The SBI PO Preliminary Exam 2019 is scheduled to be conducted across a span of two weeks on the following dates – 08th, 09th, 15th, & 16th June 2019. On the second day of the SBI PO Preliminary Exam 2019, the paper was one with Easy-moderate level of difficulty.
The paper consisted of total 100 questions; overall duration of the exam was 60 minutes. Each section had an individual time limit of 20 minutes. All the sections, except English Language, were available in both English and Hindi. Each question carried one mark. There was a penalty of one fourth of the allotted marks or 0.25 marks for every incorrect attempt.
| Section | Total Questions | Level of Difficulty | Good Attempts | Time Taken (In Minutes) |
| English Language | 30 | Easy-Moderate | 22-25 | 20 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | Moderate | 21-24 | 20 |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | Easy-Moderate | 25-28 | 20 |
| Total | 100 | Easy-Moderate | 61-67 | 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 reinventing personal brand through Social Media) - 2 Qs. were based on vocabulary. | 7 | Moderate |
| Cloze Test | 6 | Easy |
| Find the wrongly spelt/irrelevant word | 5 | Easy |
| Phrase Replacement | 5 | Easy |
| Fill in the Blanks - Single FIB - 5 words based | 4 | Easy |
| Find the grammatically correct/incorrect statements among the three given statements | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
The English Language section was along the same lines as previous years. In order to score well in this section a candidate required basic understanding of rules of English Grammar and good vocabulary. The Reading Comprehension passage was moderately difficult. In total there were 7 questions – 2 questions were vocab based, 1 FIB questions, 2 questions were inference based, and 2 questions were fact based. Overall, the level of difficulty of the English Language section was easy to moderate.
| Topic | Number of questions | Level of Difficulty |
| Number Series (Find the wrong number) | 5 | Moderate |
| Comparison of Variables: Quadratic Equations | 5 | Easy |
| DI (Table + Bar Graph)-Sale of Burgers | 6 | Easy |
| DI (Pie chart –based on train tickets) | 6 | Easy |
| DI (Caselet –Amusement park based) | 5 | Moderate |
| Time and Work | 1 | Moderate |
| Time, Speed and Distance - Boats and Streams | 1 | Moderate |
| Ages | 1 | Moderate |
| Partnership | 1 | Moderate |
| Time, Speed and Distance - Trains | 1 | Easy |
| Mixtures and Alligation | 1 | Moderate |
| Profit, Loss and Discount | 1 | Moderate |
| SI and CI | 1 | Moderate |
The difficulty level of the DI sets was easy. The DI sets were not time consuming which should have saved candidates some time. The questions from Missing Number Series were moderate. The Arithmetic-based questions were primarily from Time and Work, Partnership, Mixtures, Boat and Stream, SI/CI, etc. and were time consuming. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| Puzzle(Stack of boxes one over the other based) | 5 | Moderate |
| AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – 2 Parallel Rows – facing North/ South based) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| AR(Data Arrangement – Month Based Puzzle) | 5 | Moderate |
| AR(Circular Seating Arrangement) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Inequalities | 4 | Easy |
| Coding-Decoding | 1 | Easy |
| Letter Based | 1 | Easy |
| Number Based | 1 | Easy |
| Blood Relation – Set based | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
| Syllogism | 4 | Easy |
| Alphanumeric Series | 1 | Moderate |
Analytical reasoning sets were Easy-moderate. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
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