SBI PO (Prelims) Exam - 2017 was flagged off on April 29, 2016. Today is the third day of SBI PO (Prelims) Exam 2017. It has been held in four time slots – 2 each in morning and evening. The exam will span over a period of one week, ending on May 7, 2017. A total of 100 questions had to be answered in 60 minutes. Each correct answer will fetch 1 mark while each incorrect answer will reduce the score by 0.25.
|
Section |
Total Questions |
Level of difficulty |
Good Attempts |
Good Score |
Approximate time taken |
|
English Language |
30 |
Easy-Moderate |
17-19 |
16-17 |
15 |
|
Quantitative Aptitude |
35 |
Easy-Moderate |
18-20 |
16-18 |
25 |
|
Reasoning Ability |
35 |
Easy-Moderate |
20-22 |
18-20 |
20 |
|
Total |
100 |
Easy-Moderate |
56-62 |
51-56 |
60 |
PS: The overall difficulty level and pattern of the exam was almost similar to that of the last year’s exam.
|
Subject |
General |
OBC |
SC |
ST |
|
English Language (Out of 30) |
7.5-10 |
5-7 |
5-7 |
5-7 |
|
Quantitative Aptitude (Out of 35) |
7-9.5 |
4-6.5 |
4-6.5 |
4-6.5 |
|
Reasoning Ability (Out of 35) |
7-10 |
4-6.5 |
4-6.5 |
4-6.5 |
|
Overall Objective Test (Out of 100) |
46-51 |
43-48 |
37-42 |
28-33 |
|
Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of Difficulty |
|
Reading Comprehension (Based on Refugees of Lebanon and Syria): There were 3-4 vocab based questions. |
10 |
Moderate |
|
Sentence Correction (Phrase Replacement) |
10 |
Easy- Moderate |
|
Cloze Test (Based on Economics and Banking) |
10 |
Easy-Moderate |
The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
|
Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of Difficulty |
|
Missing Number Series |
5 |
Easy |
|
Comparison of Variables |
5 |
Easy |
|
Simplification/Approximation |
5 |
Easy |
|
DI (Table) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
DI (Line Graph) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Time and Work |
1 |
Moderate |
|
Probability |
1 |
Moderate |
|
Simple Interest & Compound Interest |
1 |
Moderate |
|
Time, Speed and Distance |
1 |
Moderate |
|
Mixture and Alligation |
1 |
Moderate |
|
Partnership |
1 |
Moderate |
|
Percentage |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Ratio and Proportion |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Profit, Loss and Discount |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Age Based |
1 |
Easy |
The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
|
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
|
Directions |
2 |
Easy |
|
Blood Relations |
2 |
Easy |
|
Ranking Arrangement |
2 |
Easy |
|
Coding Decoding |
1 |
Easy |
|
AR (Data Arrangement) |
5 |
Easy- Moderate |
|
AR (Data Arrangement - Order & Ranking Based Puzzle) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
AR (Linear Arrangement) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
AR (Data Arrangement- Comparison Based Puzzle) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
AR (Floor based Arrangement) |
3 |
Easy |
|
Mathematical Inequalities |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
The level of this section was easy to moderate.
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All the Best!
Team CL