SBI PO Exam Analysis 1st Shift for 5 Jan 2021: Complete SBI PO Prelims Exam Review

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The State Bank of India has conducted the SBI PO Prelims exam on 4th Jan 2021 in 4 shifts and today is Day-2 of this exam. Here we are discussing today’s 1st shift’s exam analysis and good attempts. SBI PO Prelims exam has remained of moderate difficulty level so far.

The SBI PO Prelims exam is being conducted in 3 day – on 4th, 5th and 6th January 2021. There are three sections in this exam with a time limit of 20 minutes for each section- English Language, Quantitative Ability and Reasoning Ability.

SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis of 5th January 2021- Shift-1 Good Attempts

As per the students who have appeared in 5th Jan’s 1st shift, the level of the SBI PO Prelims exam was moderate.

Subject	Good Attempt	Time (in min.)
English Language	18 -22	20 minutes
Reasoning Ability	17 – 26	20 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	19 – 22	20 minutes
Total	58 – 67	60 minutes

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English Language (Easy-Moderate)

The level of English Language was Easy to moderate in 1st shift of SBI PO Prelims. The topic of reading comprehension was related to Artificial Intelligence.

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension (3 questions related to vocab + 1 question of idiom)	8	Easy-Moderate
Cloze Test	5	Easy-Moderate
Error Detection (identify the correct sentence)	5	Easy-Moderate
Double Fillers	5	Easy-Moderate
Word Rearrangement	4	Easy
Match the column	3	Easy-Moderate
Total	30	Easy-Moderate

Quantitative Aptitude (Moderate)

The level of quantitative aptitude was Moderate in this shift as well. There were 3 sets of DIs asked.

Tabular DI
Bar Graph
Caselet

Topic	No. Of questions	Level
DI	15	Easy-Moderate
Missing Number Series	05	Easy-Moderate
Approximation	05	Easy
Miscellaneous Word Problems	10	Moderate
Total	35	Moderate

Reasoning Ability (Moderate)

There were 5 sets of puzzles and Seating Arrangement which are given below:-

An uncertain number of people based linear seating arrangement
Puzzle- 6 people car parking
Circular seating arrangement with colour
Floor based Puzzle – 9 floors
Month and date based puzzle

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement	25	Moderate
Blood Relation	4	Easy
Alphabet Pairing	1	Easy-Moderate
Alphabet Based (to make a meaningful word)	1	Easy
Chinese Coding	4	Easy
Total	35	Moderate