The SBI PO Prelims 2021 exam has already started yesterday and today that is on 21st Nov, 2021 its the second day of the SBI PO Prelims exam. So, here we are with the detailed exam analysis for all the shifts. Give it a read below:
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension (Pacific Ocean) Synonym of Concentrated Fill in the Blanks | 10 |
| Cloze Test | 6 |
| Error detection | 5 |
| Word rearrangement | 5 |
| word usage + word replacement | 4 |
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Data Interpretation Double Line Graph (Based on Females) 5Q Table DI (Based on Mangoes with selling price) 5Q Caselet DI 5Q | 15 |
| Approximation | 6 |
| Missing Number Series (Easy) | 5 |
| Arithmetic (Boats & stream, time & work, profit loss, SI, CI) | 9 |
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Puzzles & Seating Arrangement -Selection based Puzzle on Marketing, Production & Operation (9 person) 3 Q -Box based (6 boxes, 2 variables) 5 Q -Parallel rows (single variable) 5 Q – Month based (Oct, Nov, Dec months & dates 11 & 22) 5 Q – Uncertain (17 people) 3 Q | 21 |
| Inequality (3 simple, 2 conditional) | 5 |
| Syllogism (Only few) | 3 |
| Direction & Distance | 4 |
| Meaningful Word | 1 |
| Digit pairing | 1 |
Shift I- Good Attempts
| Section | Good Attempts |
| English Language | 20 – 21 |
| Reasoning Ability | 21-23 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 19 – 21 |
| Overall | 60-65 |
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension (City F & its taxes) synonyms & antonyms 2Q | 6 to 7 |
| ParaJumbles (New Pattern) | 5 |
| Error detection | 5 |
| Sentence rearrangement | 3 |
| Fill in the blanks | 5 |
| Match the column | 2 |
| Connectors | 3 |
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Data Interpretation Pie chart (percentage based, total product 1500) Table (Rural/Urban) | 10 |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 |
| Approximation | 6 |
| Arithmetic (profit loss, probability) | 13-14 |
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Puzzles & Seating Arrangement -Uncertain (facing North) 6 Q -Linear (8 person, 4 south facing & 4 north facing) 5 Q -Day based (Mon to Sat, variable fruits) 5Q -Floor & Flat (5 floors & 2 flats) 5Q -Year based puzzle 5 Q | 26 |
| Inequality (conditional) | 2 |
| Syllogism (2 statements & 2 conclusions) | 3 |
| Direction & Distance | 3 |
| Coding | 1 |
Shift II- Good Attempts
| Section | Good Attempts |
| English Language | 19-22 |
| Reasoning Ability | 21-23 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 19-20 |
| Overall | 60-65 |
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension | 9 |
| Cloze Test | 7 |
| Error detection | 4 |
| Word Swap | 5 |
| Word Usage | 5 |
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Data Interpretation Tabular 5 Q Bar Graph 5Q | 10 |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 |
| Caselet DI | 5 |
| Wrong Number Series | 5 |
| Arithmetic | 10 |
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Puzzles & Seating Arrangement Box based 5 Q Circular based 5 Q Floor & Flat based 5Q Days based (Monday to sat) 4Q | 19 |
| Inequality | 4 |
| Syllogism | 4 |
| Word pairing | 1 |
| Letter based | 1 |
| Blood relation | 3 |
| Direction & Sense | 3 |
Shift III- Good Attempts
| Section | Good Attempts |
| English Language | 21-23 |
| Reasoning Ability | 24-25 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 21-24 |
| Overall | 64-70 |
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| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension (Wind) synonym of word Draw Fillers | 8 |
| Cloze Test + word replacement | 7 |
| Error detection | 5 |
| Sentence rearrangement | 5 |
| Match the column (Tricky) | 5 |
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Data Interpretation (very easy) Line Graph + Table 5 Q Piec Chart (percentage given) 5 Q | 10 |
| Approximation (Easy) | 6 |
| Caselet DI (physics map, 5 variable) | 5 |
| Missing Number Series | 4 |
| Arithmetic (CI, Age based) | 10 |
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Puzzles & Seating Arrangement Year based (2021) 8 years 5Q Rectangle based 5Q Comparison based 4Q Classification (2 variables) 5Q | 19 |
| Blood relation | 1 |
| Syllogism (only few) | 5 |
| Coding decoding | 5 |
| Digit based | 1 |
| Pairing | 1 |
| Meaningful word | 1 |
| Misc | 2 |
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Shift IV- Good Attempts
| Section | Good Attempts |
| English Language | |
| Reasoning Ability | |
| Quantitative Aptitude | |
| Overall |
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This brings us to the end of the SBI PO Prelims exam analysis on 21st Nov, 2021. Prepare well for the upcoming shift on 27th Nov, 2021. Keep practicing as many mock tests as possible.
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