SBI PO Mains Exam Analysis : 4th August 2018 (Questions Asked)

SBI PO Mains Exam Analysis : 4th August 2018 (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 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 difficult level.

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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

Sections Good Attempts
English Language 25-28
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude 23-27
Data Analysis and Interpretation 27-30
General Awareness 23-27
TOTAL 115-130

SBI PO Mains Exam Analysis 2018 – English Language Questions Asked

English subject was of difficult level.

  • New question types.
  • Two Reading Comprehensions (conventional type) – Economist’s view of difference between innovation and invention. One question was based on vocab.
  • 2nd Reading Comprehension (Paragraph as statements) – 9 questions , correct grammatically correct phrases considered as phrase replacement.
  • 1 new pattern of cloze test with 5 blanks and a phrase had to be filled in blanks. A phrase was given and the candidate had to identify that the given phrase will belong to which blank 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5.
Topics No. of Qs Level
Sentence Improvement 5 Difficult
Tripple Fillers 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 1 Moderate
Sentence Completion 5 Moderate-Difficult
Reading Comprehension 14 Difficult
Total 35 Difficult

SBI PO Mains Exam Analysis 2018 – Reasoning & Computer Aptitude Questions Asked

Level of Reasoning was of also difficult level.

  • No Question from Computer Aptitude.
  • Blood Relation+Age based puzzle
  • Floors+Buildings based puzzle
  • Circular Arrangement
  • Random Arrangement -3 Variables, Names of persons, their posts and fruits were given
  • Linear Seating Arrangement- 3 Variable, the direction in which the persons were seated was not mentioned.
  • Linear Double Line, 10 people seating
Topics
No. of Qs
Level
Decoding based Direction Sense
5
Difficult
Coding Decoding

5 Difficult
Passage Inference
3
Moderate- Difficult
Course of Action
2
Moderate-Difficult
Conclusion based Logical Questions
2
Moderate- Difficult
Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles
25 Difficult
Total
45

Difficult

SBI PO Mains Exam Analysis 2018 – Data Analysis & Interpretation (DI) Questions Asked

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 calls received and resolved was given in percentages
  • Caselet – Venn Diagram – Data related to an online store was given
  • Caselet – Time and Work
  • Tabular Missing DI
  • Bar Graph – yearly expenditure of a person was given
Topics No. of Qs Level
Quantity I, Quantity II 5 Moderate
Data Sufficiency 5 Moderate-Difficult
Data Interpretation 25 Moderate-Difficult
Total 35 Moderate-Difficult

SBI PO Mains Exam Analysis 2018 – General Awareness (GA) Questions Asked

General Awareness section was of moderate level. Total questions were 40. Covering below topics.

  • Current affairs (June & July Month)
  • No questions from static and banking awareness.

Q1. Amangarh tiger reserve is located in? – Uttar Pradesh

Q2. Numaligarh Refinery Limited Public Sector oil Company is situated in? – Assam

Q3. Full form of N in NSDF – National(National Skill Development Fund)

Q4. The winner of Kabaddi Masters Dubai 2018 champion –India

Q5. Full form of NSFR – Net Stable Funding Ratio.

Q6. Name the Artist who was conferred the Kalidas Award. –Anjolie Ela Menon

Q7. AU Small Finance Bank will raise Rs. 1000 crore from Temasek, a global investment company headquartered in Singapore.

Q8. Which of the following country remains the top export destination for India? –US

Q9. Andres Iniesta (Football Player) belongs to – Spain

Q10. The government has identified how many Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) for listing on stock exchanges in line with the Union Budget 2018-19? – 4

Q11. Andres Iniesta (Football Player) belongs to – Spain

Q12. Total Fund allocated for ‘Operation Green’ – Rs 500 crore

Q13. Full form of N in NSDF – National(National Skill Development Fund)

Q14. Name the player who retired after FIFA World Cup 2018.

Q15. Kalidas award was given by which state?

Q16. YONO App was launched by which Bank? -SBI

Q17. First CFO of Reserve Bank of India – Sudha Balakrishnan

Q18. One question from Sunil Mehta Committee.

Q19. One question on TIES agreement.

Q20. One question from Global Mobility Summit. 

Q21. What does H stands for in HFI? 

Q22. One question from Sunil Mehta Committee.

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)

a.) Write a letter (WAL) to your branch manager as you were unable to transfer funds to your friend due to unavailability of UPI services

b). Write a letter (WAL) to the concerned authority expressing your concern over usage of harmful pesticides in fruits and vegetables.

SBI PO Mains Essay Writing (250 words)

a). Decreasing number of researches taken up by students.

b). Bitcoin

c). Measures to be taken to avoid issues during monsoon

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