Memory based Questions Asked in SBI PO Mains Exam 2019 [20 July]

By Neeraj Mishra|Updated : July 20th, 2019

Check here all the questions asked in SBI PO Mains 2019 which was held today i.e 20.07.2019. SBI PO Mains Exam 2019 was held successfully across the country. The exam was conducted in a single shift from 10.00 AM to 1.30 PM. The overall level of the exam was DIFFICULT.

In this post, we have covered the topic-wise question asked in a different section of today's SBI PO Mains Exam 2019. These questions were shared by the candidates who have appeared in today's SBI PO Main Exam 2019.

GK Questions Asked in SBI PO Mains: 20th July 2019 

1.  CEAT International Cricketer of the year – Virat Kohli (GK Tornado) May

2. Which state launched Mukhyamantri Yuva Swabhiman Yojana which guarantees 100 days of employment every year to urban youths from economically weaker sections (EWS)? Madhya Pradesh (GK Tornado) Feb

3. Jalamrutha a water conservation scheme focusing on measures like drought has been launched in Feb 2019 by the govt. of - Karnataka (GK Tornado) March

4. Which Bank has entered into an agreement with the BSE to buy a stake in its subsidiary India International Exchange (INX)? ICICI Bank (May)

5. The World Happiness report 2019 was released by UN & Sustainable Development Solutions Network in which Finland has been ranked on top. The report was produced in partnership with __. The Ernesto Illy Foundation.

6. According to the Union Budget 2019-20, how much amount will be infused in bank recapitalisation – Rs 70, 000 crore (Budget PDF BYJU'S Exam Prep) July

7. Which insurance company has announced the launch of ‘Wings’, a specially designed mentorship program to empower the female workforce? Aviva Life Insurance (GK Tornado) March

8. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) constituted which committee to review the existing state of mortgage securitisation in India and suggest measures to develop the market further? Harsh Vardhan (GK Tornado) May

9. In IFSC the fifth digit is 0 (zero) and reserved for - future use 

10. Receivables Exchange of India Ltd (RXIL) operates the Trade Receivables Discounting System platform. RXIL is incorporated as a joint venture by - SIDBI & NSE (Jan)

11. In FY 2019-20, the fiscal deficit target has been revised to - 3.3% (Budget PDF BYJU'S Exam Prep) July

12. In July 2019, who among the following sprinters became the first athlete to clinch a gold medal in women 100 m in the Summer University Games held in Italy? Dutee Chand (GK Tornado) July

13. What is the theme of the International Day of Happiness? Share Happiness and be a part of Something Amazing (March)

14. Plan Bee an amplifying system imitating the buzz of a swarm of honey bees to keep wild elephants away from railway tracks earned the ____the best innovation award in Indian Railways for the 2018-19 fiscal. Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) (GK Tornado) July month

15. Which country inaugurates first model village built with Indian assistance? Sri Lanka (GK Tornado) July 

16. Which bank emerged as the country’s top bank as per the Forbes magazines' 'World's Best Bank' survey? HDFC (GK Tornado) April

17. Who is the first female pilot to enter the Atlantic Ocean solo in a light Space Aircraft (LSA) recently - Aarohi Pandit - May

18. Who is eligible to purchase the sovereign Gold Bond 2019-20, other than the resident individuals, trust, charitable institutions & HUFs? University - July

19. Through which portal public sector lending certificates can be treated by banks to achieve the PSL target and sub-targets in the event of the shortfall - e-kuber 

20.A medium-term strategy is named as Utkarsh 2022 finalised by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is a three Year Roadmap launched for ---- to strengthen the regulatory and supervisory mechanism of RBI (GK Tornado) July 

21. G20 Finance Ministers’ Meeting was held in - Japan (GK tornado) June

22. Which bank is signed a deal with commonwealth bank of Australia for blockchain development? World Bank (GK Tornado) May

23. In March 2019 the guided Pinaka was successfully test-fired from the Pokhran range. It has been developed by which organisation? DRDO 

24. Abhijeet Gupta is associated with which sports? Chess (July) 

25.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched ........, on its website for facilitating RBI’s grievance redressal process. Complaint Management System (CMS) (GK Tornado) June

26. The new commercial arm of ISRO - New Space India Ltd. (GK Tornado) May

27. The Government sets up a working group to revise WPI, give a roadmap to shift to PPI. The committee is headed by? Ramesh Chand (GK Tornado) June

28. Recently, declared a World Heritage city in India - Jaipur (GK Tornado) (July)

29. Gender gap index was not based on which parameter? Environmental degradation

30. According to Linkedin, which is the best companies to work for in India in 2019? Flipkart (April)

31. The project Sangam accelerates India’s Swachh Bharat Mission is related to? Microsoft (March)

32. NCLAT order on Essar Steel has rewritten IBC rules.  What is the full form of NCLAT? National Company Law Appellate Tribunal

33. As per Finance Ministry data June 2019, the total balance in Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) accounts was at over ___ as on July 3? 1 lakh crore (July)

34. A ____will be set up in the current fiscal year as part of the measures to deepen the bond market? Credit Guarantee Enhance Corporation (Budget PDF BYJU'S Exam Prep) (July) 

35. A Centre for Disability Sports will be set up at ___ Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh (March)

36. Who has been appointed the additional director of Yes Bank - R Gandhi  (GK Tornado) May

37. Which organisations have provided the Loan Agreement of USD 250 million for the First Resilient Kerala Program? World Bank (GK Tornado) June

38. Under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) scheme which state is best in cylinder refilling? Haryana

Quant Questions Asked in SBI PO Mains: 20th July 2019

There are 3 series, you have to find value of a, b, c & then establish relation among a, b, c

(i) 1, 601, 721, 751, (a), 766

(ii) 753, 769, (b), 765, 763, 764

(iii) 23, 24, 50, 153, (c), 3085

  1. a > b = c
  2. a = b > c
  3. a = b < c
  4. a > b < c
  5. None of these

Ans. B.

There are 3 series, you have to find value of a, b, c & then establish relation among a, b, c

(i) 102, 107, 117, 134, (a)

(ii) 130, 115, 135, 110, (b)

(iii) (c), 80, 120, 300, 1050

  1. b < a = c
  2. b > a = c
  3. b = a > c
  4. b = a < c
  5. None of these

Ans. A.

Direction: An apple pie of R cm radius has to cut into X equal pieces, top surface are of each piece was 0.77 cm2. But later on it was found 50% of pie was rotten so the remaining 50% was cut into X – 3 pieces of 0.616 cm2 each.

Q. Find out the value of X.

  1. 10
  2. 12
  3. 8
  4. 6
  5. None of these

Ans. C.

Q. Find out the circumference of original pie?

  1. 88/50
  2. 88/25
  3. 176/25
  4. 176/50
  5. None of these

Ans. B.

Q. If entire pie would have been cut into 11 identical pieces what would have been top surface area of each piece?

  1. 0.64
  2. 0.56
  3. 0.28
  4. 0.42
  5. None of these

Ans. B.

Direction: Data below represent the number of people required for the various project to be completed in various days:

Project

Situation 1

Situation 2

Number of workers

Days required

Number of workers

Days required

A

X

88

X + 8

66

B

Y

Y – 1

Y + 6

Y – 6

C

Z2

75

M2

108

Q. If 64 people were working for Project A, how many days did it take to complete the work?

  1. 44 days
  2. 22 days
  3. 33 days
  4. 36 days
  5. None of these

Ans. C.

Q. If in Team P, total no. of workers = 0.5Z x 2 M. Then what is the number of days required by Team P to complete Project C?

  1. 75 days
  2. 60 days
  3. 90 days
  4. 80 days
  5. None of these

Ans. C.

Q. If 0.5 Y people work on project B for 10 days and then 0.5Y people join the project after 10 days. How many days will it take to complete the Project B?

35 days

40 days

45 days

50 days

None of these

Ans. B.

Direction (14-15):

Population Density in (per Sq Km) and Land area in (sq km) of 4 Villages A, B, C and D in the year 2001.

Population Density = Total population of the village / Land Area

Gender Ratio = (Total no. of Males in a village/ Total no. of females in a village)* 100

Q. If the gender ratio of C = 125 less than A and female population is equal for A and C, then find the male population in Village A?

  1. 4000
  2. 4250
  3. 4500
  4. 4750
  5. None of these

Ans. D.

Q. If the population of female if 4000 for Village D, what is the gender ratio of D?

  1. 120
  2. 140
  3. 160
  4. 150
  5. None of these

Ans. B.

Direction: Date is available for different stages of progress of loan distribution fair.

No. of people contacted for loan fair (Z)

No. of people visited loan fair (X)

9600 people shown interest in loans

32% of 9600 applied

20% of people who had applied are eligible

Y % of people who were eligible disbursed the loan

Q. If out of people who have applied, 2880 were not eligible?

Then how many are eligible?

  1. 1440
  2. 720
  3. 1080
  4. 360
  5. None of these

Ans. B.

 

Q. If 6000 did not show interest and 7400 people did not visit the fair. Find the total number of people contacted?

22000

23000

24000

25000

None of these

Ans. B.

Q. In a bag X there are some identical green balls and rest other are blue balls.

(i) Probability of getting 1 green and 1 blue ball without replacement is 40/87.

(ii) Probability of getting both green is A.

(iii) If there is another bag (Y) in which some blue balls and rest others are green.

(iv) If a number of blue balls taken out from Y is 4 more than the green balls taken out from Y bag and added to bag X. Then the probability of getting both green is 14/29.

English Questions Asked in SBI PO Mains: 20th July 2019

 The recent ___ I____ regarding language use and learning _____II_____ on the primacy of communicative activities in the classroom.

                      I

                          II

a.  ideas

d. rests

b. evolve

e. insist

c.  theory

f. adequate

 The new restaurant has already become a huge ______I______ with people _____II______ up for hours for a seat each night.

                      I

                          II

a.      failure

d.     queuing

b.     forfeit

e.      lining

c.      success

f.        ignoring

French revolutionaries _____I______ death by guillotine to be a more ______II______ method of execution.

                    I

                          II 

a.  disregarded

d. humane

b. considered

e. cruel

c. neglected

f. merciful

When we ______I_______ a repayment of a loan installment, we _____II______ the amount of the loan.

                                    I

                                      II

  1. withhold

d. reduce

        b. executing

e. increase 

        c. make 

f. calculating 

The petrol market is _____I_______ so fast that some major petroleum companies have ______II________ refining petrol.

                                      I

                                    II

  1. shrinking

d. rejects

                      b. diminished

e. discontinued

                      c. declining 

f. terminate

Parajumble

A. A force within a field (1)/ moulds a young, naive person into (2) / the word mentor is usually (3)/ applied to the one who (4)

B.. Careers and not just at the start as (1)/ it is important throughout our (2)/  a good mentor can help one to (3)/ navigate one’s career successfully (4)

C. May not be when we meet them the most (1)/ a common perception when seeking (2)/ a mentor in that area is that we should (3)/ do it when we are new to a profession but that (4)

D. In reality, that’s not always the (1)/ dynamic or the demographic, of the mentor-mentee relationship, (2)/ guidance too, especially at the workplace (3)/ as capable grownups need (4)

Answer: ABDC

Reading Comprehension Themes (3x6):

  1. Real Estate Investment
  2. The slowdown in the Chinese economy 
  3. Story of an officer- his send-off function
  4. Increased fire risks owing to faulty equipment in a tumble dryer company
  5. Diversification of work and its effect on the economy
  6. Environment

Situation based Question

A team leader P of a company XYZ is trying to convince senior managers to not resign because in last 15 days 3 senior managers have already resigned. This will affect the company.  

Which of the given words describe the aforementioned situation

  1. Attrition, Uncertainty, Panic
  2. Dilemma, Fear, Lay- off
  3. Crisis, resignation, Distress 

Descriptive Topics

Essay Topics

  1. What should the government do to improve financial literacy?
  2. How is e-commerce impacting traditional business?
  3. What should one take care of while using online banking?

Letter writing

  1. Write a letter to the branch manager for issuing a new cheque book as you misplaced your old cheque book.
  2. Write a letter to your senior colleague thanking him for giving good career advice and guidance.
  3. Write a letter to your branch manager requesting him to open an extra cash counter to avoid long queues.

Reasoning Questions Asked in SBI PO Mains: 20th July 2019

Direction: Study the following data carefully and answer the questions accordingly.

Input: 734269    825497 647538   219354 961357   321658

Step I: 962437   794528 465783 123945     753169 236185

Step ii: 123945   236185 465783 753169     794528 962437

Step iii: 135924   135268 357468 135796   579248 379246

Step iv: 3458     31048 152848   33554 351832 211824

Step v: 20   16 28 20    22 18

Input: 856347 745982   329584 512379    954267 463512

Q.1 If 20 is related to 28 in step V and 973215 is related to 743658 in step II. In the same way, in step III, 579248 is related to __?

  1. 135246
  2. 357468
  3. 579246
  4. 359248
  5. None of the above

Ans: B

Q. 2 What is the difference between the second element from the left end in step II and the second element from the right end in step IV?

  1. 156723
  2. 118964
  3. 109718
  4. 138567
  5. 102488

Ans: C

Q. 3 Which element is third to the right of the second element from the left end in Step IV?

  1. 33518
  2. 31024
  3. 351832
  4. 351824
  5. 151832

Ans: D

Direction: Study the following data carefully and answer the questions accordingly.

7 People A, C, F, J, N, R and V, all related to V in some way, facing north. J sits 3rd from the extreme end. V’s father sits second to the right of J. Only 3 people are there between V’s father and V’s sister. As many people sit to the left of V’s sister as to the right of V’s mother. Only one person sit between N and V’s mother. N is the son of C. A sits third to the right of C. C is the father of R. F sits to the immediate right of R. V’s wife sits second to the left of V.

Q. 1. How many people sit to the right of V?

  1. One
  2. Two 
  3. Three
  4. Four
  5. Five

Ans: A

Q. 2 Only 2 people sit to the left of __

Q. 3 Who sits second to the left of V?

  1. C
  2. R
  3. A
  4. J
  5. N

Ans: C

Q. 4 How is N related to A?

  1. Father
  2. Father in law
  3. Mother
  4. Sister
  5. Can’t be determined

Ans: B
Direction: Study the following data carefully and answer the questions accordingly.

A & B → A is 15 m to the north of B

A @ B → A is 23 m to the east of B

A # B → A is 20 m to the south of B

A % B→ A is 12 m to the west of B

If P % Q # R & S @ T # U, 

Q. 1 V@U, then what is the distance between V and Q?

 

Direction: Study the following data carefully and answer the questions accordingly.

There are 3 different stacks A,B & C, each of height 300 cm. Only 2 boxes are kept between K and N. N is kept at the bottom of stack B. P is not kept in the same stuck in which K is kept. Height of P is 36. L is immediately below P. Only one box is below L. Less than 2 boxes below J. J’s height is more than P. J i snit immediately above N. Sum of box immediately below J and below L is 133. As many boxes below J as below S. The difference between the height of J and S is 41. Only 5 bix between T and R. R is below T. F is immediately above U. F height is odd no. H is above Q. H-Q>2 cm. W>C>V. W<D. Height of box kept at top stack A is >50cm

Q1)   Difference between D and F

Q2) Position of V

Q3) How many boxes in C?

Q4) 2nd from top in each stack.


CODING DECODING

Direction: Study the following data carefully and answer the questions accordingly.

The following words are coded in this manner:

 ‘Words make sentences meaningful’ as 8$A,   2!R, 6#C, 14$F

‘Rain stops every week’ as 2^E,   2#O, 8+A, 8!E

‘Eagerly receives ___(a)___ ‘ as  6%R, 4^R, 12+V

‘Rarely prepares tasty food’ as  12%R, 2~S, __(b)__, 8@O

Q. 1What is the code for ‘every motivated’?

  1. 5#F 6@R
  2. 2^E 6$F
  3. 6#F 8$D
  4. 5$F 7@E
  5. 7@R 5%R

Ans) b

Q. 2 What will come in the blank ‘(a)’?

  1. Prepares
  2. Rarely
  3. Tasty
  4. Food
  5. eagerly

Ans) a

Q. 3 What will come in the blank ‘(b)’?

  1. 5$F
  2. 8*D
  3. 10+E
  4. 7#D
  5. 9^Y

Ans) c

DIRECTION SENSE

Direction Study the following data carefully and answer the questions accordingly.

clubs (♣), diamonds (♦), hearts (♥) and spades (♠)

A♥B means A is to the North of B

A♣B means A is to the South of B

A♠B means A is to the East of B

A♦B means A is to the West of B

There are 3 buses travelling from Z to Y.

Bus 1: K 16♦ Z, J 10♣ K, M 9♦ J, D 18♥ M, C 29♠ D, P 9♥ C, Y 4♦ P

Bus 2: E 35♣ Z, F 6♦ E, G 13♥ F, H 19♦ G, K 39♥ H, Y 25♠ L

Bus 3: N 32♠ Z, Q 4♥ N, S 8♦ Q, T 4♥ S, C 20♦ T, U 14♥ C, U 4♣ V, Y 5♣ V

Q 1: What is the distance between D & T?

Q2: What is the distance and direction of H with respect to M?


Direction: Study the following data carefully and answer the questions accordingly.

There are 8 people standing in 2 concentric square grounds. Four of them are standing in the outer ground facing inwards and four of them are standing in the inner ground facing outwards. All are standing in the middle of the side of the square. There are 4 couples.

Q is to the immediate right of T. Q faces V. There is only one person between V and R’s husband. W faces the immediate neighbour of R. W is not the spouse of T. P neither faces W nor R. S is the immediate neighbour of P. P faces the centre.  

Q. 1 Who is the spouse of U?

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