Today was the first day of the SBI PO Preliminary Exam 2019. Spanning a period of one week (ending June 16, 2019), 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. There is sectional timing of 20 minutes.
| Section | Total Questions | Level of Difficulty | Good Attempts | Time Taken (In Minutes) |
| English Language | 30 | Easy | 22-24 | 20 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | Moderate | 21-23 | 20 |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | Easy-Moderate | 25-28 | 20 |
| Total | 100 | Easy-Moderate | 61-66 | 60 |
| General | OBC | SC | ST | |
| Overall Objective Test (Out of 100) | 54–58 | 52 56 | 47-51 | 41-45 |
| Topic | Number of questions | Level of Difficulty |
| Reading Comprehension (based on Fake News Via Social Media)- 2 Qs. were based on vocabulary. | 7 | Moderate |
| Parajumbles | 5 | Easy |
| Spot the Error – Four sentences based – Find correct/incorrect. | 7 | Easy |
| Cloze Test | 6 | Moderate |
| Spot the Error – Bold words based | 5 | Easy |
The English Language section was more or less along the same lines as the old pattern. Questions on Spot the Error were based on fundamentals of grammar. Reading Comprehension (RC) was moderate. Two questions were from Vocabulary. Overall, the level of difficulty of this section was easy.
| Topic | Number of questions | Level of Difficulty |
| Number Series (Odd One Out) | 5 | Easy |
| Comparison of Variables – Quadratic Equations | 5 | Easy |
| DI (Table) – Students/Teacher/Staff based | 5 | Moderate |
| DI (Bar Graph) | 5 | Moderate |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 | Moderate |
| Miscellaneous (Quant based word problems) | 10 | Moderate |
DI part was calculative and time taking. Questions of Number Series were easy. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| AR (Data Arrangement – Month – January/February/September based) | 5 | Moderate |
| AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – Single row – 10 people facing North/South) | 5 | Moderate |
| AR (Data Arrangement – People/Their Profession based) | 5 | Moderate |
| AR (Circular Seating Arrangement – Facing inwards/outwards) | 5 | Moderate |
| Direction based Set | 4 | Moderate |
| Ranking/Weight based | 3 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous (Single Question – Coding-Decoding/Alphabet based etc.) | 2 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 5 | Easy |
Analytical reasoning sets were moderate. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
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All the Best! Team CL