SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis & Review 2020 (4th Jan - 2nd Shift)

Here is the detailed Exam analysis & Review of SBI PO Prelims 2020 Exam of 2nd shifts held online on 4th Jan 2021. 

State Bank of India (SBI) conducted the PO Prelims 2020 exam on 4th Jan (2nd Shift). As per the feedback shared by the candidates who appeared for SBI PO Prelims 2020 exam, the questions asked in the exam were of ‘Easy to Moderate’ Level. The number of good attempts made by the candidates was between 61 to 70. 

A total of 100 Objective type questions were asked which had to be answered in time span of 60 minutes. There was sectional timing of 20 minute. All the sections were available in English and Hindi, except English Language. There is a negative marking of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer given by the candidate.

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SBI PO Prelims 2020 Exam Pattern
Subjects	Number of Questions	Duration
English Language	30	20 minute
Quantitative Aptitude	35	20 minute
Reasoning Ability	35	20 minute
Total	100	1 Hour

Let’s look in detail the type of questions asked in the exam, their difficulty level and the number of good attempts to clear cut-off marks this year:

SBI PO Prelims 2020 Exam Analysis 4 Jan 2021 (2nd Shift)
Sections	Good Attempts	Difficulty Level
Reasoning Ability	27-31	Easy - Moderate
Quantitative Aptitude	20-22	Moderate
English Language	24 - 27	Easy
Total	61-70	Easy - Moderate

Reasoning Ability

This section had 35 questions. The overall section was easy-moderate. There were 4 sets of puzzles.

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Puzzle : Circular, Floor, Month Based & Classification	20	Moderate
Blood Relation	3	Moderate
Syllogism	4	Moderate
Inequality	4	Easy
Direction Sense	3	Moderate
Alphabet Pairing	1	Easy
Total	35	Moderate

Quantitative Aptitude

The Quantitative Aptitude section was moderate. Questions based on Caselet DI, Bar Graph & Tabular DI were in this slot

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Data Interpretation : Caselet +Tabular + Bar	15	Moderate
Quadratic Equation	5	Moderate
Wrong Number Series	5	Easy
Arithmetic Problems	10	Moderate
Total	35	Moderate

English Language

Compared to last year, the level of paper was quite moderate. But that is what to expect from SBI. A total of 30 questions were asked. Let's have a look at the detailed analysis of this section.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension	6	Moderate
Sentence Rearrangement	5	Easy-Moderate
Double Fillers	5	Moderate
Error Detection	4	Moderate
Word Swap	3	Easy-Moderate
Word Rearrangement	3	Moderate
Match the Column	2	Moderate
Miscellaneous	2	Moderate
Total	30	Moderate