SBI PO (Prelims) 2016 was flagged off on July 02, 2016. Today is the third day of SBI PO (Prelims) 2016. The exam is being held in four time slots - 2 each in morning and evening. A total of 100 questions had to be answered in 60 minutes. Each correct answer will fetch 1 mark while each incorrect answer will reduce the score by 0.25.
| Section |
Total Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Good Attempts |
Good Score |
Approximate Time Taken (in minutes) |
|
English Language |
30 |
Moderate |
20-22 |
16-18 |
15 |
|
Quantitative Aptitude |
35 |
Moderate-Difficult |
18-20 |
18-20 |
25 |
|
Reasoning Ability |
35 |
Moderate |
20-22 |
20-22 |
20 |
|
Total |
100 |
Moderate |
58-64 |
55-60 |
60 |
PS: The overall difficulty level and pattern of the exam was almost similar to that of the last year.
| Subject |
General |
OBC |
SC |
ST |
|
English Language (Out of 30) |
07-10 |
4-7 |
4-7 |
4-7 |
|
Quantitative Aptitude (Out of 35) |
07-10 |
4-7 |
4-7 |
4-7 |
|
Reasoning Ability (Out of 35) |
10-12 |
6-8 |
6-8 |
6-8 |
|
Overall Objective Test (Out of 100) |
48-52 |
42-45 |
38-40 |
20-25 |
|
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
|
Reading Comprehension (Based on maternity leaves for women in corporate sectors) |
10 |
Moderate |
|
Fill in the blanks (Two Blanks) |
5 |
Easy |
|
Para-Jumbles (Based on Insurance) |
5 |
Moderate |
|
Sentence Correction (Spot the Error) |
5 |
Easy- Moderate |
|
Cloze Test (Based on modern technology) |
5 |
Easy |
The overall level of difficulty of this section was easy to moderate. The section comprised questions on Error Spotting, Reading Comprehension, Para-jumble, Fill in the blanks and Cloze Test. There were synonyms and antonyms based on RC. An overall attempt of 20-22 questions can be considered as a good attempt.
| Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of Difficulty |
|
Number Series |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
|
Quadratic Equations |
5 |
Easy |
|
Simplification/Approximation |
5 |
Easy |
|
DI (Table) |
5 |
Moderate |
|
DI (Bar Graph) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Probability |
1 |
Easy |
|
Partnership |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Simple Interest & Compound Interest |
1 |
Easy |
|
Percentage |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Ratio and Proportion |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Profit, Loss and Discount |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Miscellaneous (Quant Based) |
4 |
Moderate-Difficult |
The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate to difficult. This section was mostly dominated by DI (Table & Bar Graph) questions, quant questions included questions based on Arithmetic (Ratio & Proportion, Probability, Profit & Loss, Percentage etc.) and Number Series. A well prepared student would have attempted 20 questions in this section.
|
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
|
Directions |
2 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Blood Relations |
3 |
Moderate |
|
Seating Arrangement (6 persons sitting from top to bottom) |
5 |
Moderate |
|
Data Arrangement (Persons and Departments) |
5 |
Moderate |
|
Linear Arrangement (8 people sitting and facing North South in same line) |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
|
Circular Arrangement |
5 |
Easy |
|
Puzzle (Boxes and their different colours) |
5 |
Moderate |
|
Mathematical Inequalities |
5 |
Easy |
The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate. There were no questions from Syllogism and Coding-Decoding. A student should have attempted at least 20 questions. The questions were time consuming. The paper was dominated by questions on Linear & Circular Arrangement and Puzzles.
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All the Best!
Team CL