Published on Apr 28, 2017
SBI PO Prelim 2016 Analysis

Over-all Analysis:

Section Level Good Attempts
 General English Moderate 17-21
Quantitative Aptitude Moderate 20-23
Reasoning Ability Moderate-Difficult 18-22
Overall Moderate 55-60

The analysis is based on the review given by various students across the country. And here is the section wise review:

English

The level of English was moderate as it was in previous two day's paper. There was only one Reading Comprehension on a quite familiar topic – Interest in Computer Science among girls and boys.

Topic No of Questions Level
 Reading Comprehension (Interest in Computer Science among girls and boys) 10 Moderate
Cloze Test (Technology Usage in Modern World) 5 Easy
Para-jumbled (Software technology in China) 5 Difficult
 Error 5 Moderate
Double Fillers 5 Easy
Total 30 Moderate

Quant

The level of quantitative aptitude was easy to moderate. Overall the pattern was again similar to what we have observed in previous shifts. Quadratic equations were a little bit lengthy but of easy level.

Topic No of Questions Level
 Number Series 5 Moderate-Difficult
Quadratic Equation 5 Easy
Data Interpretation (Bar graph/Table) 10 Easy-Moderate
 Approximation 5 Easy
Arithmetic 10 Difficult
Total 35 Easy-Moderate

Reasoning
The level of reasoning was also moderate and had striking similarities with the earlier shift's papers. There were no coding decoding question asked in this slot and also there were no questions from Syllogism.

Topic No of Questions Level
 Puzzle (North South 8 People in same line/ Department and Persons/ Circular/ Boxes and their different colours) 20 Moderate-Difficult
Seating Arrangement (6 Person sitting from top to bottom) 5 Moderate
Inequalities 5 Easy
Direction Sense 2 Easy
Blood Relation 3 Easy
Total 35 Moderate-Difficult