SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis July 02, 2016 - Fourth Slot



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.

The detailed break up of the paper is as follows:

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.

Expected Cutoffs:

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

English Language:

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.

Quantitative Aptitude:

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.

Reasoning Ability:

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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