SBI SO Exam Analysis: 20th January 2017 (Overall Slots)

State Bank of India conducts exams every year to recruit candidates for posts of “Specialist Officer” Cadre. The examinations is one of the most popular bank exams and SBI has been one of the most reputed preference for banking. The entire paper consists of 4 sections i.e. English Language, Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude and Professional knowledge.

SBI SO Exam Analysis – 20^th January 2017 (Overall Slots): Summary of Analysis

Given below is the summary of analysis of SBI SO Exam Analysis 20^th January 2017- All slots

Sections	Difficulty level	Good Attempts
Reasoning	Easy-Moderate	38-42
English Language	Moderate-Difficult	23-25
Quantitative Aptitude	Moderate	24-26
Professional Knowledge	Moderate	35-40

SBI SO Exam Analysis – 20^th January 2017 (Overall Slots): Summary of Analysis

As far as the difficulty level is concerned, the SBI SO exam conducted on 20^th January 2017 all slots was of Moderate level. The number of safe attempts required to exceed the cut- off marks can be 125-130.

SBI SO Exam Analysis – 20^th January 2017 (Overall Slots): Section- wise Analysis

What are the questions asked from every section? What was the difficulty level of each section? What are the decent attempts to clear the cut- off marks? We have the answer for all the above questions right here in the SBI SO Exam Analysis – 20^th January 2017 (Overall Slots).

Quantitative Aptitude

The section which tests a candidate’s numerical ability. Quantitative Aptitude is one of the time consuming sections of all.

Difficulty level: The difficulty level of Quantitative Aptitude was Moderate.

Topics	Level of Difficulty	Number of Questions asked
Approximation	Easy-Moderate	5
Quadratic Equation	Moderate	5
Data Sufficiency	Moderate	5
Number Series	Easy-Moderate	5
Data Interpretation	Moderate	10
Miscellaneous	Easy-Moderate	5

Reasoning Ability

The trickiest of all sections, this tests the logical ability. The questions can be solved by identifying the logic behind them.

Difficulty level: The difficulty level of Quantitative Aptitude was Easy to Moderate.

Good Attempts: The number of safe attempts required to exceed the cut- off marks can be TBA.

Topics	Level of Difficulty	Number of Questions asked
Inequality	Easy-moderate	5
Sitting Arrangement/ Puzzles	Easy	15
Syllogism	Easy	5
Direction	Easy	4
Blood Relation	Easy-Moderate	3
Coding and Decoding	Easy-Moderate	5
Miscellaneous	Easy-Moderate	13

English Language

This section is the most mark fetching one if you are sound enough in your language skills.

Difficulty level: The difficulty level of Quantitative Aptitude was  Moderate to Difficult.

Topics	Level of Difficulty	Number of Questions asked
Reading Comprehension	Moderate	10
Synonym / Antonym	Moderate	2
Sentence Correction	Moderate	5
Cloze test	Moderate-Difficult	5
Para Jumbles	Moderate-Difficult	5
Error Spotting	Moderate-Difficult	10

Professional Knowledge

This section tests your skills in your specialization.

Difficulty level: The difficulty level of Quantitative Aptitude was Moderate.

Questions asked are -

• CGI
• HOT SITE
• Data shadowing
• Data mining
• PAAS
• SAAP
• IAAS
• RFID Chip,
• full form of OLAP,
• about ARP,
• Hierarchical database,
• 'Streaming' definition

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