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 4^th 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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