SBI PO Reasoning Preparation Strategy 2025: As candidates are aware, the SBI PO 2025 Notification has been released on the official website, along with the exam dates. The SBI PO prelims exam is scheduled to take place on March 8th and 15th March 2025, So candidates start preparation as soon as possible. The SBI PO prelims section is the first stage of the section process and It contains three sections including Reasoning, Quant and English. The Reasoning section is Scoring and easy because the reasoning section tests a candidate’s logical thinking and ability to solve problems efficiently. Here we are providing the SBI PO Reasoning Section preparation Strategy along with the Important topics, free mock tests, topic tests and sectional tests.
Here we are providing the SBI PO Reasoning Important Topics including five-year weightage. This analysis was provided by the Previous year’s trends. Candidates should start preparation in these topics and boost their preparation level, Practicemock provides Free topic tests in Puzzles & Seating Arrangement, Syllogism, Inequality, coding-decoding, Alphanumeric series, direction, blood relation, Order & Ranking and Miscellaneous.
SBI PO Reasoning Important Topics 2025 | |||||
Topics | Weightage 2023 | Weightage 2022 | Weightage 2021 | Weightage 2020 | Weightage 2019 |
Puzzles & Seating Arrangement | 18-25 | 15-33 | 15-28 | 15-24 | 15-25 |
Syllogism | 2-6 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 3-4 | 5 |
Inequality | 3-5 | 2-5 | 0-5 | – | 0-2 |
Coding Decoding | 0-5 | 0-5 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 0-5 |
Alphanumeric Series | – | – | 5 | 0-2 | 0-2 |
Direction | 1-3 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-4 |
Blood Relation | 2-4 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-4 | 0-4 |
Order & Ranking | – | 0-2 | 0-2 | – | 0-4 |
Miscellaneous | 1-8 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-4 |
As per the latest pattern, the SBI PO Reasoning Section consists of 30 Questions with 30 Marks. Candidates can solve all 30 Questions in 20 minutes, So here we are providing some tips to crack the SBI PO reasoning section. Candidates can follow all the tips and boost your reasoning preparation.
Prelims Reasoning Syllabus
All the candidates must start their preparation with Inequality, Syllogism and Direction as these are the most scoring topics from which 4-5 questions are asked every year. Candidates who want to measure their preparation in these topics can take the free topic tests of PracticeMock which will help the candidates to know their preparation level.
Candidates should prepare for different types of puzzles as this topic is the most important topic of reasoning. Every year more than 10 questions are asked from this topic in the exam. Candidates should look for short tricks to solve puzzles and seating arrangement questions so that candidates can solve all the questions in a limited time.
Familiarize yourself with the new patterns and question formats introduced in recent exams. So that candidates start preparation with the latest lattern.
Candidates use techniques like Venn diagrams for syllogisms and coded inequalities to solve questions quickly. Through these techniques, candidates can solve syllogisms and coded inequalities questions in less time.
Practice with timed mock tests to improve speed, accuracy and time management. After solving each mock test, candidates review their mistakes and focus on improving weak areas. Candidates solve previous year’s papers to understand the difficulty level of the exam and commonly asked questions.
Check out the list of some of the best books for SBI PO 2025 Reasoning preparation:
Again, if you want to clear your basic concepts, “A Modern Approach to Verbal Reasoning by R.S Agarwal” will help you greatly. You can pick any one of the other mentioned books for advanced preparation.
Book | Author/Publication |
A Modern Approach to Verbal Reasoning(Verbal Reasoning – Blood Relations, Coding-decoding, Input-Output, Critical Reasoning (Statement-Assumption, Strong & Weak Arguments, Courses of Action), Direction Sense) | R.S Agarwal |
Analytical Reasoning (Analytical Reasoning – Seating Arrangements, Grouping, Selection etc.) | MK Pandey |
A New Approach to Reasoning Verbal and Non-Verbal | BS Sijwali, Indu Sijwali |
How to Crack Test of Reasoning in All Competitive Exams (English) | Arihant Publication |
SBI PO Syllabus 2025 | SBI PO Previous Year Question Paper |
SBI PO Salary 2025 | SBI PO Cut Off 2025 |
SBI PO Study Plan 2025 | SBI PO Exam Pattern 2025 |
The Reasoning section in the SBI PO Prelims consists of 30 questions for 30 marks.
Candidates can check most scoring topics in the article below.
The Mock tests help in time management, identifying your weak areas, and improving your speed and accuracy.
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