Reasoning Ability

Here’s a comprehensive syllabus for the Reasoning Ability section typically included in the Bank Probationary Officer (PO) exams:

Reasoning Ability:

• Logical Reasoning: Statement and assumptions, statement and arguments, statement and conclusions, course of action, cause and effect, etc.
• Syllogism: Problems based on deductive reasoning using Venn diagrams.
• Blood Relations: Problems based on family tree and relationships.
• Coding-Decoding: Letter/number coding, coding by analogy, etc.
• Alphabet and Number Series: Problems based on logical progression of alphabets and numbers.
• Seating Arrangement: Problems based on linear seating arrangement, circular seating arrangement, square seating arrangement, etc.
• Puzzles: Problems based on arrangements, comparisons, and distributions.
• Direction and Distance: Problems based on directions and distances.
• Analogy: Problems based on the relationship between pairs of words or numbers.
• Classification: Problems based on identifying the odd one out from a group of words or numbers.