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