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SBI PO Exam Analysis 2016: Review & Cutoff

SBI PO Exam Analysis
Finally it came to stop with Mains exam getting over. Again the filtering process will allow the cream to go to the next phase and many more will return disappointed. Whatever be the result, but it would have been an EXPERIENCE that may have taught you a lot. Now coming straight to the point, let us discuss each and every aspect of SBI PO Mains 2016.

Section
Level
Good Attempts
General/Financial Awareness
Easy
27-30
English Language
Difficult
16-20
Data Analysis and Interpretation
Difficult
19-21
Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude
Moderate-Difficult
26-28
Overall
Difficult
96-100
If we talk about the over-all difficulty level of the examination, then we can say that it was really a Difficult and Out of The Box paper. In fact students were not able to define what were the questions asked. And the most surprising factor we have seen in the exam was Different Weightage for Different Question. This is a new strategy adopted by recruiters to urge the students to attempt more number of difficult question. Let us look at the individual sections below:
Quant:
This section was difficult for students. The questions were tough and time taking. Below is the table depicting the exact analysis of this section.
Topic
No of Questions
Level
Data Interpretation
(Bar, Pie, Line graph, Missing)
19
Difficult
 Caselet(2 sets)
6
Difficulty
Data Sufficiency
5
Moderate-Difficulty
Arithmetic
5
Total
35
Difficult
Reasoning:
Unlike SBI PO Pre, Puzzles were less and other sections were also given importance. And the overall difficult was Moderate-Difficult, which simply means that accuracy will play an important role. SBI repeated the legacy of PO Pre with Zero Questions From Computer Sections. Below is the table depicting the exact analysis of this section.
Topic
No of Questions
Level
Puzzle
(Linear Arrangement=Blood Relation, Employee+City, One
More)
15
Difficult
Data Sufficiency
5
Difficult
Coding-Decoding/Inequalities
5
Difficult
Logical Reasoning
10
Difficult
Input-Output
5
Mod
Conditional Statements
5
Difficult
Total
45
Moderate-Difficult
English Language:
With two Reading Comprehension, and no cloze test, this section remained a mystery as new types of questions have been asked. Instead of word fillers, they asked Statement Fillers. Antonyms and Synonyms have been asked separately. In fact a new set of questions have been introduced which asked what would be the next statement after the passage and 3 options were given. The below tables describes the exact analysis.
Topic
No of Questions
Level
 Reading Comprehension
(Brain Drain in China,
African Banks)
10
Moderate-Difficult
Irrelevant Statements
(Odd One Out)
5
Difficult
Antonyms/Synonyms
5
Easy-Moderate
Single Fillers
(Statement Fillers)
5
Moderate
Statements Connection
5
Difficult
Relevant Statements
(Which one would fit after the passage)
5
Difficult
Total
35
Difficult
General Language:
At least SBI did not experiment with this and kept it simple. The questions were quite conventional and Current Affairs again dominated the section. With lesser number of Static Question, this time SBI again emphasised on Current Questions. Banking awareness questions were also asked.


Descriptive:
a) Letter as a principal to the student’s parents regarding their responsibility towards their wards.
b) Letter to the parents and telling them the challenges you facing and how you overcame
c) Letter to editor.


a) Importance of knowing history for a citizen
b) Effect of Salary Increase on Economy
c) Effect of The New Game Pokemon GO.

Disclaimer: All the information stated above are based on independent analysis and evaluation made by Bankersadda. We do not take responsibility for any decision that might be taken, based on this information.
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