The detailed break down of the paper is as follows:
| Section | Total Questions | Level of difficulty | Good Attempts | Good Score | Approximate time taken (in Minutes) |
| General Awareness | 80 | Easy – Moderate | 46-48 | 42-44 | 30 |
| English Language | 30 | Moderate | 22-24 | 20-22 | 20 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 30 | Moderate | 22-24 | 20-22 | 25 |
| Reasoning | 60 | Easy – Moderate | 48-52 | 46-49 | 55 |
| Total | 200 | 138-148 | 128-137 | 130 |
Expected Cutoffs
| Subject | General | OBC | SC | ST |
| General Awareness (Out of 80) | 38-40 | 32-35 | 30-32 | 30-32 |
| English language (Out of 30) | 15-17 | 12-15 | 11-14 | 11-14 |
| Quantitative Aptitude (Out of 30) | 14-16 | 12-15 | 11-14 | 11-14 |
| Reasoning (Out of 60) | 29-32 | 24-27 | 22-24 | 22-24 |
| Overall Phase I (Out of 200) | 124-127 | 113-116 | 106-109 | 96-99 |
General Awareness
This section was dominated by questions on Economics. There were about 25-30 questions from basic Banking Awareness that the candidates would not have found difficult to attempt. There were around 10-15 questions from Current Affairs.
| Topic | Number of Questions |
| Banking Awareness | 25-30 |
| Current Affairs | 10-15 |
| Business Economics (Static + Current) | 35-45 |
English Language
This section was largely on expected lines, except for the five questions on Sentence Formation which featured in this year’s exam. A sentence followed by 3 statements was given. The statements had to be combined in such a way that they represent the meaning of the sentence. The RC had 10 questions, out of which 4-5 questions were vocab based. There was also a 10 blank Cloze Test and a 7 sentence Para Jumble set comprising 5 questions.
| Topic | Number of Questions |
| RC | 10 |
| Para Jumble | 5 |
| Cloze Test | 10 |
| Sentence Formation | 5 |
Quantitative Aptitude
Questions were asked from varied topics. There were 5 questions each on Series, Comparison of Quadratic Equations and Data Sufficiency. A total of 10 questions were based on Data Interpretation, which was divided into two sets – one table based and the other pie chart based. One question each was asked from Ratio, Percentage, Time, Speed and Distance, Mensuration and Algebra.
| Topic | Number of Questions |
| Series | 5 |
| Data Interpretation | 10 |
| Comparison of Quadratic Equation | 5 |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 |
| Ratio, Percentage, Mensuration, Algebra and Time, Speed and Distance | 5 |
Reasoning
Around five questions were asked from each topic viz. Syllogisms, Coding-Decoding, Blood Relations (symbol based), Circular Arrangement, Cause – Effect, Input output, Comparison, Data Sufficiency, Critical Reasoning and Symbol Based Comparison. Ten questions divided into two sets were from Linear Arrangement.
| Topic | Number of Questions |
| Cause – Effect | 5 |
| Syllogism | 5 |
| Critical Reasoning | 5 |
| Coding – Decoding | 5 |
| Input – Output | 5 |
| Blood Relation | 5 |
| Linear Arrangement | 10 |
| Circular Arrangement | 5 |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 |
| Symbol Based Comparison | 5 |
| Comparison | 5 |
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