SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2018:
SBI introduced the sectional timing of 20 minutes for the first time this year, and as this is the SBI Probationary Officer Recruitment Prelims Examination, its important for all banking aspirants to go through the review once. Exam analysis and review can help the aspirants who are yet to appear in upcoming shifts of SBI PO Prelims to get an idea of the difficulty level and expected pattern of questions in Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, and English Language sections. The examination held in this shift was of Moderate to Lengthy level. The order of occurence of sections was English, Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude
SBI PO Exam Analysis 2018: Section-wise Analysis
Subject | Good Attempt | Time |
English Language | 18-22 | 20 |
Reasoning Ability | 16-19 | 20 |
Quantitative Aptitude | 18-22 | 20 |
Total | 58-63 | 60 |
Quantitative Aptitude (Moderate)
Topics
|
No. of Questions
|
Level
|
Data Interpretation (Caselet DI, Tabular+Bar Graph and 2 Pie Chart DI)
|
15
|
Moderate
|
Quadratic Equation
|
5
|
Easy-Moderate
|
Missing Number Series
|
5
|
Moderate
|
Quantity-1, Quantity-2
|
5
|
Moderate
|
Arithmetic Word Problems
|
5
|
Moderate-Lengthy
|
Total
|
35
|
Moderate
|
English Language (Moderate)
English section was of moderate level, when compared to 1st slot the level of this section was easier in this 2nd slot. There were only 5 question in the set of Reading Comprehension out of which 1 question was of vocabulary. It is important that candidates choose wisely what to attempt and what to skip. Sentence Rearrangement was based on Globalisation and Reading Comprehension was based on an article Economy Based related to investment and savings of a consumer.
Topic
No. of Questions
Level
Reading Comprehension
5
Moderate-Difficult
Error Detection
5
Moderate
Double Fillers
5
Easy-Moderate
Sentence Rearrangement
5
Moderate
Identifying the Correct Sentence
5
Moderate
Phrase Replacement
5
Moderate
Total
30
Moderate
Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
Reading Comprehension | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
Error Detection | 5 | Moderate |
Double Fillers | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | Moderate |
Identifying the Correct Sentence | 5 | Moderate |
Phrase Replacement | 5 | Moderate |
Total | 30 | Moderate |
Reasoning (Moderate-Lengthy)
- Parallel Arrangement, North-South, 1Variable
- Linear Seating Arrangement,
- Floor-Flat Puzzle, 2 variable
- Random Arrangement Puzzle, 2 variable
Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement | 19 | Lengthy |
Coding-Decoding | 5 | Moderate |
Blood Relation | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
Alphabet | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
Data Sufficiency | 5 | Moderate |
Single Question of Coding | 1 | Moderate |
Total | 35 | Moderate-Lengthy |