The SBI had conducted the preliminary examination for the recruitment of Junior Agricultural Associates and Junior Associates in 3rd week and 4th week of May successfully. The pre exam consist 100 questions comprises of 3 sections which includes Reasoning Ability, Numerical Ability and English Language.
Analysis of Examination: The overall difficulty level of the examination was Easy to Moderate.
The Banking team of Jagranjosh.com has come up with comprehensive analysis of the question paper and the expected cut off for the examination.
| Section |
Total Ques. |
Level of Difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| Reasoning Ability |
35 |
Easy to Moderate |
| Numerical Ability |
35 |
Moderate |
| English Language |
30 |
Easy to Moderate |
The section wise details are as follows:
Numerical Ability: It is noticed that no question on quadratic equation asked in this section.
| Topic |
No. of Questions (35) |
Level |
|---|---|---|
| Simplification |
10 |
Easy |
| Number Series |
5 |
Moderate |
| Data Interpretation |
5 |
Easy |
| Miscellaneous (CI and SI, Time & Work, Problem on Age, Time and Distance, Profit & Loss, Ratio and Proportion) |
15 |
Moderate |
Reasoning: It is noticed that Syllogism was missing in the section.
| Topic |
No. of Questions (35) |
Level |
|---|---|---|
| Inequalities |
5 |
Easy |
| Coding and Decoding |
5 |
Moderate |
| Puzzle (Circular arrangement +Floor arrangement) |
10 |
Moderate |
| Alphanumeric Series |
5 |
Easy |
| Miscellaneous (Blood relation, Ranking, Direction Sense etc.) |
10 |
Moderate |
English Language: The difficulty level of English section was Easy to moderate this time.
| Topic |
No. of Questions (30) |
Level |
|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension(Story Based) |
10 |
Easy |
| Cloze Test (Story Based) |
5 |
Easy |
| Parajumbles |
5 |
Moderate |
| Spotting error |
5 |
Easy to Moderate |
| Spelling Mistakes |
5 |
Easy to Moderate |
Expected Cutoff marks: - As per our analysis and difficulty level of the examination, the following Cutoff marks are expected for different category.
| General |
45-50 |
|---|---|
| OBC |
42-47 |
| SC |
33-38 |
| ST |
25-30 |
Note: The candidates should note that the above cut offs may vary as it depends upon various factors hence, it is not possible to predict the exact cut off marks until SBI declared it on its website. The SBI will announce cut off marks, when the process of selection is over.
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