SBI PO Preliminary Analysis 2019
Published on Nov 24, 2020
The SBI PO notification 2020 is out for 2000 vacancies and a lot of candidates aspiring to become a probationary officer with the bank have already registered for the same. The candidates can check the previous year analysis of SBI PO 2019 to get an idea of the type of questions and level of the examination.
SBI PO Notification 2020
SBI PO Exam Pattern
The preliminary examination is a 1-hour long exam comprising of three subjects. The maximum question is 100 and the marks corresponding to it is same. The students will get 1 mark for the correct answer while 0.25 marks will be deducted for the wrong answer. The Pre-examination is only qualifying in nature and its marks will not be added in the final selection.
Sections
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No of question
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Maximum marks
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Medium of exam
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Duration of exam
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English language
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30
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30
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English
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20 minutes
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Reasoning ability
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35
|
35
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English and Hindi
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20 minutes
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Quantitative aptitude
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35
|
35
|
English and Hindi
|
20 minutes
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Total
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100
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100
|
|
60 minutes
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SBI PO Preliminary Analysis 2019
Sections
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Topics Asked
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Difficulty Level
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Marks per topic
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English language
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Reading Comprehension
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Moderate
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7 marks
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Fillers
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Easy to Moderate
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5 marks
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Error spotting
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Easy to Moderate
|
5 marks
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Cloze test
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Easy to Moderate
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5 marks
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Word Replacement
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Easy to Moderate
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3 marks
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Jumbled Paragraph
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Easy to Moderate
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5 marks
|
Quantitative aptitude
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Quadratic Equation
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Easy to Moderate
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5 marks
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Data Interpretation
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Moderate
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15 marks
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Missing Number Series/ Wrong Number Series
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Easy to Moderate
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5 marks
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Arithmetic Problems
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Moderate
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15 marks
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Reasoning ability
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Seating Arrangement
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Easy to Moderate
|
10 marks
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Puzzles
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Easy to Moderate
|
10 marks
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Alphanumeric Series
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Easy
|
5 marks
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Blood Relation/Direction based questions
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Easy
|
5 marks
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Syllogism
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Moderate
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5 marks
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Latest Trend in PO examination
- According to the examination commenced earlier the level of English has increased a bit and questions which are more vocabulary and reading based are asked.
- The mathematics section has seen some moderate level of maths question. Apart from this, questions based on Q1 and Q2 and data sufficiency has been introduced in the preliminary section.
- The puzzles asked in reasoning section have become more lengthy and