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:

  • 200, 204, 192, 228, 120, ?

  • 286, ?, 70, 34, 16, 7

  • 1, 3, 9, 31, 129, ?

  • 8, 11, 16, 25, 52, ?

  • 259, 256, 241, 206, 143, ?

  • 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 !

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