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SBI PO Prelims 2021 Solved Question Paper and Answer Key PDF (January 04, 2021)

Oct 2, 2022

SBI PO Prelims 2021 English question paper with answer key PDF, conducted on January 04, 2021 is available to download. The exam was successfully organised by State Bank of India. In terms of difficulty level, SBI PO Prelims was of easy to moderate level.

The question paper comprised a total of 100 questions divided among three sections- English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, and Reasoning Ability. Each question has 5 options out of which only 1 is correct. Total duration of the test is 60 minutes. There is negative marking as well. 1 Mark is given for each correct answer and 0.25 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer. There is no penalty for the unattempted questions.

SBI PO Prelims 2021 Question Paper - January 04, 2021

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SBI PO 2021 - January 04, 2021 Questions

1	How can we increase our chances of employability and succeed in this new age?
2	Which brand/company/organization has not been mentioned in the passage?
3	Determine a suitable title for the passage.
4	What is the synonym of 'plethora'?
5	What is the antonym of the word 'adaptive'?
6	What is the meaning of the emboldened phrase given below? Sooner or later taxi drivers will be fretting over self-driving cars.
7	Which of the following meanings properly explains the word 'trawling'?
8	What is the overall tone of the passage?
9	When you press (A) the end call button (B) on the phone, (C) the call will disconnect automatically. (D) No Error (E)
10	My favourite teacher has (A)/ taught me very well how to write and speak English (B)/ and French in a very short (C) span of time (D) No Error (E)
11	You, I and Ram (A) went to the market (B) the day before yesterday (C)where we bought this pillow (D)/ No error (E)/
12	After a long wait (A) of almost 68 years, (B) the jury gave their verdict (C) on the Ayodhya feud. (D) No Error. (E)
13	When the crowd collected round him he seemed confused, but at the demand of the tall lad who had pushed his way up to him, he began in a fairly too tremulous voice to read the sheet from the beginning.
14	Aeroplanes were seldom if never, allowed to fly at late night during the winters of December and January due to security reasons and also safety issues at the time of landing.
15	He’s ten years old, but he still solves puzzles and calculates fuzzy logics with neurologists observing that he has lots of brain activities going on in his mind and all his vitals are extremely fascinating.
16	Reshma has a very annoying habit of _______ in idle gossip. Tonight I am______ myself with a bottle of Champagne.
17	Her face had a __________ pallor which he noticed immediately on reaching her. He got a _______ shock on opening the parcel.
18	He made his camp in the thicket when he was sure that there were sure signs of gorilla _______ in the surrounding valley. Humans have always built their ________ close to rivers as it provides easy access to water.
19	The wood of the nail when dry has a _______ resembling that of sandalwood and is used for torches in fishing. The new perfume had a unique _______ that smelled like the first day of spring.
20	Her speeches always had the capacity to _____ the flames of patriotism in the minds of the youth. Plastic can _______ easily when exposed to fire.
21	Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
22	Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
23	Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
24	Which of the following should be the LAST sentence after rearrangement?
25	Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
26	The decreased (A) were desperate (B) for any kind of fish as the quantity (C) of good fish had fishermen (D) in recent years.
27	Countries (A) based on the colour (B) of one's skin is a major problem (C) in India and a lot of otherÂ discrimination. (D)
28	An apple of discord I. My sister and I had fought over a piece of land causing an apple of discord a few years ago and we haven’t spoken in since. II. The "best employee" award has been an apple of discord among the co-workers for quite some time. III. If I had known that an apple of discord would occur among villagers, I would not have told them about my new business venture. IV. Sharing credit for their breakthrough work became an apple of discord between the two research students.
29	Bolt from the blue I.The news of her husband's death in the air crash came to her like a bolt from blue. II. I do not think hostilities have ever been begun except by something rather approaching a bolt from the blue. III. Developing weapons of mass destruction by North Korea came as a bolt from the blue for the world. IV. The blue skies were filled with dark clouds, bolts of lightning were seen all over the city.
30	Even if he loses this match, (A) he will still be getting (B) one more chance (C) to enter the finale. (D)
31	244.99 ÷ 4.99 + (40% of 1549.99) = 760 – ?
32	What approximate value will come in the place of the question mark ‘?’ in the following question? (3.07/4.01)² × 127.96 + 442.02 = ?
33	What approximate value will come in the place of the question mark ‘?’ in the following question? √(74.01 + 43.01 ✕ 4.99) = 74.01 - ?
34	244.03 – 654.02 + ? ÷ 2.01 = 835.01
35	65.01 - ∛512 + 249 = ? - 240
36	√289 – 15% of 300 = ?² – 284
37	A invests Rs. 2800 and B invests Rs. 2100 in a business, A withdraws his money after 6 months while C invested 25% of A's capital after 4 months when A withdraws his money and B invests for the whole year, if annual profit of is Rs. 930, then find B's share.
38	A whole-seller after allowing a successive discount of 20% and 10% on the list price of a product get a profit of Rs. 120. find the cost price of the product, If list price of the product is Rs. 1000.
39	A bag contains four white and six black balls. If three balls are chosen from the bag at random, then what is the probability that all are white?
40	A man can row 52 km upstream and 42 km downstream in 10 hours. It is also known that he can row 66 km downstream and 60 km upstream in 13 hours. Find the speed of the man in still water.
41	A and B completed a work together in 6 days. Had A worked 1/3rd of his efficiency and B's efficiency remains the same, then it would have taken them 10 days to complete the task. How much time would it take for A alone to complete the work?
42	Find the number of unsold chocolates by A
43	Find the ratio between the number of sold chocolates by B and number of unsold chocolates by C
44	Find the difference between the total number of chocolates sold by A and C together and total number of chocolates which remain unsold by B, D and E together.
45	The number of chocolates sold by D is what% of the number of chocolates sold by A?
46	If F is a person who bought 16 chocolates more than that of E and have sold 50% more than the number of chocolates sold by D then, find the difference between the number of chocolates bought by F and the number of sold chocolates by F.
47	The total number of unsold chocolates by all 5 persons is what% of the total chocolates available?
48	I. 3x² + 19x + 20 = 0 II. 6y² + 19y +15 = 0
49	I. x² = 256 II. y² + 18y + 17 = 0
50	I. x² – 15x + 56 = 0 II. y² + 17y + 72 = 0
51	I. 4x² + 13x + 9 = 0 II. 4y² + 20y + 25 =0
52	I. 3x² – 18x + 24 = 0 II. 5y² – 50y + 125 = 0
53	I. x² – 14x + 33 = 0 II. y² – 20y + 99 = 0
54	Four year ago, the average age of a family of 5 members was 21 years. A baby has born, the average of the family remains the same today. What is the age of the baby?
55	The perimeter of a rectangle is 420 m. The length of the rectangle is 30 m more than its breadth. Find the time taken to cross it diagonally if the rate of speed is 10m/s.
56	A man had Rs. 3000 with him. He kept Rs. 250 with him and distributed the rest. The ratio of A and B was 5 : 6. The ratio of B and C was 3 : 4 and the ratio of C and D was 4 : 3. Find the amount which C got.
57	What will be the sum on which the rate of interest is 4% per annum for the first 2 yr, 6% per annum for the next 4 yr and 8% per annum for the period beyond 6 yr. if the simple interest accrued by the sum for a total period of 9 yr is Rs. 4480?
58	A 30 m long train crosses a person who is walking at a speed of 8 km/hr in the opposite direction and passes him in 8 seconds. Subsequently, it crosses a second person, walking in the same direction as that of the first person, and passes him in 3 seconds. What is the speed of the second person?
59	Two Alloys X and Y contain Brass and Aluminum in the ratio 8 : 9 and 1 : 6 respectively. In what ratio should they be mixed so as to have 25% brass?
60	The number of vacant seat of bus C is what percent more or less than the number of vacant seat of bus A?
61	If filled seat of bus E is 3 more than the filled seats of bus B. Find the ratio of vacant seat of buses D and E.
62	If in another bus F, number of filled seats is twice the filled seat of bus A, which is 60% of total seats in bus F. Then find the difference in vacant seats of buses F and A.
63	If the ratio of number of seats of D and E is 7 : 6. Find the average of number of filled seats in all buses.
64	If number of seats of bus E is 10 less than the seats of bus A. Find the number of vacant seats in Bus D.
65	If number of seats of bus D is 10 more than the seats of bus B. Find the number of vacant seats in Bus E.
66	Statements: All mango are papaya No papaya is apple Some papaya are watermelon Conclusions: I. Some apple are mango II. Some watermelon are not papaya
67	Statements: Some phone are laptop All laptop are tablet Some tablet are headphone Conclusions: I. Some headphone are laptop II. Some tablet are laptop
68	Statements: All Pen are Paper No Paper is Pencil Some Pencil are Eraser Conclusions: I. Some Eraser are Paper II. Some Pencil are Paper
69	Statements: All A are B Only a few B are C Some C are D Conclusions: I. Some D are not B II. All C are A
70	Statements: Only notepad is book Some paper is notepad Conclusions: I. All book can be paper II. Some notepad is paper.
71	Direction: Read the following questions carefully and answer the questions that follows: In a family M is father of S who is unmarried. S and D are sisters. T is married to N who is only brother of D. B is brother in law of N. R is the only child of N. T does not have any sibling. How is M related to N?
72	How is S related to T?
73	How many female members in the family?
74	What is the position of C with respect to D?
75	What is false regarding F?
76	How many people sit between G and F when counted in an anticlockwise direction from G?
77	Four among the five are same in some way and thus form a group, which of the following does not belong to that group?
78	Who sits second to the right of the person who sits opposite to G?
79	How many people are sitting to the left of H?
80	How many people are sitting in the row?
81	Which of the following statements is true?
82	What is the position of H with respect to I?
83	How many people are sitting between Q and L?
84	Which jar contains the highest quantity of milk?
85	If total milk contained by jar C and E is 48, and total milk contained by D and F is 52, what is the total quantity of milk contained by jar D and E?
86	What is the possible quantity of milk that is contained by jar A?
87	How many pairs of letters are there in the word ‘HANDICRAFT’ that have the same number of letters between them in the word (in both forward and backward directions), as they have in the English alphabetical series?
88	On which of the following date D has his event?
89	Four of the five are alike in a certain way, find the one which does not belong to that group.
90	In a certain way, B is related to Jaipur and A is related to Shimla then in the same way D is related to whom?
91	In Which of the following city, A’s event takes place?
92	How many people have their event between F and the one whose event is in Shimla?
93	In a given number 8956435251, add one in each even digit and subtract one from each odd digit. Now, what will be the multiplication of the second digit from the left and fourth digit from the right?
94	In a word ‘CARBONIZE’, replace each vowel with the next letter in the Alphabetical series and each consonant with the previous letter in the Alphabetical Series. How many letters occurs more than once in this newly formed word?
95	If it is possible to make a meaningful word, using the 1st, 3rd, 9th and 11th letters of the word ‘AGGREGATION’, then what is the third letter from the left end of the newly formed word? If no such word be formed, mark the answer as ‘Y’. If more than one word can be formed mark the answer as ‘X’.
96	Which of the following groups of employees work along with employee A?
97	Who among the following employees work in the IT department
98	Which of the following combinations is correct?
99	Employee H belongs to which department?
100	Which of the following groups of employees work in the Production department?