SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021, Shift 1 (5 January): Questions Asked, Level, Good Attempts

SBI PO Prelims analysis will help you plan your own strategy beforehand. Check the topic-wise distribution of each section to know the expected difficulty level in the upcoming shifts and exams. Check overall good attempt of each section and do watch the detailed exam analysis given below by BYJU'S Exam Prep expert's faculties.

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The SBI PO Exam analysis 2020-2021 and the prediction of the expected cut off for SBI PO Prelims 2020-2021 are based on the feedback given by the aspirants who have appeared in the SBI PO Prelims exam in either of the shifts. We have cross-referred the feedback provided by all those exam takers and on that basis, we are providing you with an accurate exam analysis. SBI PO Prelims exam analysis is helpful for every student who is preparing for a banking exam.

SBI PO exam analysis 2020 provides students who have already appeared in a shift 1 or before, a benchmark to compare their performance with other students. To students who are yet to appear in the SBI PO exam 2020, exam analysis gives them useful insights about the exam.

Now that we know the benefits of the exam analysis, let's now discuss the SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis Shift 1 in detail:

Following are the Exam Reporting Time for SBI PO Prelims Exam 2020-2021:

SBI PO Prelims Exam 2020-2021: Exam Centre Guidelines

1. Aspirants appearing in the SBI PO Prelims exam are required to wear a mask during the examination. 
2. Candidates are allowed to carry a personal transparent water bottle, personal hand sanitizer (50 ml), gloves & a simple pen inside the SBI PO exam centre.
3. Aspirants must have installed Arogya-Setu app on their smartphone and that app should show his/her COVID 19 risk profile.
4. At the exam center, the registration of the applicants will be done with the help of photo capture.
5. In the exam hall, two separate dropbox will be provided for the rough sheets and call letters. Students are required to drop these in their designated boxes. 

SBI PO Prelims Exam Review 2020-2021 (1st Shift): Key Highlights

• The order of the exam was English>Quant>Reasoning
• Students managed to attempt 65+
• The reasoning was easy to moderate this time
• Quant was difficult
• Reasoning and English were doable.

SBI PO Prelims Exam 2020-2021 1st Shift: Good Attempts

Overall Difficulty Level in each section of SBI PO Prelims (Shift-1)

SBI PO Prelims Section-wise Exam Analysis 2020-2021: (1st Shift)

SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis Reasoning Ability Shift 1:

There was no question from syllogism, inequality, direction sense. Following topics were asked in the Reasoning section of this exam:

SBI PO Prelims Topic-wise details of Reasoning Ability:

Following are the topic wise details of the reasoning ability of the SBI PO Prelims Shift 1 Exam 2020:

1. Puzzles and Seating Arrangement: 

• The number of Questions Asked: 24
• Level of the questions: easy to Moderate
• Floor based puzzle- 5 ques (9 floors, 9 people)- very easy
• Month and date based- 5 ques (3-4 months and 3 dates given)- Moderate to difficult
• Circular arrangement- 5 ques ( 6 people liking colours facing inwards)- very easy
• Tabular Puzzle, 6 people purchasing a car on different occasion- Moderate and lengthy- 5 ques
• Linear unknown UNI-Direction- 4 ques- easy

2. Coding-Decoding:

• The number of Questions Asked: 5
• Level of the questions: Easy
• Chinese/ conventional type coding

3. Miscellaneous:

• The number of Questions Asked: 2
• Level of the questions: Easy
• Letter based arrangement- BETRAYING (Meaningful word)
• TRANCEDUCE word was given (vowel +1, consonant -1)

4. Blood Relation

• Number of the questions: 3
• Level: easy

5. Coding-Decoding

• There was one more single question on Coding and decoding.- 1 ques
• it was easy

SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis Quantitative Aptitude Shift 1: 

The quant section was Moderate to difficult like yesterday's exam. Check the detailed topic-wise exam analysis below.

SBI PO Prelims Topic-wise details of Quantitative Aptitude:

Following are the topic wise details of the Quantitative Aptitude of the SBI PO Prelims Shift 1 Exam 2020:

1. Data Interpretation:

• The number of Questions Asked: 13
• Level of the questions: 
• Pie Chart- 5 questions (Easy) 2 ques lengthy overall easy- Year and number of items sold were given, values were given in the percentages (one question on a central angle)
• Tabular DI- 5 ques, 3 different cities P, Q, R were given. Number of students given in two different years participating in events- Tricky and lengthy DI
• Caselet- 3 questions (it was doable)

2. Approximation :

• Number of Questions Asked: 6
• Level of the questions: Easy to Moderate
• Based on BODMAS Rule

4. Missing Number Series:

• Number of Questions Asked: 6
• Level of the questions: Easy moderate
• 4 questions were easy and 2 were tricky

5. Miscellaneous: 

• The number of Questions Asked:10
• Level of the questions:  Moderate
• Profit and loss, ages, mensuration, percentage, boat and stream, etc.

SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis English Language Shift 1: 

The level of the English section was easy to moderate. English Language section comprises of topics mentioned below -

SBI PO Prelims Topic-wise details of English Language:

Following are the topic wise details of the English language of the SBI PO Prelims Shift 1 Exam 2020:

1. Reading Comprehension:

• The number of Questions Asked: 7
• Level of the questions: Moderate
• Theme: AI and its necessity to protect American cybersecurity
• Two meaning-based questions: critical and "flip the narrative"

2. Cloze Test:

• Number of Questions Asked: 6
• Level of the questions: Easy to Moderate
• Theme: Toilet paper hoarding in Australia and a professor's analysis of it

3. Error Spotting: 

• The number of Questions Asked: 4
• Level of the questions: Easy to moderate
• Conventional type error spotting

4. Sentence Improvement:

• The number of Questions Asked: 4
• Level of the questions: 

5. Fill in the blanks:

• The number of Questions Asked: 4
• Level of the questions: Easy
• Double fillers

6. Phrase Replacement:

• The number of questions asked: 2
• Level of the questions: Easy to moderate

7. Match the Column

• Total number of questions: 3
• Level: Moderate

Do share any questions that you remember in the comment box!!

This is all about the SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2020, Shift 1 of 5th January 2021.

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