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SBI PO 2023 Prelims Reasoning PYQ – 1 Nov 2023 Shift 3 (35 Questions with Solutions)

Memory-based SBI PO 2023 Prelims Reasoning from 1 November 2023 Shift 3: seating and box puzzles, blood relations, syllogisms and inequalities, all solved.

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SBI PO 2023 Prelims Reasoning PYQ: Puzzles and Seating from 1 Nov Shift 3

Puzzle solving and logical deduction are the core skills in this SBI PO 2023 Prelims Reasoning Ability set, recalled from the 1 November 2023 Shift 3 paper.

Topic-wise questions in SBI PO 2023 Prelims Reasoning

8topics
Puzzles10 · 29%
Seating Arrangement10 · 29%
Blood Relations3 · 9%
Direction Sense3 · 8%
Inequality3 · 8%
Syllogism3 · 8%
Alphabet & Word Test2 · 6%
Mathematical Operations1 · 3%

What this tells you: course of action

  • First priority: Puzzles and Seating Arrangement, roughly 57% of the questions between them.
  • Keep in rotation: Blood Relations, Direction Sense, Inequality, Syllogism and Alphabet & Word Test, a steady 40% that rewards regular practice once the first group feels comfortable.
  • Save for the end: 1 one-question topic (3% of the questions). Skim that topic last rather than building long study blocks around it.
  • Splitting your study time: out of every 10 study sessions on this section, about 5 for the first group, 4 for the keep-in-rotation group and 1 for the leave-for-last group.

Key reasoning concepts for SBI PO Prelims

  • Fixing definite positions before handling cases in seating puzzles
  • Left and right reversal when people face the centre of a circle
  • Generation-wise family trees for blood relation chains
  • Either-or conclusions in syllogisms

FAQs about SBI PO 2023 Prelims Reasoning PYQ – 1 Nov 2023 Shift 3 (35 Questions with Solutions)

How many questions were in the SBI PO 2023 Prelims (1 November 2023, Shift 3) Reasoning Ability section?
The State Bank of India Probationary Officer (SBI PO) 2023 Prelims, 1 November 2023 Shift 3 Reasoning Ability section on Aptitude360 has 35 multiple-choice questions, and Aptitude360's timed version gives 20 minutes for them.
What was the marking scheme in SBI PO 2023 Prelims (1 November 2023, Shift 3) Reasoning Ability?
In the State Bank of India Probationary Officer (SBI PO) 2023 Prelims, 1 November 2023 Shift 3 Reasoning Ability section, each question carries 1 mark and a wrong answer costs 0.25 marks; an unanswered question costs nothing. The maximum score on this section is 35.
SBI PO 2023 Prelims (1 November 2023, Shift 3) Reasoning Ability analysis: which topics were asked?
The State Bank of India Probationary Officer (SBI PO) 2023 Prelims, 1 November 2023 Shift 3 Reasoning Ability section had questions on topics including direction sense, syllogisms, seating arrangement, puzzles and blood relations. For example, one question begins: “If in the given number “972569345”, the even digits are increased by two and the odd digits are decreased by one, then the digits are arranged in…” To practise these, see Aptitude360's Direction Sense Problems and Syllogism practice lessons.
How many puzzle sets came in SBI PO 2023 Prelims (1 November 2023, Shift 3) Reasoning Ability?
The State Bank of India Probationary Officer (SBI PO) 2023 Prelims, 1 November 2023 Shift 3 Reasoning Ability section had 8 puzzle and arrangement sets, covering 32 of its 35 questions. They include ones that open with “In the question below, some statements are given…”, “In the question below, the relationship between different…” and “Ten persons- A, B, C, D, E, F…”.
What is an example question from SBI PO 2023 Prelims (1 November 2023, Shift 3) Reasoning Ability?
One question in the State Bank of India Probationary Officer (SBI PO) 2023 Prelims, 1 November 2023 Shift 3 Reasoning Ability section asked: “How many such pairs of letters are there in the word “MUNICIPAL” each of which has as many letters between them as in the alphabetical series (both in the forward and backward directions)?” The full solution is shown under the question in Aptitude360's Normal practice mode.
Where can I practise SBI PO 2023 Prelims (1 November 2023, Shift 3) Reasoning Ability questions online?
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SectionQuestionsTime
SBIPO23 PRE · 1 Nov 2023 · S3 · Reasoning3520 min

Marking & rules

Total marks
35 across 35 questions.
Negative marking
A wrong answer costs marks. Leaving a question unanswered costs nothing.
Attempts
100 in total. An attempt is spent the moment you begin one.

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Marks, percentage, right, wrong and skipped, and the time you took.

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Every question with your answer, the right one, the working, and the video where there is one.

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