SBI PO Analysis: State Bank of India (SBI) recruitment section had started the SBI PO preliminary exam on July 1 and today was the last day of one of the sought after banking recruitment exams. Spanning a period of one week (ending July 08, 2018), the exam was being held in four time slots: 2 each in morning and evening. The SBI PO Prelims were held in three days, on July 1, July 7 and July 8. The SBI PO Prelims results are expected on July 15, 2018.
The results will be released on the official website of the largest bank in the country, sbi.co.in.
SBI PO Prelims Day 3, Slot 3 Analysis
According to Mayank Garg of Career Launcher, in Slot 3 of day three of SBI PO prelims exam, the difficulty level of the exam was moderate.
Section | Total Questions | Level of Difficulty | Good Attempts | Time Taken (In Minutes) |
English Language | 30 | Moderate | 20-23 | 20 |
Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | Moderate | 19-21 | 20 |
Reasoning Ability | 35 | Moderate | 18-21 | 20 |
Total | 100 | Moderate | 57-65 | 60 |
In SBI PO prelims exam, a total of 100 questions had to be answered in 60 minutes. All the sections, except English Language, were available in both English and Hindi.
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Every correct answer will fetch 1 mark, while every incorrect answer will reduce the score by 0.25.
English Language Section
Mr. Garg also said Reading Comprehension (RC) was moderate-moderate.
Topic | Number of questions | Level of Difficulty |
Reading Comprehension | 6 | Moderate-Difficult |
Para-jumbles | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Fill in the Blank (Double FIB) | 6 | Easy-Moderate |
Spot the Error (Old Pattern) | 7 | Moderate |
Cloze Test | 6 | Easy-Moderate |
"The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate," he added.
Data Interpretation
Regarding the DI, he said the section was calculative and time taking.
Topic | Number of questions | Level of Difficulty |
Number Series (Wrong Number Series) | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
Comparison of two quantities: Quantity I and Quantity II (Ages, Average, TSD – Boat and Stream, etc.) | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
Comparison of variables (Quadratic Equations) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
DI (Bar Graph) | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
DI (Table) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Simple Interest/Compound Interest | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Profit, Loss and Discount | 1 | Moderate |
Partnership | 1 | Moderate |
Ratio and Proportion | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Miscellaneous (Quant based) | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Data Sufficiency | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
"The questions on Number Series were moderate to difficult. The Arithmetic-based questions were primarily from Partnership, Profit, Loss & Discount, Time, Speed and Distance, SI/CI, etc. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate," he reviewed.
Reasoning Ability
Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
AR (Data Arrangement – Comparison based - 2 variables) | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – 2 variables) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – 2 Parallel Rows - -facing north/south - 2 variables) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Blood Relation – Set based | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Mathematical Inequalities | 4 | Moderate-Difficult |
Coding-Decoding | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Direction –Set based | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
Coding-Decoding – Single | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Word Arrangement | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Odd One Word | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
"Analytical reasoning sets were moderate-lengthy, not easy. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate," he added.
Sectional and overall expected cut-off of SBI PO Prelims Exam 2018
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Subject | General | OBC | SC | ST |
English Language (Out of 30) | 8.5 -10.5 | 5.5-7.5 | 5.5-7.5 | 5.5-7.5 |
Quantitative Aptitude (Out of 35) | 10 -12 | 6.5-8.5 | 6.5-8.5 | 6.5-8.5 |
Reasoning Ability (Out of 35) | 6 – 8 | 3.5-5.5 | 3.5-5.5 | 3.5-5.5 |
Overall Objective Test (Out of 100) | 51-55 | 48-52 | 43-47 | 31-35 |
Mr. Garg suggested cut-off of 51-55, 48-52, 43-47 and 31-35 for General, OBC, SC and ST candidates respectively.
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