Syndicate Bank PO Analysis

Syndicate Bank PO Analysis

ByKanika Ralhan  |  Updated on: Nov 21, 2020
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Important Highlights of Syndicate Bank PO Exam 2018

  • The level of the Syndicate Bank PO Exam 2018 was moderate.Questions asked were not tricky or much time-taking.Candidates managed to attempt a good number of questions in the exam.
  • There were no major changes in Syndicate Bank PO Exam 2018 except for the English Section. In English Section, a new type of error spotting/sentence correction questions were introduced.
  • There were no questions from Budget 2018-19 in General Awareness Section.Most of the questions were related to Banking Awareness and fewer questions were asked from current affairs.
  • Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Ability followed the old pattern with no notable changes in the pattern of topics.

Syndicate Bank PO Exam Analysis 2018

Check the section-wise exam analysis of Syndicate Bank PO Exam 2018 below :

 1. Quantitative Aptitude

Quantitative Aptitude Section was Moderate in level. DI questions dominated the section.Following questions were asked from this section:

Topics Asked

Number of questions

Data Interpretation

 3 Sets (20 Questions) 

  • One question was based on Tabular Chart with 5 questions
  • Another question was a pie chart based question, 5 questions
  • A tabular chart of Missing DI for total 5 questions
  • Casellete DI

Approximation

5  (Easy level, BODMAS rule-based)

Number Series

5 (Missing Number Series)

Quadratic Equation

Data Sufficiency

Miscellaneous Topics

10 (3 questions from partnership,2 from CI & SI,2 from Time and work etc)

2. English Language

The level of the English Section was Moderate.The questions were not tough but they were time taking.Total 50 questions were asked including following mentioned topics -

Topics Asked

Number of questions

Reading Comprehension

 3 sets (20 questions)

Double Fillers

5 Questions

Error Spotting

10 questions 

  • In this, a statement and three sentences were given.The students were required to find the correct sentences among these sentences in accordance with the statement.In options ,pairs of the sentences were given.

Sentence Connector

5 questions

3. Reasoning Ability 

Reasoning Section was scoring one with Moderate Level. Puzzles and Seating Arrangement dominated this section.Following topics were asked -

Topics Asked

Number of questions

Puzzle/Seating Arrangement

20

  • Linear Seating Arrangement
  • Blood Relation based puzzle
  • 2 Circular Seating Arrangement

Syllogism

5 (Old Pattern)

Inequality

5 (Direct Inequality)

Logical Reasoning

8 (Statement and Assumption, course of Action.argument and passage inference)

Data Sufficiency

5

Coding-decoding

4

Miscellaneous Topics

3 (Direction, Blood Relation, Series)

4. General Awareness

 Most of the questions were from Banking Awareness. Some of the Questions asked were:

  • Prime Minister Kirti Nidhi Bista passed away. He was former PM of which country?
  • Where is the headquarters of IDFC Bank?
  • Which bank has launched YONO (You Need Only One) app?
  • Where is the headquarters of NABARD?

5. Descriptive Test

A Letter and an Essay was asked in this test with 2 choices given.

(a) Essay Topics -

  1. Use of Artificial Intelligence in almost every field have reduced the need for human effort and thus increased unemployment which is also acting as a catalyst in increasing crime rates.
  2. Bitcoin is a Boon or Bane.

(b) Letter Writing Topics -

a) Letter to the branch manager requesting him to transfer your savings account from Nagpur to Guwahati.
b) Letter to the editor of a newspaper expressing your concern on increasing rate of road accidents due to rash driving.

Syndicate Bank PO Exam 2018: Number of Good Attempts

Name of the Section

Number of Good Attempts

Quantitative Aptitude

24-28

Reasoning Ability

25-30

English Language

17-23

General Awareness

25-35

Overall 

125-135

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