All those who qualified the Prelims of SBI PO 2019, appeared for the Main exam today. All the other sections, except the English Language section, were available bilingually, that is, in both English and Hindi. There was a negative marking of one-fourth marks assigned to that question for every incorrect answer.
SBI PO Main Exam 2019 was divided into two parts - Objective Test and Descriptive Test.
Objective Test was an objective online test consisting of 155 questions, which had to be answered in 180 minutes.
The detailed break-up of objective part of SBI PO Main Exam 2019 is as follows:
| Section | Total Questions |
Total Marks |
Level of Difficulty |
Good Attempts |
Duration |
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude |
45 |
60 |
Moderate -Difficult |
22-24 |
60 |
Data Analysis & Interpretation |
35 |
60 |
Moderate -Difficult |
18-20 |
45 |
General/Economy/ |
40 |
40 |
Moderate |
22-24 |
35 |
English Language |
35 |
40 |
Moderate |
20-22 |
40 |
Total |
155 |
200 |
Moderate -Difficult |
82-87 |
180 |
| Topic | Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement - Single Row - 7 persons - Blood relation based) |
5 |
Moderate -Difficult |
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement - Parallel Rows - 10 People - facing north/south) |
5 |
Moderate -Difficult |
AR (Circular/Pentagon Seating Arrangement) |
5 |
Moderate to difficult |
AR (Data Arrangement - Stacks A, B, C based) |
5 |
Moderate -Difficult |
Direction - Symbol based |
3 |
Easy-Moderate |
AR (Concentric Square based) |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
Direction - Puzzle based |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
Data Sufficiency |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
Coding-Decoding |
5 |
Moderate |
Input-Output |
5 |
Moderate |
Logical Reasoning (Statement-Inference, Critical Reasoning, Course of Action etc.) |
9 |
Easy- Moderate |
The sets of Analytical Reasoning were moderate to difficult and lengthy. Level of difficulty of this section was moderate to difficult. There were no questions from Computer Aptitude.
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Data Interpretation (Table - Time and work based) |
3 |
Moderate-Difficult |
Data Interpretation (Caselet - Probability based) |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
Data Interpretation (Funnel Shape) |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
Data Interpretation (Caselet) |
4 |
Moderate-Difficult |
Data Interpretation (Scattered Graph) |
3 |
Moderate-Difficult |
Comparison of quantities - Quantity I. Quantity II and Quantity III |
3 |
Moderate |
Data Sufficiency |
3 |
Moderate |
Number Series |
2 |
Moderate |
Profit, Loss and Discount |
1 |
Moderate |
Mensuration |
3 |
Moderate |
Ages |
1 |
Moderate |
Miscellaneous |
2 |
Moderate |
The DI sets were calculation based and time consuming. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate to difficult.
The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate. Most of the questions were from Current Affairs & News of last 3-4 months, Government Schemes, Banking Awareness, Financial Awareness and Static GK. Current Affairs dominated the section.
| Topic | Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Reading Comprehension (There were 5/6 passages. Topics were Chinese Economy, Mutual funds, Global warming, Employee Retention, Investment in real estate etc.) |
20 |
Easy-Moderate |
Phrase Replacement - 3 Sentence based |
5 |
Moderate |
Parajumbles /Sentence Rearrangement - There were 5 sentences in each question. |
5 |
Moderate |
Fill in the blanks - Double FIB - There were 3 choices.) |
5 |
Moderate |
The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.
Descriptive Test was a descriptive online test consisting of two writing tasks (Essay & Letter), which had to be completed in 30 minutes. This section was of 50 marks.
Essay writing (150 words):
1 essay with a choice of 3 topics (Memory based):
(1) Internet Banking - Precaution
(2) E-commerce - impact
(3) Financial Inclusion
Letter writing (150 words):
1 letter with a choice of 3 topics (Memory based):
(1) Write a letter to your senior thanking him for good career advice.
(2) Write a letter to the Bank Manager for issuing a cheque book.
(3) Write a letter to the Bank Manager requesting him to open a cash counter.
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