SBI PO 2020 notification has been released now with 2000 vacancies. This year COVID-19 pandemic has caused this delay. Since the notification is now out aspirants must fill up the online application forms and should start preparing for the upcoming examination. SBI PO 2020 examination is scheduled for 31st Dec, 2020, 31st Dec 2020 & 2nd, 4th, 5th Jan 2021. Aspirants those who were eagerly waiting for the notification must take a free mock test now. Our advice to the aspirants would be to stay focused towards your SBI PO Prelims 2020 exam preparation is concerned. Our platform is offering free mock test for SBI PO Prelims exam. Also, time and again we are hosting SBI PO live tests which are free to take. In this article we are here to update the candidates regarding previous year exam analysis on the basis of which aspirants can make their preparation schedules and study plans.
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Let’s first get started with the SBI PO 2020 Important Event Dates
SBI PO 2020 Important Exam Dates
| Activity | Tentative Dates |
| On-line registration including Editing/ Modification of Application by candidates | 14.11.2020 to 04.12.2020 |
| Payment of Application Fee | 14.11.2020 to 04.12.2020 |
| Download of Preliminary Examination Call Letters | 3rd week of Dec 2020 onwards |
| Phase-I: Online Preliminary Examination | 31st Dec 2020 & 2nd, 4th, 5th Jan 2021 |
| Declaration of Result of Preliminary Examination | 3rd week of January 2021 |
| Download of Main Examination Call letter | 3rd week of January 2021 onwards |
| Phase-II: Online Main Examination | 29th January 2021 |
| Declaration of Result of Main Examination | 3rd/ 4th week of February 2021 |
| Download of Phase-III Call Letter | 3rd/ 4th week of February 2021 onwards |
| Phase-III: Interview (Or Interview & Group Exercises) | February/ March 2021 |
| Declaration of Final Result | Last week of March 2021 |
| Pre-Examination Training for SC/ ST/ Religious Minority Community candidates | |
| Download of call letters for Pre-Examination Training | 2nd week of Dec 2020 onwards |
| Conduct of Pre- Examination Training | 3rd/ 4th week of Dec 2020 |
NOTE: These SBI PO 2020 Exam Dates are subject to change according to the SBI PO 2020 Official Notification.
SBI PO 2020 Prelims Exam Pattern
| Sr. No. | Section | Questions | Marks | Duration |
| 1. | English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| 2. | Quantitative Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| 3. | Reasoning | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
Now, let’s come back to the SBI PO Prelims 2019 shift-wise exam analysis in order to give aspirants an idea as how to prepare for SBI PO 2020 prelims exam. This previous year exam analysis will surely help candidates to understand the kind of questions asked in the previous year and what are the important topics which you must master. Last year in 2019 SBI PO Prelims exam was scheduled on June 8 and 9, 2019. Mentioned below are the shift wise SBI PO Prelims exam analysis.
SBI PO Prelims Slot 1 Analysis- Jun 8, 2019
English Language Section
- 5 questions from a single set of RC which was on Nuclear energy and sustainable development (Fill in the blanks type questions)
- 5 questions from Cloze Test on Artificial Intelligence
- 6 questions from Error Spotting
- 7 questions from Fillers
- 2 questions from Match the following based sentence completion questions
- 5 questions on Phrase replacement
Quantitative Aptitude Section
- 15 questions from 3 sets of Data Interpretation
- 1 Pie + Tabular chart
- 1 Bar Graph
- 1 Caselet of Venn Diagram
- 5 Quadratic equations comparison
- 5 questions from missing number series
- 10 Word Problems
Reasoning Section
- 19 questions from 4 Puzzles and Seating arrangement
- Box-based puzzle with colour
- Linear Arrangement (North-South facing) with 9 persons
- Floor based puzzle with one variable
- Triangular arrangement (Few people sitting on the corner of the sides and few on the middle of the sides)
- 3 questions from Coding-decoding
- 4 question from Blood relations
- 3 Direction-sense questions
- 4 Syllogisms Questions (2 Only few syllogisms)
- 2 Alphabet based series questions
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SBI PO Prelims Slot 2 Analysis- Jun 8, 2019
English Language Section
- 8 questions from a single set of RC which was on Govt and Private Schools (2 Synonyms and Antonyms)
- 5 questions from Parajumbles (Normal Set based with 5 Sentences)
- 7 questions from Error Spotting
- 5 questions from Fillers
- 5 questions on Phrase replacement
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Quantitative Aptitude Section
- 15 questions from 3 sets of Data Interpretation
- 1 Pie chart
- 1 Bar Graph + Tabular chart
- 1 Caselet
- 5 Approximation
- 5 questions from missing number series
- 10 Word Problems
Reasoning Section
- 21 questions from 5 Puzzles and Seating arrangement
- Month-based puzzle
- Linear Arrangement (North facing) with 10 persons
- Floor based puzzle (8 floors)
- Height Based Puzzle
- Circular arrangement (4 persons facing inside and 4 persons facing outside)
- 3 Inequalities
- 2 questions from Coding Decoding (Normal set based)
- 4 Syllogisms questions
- 3 Direction Sense Test questions
- 2 Alphabet based series questions
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SBI PO Prelims Slot 3 Analysis- Jun 8, 2019
English Language Section
- 10 questions from a single set of RC which was on Artificial Intelligence (2 Synonyms and Antonyms)
- 5 questions from Parajumbles (Normal Set based with 5 Sentences)
- 5 questions from Error Spotting
- 5 questions from Fillers
- 5 questions on Sentence Completion (Match the following based)
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Quantitative Aptitude Section
- 15 questions from 3 sets of Data Interpretation
- 1 Pie chart
- 1 Line Graph + Tabular chart
- 1 Caselet
- 5 Approximation
- 5 Quadratic equations comparison questions
- 10 Word Problems
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Reasoning Section
- 20 questions from 4 Puzzles and Seating arrangement
- Box-based puzzle
- Linear Arrangement (North and South facing) with 8 persons
- Floor based puzzle (10 floors)
- Flat based puzzle
- 5 questions from Coding Decoding (Normal set based)
- 5 Syllogisms questions
- 3 Direction Sense Test questions
- 2 Alphabet based series questions
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SBI PO Prelims Slot 4 Analysis- Jun 8, 2019
English Language Section
- 7 questions from a single set of RC which was on Fake News and Social Media (2 Synonyms and Antonyms)
- 7 questions from Cloze Test
- 7 questions from Error Spotting
- 5 questions from Spelling Errors
- 4 questions on Phrase Replacement
Quantitative Aptitude Section
- 10 questions from 2 sets of Data Interpretation
- 1 Bar Graph
- 1 Table
- 5 Wrong number series questions
- 5 Quadratic equations comparison questions
- 5 Data Sufficiency questions
- 10 Word Problems
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Reasoning Section
- 21 questions from 4 Puzzles and Seating arrangement
- Circular Arrangement (Some people facing inside and outside the circle)
- Linear Seating Arrangement
- Month based puzzle
- Puzzle (one of the variables was profession)
- 5 Syllogisms questions
- 4 Direction Sense Test questions
- 3 Ranking based questions
- 2 Alphabet based series questions
SBI PO Prelims Slot 1 Analysis- Jun 9, 2019
English Language Section
- 8 questions from a single set of RC (2 Synonyms and Antonyms)
- 5 questions from Parajumbles (Normal Set based)
- 3 questions from Sentence Completion (Match the following type)
- 7 questions from Error Detection
- 5 questions from Spelling Errors
- 2 questions on Fillers
Quantitative Aptitude Section
- 15 questions from 3 sets of Data Interpretation
- 1 Pie Chart
- 1 Table based DI
- 1 Caselet
- 5 Quadratic equations comparison
- 5 questions from wrong number series
- 10 Word Problems
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Reasoning Section
- 20 questions from 4 Puzzles and Seating arrangement
- Box-based puzzle
- Linear Arrangement with 5 people facing North and one variable
- Year age based grid matrix puzzle
- Square arrangement (People sitting in the middle of the square facing inside and the ones sitting on the corner facing outside)
- 5 questions from Coding-decoding
- 5 question from Inequalities
- 3 Blood Relations questions
- 2 Alphabet and Number based series questions
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SBI PO Prelims Slot 2 Analysis- Jun 9, 2019
English Language Section
- 6 questions from a single set of RC which was on Personality Development (2 Synonyms and Antonyms)
- 5 questions from Error Detection (Identifying grammatically correct sentences)
- 1 set of Cloze Passage with 5 questions (The passage was on Start-ups)
- 5 questions from Fillers
- 4 questions on Phrase replacement
- 5 questions on Spelling Errors
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Quantitative Aptitude Section
- 15 questions from 3 sets of Data Interpretation
- 1 Pie chart
- 1 Line Graph
- 1 Caselet
- 5 Quadratic equations comparison
- 5 questions from wrong number series
- 10 Word Problems
Reasoning Section
- 20 questions from 4 Puzzles and Seating arrangement
- Circular Arrangement (All facing inside the circle with one variable)
- Parallel Rows Arrangement (12 people sitting across two parallel rows)
- Floor based puzzle
- Box Based Puzzle
- 5 Inequalities
- 5 Syllogisms questions
- 3 Blood Relations questions
- 2 Alphabet based series questions
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This is all about the previous year exam analysis of SBI PO Prelims exam. This will surely give an idea to the aspirants as what all questions have been asked in the actual 2019 exam. Check out other relevant articles below:
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