SBI PO Mains 2015 Exam Analysis

SBI PO Exam-2015 was conducted on July 26, 2015 from 10 A.M. to 1 P.M.

The test was divided into two parts - Part A and Part B.

Part A

Part A was the objective test and the time allotted for it was 2 hours. Given below are the details of Part A.

The detailed breakdown of the paper is as follows:

Expected Cutoffs

Reasoning Ability
This section was dominated by questions based on Matrix Arrangement, Circular Arrangement, Input-Output and Sitting Arrangement. The set based on Circular Arrangement was extremely difficult. It can be said to be a CAT level question. Questions based on Input-Output were also very difficult. Questions on Data sufficiency were moderate in difficulty level. This year's paper saw a new type of question in this section - Sitting Arrangement based on Blood Relations. It was moderate in difficulty level. Verbal Logic was easy and a student should have attempted all the questions based on it.

This section could be completed in 40-45 minutes and an attempt of 30-32 questions can be said to be a good attempt.

The topic wise breakdown of the questions is given below:

General Awareness/Computer/Marketing
This section consisted of questions from three broad categories - General Awareness, Computer Awareness and Marketing. The questions were different from the traditional questions, which generally form a part of banking exams. Unlike last year, no abbreviations were asked.

The questions based on Computer were easy while those based on Marketing and General Awareness were Moderate in difficulty level.

Test takers should have attempted around 20-22 questions in 15-18 minutes.

The topic wise breakdown of the questions is given below:

Data Analysis and Interpretation
This section can be said to be relatively easy in comparison to last year. It was heavily dominated by the questions based on tables. Surprisingly, 3 questions based on probability were asked in this section.

The overall difficulty level of the section was moderate.

An attempt of 35-38 questions can be said to be a good attempt. A person shouldn't have spent more than 40 minutes in this section.
The topic wise breakdown of the questions is given below:

English Language

The pattern of this section was slightly different from that of last year. Instead of questions on Synonyms and Antonyms, there were questions on Sentence Correction this year. The other questions were based on Error Spotting, Reading Comprehension, Fill in the blanks, Para-jumbles and Cloze test. The difficulty level of the Reading Comprehensions was moderate. The 10 blanks cloze test was easy to read and answer could be reached at by eliminating the incorrect options.

The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.

This section could be easily attempted in 20-22 minutes and an attempt of 32-35 questions can be considered a good attempt.

The topic wise breakdown of the questions is given below:

Part B

Part B of the test was descriptive in nature. There were a total of 2 tasks as opposed to 5 tasks last year. Choice of topics was given for both the writing tasks.

Details of this part are as given below:

Expected Cutoffs

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