Hello Friends,
The Second Day First Shift of SBI PO prelims exam is over .Here we bring you the First Shift Analysis which will help you understand the composition of SBI PO Pre exam. There are 3 Sections in SBI PO Pre exam namely English, Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude.
In this shift, we have found that the overall difficulty level of the exam was moderate which a plus point is for students. The pattern of this paper was similar to last year’s SBI PO prelims exam. Also with being moderate we can say the paper was tricky. There were 5 puzzles asked in this first slot paper that is an important point to note. But those puzzles were of easy to moderate level.
The total time is 1 hour, so clearly Speed, Accuracy and Planning is surely needed to have good attempts.
Section
|
Level
|
Good Attempts
|
General English
|
Moderate
|
20-24
|
Quantitative Aptitude
|
Moderate
|
19-21
|
Reasoning Ability
|
Moderate-Difficult
|
18-21
|
Overall
|
Moderate
|
57-66
|
The analysis is based on the review given by various students across the country. And here is the section wise review:
English
The important point in English language section is that it has to be attempted within limited time so that you are left with sufficient time for Quant and Reasoning. The level of English was moderate as it was in previous year PO prelims paper. There was only one Reading Comprehension on a quite familiar topic – Women Empowerment.
Topic
|
No of Questions
|
Level
|
Reading Comprehension
|
10
|
Moderate
|
Cloze Test
|
5
|
Easy
|
Para-jumbled
|
5
|
Difficult
|
Error
|
5
|
Moderate
|
Double Fillers
|
5
|
Easy
|
Total
|
30
|
Moderate
|
Quant
This is a tough section as compared to the rest two sections. The quant was asked just as expected with difficulty level as easy to moderate. Overall the pattern was almost same as previous year. Arithmetic was a little difficult than other topics.
Topic
|
No of Questions
|
Level
|
Number Series
|
5
|
Moderate-Difficult
|
Quadratic Equation
|
5
|
Easy
|
Data Interpretation
(Bar graph/Table)
|
10
|
Easy-Moderate
|
Approximation
|
5
|
Easy
|
Arithmetic
|
10
|
Difficult
|
Total
|
35
|
Moderate
|
Reasoning
The level of reasoning was also moderate. With good accuracy students will score well. There were no coding decoding question asked in this slot and also there were no questions from Syllogism.
Topic
|
No of Questions
|
Level
|
Puzzle
(North South 8 People in same line/ Department and Persons/ Circular/ Boxes and their different colours)
|
20
|
Moderate-Difficult
|
Seating Arrangement
(6 Person sitting from top to bottom)
|
5
|
Difficult
|
Inequalities
|
5
|
Easy
|
Direction Sense
|
2
|
Easy
|
Blood Relation
|
3
|
Easy
|
Total
|
35
|
Moderate-Difficult |
So, students keep your accuracy good and stay focused as the paper can be tricky.
All the best for upcoming slots.
All the best for upcoming slots.