SBI had conducted the preliminary examination for the recruitment of Probationary officer (PO) post on 2nd and 3rd July 2016 in 4 slots successfully. The next slot is scheduled to be held on 9th and 10th July. The pre exam consist 100 questions comprises of 3 sections which includes Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude and English Language.
Analysis of Examination: The overall difficulty level of the examination was Moderate. The Pattern of paper and level of difficulty was approx similar to the previous year.
The Banking team of Jagranjosh.com has come up with comprehensive analysis of the question paper and the expected cut off for the examination. It is advised to the candidates who have their examination in next slot to go through below analysis make their strategy accordingly.
| Section | Total Ques. | Level of Difficulty |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | Moderate to Difficult |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | Moderate to Difficult |
| English Language | 30 | Moderate |
The section wise details are as follows:
Quantitative Aptitude: As expected major number of questions are asked from Data Interpretation. It is advised to candidates to focus on DI and practice Bar Graph and Table graph based questions. Number Series was difficult so practice a lot of ‘Number Series’.
| Topic | No. of Questions (35) | Level |
| Data Interpretation (Bar graph and Table graph) | 10 | Moderate |
| Number Series | 5 | Difficult |
| Approximation | 5 | Easy |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous (CI and SI, Time & Work, Problem on Age, Time and Distance, Profit & Loss, Ratio and Proportion) | 10 | Moderate to Difficult |
Reasoning: The difficulty level of for this section was Moderate to Difficult. 20 problems in 5 sets are based on Puzzle. Practice a lot of problems based on Puzzle. No problems on Syllogism and Coding- Decoding asked in this section.
| Topic | No. of Questions (35) | Level |
| Inequalities | 5 | Easy |
| Seating Arrangement | 5 | Difficult |
| Puzzle (8 people work in different department & goes to different city) | 5 | Difficult |
| Puzzle (8 people likes different colour) | 5 | Moderate |
| Puzzle | 5 | Moderate |
| Linear Puzzle | 5 | Difficult |
| Blood relation+ Direction Sense etc.) | 2+3 | Easy |
English Language: The difficulty level of English section was Moderate as it was in previous year. Candidates are advised to save their time from this section so you can have more time for QA and Reasoning section.
| Topic | No. of Questions (30) | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 10 | Moderate |
| Cloze Test | 5 | Easy |
| Parajumbles | 5 | Difficult |
| Spotting error | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Fill in the blanks | 5 | Easy |
Expected Cutoff marks: - As per our analysis and difficulty level of the examination, the following Cutoff marks are expected for different category.
| General | 50-55 |
| OBC | 45-50 |
| SC | 38-43 |
| ST | 22-27 |
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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