Overall exam did put up a tough fight in front of all candidates. And just as we say expect the unexpected from SBI, even this year SBI bombarded the exam with new pattern questions in all sections. G.A was a sight of relief as it was relatively easy.
REASONING AND COMPUTER APTITUDE ( Difficult )
GENERAL AWARENESS (Easy- Moderate)
SBI PO Mains 2017-18 Exam ANALYSIS (OVER-ALL):
| SECTIONS | GOOD ATTEMPTS |
|---|---|
| English Language | 12-16 |
| Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 14-20 |
| Data Analysis and Interpretation | 11-14 |
| Genral Awareness | 26-30 |
| TOTAL | 70-80 |
DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION (Moderate-Difficult)
This section had 35 questions for 60 marks and time limit of 45 minutes. The level of quantitative aptitude was moderate to difficult. There were three sets of DI. There were 1 questions from Mixture and Allegation, 1 questions from patnership and 4 questions from mensuration.
- Pie Chart
- Missing DI
- Line Graph
The questions were:
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Questions related to new pattern Inequality (Quantity I, Quantity II ) | 5 | Difficult |
| Data Sufficiency | 4 | Difficult |
| Data Interpretation | 15 | Difficult |
| Miscellaneous (SI,CI, Speed &Time, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Averages, Ages, Ratio etc.) | 6 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Probablity | 5 | Difficult |
| Total | 35 | Difficult |
ENGLISH LANGUAGE (Difficult)
This section had 35 questions for 40 marks and time limit of 40 minutes. The level of English was Difficult. There were two types of error dection, 4 questions were based on the conventional pattern and 4 quetsions were based on a new pattern where there were multiple errors in one sentence and candidate have to identify all the parts with errors in them. Phrase Replacement was of 3 sentences. There was a new type introduced in Jumbled sentences where they already gave you the starting and ending sentence rest of the arrangement was to be found out by the candidate. There were two Reading Comprehension of new type with 5 questions in each of them. Topic of RC was Banking and Economy and other one was related to Noise in production in corporate world.
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension (new pattern) | 10 | Difficult |
| Double Fillers | 4 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Identify the correct paragraph on a given topic | 4 | Difficult |
| Error Detection | 10 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Jumbled Paragrah | 2 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Phrasal Replacement | 5 | Difficult |
| Total | 35 | Difficult |
REASONING AND COMPUTER APTITUDE ( Difficult )
This section had 45 questions for 60 marks and time limit of 60 minutes. The level of reasoning was difficult. There were NO questions of computer aptitude. There no questions of syllogism and there were 2 quetsions of Coding-Decoding in data sufficiency. New type of Machine Input-Output was introduced. Following were types of puzzles asked in reasoning section of SBI PO Mains exam:
- Month related (3 variables)
- Blood Relation Puzzle (3 question)
- Circular Puzzle
- Linear (8 people facing north) (moderate among all others)
- New Patten Puzzle (Calculation based- shelf and photo frames)
The questions were:
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles | 23 | Difficult |
| Alphabet (puzzle type) | 3 | Difficult |
| New Pattern Symbol based questions | 4 | Moderate |
| Input- Output | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Logical | 8 | Moderate- Difficult |
| Data Sufficiency | 2 | Difficult |
| Total | 45 |
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GENERAL AWARENESS (Easy- Moderate)
This section had 40 questions for 40 marks and time limit of 35 minutes. This section was the one where candidates sought solace as it was relatively easy. Bankersadda's G.K Power Capsule helped students a lot as many questions asked were coverd in the capsule already. Most of the questions were from current affairs.
Descriptive Questions
Letter Writing (150 words)
- Letter to your sibling giving them advise related to stress and anxiety.
- Letter to your branch manager as you've deposited some amount but it is still not credited to your account
- Letter to editor expressing your concern over impact of irrelevant news through social media
Essay Writing (150 words)
- Essay on the Positive and Negative effects of technology.
- Essay on the Effect of Social media and its Consequences on our population.