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Dear Aspirants,
SBI PO Mains Exam 2018 has been completed successfully. Here with we have structured the Section Wise SBI PO Mains Exam Analysis 2018. As you know, the Paper consisted of four sections in the Objective test of 200 marks, Data Analysis & Interpretation, Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude, General Economy & banking Awareness and English Language and there was also a test of Descriptive writing after objective test. Overall, the exam was of Difficult level.
Over-All Analysis
| Subject | Good Attempt |
| English Language | 16-18 |
| Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude | 14-16 |
| Data Analysis & Interpretation | 16-17 |
| General Economy & Banking Awareness | 19-22 |
| Total | 66-68 |
Data Analysis & Interpretation:
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Data Interpretation | 20 | Difficult |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 | Difficult |
| Inequality(Q1 & Q2) | 4 | Moderate to Difficult |
| Miscellaneous | 6 | Moderate to Difficult |
| Total | 35 | Difficult |
DI: This section had 35 questions for 60 marks with a time limit of 45 minutes.
- Inequality questions were based on ""Quantity 1 and Quantity 2 Pattern and among the set of 4 questions of inequality 2 questions were based on diagrams.
- There were 4 sets of DI with 5 questions in each of the set. Following were the types of DI:
1. Tabular (Missing)
2. Caselet
3. Sales Commission Based
4. Bar Graph
English Language
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 12 | Difficult |
| Antonym/Synonym | 3 | Difficult |
| Phrase and Error Detection | 8-10 | Difficult |
| Cloze Test (New Pattern) | 3-4 | Moderate |
| Vocab Based | 2 | Difficult |
| Double Filler (New Pattern) | 4-5 | Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Difficult |
This Section had 35 Questions for 40 Marks with a time limit 40 minutes.
Reasoning Ability
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Logical Reasoning | 8 | Difficult |
| Coding Decoding New Pattern | 4 | Difficult |
| Seating Arrangement and Puzzles | 22-23 | Difficult |
| Input Output | 3-4 | Difficult |
| Data Sufficiency | 3-4 | Difficult |
| Direction Sense | 1-2 | Difficult |
| Total | 45 | Difficult |
Note: There were no question asked from Computer Aptitude.
Puzzle & Seating arrangement: There were 4 Set of puzzle & Seating Arrangement
General Economy and Banking Awareness
The Level of this Section was Moderate. there were 2-3 question from Static Awareness or 2-3 questions from Budget. Most of the Questions asked from Banking & Current affairs. The Level of this section was moderate.
- Indra Exercise
- Global Mobility Submit
- Amarnath Tiger Reserve
- Based DRDO
- Based on GST
- Based on Monetary Policy (Recent)
Descriptive Writing test
Letter & Essay writing for 25 marks with time limit 30 minutes.
Essay
1. Bitcoin Based
2. Based on Mansoon
3. Project and Assignment given in School
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