The analysis of the SBI PO 2019 Prelim exam held on the 8th of June 2019 (Slot 1) has been presented below. Similar to the SBI PO & Clerk Prelim exams conducted last year, the structure of even this exam presented a sectional time limit, no navigability between any section, and each section time bound for 20 minutes.

Snap shot of the Exam:

No of choices per question – 5

Negative marking: 0.25 of the marks assigned to each question

As per feedback received from our students who appeared for this exam, the exam can be rated as easy to moderate.

The section wise analysis of the above mentioned session, as reported by our students, is given below:

Quantitative Aptitude:

This section can be rated as moderate and was time consuming. No new question types / pattern of questions were asked in this slot of the exam.

There were no questions on Simplifications, Approximations, Data Sufficiency and Data Comparison.

There were 15 questions (3 sets) on Data Interpretation (5 questions each on Bar Graph, Pie Chart+Table and Caselet). Questions on Caselet were time-consuming. There were 5 questions on Missing number series and 5 questions on Quadratic Comparisons. Questions on Missing number series and Quadratic Comparisons were easy to moderate to solve.

Individual questions were 10 in number. These were a combination of easy, moderate and difficult ones.

A student could therefore, have solved around 16 - 18 questions in 20 minutes, if he chose judiciously.

Reasoning:

This section has been given a 'Easy to Moderate' tag.

There were 18 questions on Puzzles (Linear Arrangement (some facing North & some facing South), Triangular Arrangement (Persons sitting at the corners facing inside and persons sitting in the middle facing outside, Comparions (6 Ropes), Floor Arrangement (10 Floors and 10 Persons), Box based puzzle+Distribution), which were of easy to moderate level of difficulty. There were four questions on Deductions, 3 questions on Direction Sense and 5 questions(Set based) on Blood Relations. These questions ranged from easy to moderate. One question each on Coding-Decoding and Odd Man Out were easy.

About 24 to 25 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes. The topic -wise split, as reported by our students, is as given below.

English Language :

This section has been tagged as 'Easy’ by our students.

• The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation, and comprised 5 questions. 
• There were 2 Vocab based questions. 
• The passage was based on Solar Energy. 5 questions on Phrase Replacement comprised a sentence in which a part was in bold font. There were 5 questions on Cloze test to be filled with a word. 
• There were five Error Identification Questions. All these five questions were easy to solve. 
• There were 3 questions on Matching the sentences given in two columns.

Thus, about 19-21 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:

Over all, the paper can be rated as easy to moderate.

Good Attempts and Expected Cutoffs:

The analysis of the SBI PO 2019 Prelim exam held on the 8th of June 2019 (Slot 2) has been presented below. Similar to the SBI PO & Clerk Prelim exams conducted last year, the structure of even this exam presented a sectional time limit, no navigability between any section, and each section time bound for 20 minutes.

Snap shot of the Exam:

No of choices per question – 5

Negative marking: 0.25 of the marks assigned to each question

As per feedback received from our students who appeared for this exam, the exam can be rated as easy to moderate.

The section wise analysis of the above mentioned session, as reported by our students, is given below:

Quantitative Aptitude:

This section can be rated as moderate and was time consuming. No new question types / pattern of questions were asked in this slot of the exam.

There were no questions on Data Sufficiency and Data Comparison.

There were 16 questions (3 sets) on Data Interpretation (5 questions each on Bar Graph + Table, Pie Chart and Caselet). Questions on Caselet and Bar Graph were lengthy and time-consuming. There were 5 questions on Missing number series and 6 questions on Approximations. Questions on Missing number series and Approximations were easy solve.

Individual questions were 8 in number. These were a combination of easy, moderate and difficult ones.

A student could therefore, have solved around 16 - 18 questions in 20 minutes, if he chose judiciously.

Reasoning:

This section has been given a 'Easy to Moderate' tag.

There were 23 questions on Puzzles (Linear Arrangement (10 persons all facing North), Circular Arrangement (8 persons some facing inside and some facing outside, Comparisons (Height of 5 persons), Floor Arrangement (8 Floors and 8 Persons, Days & Months based puzzle), which were of easy to moderate level of difficulty. There were five questions on Deductions and 3 questions on Direction Sense. These questions are easy to solve.

About 25 to 26 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes. The topic -wise split, as reported by our students, is as given below.

English Language :

This section has been tagged as 'Easy to Moderate’ by our students.

• The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation, and comprised 8 questions including one Vocab based question. The passage was based on Education system – Private and Public partnership.
• 5 questions on Phrase Replacement comprised a sentence in which a part was in bold font.
• There were seven Error Identification Questions. All these seven questions were easy to solve.
• There were 5 questions on Para Jumbled Sentences. Five sentences to be rearranged to form a meaningful paragraph.
• There were five questions on Fill in the blanks(Single blank).

Thus, about 17-19 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:

Over all, the paper can be rated as easy to moderate.

Good Attempts and Expected Cutoffs:

The analysis of the SBI PO 2019 Prelim exam held on the 8th of June 2019 (Slot 3) has been presented below. Similar to the SBI PO & Clerk Prelim exams conducted last year, the structure of even this exam presented a sectional time limit, no navigability between any section, and each section time bound for 20 minutes.

Snap shot of the Exam:

No of choices per question – 5

Negative marking: 0.25 of the marks assigned to each question

As per feedback received from our students who appeared for this exam, the exam can be rated as easy to moderate.

The section wise analysis of the above mentioned session, as reported by our students, is given below:

Quantitative Aptitude:

This section can be rated as moderate and was time consuming. No new question types / pattern of questions were asked in this slot of the exam.

There were no questions on Number Series, Data Sufficiency and Data Comparison.

There were 15 questions (3 sets) on Data Interpretation (5 questions each on Line Graph + Table, Pie Chart and Caselet). Questions on Caselet were lengthy and time-consuming. There were 5 questions each on Quadratic Comparisons and Approximations. Questions on Quadratic Comparisons and Approximations were easy solve.

Individual questions were 10 in number. These were a combination of easy, moderate and difficult ones.

A student could therefore, have solved around 16 - 18 questions in 20 minutes, if he chose judiciously.

Reasoning:

This section has been given a 'Easy to Moderate' tag.

There were 21 questions on Puzzles (Linear Arrangement (8 persons some facing North and some facing South), Days + QBR, Comparisons (6 Persons), Floor Arrangement (3 Floors and 2 Flsts), Box arrangement based puzzle)which were of easy to moderate level of difficulty. There were five questions on Deductions, four questions on Coding-Decoding and three questions on Direction Sense. These questions are easy to solve.

About 23 to 25 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes. The topic -wise split, as reported by our students, is as given below.

English Language :

This section has been tagged as 'Easy to Moderate’ by our students.

• The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation, and comprised 10 questions including two Vocab based questions. The passage was based on Artificial Intelligence.
• There were five questions on identifying the Grammatically Correct Sentence. All these five questions were easy to solve.
• There were 5 questions on Para Jumbled Sentences. Five sentences to be rearranged to form a meaningful paragraph.
• There were five questions on Fill in the blanks(Single blank).
• There were 5 questions on Matching the sentences given in two columns.

Thus, about 16 -18 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:

Over all, the paper can be rated as easy to moderate.

Good Attempts and Expected Cutoffs:

The analysis of the SBI PO 2019 Prelim exam held on the 8th of June 2019 (Slot 4) has been presented below. Similar to the SBI PO & Clerk Prelim exams conducted last year, the structure of even this exam presented a sectional time limit, no navigability between any section, and each section time bound for 20 minutes.

Snap shot of the Exam:

No of choices per question – 5

Negative marking: 0.25 of the marks assigned to each question

As per feedback received from our students who appeared for this exam, the exam can be rated as easy to moderate.

The section wise analysis of the above mentioned session, as reported by our students, is given below:

Quantitative Aptitude:

This section can be rated as moderate and was time consuming. No new question types / pattern of questions were asked in this slot of the exam.

There were no questions on Simplifications, Approximations and Data Comparison.

There were 15 questions (3 sets) on Data Interpretation (5 questions each on Bar Graph + Table, Pie Chart and Caselet). Questions on Bar Graph and Caselet were time-consuming. There were 5 questions each on Wrong number series, Quadratic Comparisons and Data Sufficiency. Questions on Wrong number series and Quadratic Comparisons were easy solve. The questions on Data Sufficiency includes easy and moderate ones.

Individual questions were 5 in number. These were a combination of easy and moderate ones.

A student could therefore, have solved around 15 - 17 questions in 20 minutes, if he chose judiciously.

Reasoning:

This section has been given a 'Easy to Moderate' tag.

There were 23 questions on Puzzles (Circular Arrangement (some facing centre and some facing outside), Linear Arrangement (10 Persons all facing North), 6 Persons + 3 months+ 2 Dates +Distribution, Comparisons + Distribution, Distribution+Designation) which were of easy to moderate level of difficulty. There were five questions on Deductions, three questions on Direction Sense and two questions on Symbols & Notations. These questions are easy to solve.

About 22 to 24 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes. The topic -wise split, as reported by our students, is as given below.

English Language :

This section has been tagged as 'Easy to Moderate’ by our students.

• The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation, and comprised 10 questions. Out of these 10 questions 6 were based on passage, two synonyms and two antonyms. The passage was based on Social Media.
• There were five Error Identification Questions. All these five questions were easy to solve.
• 5 questions on Phrase Replacement comprised a sentence in which a part was in bold font.
• There were 5 questions on wrongly spelt words.
• There were five questions on Fill in the blanks(Single blank).

Thus, about 17 -19 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:

Over all, the paper can be rated as easy to moderate.

Good Attempts and Expected Cutoffs:

The analysis of the SBI PO 2019 Prelim exam held on the 9th of June 2019 (Slot 1) has been presented below. Similar to the SBI PO & Clerk Prelim exams conducted last year, the structure of even this exam presented a sectional time limit, no navigability between any section, and each section time bound for 20 minutes.

Snap shot of the Exam:

No of choices per question – 5

Negative marking: 0.25 of the marks assigned to each question

As per feedback received from our students who appeared for this exam, the exam can be rated as easy to moderate.

The section wise analysis of the above mentioned session, as reported by our students, is given below:

Quantitative Aptitude:

This section can be rated as moderate and was time consuming. No new question types / pattern of questions were asked in this slot of the exam.

There were no questions on Simplifications, Approximations, Data Sufficiency and Data Comparison.
There were 15 questions (3 sets) on Data Interpretation (5 questions each on Table, Pie Chart and Caselet). Questions on Caselet were time-consuming. There were 5 questions each on wrong number series and Quadratic Comparisons. Questions on wrong number series and Quadratic Comparisons were easy to solve.

Individual questions were 10 in number. These were a combination of easy, moderate and difficult ones.

A student could therefore, have solved around 16 - 18 questions in 20 minutes, if he chose judiciously.

Reasoning:

This section has been given a 'Easy to Moderate' tag.

There were 20 questions on Puzzles (Linear Arrangement (5 persons all facing North) + Distribution, Square Arrangement (Persons sitting at the middle facing centre and persons sitting at the corners facing outside), Comparisons (7 persons and their ages), Distribution), which were of easy to moderate level of difficulty. There were four questions on Symbols & Notations, 3 questions on Blood Relations and 5 questions on Coding - Decoding. These questions ranged from easy to moderate. One question on Odd Man Out was easy.

About 22 to 24 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes. The topic -wise split, as reported by our students, is as given below.

English Language :

This section has been tagged as 'Easy’ by our students.

• The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation, and comprised 8 questions. There was 1 Vocab based questions and 1 question on FIB. The passage was based on Economy.
• There were five questions on wrongly spelt words.
• There were seven Error Identification Questions. All these five questions were easy to solve.
• There were two questions on Matching the sentences given in two columns.
• There were three questions on Fill in the blanks(Single blank).
• There were 5 questions on Para Jumbled Sentences. Five sentences to be rearranged to form a meaningful paragraph.

Thus, about 17-19 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:

Over all, the paper can be rated as easy to moderate.

Good Attempts and Expected Cutoffs: