Analysis of the second slot: SBI PO Prelims 2016- 9th July

July 9th, 2016 - Saturday

The second slot of SBI PO Prelims 2016 conducted on 9^th July has come to an end. The test was a favourable test with reasonably good and genuine set of questions. As we all are aware of, planned strategy is highly essential for a candidate to come up with flying colours. The total time to attempt the entire paper is 1 hour.

A quick look at the overall analysis based on multiple students’ views from different areas:

Section	Level of difficulty	Good Attempts
Quantitative Aptitude	Moderate	22- 25
Reasoning ability	Moderate- Difficult	15- 20
General English	Moderate	20-25

Detailed analysis: English- The level of difficulty of English was moderate. The topic of reading comprehension was a highligthed and relevant one i.e. “Financial facility for women”.

Topic	No of questions	Level of difficulty
Reading comprehension on “Financial facility for women”	10	Moderate
Error	5	Moderate
Fill in the blanks	5	Easy
Cloze test (based on technology)	5	Easy
Para- jumbled (based on advertising)	5	Moderate

Detailed analysis: Quant- The level of quant was from easy to moderate.

Topic	No of questions	Level of difficulty
Data interpretation (Bar graph/ Table)	2 sets (10 qs)	Easy, Moderate
Number series	5	Moderate
Quadratic equations	5	Easy
Approximation	5	Easy
Miscellaneous	10	Moderate

Detailed analysis: Reasoning- The level of questions from reasoning section was moderate to tough. Please note that no questions were asked from “Coding – Decoding” and “Syllogism”.

Topic	No of questions	Level of difficulty
Direction sense	3	Easy - Moderate
Inequalities	5	Easy
Blood relations	2	Moderate
Puzzles (7 people 7 different places/ box puzzle, people facing north south in same line, Months, Ranking based puzzle)	24	Moderate- Difficult

We hope this information will help you to gear up for the upcoming slots. Stay tuned with us for more updates. Good luck!

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