SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis Last Year

SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis: Today, in this article we will be covering the SBI PO Prelims exam which took place in January 2021. The overall exam across all four shifts turned out to be moderate.  

SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis for 4 Jan 2021 – Shift 1

SBI PO Good Attempts Prelims 2020-21

Subject Good Attempt Time (in min.)
English Language 20 -22 20 minutes
Reasoning Ability 18 – 20 20 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude 18 – 21 20 minutes
Total 56 – 63 60 minutes

SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis: English Language Section (Easy-Moderate)

Topics No. of Questions Level
Reading Comprehension 8 Easy-Moderate
Phrase and Idioms Replacement 5 Easy-Moderate
Error Detection 5 Easy
Double Fillers 5 Easy-Moderate
Sentence Rearrangement (paragraph) 5 Easy
Arranging parts of a single sentence 2 Easy
Total 30 Easy-Moderate

SBI PO 2021 Exam Analysis for Quantitative Aptitude Section (Moderate)

Topic No. Of questions Level
DI 12 Easy-Moderate
Quadratic Equation 06 Easy-Moderate
Approximation 06 Easy
Miscellaneous Word Problems 11 Moderate
Total 35 Moderate

SBI PO First Shift Exam Analysis for Reasoning Ability Section (Moderate)

Topics No. of Questions Level
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement 24 Moderate
Syllogism 4 Moderate
Blood Relation 3 Easy
Number based 01 Easy-Moderate
Alphabet Based (to make a meaningful word) 01 Easy
Alphabet Pairing 01 Easy
Total 35 Moderate

SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis of 4th January 2021- Shift-2 Good Attempts

Subject Good Attempt Time (in min.)
English Language 18 -23 20 minutes
Reasoning Ability 21 – 26 20 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude 17 – 23 20 minutes
Total 54 – 65 60 minutes

SBI PO Prelims English Language

Topics No. of Questions Level
Reading Comprehension 6 Moderate
Word Rearrangement 3 Easy-Moderate
Word Swap 3 Moderate
Error Detection 4 Moderate
Double Fillers 5 Easy-Moderate
Sentence Rearrangement 5 Moderate
Match the Column 2 Moderate
Miscellaneous 2 Moderate
Total 30 Moderate

Quantitative Aptitude (Moderate) Analysis for SBI PO Prelims

Topic No. Of questions Level
DI 13 Easy-Moderate
Quadratic Equation 05 Easy
Wrong Number Series 06 Easy
Miscellaneous Word Problems 11 Moderate
Total 35 Moderate

Reasoning Ability (Easy – Moderate)

Topics No. of Questions Level
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement 20 Easy -Moderate
Syllogism 4 Easy -Moderate
Inequality 4 Easy
Blood Relation 3 Moderate
Direction Sense 3 Moderate (but tricky)
Alphabet Pairing 1 Easy
Total 35 Easy – Moderate

SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 3rd Shift for 4 Jan 2021

SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis of 4th January 2021- Shift 3 Good Attempts

Subject Good Attempt Time (in min.)
English Language 19 -25 20 minutes
Reasoning Ability 23 – 28 20 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude 18 – 24 20 minutes
Total 56 – 67 60 minutes

SBI PO Exam Analysis 4th Jan 2021 – English Language (Moderate)

Topics No. of Questions Level
Reading Comprehension 8 Moderate
Phrase Replacement 5 Easy-Moderate
Error Detection 5 Moderate
Double Fillers 5 Easy-Moderate
Sentence Rearrangement 5 Moderate
Miscellaneous 2 Moderate
Total 30 Moderate

Quantitative Aptitude (Moderate)

Topic No. Of questions Level
DI 15 Easy-Moderate
Quadratic Equation 05 Easy
Missing Number Series 05 Easy
Miscellaneous Word Problems 10 Moderate
Total 35 Moderate

Reasoning Ability (Moderate)

Topics No. of Questions Level
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement 20 Easy -Moderate
Syllogism 4 Easy -Moderate
Coding-Decoding 4 Moderate
Direction Sense 3 Moderate
Alphabet Pairing 1 Easy
Blood Relation 3 Easy
Total 35 Easy – Moderate

SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 4th Shift for 4 Jan 2021

SBI PO Prelims Good Attempts 4th Shift

Subject Good Attempt Time (in min.)
English Language 20 -25 20 minutes
Reasoning Ability 22 – 27 20 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude 19 – 25 20 minutes
Total 55 – 67 60 minutes

SBI PO English Language Section

Topics No. of Questions Level
Reading Comprehension 8 Moderate
Phrase Replacement 2 Easy-Moderate
Idiom Usage 5 Moderate
Error Detection 5 Easy-Moderate
Word Usage 3 Moderate
Cloze Test 7 Moderate
Total 30 Moderate

SBI PO Quantitative Aptitude Section

Topic No. Of questions Level
DI 15 Easy-Moderate
Approximation 05 Easy
Missing Number Series 05 Easy
Miscellaneous Word Problems 10 Moderate
Total 35 Moderate

SBI PO Reasoning Ability Section (Easy-Moderate)

Topics No. of Questions Level
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement 20 Easy -Moderate
Inequality 3 Easy -Moderate
Direction Sence 3 Moderate
Number Based 1 Moderate
Alphabet Pairing 1 Easy
Blood Relation 3 Easy
Chinese Coding 4 Easy
Total 35 Easy – Moderate

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Vishwas Agarwal

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