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SBI PO Prelims 2022 – Memory-based Previous Paper Set 1

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  1. Global food-system effects — Questions 1–9

    Read the passage and answer Questions 1–9. There is widespread international concern that Russia’s war against Ukraine could trigger a global food crisis similar to, or worse than, the crises of 2007 and 2008. The war began when the global food system was already struggling to feed a growing population sustainably, under pressure from climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic. Russia and Ukraine are major agricultural producers and together export nearly 12% of the food calories traded globally. They are important suppliers of wheat, maize and sunflower oil, while Russia is the world’s largest fertiliser exporter. Disruptions to global supply chains may continue while the war and export constraints persist. The war affects global food supplies in three main ways. First, production and exports of essential commodities from both countries have fallen because of the war. Economic sanctions on Russia were not intended to target the agricultural sector. The European Commission estimated that up to 25 million tonnes of wheat would need to be replaced to meet worldwide needs in the current and following season. Second, global prices for food and for inputs used in agricultural production rose sharply. They were already at record levels before the war, and the conflict pushed them higher. Third, the international response can either amplify or reduce the crisis. Uncoordinated export bans may worsen its effects, while coordinated measures based on lessons from the 2007–2008 food crisis may mitigate them. Several countries beyond Russia and Ukraine—including Egypt, Argentina, Indonesia, Serbia, Turkey and Hungary—had imposed or announced controls on exports of essential agricultural commodities. A prolonged war could make the global situation difficult to reverse.
    Choose the clearest antonym of “retreat.”
    1. advance
    2. withdraw
    3. pull back
    4. leave

  2. Sentence refinement — Questions 19–20

    Questions 19–20 use memory-based sentence material. Follow the specific prompt in each question to choose a grammatical, clear sentence that preserves the intended meaning. Use the answer choices shown with each question.
    Which sentence correctly identifies Ayushman Bharat as a central-government programme and uses subject–verb agreement?
    1. On the health-security front, the central government’s Ayushman Bharat Scheme serves beneficiaries across the country.
    2. On the health-security front, the central government’s Ayushman Bharat Scheme serve beneficiaries across the country.
    3. On the health-security front, there are the Ayushman Bharat Scheme of the central government serving beneficiaries across the country.
    4. On the health-security front, the central government’s Ayushman Bharat Scheme serving beneficiaries across the country.

  3. Environmental challenges and landscape restoration — cloze passage

    For each blank, choose the word that best completes the passage. The planet (25) a series of growing environmental challenges. At the United Nations, the struggles of farmers and the global food system, the (26) loss of biodiversity, and the ever-heating planet have all drawn attention. These challenges are especially (27) in India, where many people depend on forests and agriculture for their livelihoods. Small and marginal landholders are especially (28) as the climate changes the world around them. Landscape-restoration techniques can (29) damaged ecosystems and (30) biodiversity.
    In the shared cloze passage, choose the word that best completes blank (25): “The planet ___ a series of growing environmental challenges.”
    1. endured
    2. evaded
    3. celebrated
    4. created

  4. Environmental challenges and landscape restoration — cloze passage

    In the shared cloze passage, choose the word that best completes blank (26): “At the United Nations, the struggles of farmers and the global food system, the ___ loss of biodiversity, and the ever-heating planet have all drawn attention.”
    1. propitious
    2. congruous
    3. precipitous
    4. auspicious

  5. Environmental challenges and landscape restoration — cloze passage

    In the shared cloze passage, choose the word that best completes blank (27): “These challenges are especially ___ in India, where many people depend on forests and agriculture for their livelihoods.”
    1. affable
    2. genial
    3. stark
    4. ornate

  6. Environmental challenges and landscape restoration — cloze passage

    In the shared cloze passage, choose the word that best completes blank (28): “Small and marginal landholders are especially ___ as the climate changes the world around them.”
    1. shielded
    2. exposed
    3. fortified
    4. insulated

  7. Environmental challenges and landscape restoration — cloze passage

    In the shared cloze passage, choose the word that best completes blank (29): “Landscape-restoration techniques can ___ damaged ecosystems.”
    1. restore
    2. recuperate
    3. fragment
    4. degrade

  8. Environmental challenges and landscape restoration — cloze passage

    In the shared cloze passage, choose the word that best completes blank (30): “Landscape-restoration techniques can ___ biodiversity.”
    1. improve
    2. rectify
    3. resolve
    4. diminish
  9. Paper #3129 recovery - Mathematics Q31. Find the ratio of P dispatched from D and A together to P from B and C together.
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    1. 17:21
    2. 29:16
    3. 11:24
    4. 35:18
    5. 13:21
  10. Paper #3129 recovery - Mathematics Q32. Q dispatched from A is what percent of the average P dispatched from B and D?
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    1. 88%
    2. 55%
    3. 29%
    4. 75%
    5. 120%
  11. Paper #3129 recovery - Mathematics Q33. C’s February Q is 20% less than A’s March P. C’s March:February P ratio is 5:4. Find C’s combined February P and Q.
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    1. 345
    2. 360
    3. 310
    4. 335
    5. 320
  12. Paper #3129 recovery - Mathematics Q35. Approximately what percentage more is B’s Q than C’s P?
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    1. 177%
    2. 171%
    3. 189%
    4. 190%
    5. 165%

  13. Warehouse dispatch graph for Questions 31-35

    March dispatch data. Warehouses A-D respectively: total items P+Q = 480, 560, 320, 640; item Q = 220, 380, 180, 320. Item P equals total P+Q minus Q. The source graph contains only these four plotted warehouses; Q34 separately refers to E and is held for source reconciliation.
    Using the shared March dispatch chart for warehouses A–D, find the ratio of total item P dispatched from D and A together to that from B and C together. For each warehouse, item P = total items (P + Q) − item Q.
    1. 28:16
    2. 29:16
    3. 29:17
    4. 30:16

  14. Warehouse dispatch graph for Questions 31-35

    Using the shared March dispatch chart, what percentage is the quantity of item Q dispatched from warehouse A of the average quantity of item P dispatched from warehouses B and D? Use item P = total items (P + Q) − item Q.
    1. 84%
    2. 88%
    3. 90%
    4. 82%

  15. Warehouse dispatch graph for Questions 31-35

    Using the shared March dispatch chart, P_A = total items (P + Q) − item Q. In February, C’s quantity of item Q was 20% less than P_A from March, and P_C,March:P_C,February = 5:4. What was the total quantity of items P and Q dispatched from C in February?
    1. 312
    2. 320
    3. 328
    4. 336
  16. Using the shared March dispatch chart (item Q from D = 320; item Q from B = 380), treat E as a hypothetical warehouse defined only for this question: its item P output is 40% greater than D’s item Q. What is the absolute difference between B’s item Q and E’s item P?
    1. 66
    2. 68
    3. 70
    4. 72

  17. Warehouse dispatch graph for Questions 31-35

    March dispatch data. Warehouses A-D respectively: total items P+Q = 480, 560, 320, 640; item Q = 220, 380, 180, 320. Item P equals total P+Q minus Q. The source graph contains only these four plotted warehouses; Q34 separately refers to E and is held for source reconciliation.
    Using the shared March dispatch chart, approximately what percent more item Q was dispatched from warehouse B than item P from warehouse C? Use item P = total items (P + Q) − item Q.
    1. 168%
    2. 171%
    3. 174%
    4. 177%

  18. Approximate values, Questions 36–40

    Find the approximate missing value using the restored fraction, square and cube notation in each question. The question mark denotes the unknown.
    Approximate the value by rounding 120.03 to 120, 24.08 to 24, and 3.95 to 4. Use the usual order of operations: 120.03 ÷ [(5/8) × 24.08] × 3.95 = ?
    1. 36
    2. 28
    3. 32
    4. 42

  19. Approximate values, Questions 36–40

    Estimate p in the equation p% of 750.03 + (14.99)² = (8.03)² + 356.01. For estimation, round 750.03≈750, 14.99≈15, 8.03≈8, and 356.01≈356.
    1. 42
    2. 22
    3. 26
    4. 32

  20. Approximate values, Questions 36–40

    Estimate x in x + 125.03% of 239.99 − (5.99)³ = (11.93)². For estimation, round 125.03%≈125%, 239.99≈240, 5.99≈6, and 11.93≈12.
    1. 60
    2. 40
    3. 80
    4. 20

  21. Approximate values, Questions 36–40

    Estimate x in 840.03 ÷ x + (7.99)³ = 90.03% of 599.99 + ∛7.99. Round 840.03≈840, 7.99≈8, 90.03%≈90%, and 599.99≈600.
    1. 31
    2. 28
    3. 37
    4. 24

  22. Approximate values, Questions 36–40

    Estimate the positive value x from (189.97×48.03) ÷ (1368.02÷440.98) + 86.99% of 500.01 = x³. For estimation, use 189.97≈190, 48.03≈48, 1368.02≈1368, 440.98≈441, 86.99%≈87%, and 500.01≈500.
    1. 10
    2. 7
    3. 18
    4. 15

  23. Quadratic comparison directions for Questions 41-45

    For each question solve equations (I) and (II), compare x and y, and choose the matching relationship.
    Use equation II as y²+10y+25=0. Compare the real roots of I: 2x²+10x+12=0 with the root of II. Which relation holds for every root of I?
    1. x is greater than y
    2. x is greater than or equal to y
    3. x is less than y
    4. x is less than or equal to y

  24. Quadratic comparison directions for Questions 41-45

    For all real roots of the equations below, determine the relation between x and y. I: x²−8x+15=0. II: 2y²−5y−3=0.
    1. x is greater than y
    2. x is greater than or equal to y
    3. x is less than y
    4. x is less than or equal to y

  25. Quadratic comparison directions for Questions 41-45

    For all real roots of the equations below, determine the relation between x and y. I: 6x²+x−15=0. II: 4y²−24y+35=0.
    1. x is greater than y
    2. x is greater than or equal to y
    3. x is less than y
    4. x is less than or equal to y

  26. Quadratic comparison directions for Questions 41-45

    For all real roots of the equations below, determine whether one fixed relation between x and y always holds. I: 5x²+11x+2=0. II: 4y²+13y+3=0.
    1. x is greater than y
    2. x is greater than or equal to y
    3. x is less than y
    4. No single relation can be established

  27. Quadratic comparison directions for Questions 41-45

    For all real roots of the equations below, determine the relation between x and y. I: x²+21x+108=0. II: y²+14y+45=0.
    1. x is greater than y
    2. x is greater than or equal to y
    3. x is less than y
    4. x is less than or equal to y

  28. Parks table for Questions 46-50

    Weekly park data: A total people 2200 and total males 80P; B total people 1440 and total males 40P; C total people 1200, total males 45P, adult male:female ratio 9:4; D total people 480, total males 15P, adult male:female ratio 5:3. Adult = male + female. Total adult males across all four parks = 2700.
    Using the shared parks data, treat each listed total-male figure as adult males. Park A had 255 more adult female visitors than the number of children at Park C. How many children visited Park A?
    1. 520
    2. 480
    3. 720
    4. 620

  29. Parks table for Questions 46-50

    In the reconstructed park data, Park B had 1,440 visitors, including 600 adult males and 280 adult females; Park C had 300 adult females. By what percentage did Park B’s number of children exceed Park C’s adult-female count? Round to two decimal places.
    1. 86.67%
    2. 84.67%
    3. 88.67%
    4. 82.67%

  30. Parks table for Questions 46-50

    Using the shared parks table, what is the ratio of adult female visitors at Park D to the combined number of child visitors at Parks C and D?
    1. 9:22
    2. 12:43
    3. 9:23
    4. 9:25

  31. Parks table for Questions 46-50

    Using the shared parks data, treat each listed total-male figure as adult males. What is the absolute difference between the combined adult male and adult female visitor counts for Parks C and D?
    1. 525
    2. 435
    3. 565
    4. 465

  32. Parks table for Questions 46-50

    For this reconstructed table, treat every listed total-male figure as the number of adult males. Park A had 40% more adult female visitors than Park C. Park B had 115 more adult female visitors than Park D had adult male visitors. What was the average number of children who visited Parks A and B?
    1. 480
    2. 520
    3. 560
    4. 540

  33. Music-set information for Questions 51-54

    Directions (51-54): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below. In society A, some people like three different types of music i.e. jazz, rock & folk. People who like only jazz and only rock are in the ratio of 4:3 respectively and people who like all the three types of music is 15. People who like only folk is 50 and people who like jazz is 140. People who like both jazz & folk is 20 and people who like both rock & folk is 50% more than the people who like both jazz & folk. People who like both jazz & rock is average of people who like both jazz & folk and like both rock & folk.
    For this question, interpret each reported “both” count as people who like exactly those two types, excluding the 15 people who like all three. Using the shared music-set data, the total number of people who like rock music is what percentage of the number who like only folk music?
    1. 260%
    2. 240%
    3. 250%
    4. 280%

  34. Music-set information for Questions 51-54

    For this question, interpret each reported “both” count as people who like exactly those two types, excluding the 15 who like all three. How many people like exactly one of jazz, rock, and folk music?
    1. 175
    2. 190
    3. 125
    4. 100

  35. Music-set information for Questions 51-54

    Using the shared music-set data, interpret each pairwise “both” count as exactly those two types, excluding the 15 people who like all three. By how many people is the number who like only jazz smaller than the number who like at least two types?
    1. 8
    2. 10
    3. 12
    4. 18

  36. Music-set information for Questions 51-54

    Using the shared music-set data, interpret each pairwise “both” count as exactly those two types, excluding the 15 people who like all three. What is the ratio of those who like jazz and folk to those who like rock and jazz?
    1. 4:7
    2. 4:5
    3. 2:5
    4. 6:5
  37. A spends 10% of his monthly income on rent, then 20% of the remainder on food, and 50% of the amount left after that on travel. The difference between his travel and rent expenses is ₹13,000. What is his monthly income, in rupees?
    1. 45000
    2. 50000
    3. 55000
    4. 60000
  38. A container holds 90 litres of milk and 18 litres of water. After the mixture is stirred thoroughly, X litres are removed. Then 6 litres of water are added. If the resulting milk-to-water ratio is 5:2, what is X?
    1. 60 litres
    2. 72 litres
    3. 78 litres
    4. 90 litres
  39. Paper #3129 recovery - Mathematics Q61. Practice clarification: assume every worker has the same daily rate. X workers take X−28 days; X+12 workers take X−32 days. How long do (3/4)X workers take?
    1. 77/3 days
    2. 92/3 days
    3. 91/3 days
    4. 80/3 days
    5. None of these
  40. A invests ₹1,200 for the full 12-month year. B later joins with ₹3,600 and remains through year-end. Profits are shared in proportion to capital × time. If A and B receive equal profit shares, and C joins with ₹2,800 exactly two months after B and also remains through year-end, for how many months did C invest?
    1. 3 months
    2. 2 months
    3. 4 months
    4. 6 months

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