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Updated on Nov 21, 2021 12:14 IST
State Bank of India is conducting SBI PO 2021 prelims exam. The overall difficulty level of the exam was moderate in terms of difficulty level. Read here SBI PO 2021 prelims exam analysis & review by students.

State Bank of India is conducting SBI PO 2021 prelims exam. The overall difficulty level of the exam was moderate in terms of difficulty level. Read here SBI PO 2021 prelims exam analysis & review by students.

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State Bank of India (SBI) is conducting SBI PO 2021 prelims exam across multiple exam centres in different cities. According to the students, the overall difficulty level of the paper held in the first shift on November 21 was moderate. The English Language section was moderate, Reasoning Ability was moderate and Quantitative Aptitude was moderate. An attempt of 57-65 is considered a good attempt.

SBI PO 2021 prelims exam is such that it is divided into three sections-English Language, Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Ability. The test paper carries a total of 100 questions. Total marks allotted to the test are 100. The duration of the test is one hour.

In this article, we have provided SBI PO 2021 prelims exam analysis & review by students. Going through the exam analysis, candidates can know the overall difficulty, section-wise difficulty, topic-wise distribution of questions, number of good attempts, etc.

Table of contents
  • SBI PO 2021 Prelims Exam Analysis & Review by Students (Nov 21)
  • SBI PO 2021 Prelims Exam Analysis & Review by Students (Nov 20)
  • SBI PO 2021 Prelims Section-Wise Exam Analysis

SBI PO 2021 Prelims Exam Analysis & Review by Students (Nov 21)

The overall difficulty level of SBI PO 2021 exam held on November 21 was similar to the one held on November 20. There was no change in the exam pattern. Shiksha visited one of SBI PO 2021 prelims exam centre in Noida, to gather the feedback of students regarding the overall difficulty level of the exam. 

Manish said, "The Maths paper was lengthy, English was easy and Reasoning was doable. The overall paper was easy in terms of difficulty level. In Maths, there were three DI, seven to eight Approximation, Missing Number Series, etc. In Reasoning, questions were asked from Puzzles, Syllogism, Uncertain Puzzle, etc."

Namrata said, "The paper was of moderate level. All sections of the paper were moderate. The Reading Comprehension topic was based on Rodents and their effects on Flaura and Fauna."

Deepa Sharma said, "The overall paper was moderate in terms of difficulty level. The English section was easy to moderate. Quant and Reasoning sections were moderate. In English, questions were asked from Error Detection, Reading Comprehension, Fill in the Blanks. In Quant, questions were asked from DI, Arithmetic, Approximation, etc. In Reasoning, questions were asked from Puzzles, Inequalities, etc."

Nishant said, "The English section was easy, Maths was calculative, Reasoning was moderate to difficult. I attempted 62 questions. In English, questions were asked from RC, Word Rearrangement, Synonyms & Antonyms, In Reasoning, questions were asked from Puzzles, Seating Arrangement, etc. In Maths, mostly questions were asked from Arithmetic."

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SBI PO 2021 Prelims Exam Analysis & Review by Students (Nov 20)

The overall paper of SBI PO 2021 exam held on November 20 was moderate. Shiksha approached various students who had appeared for SBI PO 2021 prelims exam on November 20, through social media to gather their feedback regarding the overall difficulty level of the exam. Read below the feedback shared by the students on the difficulty level of SBI PO 2021 prelims exam.

Kartik Pant said, “The overall difficulty level of SBI PO prelims paper was moderate. In Reasoning questions were asked on Puzzles, Seating Arrangement, Coding-Decoding, Blood Relation, etc. In English, questions were asked from Reading Comprehension, Para Jumble (Three to four questions), Error Detection, Word Replacement (Three to four), Idiom and Phrases (Three questions), etc. In Quantitative Aptitude, questions were asked from Data Interpretation (DI), Caselet, Quadratic Equation, SI, CI, Partnership, Ages, Boats, Streams, Time and Work, Percentage, Profit & Loss, etc.”

Tathaghat Mukherjee said, “I have attempted 76 questions. I found the English section to be tricky. Questions in this section were asked from Para Jumble, Reading Comprehension, Grammar, Error Detection, etc. The reasoning section was easy and questions. In the Quantitative Aptitude section, I found the Arithmetic part tricky. The DI questions were doable and easy. There were no questions from wrong number series whereas there were questions from missing number.”

Amit Rajput said, “The overall paper of SBI PO 2021 prelims exam was moderate. The English section was easy to moderate. The Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude sections were moderate.”

SBI PO 2021 Prelims Section-Wise Exam Analysis

Candidates can check below the section-wise SBI PO 2021 prelims exam analysis:

English Language

The English Language section was moderate. The Reading Comprehension was based on Innovation and Curiosity.

Topics No. Of Questions

Vocab Based Reading Comprehension

9

Para Jumbled

5

Word Rearrangement

5

Error Detection Based On Sentences

3

Fillers

5

Word Usage Based on Idioms

3

Total

30

Reasoning Ability

The Reasoning Ability section was moderate. The topic-wise distribution of questions asked in the Reasoning Ability section is given below:

Topics No. of Questions

Row Based Puzzle

5

Year Based Puzzle

5

Comparison Based Puzzle

4

Circular Arrangement

5

Selection-Based Puzzle

4

Syllogism

5

Coding-Decoding

1

Blood Relation

3

Direction & Sense

2

Meaningful Word

1

Total

35

Quantitative Aptitude

This section of SBI PO prelims exam was moderate. Candidates can check below the topic-wise distribution of questions in Quantitative Aptitude.

Topics No. Of Questions

Line Graph

5

Table DI

5

Caselet DI

5

Quadratic Equation

5

Missing Number Series

5

Arithmetic Word Problems (SI, CI, Partnership, Ages, Boats, Streams, Time and Work, Percentage, Profit & Loss, etc

10

Total

35

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