Today was the first day of the SBI PO Preliminary Exam 2018. Spanning a period of one week (ending July 08, 2018), the exam is being conducted in four time slots: 2 each in morning and evening.
A total of 100 questions had to be answered in 60 minutes. All the sections, except English Language, were available in both English and Hindi. Every correct answer will fetch 1 mark, while every incorrect answer will reduce the score by 0.25.
The detailed break-up of SBI PO Preliminary Exam 2018 is as follows:
Section |
Total Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Good Attempts |
Good Score |
Time Taken (In Minutes) |
English Language |
30 |
Moderate |
19-23 |
17-20 |
20 |
Quantitative Aptitude |
35 |
Moderate |
20-22 |
18-20 |
20 |
Reasoning Ability |
35 |
Moderate |
16-18 |
15-17 |
20 |
Total |
100 |
Moderate |
57-63 |
53-58 |
60 |
Sectional and overall expected cut-off of SBI PO Prelims Exam 2018:
Subject |
General |
OBC |
SC |
ST |
English Language (Out of 30) |
8.5 -10.5 |
5.5-7.5 |
5.5-7.5 |
5.5-7.5 |
Quantitative Aptitude (Out of 35) |
10 -12 |
6.5-8.5 |
6.5-8.5 |
6.5-8.5 |
Reasoning Ability (Out of 35) |
6 – 8 |
3.5-5.5 |
3.5-5.5 |
3.5-5.5 |
Overall Objective Test (Out of 100) |
51-55 |
48-52 |
43-47 |
31-35 |
English Language
Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Reading Comprehension (Women Empowerment based): There were 2 vocab based question. |
5 |
Moderate |
Para-jumbles |
5 |
Moderate |
Fill in the Blank |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Phrase/Word Replacement
|
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Cloze Test | 5 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Statement Connection (Appropriate conjunction for 2 given sentences) | 5 |
Moderate |
Reading Comprehension (RC) was moderate. Two questions were from Vocabulary (1 Synonym and 1 Antonym). The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.
Quantitative Aptitude
Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Number Series (Series Completion) |
5 |
Moderate |
Simplification/Approximation |
8 |
Easy-Moderate |
Data Sufficiency |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
DI (Pie Chart) |
5 |
Moderate |
DI (Table) |
5 |
Moderate |
Miscellaneous (Quant Based – SI/CI, PLD, TSD, Time and Work, Mixture, etc.) |
7 |
Easy-Moderate |
DI part was calculative and time taking. The questions on Number Series were moderate. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.
Reasoning Ability
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Data Sufficiency |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Blood Relations- Set based |
3 |
Easy-Moderate |
Input-Output |
5 |
Moderate |
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – 2 Parallel Rows) |
5 |
Moderate |
AR (Data Arrangement – Box based) |
5 |
Moderate |
AR (Data Arrangement) |
5 |
Moderate |
Alphanumeric Series |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
Miscellaneous |
6 |
Easy-Moderate |
Analytical reasoning sets were moderate-lengthy, not easy. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.
Disclaimer: All information on cut-offs, analysis, answer key, and scores are based on independent analysis and evaluation made by Career Launcher. We do not take responsibility for any decision that might be taken, based on this information.
All the Best!
Team CL