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Banking Reasoning
& Puzzles Notes

From Seating Arrangement to Critical Reasoning — the complete Reasoning syllabus for Bank Prelims & Mains, structured chapter by chapter with solving strategies and solved examples. No PDF, no signup required.

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Arrangement-Based Puzzles
1
Seating Arrangement
Linear, circular, and double-row arrangements with a step-by-step elimination method.
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9
Direction & Distance
Compass directions, turn logic, and Pythagoras-based shortest-distance calculation.
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10
Order & Ranking
The rank-from-top/bottom formula and comparative ranking across people or items.
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24
Miscellaneous Reasoning
Floor-based puzzles, scheduling, and box/parcel puzzles that combine multiple logic types.
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Verbal & Logical Reasoning
2
Syllogism
The Venn diagram method for All/Some/No statement-conclusion questions.
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3
Inequality
Combining and decoding inequality symbols to derive definite relationships.
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4
Coding-Decoding
Letter-shifting, substitution, and pattern-based coding schemes.
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5
Alphanumeric Series
Mixed letter-number-symbol sequences with position-counting techniques.
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6
Alphabet Series
The EJOTY trick and opposite-letter rule for instant alphabet position lookup.
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7
Number Series
Fast pattern-spotting for missing and wrong number questions in reasoning.
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Blood Relation
Family tree mapping with generation-based symbols for multi-generation puzzles.
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13
Logical Reasoning
The general deduction toolkit for pattern-based logic puzzles.
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21
Analogy
Word, number, and letter relationship pairs and how to match them.
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22
Classification (Odd One Out)
Finding the item that doesn't share the group's common property.
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23
Word Formation
Checking whether a meaningful word can be formed from given letters.
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Mains-Level ChaptersMains
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Input-Output Mains
Machine-processing puzzles that rearrange words and numbers step-by-step.
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12
Data Sufficiency Mains
Logical statement sufficiency questions using the standard answer framework.
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Critical Reasoning
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Statement & Assumption
Identifying the implicit belief that must be true for a statement to make sense.
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15
Statement & Conclusion
Finding what definitely and logically follows from a given statement.
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16
Statement & Argument
Distinguishing strong, relevant arguments from weak or irrelevant ones.
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17
Statement & Inference
Classifying inferences as definitely true, probably true, or probably false.
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18
Cause & Effect
Determining how two statements relate — cause, effect, or common cause.
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19
Course of Action
Judging whether a proposed action is a practical response to a stated problem.
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Decision Making
Rule-based eligibility and selection puzzles applying fixed criteria step-by-step.
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