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SBI PO | Preliminary Examination

SBI PO Prelims: full-length mock test 3

A third full-length SBI PO Prelims paper: 100 fresh original questions across English, Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning, each section on its own 20-minute clock, with one fourth negative marking and the real exam interface.

Before you start

  • Each section has its own clock of 20 minutes. When a section's time is over it locks, and you cannot return to it.
  • This is a full-length paper: 100 questions in 60 minutes, split 30 in English Language, 35 in Quantitative Aptitude and 35 in Reasoning Ability, exactly as SBI sets the Preliminary Examination.
  • Every question carries one mark, and one fourth of a mark is deducted for a wrong answer. Questions left unanswered carry no penalty.
  • No calculator is provided, exactly as in the real Prelims.
  • You may change an answer any time while its section is still running.
  • Sections are attempted in the order shown and cannot be reordered, which is how the real paper is administered.

Sections in this test

SectionQuestionsTime
English LanguageEnglish Language3020 min
Quantitative AptitudeQuantitative Aptitude3520 min
Reasoning AbilityReasoning Ability3520 min

Sample questions with worked solutions

A few questions from this test, with the answer key and the method behind it. The full set of 100 runs under a timer, and every solution is on the analysis screen once you submit.

English Language · solved example

Choose the best replacement for the underlined part: The teacher asked the students 'that why they were' late.

  • why were they
  • why they wereCorrect
  • that why they were
  • that why were they

Solution

An indirect question drops "that" and keeps subject-verb order, giving "why they were late".

Quantitative Aptitude · solved example

At what rate percent per annum will Rs 1200 amount to Rs 1440 in 4 years at simple interest?

  • 5%Correct
  • 6%
  • 8%
  • 4%

Solution

Interest = 1440 − 1200 = 240. Rate = 240 × 100 ÷ (1200 × 4) = 5% per annum.

Reasoning Ability · solved example

Find the next term: 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, ?

  • 35
  • 37Correct
  • 36
  • 38

Solution

The differences are 3, 5, 7, 9, growing by 2, so the next difference is 11 and the term is 26 + 11 = 37.

English Language · solved example

Identify the part that contains an error: The teacher along with (1) / her students (2) / are going (3) / on a trip. (4)

  • (1)
  • (3)Correct
  • No error
  • (4)
  • (2)

Solution

The subject is "The teacher"; "along with her students" does not change its number, so the verb should be "is going". The error is in part (3).

English Language · solved example

Identify the part that contains an error: The number of students (1) / appearing for the exam (2) / have increased (3) / this year. (4)

  • No error
  • (1)
  • (3)Correct
  • (4)
  • (2)

Solution

"The number of" takes a singular verb, so it should be "has increased", not "have increased". The error is in part (3).

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How this test is marked

Correct answer

+1

Wrong answer

-0.25

Unanswered

0

Because a blank carries no penalty, guessing only pays when you can eliminate at least two options. The analysis screen after the test shows you exactly where guessing cost you marks.