SBI PO Exam Analysis 2019 Prelims: 8th June 2019

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SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2019:

Today was the first day of SBI PO Prelims 2019. Aspirants appeared for the exam in great numbers and that too with great enthusiasm. It’s a dream job for most of the banking aspirants so we can expect a tough competition this year as well. This makes the analysis and review of the examination important so that students who have the exam in upcoming shifts get the gist of the pattern followed by the questions in Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, and English Language sections. SBI introduced the sectional timing of 20 minutes for each section last year and this pattern will be followed this year as well.

SBI PO Exam Analysis 2019: Section-wise Analysis

Subject	Good Attempt	Time
English Language	23-25	20
Reasoning Ability	28-32	20
Quantitative Aptitude	21-24	20
Total	59-65	60

Quantitative Aptitude (Moderate)

The level of the Quantitative Aptitude section was moderate. One can easily attempt questions if they have practiced well. There were 3 sets of DIs namely:

Caselet DI
Tabular DI + Line Graph (Boys & girls travelling in 3 buses A,B & C)
Pie Chart (male/female)

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Data Interpretation	15	Moderate
Quadratic Equation	05	Easy
Approximation	05	Easy
Miscellaneous Word Problems	10	Moderate
Total	35	Moderate

Note: There were no questions from number series.

English Language (Easy)

The English section was of easy level. There were only 10 questions in the set of Reading Comprehension out of which 2 questions were from vocabulary (acceptance & related). The topic of RC was based on Artificial Intelligence.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension	10	Easy-Moderate
Find the error (Sentence Based)	05	Easy
Single Word Fillers	05	Easy
Match The Column	05	Easy-Moderate
Parajumbles	05	Easy
Total	30	Easy

Reasoning (Easy-Moderate)

The level of reasoning was also easy to moderate. There were 4 sets of puzzles and Seating Arrangement:

Linear Seating Arrangement (8 people facing North/South)
Day Based Puzzle + box (Monday-Saturday, 8 boxes)
Floor-based puzzle, 10 floors, 10 people
Flat based (3 floors, 2 flats on each floor, 6 people)

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement	20	Moderate
Coding Decoding	05	Easy
Direction Sense	03	Moderate
Syllogism	05	Easy
Alphabet based	02	Easy
Total	35	Easy-Moderate