SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2017: The State Bank of India held the preliminary examination for the post of Probationary Officer today. The SBI PO Prelims Examination is being conducted in multiple shifts, and we will provide an in-depth paper review at the end of each.
In an attempt to provide clarity to all the candidates about their performance, we now begin our SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis for the 2nd shift.
SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis: 23 April 2017
As explained in our previous article, the exam was composed of 3 sections i.e. Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability and English Language. The exam pattern in details is as follows.
| Section Name | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks |
| English Language | 30 | 30 |
| Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
The total time was 1 hour i.e. 60 minutes. Hence, Speed, Accuracy and Planning is surely needed to have good number of attempts with maximum accuracy.
THE OVERALL DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF SBI PO Prelims Exam (Shift-II) was Moderate. Let us dig a bit deeper and understand the construct of the paper section-wise.
SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis for English Language Section
- Good Attempts: 23-25 Questions
- Level of Difficulty: Moderate
There were a few variations in this section, with spotting error questions being relatively easier than before.
| Name of the Topic | No. of Qs |
| Reading Comprehension | 10 |
| Cloze test | 10 |
| Spotting Errors | 10 |
| Total | 30 |
Reading Comprehension questions were easy. We expect most candidates to do well in this section.
SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis for Reasoning Ability Section
- Good Attempts: 19-21 Questions
- Level of Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult
Turning our attention towards Reasoning Ability, this section was a surprise for a lot of candidates. Let us have a look at the number of questions asked in Reasoning section:
| Name of the Topic | No. of Qs |
| Puzzles (Floor based, linear arrangement, etc.) | 20 |
| Blood Relation & Direction Sense | 5 |
| Coded Inequalities | 5 |
| Miscellaneous | 5 |
| Total | 35 |
Puzzles being a bit lengthy, created confusion among students.
SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis for Quantitative Aptitude Section
- Good Attempts: 22-24 Questions
- Level of Difficulty: Moderate
A lot of candidates found the Maths section to be quite moderate to attempt. The level of difficulty of Quant Section in SBI PO Prelims (Slot 2) was slightly Moderate.
| Name of the Topic | No. of Qs |
| Series | 5 |
| Data Interpretation (Table & Bar Graph) | 10 |
| Inequalities | 5 |
| Approximation | 5 |
| Miscellaneous | 10 |
| Total | 35 |
DI Questions, based on table and bar graph were quite easy to solve.
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Click here to exploreWe conclude our section-wise SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis for 29th April (Shift 2). Overall, SBI PO Prelims paper was moderate this year.
We would come up with our own list of expected cut sectional & overall cut off in a later blog post 😃
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