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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.  

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

Topics No. of Questions Level 
Reading Comprehension Easy-Moderate 
Phrase and Idioms Replacement Easy-Moderate 
Error Detection Easy 
Double Fillers Easy-Moderate 
Sentence Rearrangement (paragraph) Easy 
Arranging parts of a single sentence 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 Moderate 
Blood Relation 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 
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SBI PO Prelims English Language 

Topics No. of Questions Level 
Reading Comprehension Moderate 
Word Rearrangement Easy-Moderate 
Word Swap Moderate 
Error Detection Moderate 
Double Fillers Easy-Moderate 
Sentence Rearrangement Moderate 
Match the Column Moderate 
Miscellaneous 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 Easy -Moderate 
Inequality Easy 
Blood Relation Moderate 
Direction Sense Moderate (but tricky) 
Alphabet Pairing Easy 
Total 35 Easy – Moderate 
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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 Moderate 
Phrase Replacement Easy-Moderate 
Error Detection Moderate 
Double Fillers Easy-Moderate 
Sentence Rearrangement Moderate 
Miscellaneous 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 Easy -Moderate 
Coding-Decoding Moderate 
Direction Sense Moderate 
Alphabet Pairing Easy 
Blood Relation Easy 
Total 35 Easy – Moderate 
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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 Moderate 
Phrase Replacement Easy-Moderate 
Idiom Usage Moderate 
Error Detection Easy-Moderate 
Word Usage Moderate 
Cloze Test 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 Easy -Moderate 
Direction Sence Moderate 
Number Based Moderate 
Alphabet Pairing Easy 
Blood Relation Easy 
Chinese Coding Easy 
Total 35 Easy – Moderate 
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