SBI PO Prelims Exam Review – 8th July 2018
Section-wise Analysis
| Subject | Good Attempt | Time |
| English Language | 22-27 | 20 |
| Reasoning Ability | 15-18 | 20 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 18-22 | 20 |
| Total | 55-67 | 60 |
Quantitative Aptitude
The level of Quantitative Aptitude section was moderate. One can easily attempt questions if they have practiced well. Questions based on Caselettes, Bar Graph and Tabular DI were there is this slot. Tabular DI was more calculative.
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level | |
| Data Interpretation ( Tabular DI, Bar, Caselettes) | 15 | Moderate-Calculative | |
| Quantity | 5 | Easy-Moderate | |
| Missing Number Series | 5 | Moderate | |
| Approximation | 5 | Moderate | |
| Arithmetic Word Problems | 5 | Moderate | |
| Total | 35 | Moderate |
English Language
English section was of moderate level. There were only 5 question in the set of Reading Comprehension out of which 2 question was of vocabulary. It is important that candidates choose wisely what to attempt and what to skip. Reading Comprehension was based on an article related to women empowerment.
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 5 | Moderate |
| Sentence Connectors | 5 | Moderate |
| Error Detection | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Sentence Completion | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Match the column | 5 | Moderate |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | Moderate |
| Total | 30 | Moderate |
Reasoning
The level of reasoning was Moderate to Lengthy. Puzzles were time-consuming but apart from puzzles, there were other questions in which students could score.
There were 4 sets of puzzles and Seating Arrangement, out of which 2 are given below:-
- Floor Based Puzzle
- Parallel Arrangement(based on the Books), North South
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangement | 20 | Lengthy |
| Coding/Decoding | 5 | Moderate |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Miscellaneous | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Moderate-Lengthy |
