SBI PO Mains Exam Analysis,Review : 5th August 2018 Shift 1 (Questions Asked)
Dear Aspirants,
State Bank of India (SBI) PO 2018 recruitment exam is also the most awaited one. Most of the candidates are working hard for both the bank exam to get a seat for themselves in any of the prestigious bank. Now SBI PO Mains Exam for 5th August 2018 – shift 1 has been over. In this article, you will get the detailed SBI PO Mains Exam Analysis 2018. This article will help you to evaluate your performance marks, estimate your result, level of the exams and number of asked questions. Today’s exam was of moderate-difficult level.
SBI PO Mains Exam Pattern 2018
SBI PO Mains Exam has two parts as shown below in tabular form.
| Mains | Sections | Marks |
| Part 1 | Objective Test | 200 |
| Part 2 | Descriptive Test | 50 |
SBI PO Mains 2018 Exam Analysis – 5th August 2018
| Sections | Good Attempts |
| English Language | 23-28 |
| Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 21-26 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 24-28 |
| General Awareness | 26-30 |
| TOTAL | 110-136 |
SBI PO Mains Exam Analysis 2018 – English Language Questions Asked (5th August – 1st shift)
English subject was of moderate level in 1st shift.
- New question types.
- 1st Reading Comprehensions – Education System.
- 2nd Reading Comprehension – related to typo error. One question was based on vocab.
- 3rd Reading Comprehenson – Retaining of customers & customer satisfaction.
- 1 new pattern – A line contains four words which are marked as bold and among these four words, only one word didn’t have any spelling error. Identify the correct word and marks it antonyms in the given option.
| Topics | No. of Qs | Level |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | Difficult |
| Single Filler | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
| New pattern Cloze Test (Identify the correct phrases to be filled in the given blanks) | 5 | Difficult |
| Antonym and Synonym of FIT | 5 | Moderate |
| Sentence Completion | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Reading Comprehension | 12 | Difficult |
| Idiom and phrases | 3 | Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Difficult |
SBI PO Mains Exam Analysis 2018 – Reasoning & Computer Aptitude Questions Asked (5th August – 1st shift)
Level of Reasoning was of also difficult level.
- No Question from Computer Aptitude.
- Linear (2 parallel lines) seating arrangement : Arrange vehicles facing north and south
- Month based Puzzle, 3 months, 3 dates, persons and their weights had to be arranged
- Floor-Cards based puzzle
- Circular Seating Arrangement
- Square Seating Arrangement, 8 persons, people seating at corners liked fruits and people seated in the middle liked flowers.
- Direction and distance based puzzle, horses were to be arranged
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Topics
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No. of Qs
|
Level
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| Numerical Series | 4 |
Difficult
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| Coding Decoding | 5 | Difficult |
| Input Output |
5
|
Moderate- Difficult
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Course of Action
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2
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Moderate-Difficult
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Conclusion based Logical Questions
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2
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Moderate- Difficult
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Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles
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30 | Difficult |
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Total
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50 | Difficult
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SBI PO Mains Exam Analysis 2018 – Quantitative Aptitude Questions Asked (5th August – 1st shift)
Level of quantitative aptitude was of moderate to difficult level. Asked 5 sets of DI. This section was much easier as compared to English and Reasoning.
- Bar Graph- Data related to Profit and SP was given
- Caselet- boats and stream based
- Pie Chart – Partnership based (3 Questions)
- Pie Chart- Data related to countries and percentage was given
- 2 Sets of Tabular DI
| Topics | No. of Qs | Level |
| Quantity I, Quantity II | 5 | Moderate |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Data Interpretation | 27 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Approximation | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Boat & Stream | 3 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Total | 35 | Moderate-Difficult |
SBI PO Mains Exam Analysis 2018 – General Awareness (GA) Questions Asked 5th August (Shift 1)
General Awareness section was of moderate level. Total questions were 50. Covering below topics.
- Current affairs (June & July Month)
- No questions from static and banking awareness.
Question 1. PMVVY extend to which date?
Question 2. What is the full form of R in LRS? -> Remittance
Question 3. FIFA 2026 will be held in which country?
Question 4. Conference of communication and technology in which country?
Question 5. Question related to Bharat inclusion?
Question 6. Shujat Bukhari editor of which newspaper? -> Rising kashmir
Question 7. Telenor merger with which company? -> Airtel
Question 8. Skill center in which state?
Question 9. Kabir mahotsav by which ministry? -> Ministry Of Culture
Question 10. Pilibhit tiger reserve in which state? -> Uttar Pradesh
Question 11. Victorian heritage site?
Question 12. ASEAN film festival held in which state? -> Delhi
Question 13. Statistics day celebrated on which date? -> 29th June 2018
Question 14. LIC takeover which bank? -> IDBI Bank
Question 15. Who got Best actress for which film?
Question 16. One question from COMCASA?
Question 17. Which is umbrella organisation for digital payment?
Question 18. Which payment bank related to digital gold?
Question 19. Where is the headquarter of SAARC development fund?
Question 20. Headquarter of AIIB located at? -> China
Question 21. International Maritime organisation Headquarter in which City? –> London
Question 22. Ajay thakur related to which sport? -> Kabaddi
Question 23. One question from IRDAI committee.
Question 24. What is the full form of C in CBLO?
Question 25. Sports University in which city?
Question 26. Malabo is the capital of which country? -> Equatorial Guinea
Question 27. Assumption island in which country?
Question 28. Indra sagar dam in which state? Madhya Pradesh
Question 29. Women hockey captain for world cup 2018? -> Rani Rampal
Question 30. Least spoken language in India?
Question 31. What was the Environment Day Theme? -> “Beat Plastic Pollution”
Question 32. Debentures related question.
Question 33. Informal summit held in which city of Russia? -> City of Sochi
SBI PO Mains Exam Analysis 2018 – Descriptive Test Questions Asked
- This was of 30 minutes test for 50 marks.
SBI PO Mains Letter Writing (150 words)
| Choice | Topics – Letter |
| a | Write a letter for |
| b | Write a letter |
SBI PO Mains Essay Writing (250 words)
| Choice | Topics – Essay |
| a | |
| b | |
| c |
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