Bank Of Maharashtra PO Exam Analysis: Shift 2 , 28 October 2016 (Afternoon Shift)
The second shift of Bank of Maharashtra PO exam is finally over. A total of 500 vacancies are available. The final selection will be based on interview and GD. Let us have a look at the overall and section wise review of the paper.
Bank of Maharashtra(BOM) PO 2016 : Summary of Afternoon Shift Exam:
Subjects |
Number of Questions |
Good Attempts |
Difficulty Level |
Reasoning Ability |
50 |
30-34 |
Easy-Moderate |
Qunatitative Aptitude |
50 |
24-28 |
Moderate |
English Language |
50 |
30-33 |
Moderate |
General Awareness |
50 |
32-36 |
Moderate |
Total |
200 |
116-131 |
Moderate |
Now we move to the sectional analysis , review and expected cut off details of the second shift.
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Reasoning Ability: The reasoning ability section in the second shift was comparitively easier than the first shift.
Good Attempt : Attempting 30-34 questions will put you in a safe zone.
Level: Easy-Moderate
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Difficulty Level |
Floor Puzzle |
5 |
Moderate |
Circular Seating Arrangement |
5 |
Moderate |
Linear Seating Arrangement |
5 |
Moderate |
Syllogism |
5 |
Easy |
Coding Decoding |
5 |
Easy |
Input-Output |
5 |
Easy |
Blood Relation |
3 |
Easy |
Distance & Direction |
5 |
Easy |
Miscellaneous |
12 |
Easy - Moderate |
Quantitative Aptitude: The questions demanded more time to solve. Some of them were bit tricky.
Good Attempt : You have a good chance of clearing the cut off by attempting 24-28 questions.
Level: Moderate
Some of the questions asked in Number/Arithmetic Series were as follows:
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200, 204, 192, 228, 120, ?
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286, ?, 70, 34, 16, 7
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1, 3, 9, 31, 129, ?
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8, 11, 16, 25, 52, ?
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259, 256, 241, 206, 143, ?
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9, 5, 6, 10.5, 23, ?
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Difficulty Level |
Data Interpretation -Table/chart |
15 |
Moderate |
Simplification |
10 |
Easy |
Number Series |
5 |
Moderate |
Quadratic Equation |
5 |
Moderate |
Data Sufficiency |
5 |
Easy - Moderate |
Miscellaneous |
10 |
Easy - Moderate |
English Language : This section was of moderate level as expected. The passage was related to banking and economy.
Good Attempt : If you attempt questions in the range 30-33 , then you have a fair chance of clearing cut off for English.
Level: Moderate
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Difficulty Level |
Reading Comprehension (Finance Based) |
10 |
Difficult |
Cloze Test (Nano car technology) |
10 |
Easy - Moderate |
Double Fillers |
5 |
Moderate |
Sentence Improvement |
10 |
Moderate |
Para-Jumbles |
5 |
Easy |
Spotting Error |
10 |
Moderarte - Difficult |
General Awareness: The questions in this section were based on current affairs and majority of them were related to banking awareness and static GK.
Good Attempt : Attempting 32-36 questions can help you clear the cut off easily.
Level: Moderate
The questions asked in this section are:
Question |
Answer |
Which Bank introduced Smart Vault ? |
ICICI Bank |
In which sport, Deepa Malik won Silver medal at the 2016 Paralympics? |
Shot Put |
What is U in UPI? |
Unified |
Where is the First Talking ATM in India? |
Ahmedabad |
Before designated to Governor of RBI, what was the position of Urijit Patel ? |
Deputy Governor of RBI |
The result will be updated soon. All the best !