
numbers get arranged in descending order and the words getarranged
as per dictionary.$. )C*5nput: how was your stay "D 2" BD DC .tep
5: DC how was your stay "D 2" BD.tep 55: DC how "D was your stay 2"
BD.tep 555+ DC how "D stay was your 2" BD.tep 5B: DC how "D stay BD
was your 2".tep B: DC how "D stay BD was 2" your%.)B* 5nput: power
fail now "2 2C K" gate BC.tep 5: K" power fail now"2 2C gate BC.tep
55: K" fail power now "2 2C gate BC.tep 555: K" fail "2 power now
2C gate BC91.tep 5B: K" fail "2 gate power now 2C BC.tep B+ K" fail
"2 gate BC power now 2C.tep B5: K" fail "2 gate BC now power 2C.tep
B55: K" fail "2 gate BC now 2C power'. )C* 8rom the given step it
is not possible to determine the input.,. )!* .tep 55: K" down !D
2C farm eager D2 s(y.tep 555: K" down D2 !D 2C farm eager s(y.tep
5B: K" down D2 eager !D 2C farm s(y.tep B: K" down D2 eager 2C !D
farm s(y.tep B5+ K" down D2 eager 2C farm !D s(y1-. )B* 5nput: !C
B" when they came D! CG home.tep 5: D! !C B" when they came CG
home.tep 55: D! came !C B" when they CG home.tep 555: D! came CG !C
B" when they home.tep 5B: D! came CG home !C B" when they.tep B: D!
came CG home B" !C when they.tep B5: D! came CG home B" they !C
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