SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2017: 7th May 4th Slot and overall expected cutoff

By Astha Shukla|Updated : May 7th, 2017

Now we are sharing the SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis for the 4th slot of exam conducted on 7th May , 2017. This exam analysis is shared to make you well aware about the pattern of SBI PO Preliminary Exam 2017 as well as to help you identify the overall difficulty level of questions asked in exam conducted. It will also help you in understanding the minimum number of attempts required to get entry in to the next phase of exam i.e. SBI PO Mains 2017.

SBI PO Preliminary Exam 2017 was also conducted on 29th April , 30th April and 6th May. Today is the last day and 4th slot was the last shift for the commencement of SBI PO Prelims 2017 .We can say that pattern and difficulty level of exam remained more or less same in all slots.  We have provided analysis for the 7th May 3rd slot of SBI PO , which was conducted from 02:00 Am to 03:00 PM. We have also shared  SBI PO Prelims 2017 Exam analysis for  7th may 1st slot  and   7th may 2nd slot  .

SBI PO Preliminary 2017 Exam Analysis

SBI PO Preliminary  Exam Analysis: Reasoning Ability 

This section had 35 questions in all with a total of 35 marks. Go through the table below for the questions that were asked in this section.

Name of topic

Number of questions

Puzzles and Arrangements

 4 puzzles 

  • One was based on birth year of different person , calculation of age with respect to 2017
  • One was based on two months April And September and 4 dates
  • One was Floor based puzzle of 8 persons
  • One was Linear Arrangement Based on Days Monday to thursday

Inequality

 5 Questions (Easy)(3 direct and  2 individual questions)

Miscellaneous 

 2 from Blood Relation , 2 from order and Ranking, 1 from coding-decoding ,2 from direction sense 

 SBI PO Preliminary Exam Analysis: English Language

A total of 30 marks were allotted for 30 questions in this section . Go through to table below to know the type of questions asked :

Name of topic

Number of questions

Reading Comprehension

10 Questions (Moderate level) Antonyms and synonyms asked were easily doable

Antonyms : Sophisticated , Hafty

Synonyms : Employs , Ubiquitous

Cloze test

10 Questions ( Easy)

  • Cloze test was easy based on working and non working people

Sentence Correction

10 Questions (Easy)

  • Mainly Errors of Prepositions , conjunctions and tenses were pointed out 

SBI PO Preliminary Exam Analysis : Quantitative Aptitude

There were 35 questions in this section with a total of 35 marks as 1 mark was allotted for each question. Read the table below to know the type of questions asked : 

Name of topic

Number of questions

Number Series

5 Questions (Missing number series were asked)

17 , 7.5 , 5.5 , 7 , 20 , ?

Data Interpretation

 2 sets (5 questions each)

  • One DI was Tabular Chart which was based on male and female and difference of male and female dat (Moderate) 
  • Second DI was Line Graph which was base on data of 5 years of rice and wheat

)Approximation

 5 Questions (Easy-moderate)

Quadratic Equation

 5 Questions (Easy Level)

Miscellaneous

 10 Questions( Moderate) Topics included were Average , Percentage , Age related question , Mixture and Allegation , SI , CI , Spped & time, Time & work Etc.

 

SBI PO Prelims 2017  Exam Difficulty Level : All shifts

Name of Section

Difficulty Level

Reasoning Ability

Moderate to Difficult

English Language

Moderate

Quantitative Aptitude

Easy to moderate

Overall

Moderate

SBI PO Prelims 2017 Good Attempts : All shifts

Name of Section

Good Attempts

Reasoning Ability

15-18

English Language

18-20

Quantitative Aptitude

20-22

Overall Exam

55 - 59

SBI PO Preliminary Exam 2017  Expected Cutoff

As per the level of difficulty of various slots of SBI PO Prelims, the sectional as well as overall cutoff of SBI PO Preliminary Exam may vary in the range mentioned below - 

Expected Cutoff of SBI PO Prelims 2017 

Name of Section

Expected Cutoff

Reasoning Ability

 9 - 10

English Language

8- 10

Quantitative Aptitude

 10-12

Overall Expected Cutoff

 48-53

SBI PO Prelims Last Year Sectional Cutoff

Name of Section

Total Marks

Sectional Cutoff (SC/ST/OBC/VH/OH)

Sectional Cutoff (General)

English Language

30

6.00

8.75

Reasoning Ability

35

4.25

7.00

Quantitative Aptitude

35

4.25

7.25

SBI PO Prelims Last Year Overall Cutoff

Category

General

OBC

SC

ST

OH

VH

HI

Overall Cutoff Marks (out of 100)

47.50

44.50

38.75

29.25

36.00

37.00

15.75

We wish you all the best for the results of SBI PO Prelims 2017 that are going to be announced on 17th may , 2017.

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