SBI PO (Prelims) Exam - 2016 flagged off on July 02, 2016. It is being held in four time slots - 2 each in morning and evening. The exam will span over a period of one week, ending on July 10, 2016. 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 (in minutes) |
English Language |
30 |
Moderate |
20-23 |
16-18 |
15 |
Quantitative Aptitude |
35 |
Moderate-Difficult |
17-20 |
18-20 |
25 |
Reasoning Ability |
35 |
Easy-Moderate |
20-23 |
20-23 |
20 |
Total |
100 |
Moderate |
57-66 |
55-60 |
60 |
PS: The overall difficulty level and pattern of the exam was almost similar to that of the last year.
Subject |
General |
OBC |
SC |
ST |
English Language (Out of 30) |
07-10 |
4-7 |
4-7 |
4-7 |
Quantitative Aptitude (Out of 35) |
07-10 |
4-7 |
4-7 |
4-7 |
Reasoning Ability (Out of 35) |
10-12 |
6-8 |
6-8 |
6-8 |
Overall Objective Test (Out of 100) |
48-52 |
42-45 |
38-40 |
20-25 |
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Reading Comprehension (Based on maternity leaves for women in corporate sectors) |
10 |
Moderate |
Fill in the blanks (Two Blanks) |
5 |
Easy |
Para-Jumbles (Based on Insurance) |
5 |
Moderate |
Sentence Correction (Spot the Error) |
5 |
Easy- Moderate |
Cloze Test (Based on modern technology) |
5 |
Easy |
The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.
Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Number Series |
5 |
Moderate |
Quadratic Equations |
5 |
Easy |
Simplification/Approximation |
5 |
Easy |
DI (Table) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
DI (Bar Graph) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Time and Work |
2 |
Moderate |
Probability |
1 |
Moderate |
Partnership |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
Simple Interest & Compound Interest |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
Percentage |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
Ratio and Proportion |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
Profit, Loss and Discount |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
Miscellaneous (Quant Based) |
2 |
Moderate-Difficult |
The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate to difficult.
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Directions |
2 |
Easy |
Blood Relations |
3 |
Moderate |
Ranking test |
5 |
Easy |
Data Arrangement (7 people work in 3 different companies & likes in different cars) |
5 |
Moderate |
Linear Arrangement (8 people sitting and facing North South in same line) |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
Circular Arrangement |
5 |
Easy |
Puzzle (7 people lives in different floor, like different colour boxes) |
5 |
Moderate |
Mathematical Inequalities |
5 |
Easy |
The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate. There were no questions from Syllogism and Coding-Decoding.
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