SBI PO Exam Analysis 2023: All Sections Detailed Analysis

Rajalakshmi BK

Updated on - Mar 18, 2024

Table of Contents

SBI PO Mains Exam Analysis 2023
SBI PO Mains Exam Subject-wise Analysis 2023
SBI PO Mains Exam Analysis 2022
SBI PO Mains 2022 Exam Subject-wise Analysis
SBI PO Mains Exam Pattern
SBI PO Prelims 2022 Exam Analysis
SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021
SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2020
SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2019
SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2018
SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2017
SBI PO Prelims Exam Pattern

SBI PO Exam Analysis 2023 for Mains exam was remarked to be moderate to difficult. The questions were from four sections, as mentioned in the syllabus. The English language was moderate. Reasoning and computer knowledge had more questions and were relatively difficult.

Data analysis and interpretation difficulty level was difficult. Banking awareness questions was moderately difficult. For a more comprehensive review of the SBI PO paper analysis 2023 and previous years, including the difficulty level, no. of good attempts, etc., students may review the page further.

SBI PO Mains Exam Analysis 2023

Securing the role of Probationary Officer is a dream for many aspirants, and we advise all candidates to be very careful while filling in the SBI PO exam form 2023. The SBI PO Mains exams 2023 was conducted online and the overview is mentioned in the table.

SBI PO Mains Exam Objective Test Pre-Analysis 2023
Section	Level of Examination	Good Attempts
English Language	Moderate	20-23
Reasoning Ability & Computer Knowledge	Moderate to Difficult	13-19
Data Analysis & Interpretation	Moderate	15-18
General/Economy/Banking Awareness	Moderate	23-25
Descriptive Test	Moderate	—

SBI PO Mains Exam Subject-wise Analysis 2023

The objective test subjects are listed below with a detailed analysis of the SBI PO Mains 2023 exam. It includes the total number of questions and the sections that appeared for each topic.

1) English Language (Total no. of questions - 35)

English Language
Topics	No. of Questions	No. of Attempts
Reading Comprehension (Information & Technology)	8	24-27
Reading Comprehension	8
Para Jumble (6 Statements)- Ne Pattern	5
Sentence Rearrangement- Old Pattern	2
Sentence Completion	3
Connectors & Word Swap	4
Error (Paragraph)	5

2) Computer Aptitude and Reasoning (Total no. of questions - 40)

Computer Aptitude and Reasoning
Topics	No. of Questions	No. of Attempts
Box Based Puzzle	5	19-21
Linear Seating Arrangement (Distance Based)	5
Uncertain Floor & Flat Based Puzzle	5
Machine Input-Output	5
Coded Syllogism	1
Step Based Series	1
Coded Blood Relation	4
Data Sufficiency (2 statements)	4
Logical Reasoning	5
Miscellaneous	5

3) Data Analysis and Interpretation (Total no. of questions - 30)

Data Analysis and Interpretation
Topics	No. of Questions	No. of Attempts
Data Sufficiency	3	16-18
Quadratic Equation (Variable Based)	2
Arithmetic	8
Number Series	3
Stock-Based Data Interpretation- Investment- 6 Different Stocks	3
Caselet DI	2
Scattered DI	4
Tabular DI	3
Hexagonal Data Interpretation	2

4) Banking/ General/ Economic Awareness (Total no. of questions - 35)

Banking/ General/ Economic Awareness
Topics	No. of Questions	Level of Examination
Banking Awareness News related to Reserve Bank of India Current Affairs – Questions can be asked from various fields such as: National, ∙ Financial Awareness (Union Budget/ Railway Budget) Economics news International, Awards, Sports, Defense, Summits, Appointment, Books & Authors and Obituary, etc.	35	Moderate

SBI PO Mains Exam Descriptive Test Analysis 2023

The descriptive section of the SBI PO 2023 Mains Exam consisted of just two questions, which carried 50 marks each. The duration of answering the questions was 30 minutes. The sections under Descriptive writing included:

1) Letter Writing: Writing a letter of 150 words on the subject provided.

2) Essay Writing: Writing an essay on 150 words on the latest news or trending topics, as provided.

For the reference of candidates, the questions that were asked in the SBI PO Mains exam descriptive test are given below for letter writing and essay writing.

Letter to the Branch Manager for the replacement of the lost cheque-book
Letter to Branch Manager requesting more cash counters to reduce the long queues
Letter to a Senior Colleague for guidance and advice regarding a good career.
Essay on precautions to be taken with Internet Banking
Essay on the Impact of e-commerce
Essay on Financial Inclusion.

SBI PO Mains Exam Analysis 2022

The SBI PO Mains Exam 2022 was held on Jan 2, 2022. Aspirants are requested to look through the previous year SBI PO Mains exam analysis for 2022 to review the difficulty level and no. of good attempts required for high marks in the results.

SBI PO Mains Exam Objective Test Pre-Analysis 2023
Section	Level of Examination	Good Attempts
English Language	Moderate	22-24
Reasoning Ability & Computer Knowledge	Moderate	25-27
Data Analysis & Interpretation	Moderate to Difficult	21-23
General/Economy/Banking Awareness	Moderate to Difficult	20-22
Descriptive Test	Moderate	—

SBI PO Mains 2022 Exam Subject-wise Analysis

Mentioned below are the MCQ-based subjects with a detailed analysis of the SBI PO Mains 2022 exam. Total no. of questions, toughness level and optimum no. of good attempts have been tabulated section-wise.

1) English Language (Total no. of questions - 35)

English Language
Topics	Level of Questions	No. of Attempts
Reading Comprehension	12	22-24
Para Jumble	2-3
Cloze Test	5
Match the Column	5
Phrase Replacement	5-6
Word Arrangement	3
Error (Paragraph)	5

2) Computer Aptitude and Reasoning (Total no. of questions - 40)

Computer Aptitude and Reasoning
Topics	No. of Questions	No. of Attempts
Seating Arrangement and Puzzle Solving	20	25-27
Data Sufficiency	4
Syllogism	3-4
Machine Input-Output	7-8
Logical Reasoning	4-5

3) Data Analysis and Interpretation (Total no. of questions - 35)

Data Analysis and Interpretation
Topics	No. of Questions	No. of Attempts
Data Sufficiency	3	21-23
Data Interpretation	20
Missing Series	8
Miscellaneous (Arithmetic Problems)	7-8

SBI PO Mains Exam Pattern

The examination pattern for SBI PO Mains 2023 was divided into two parts, Objective and Descriptive. The entire test was held for 3 hours and carried 200 marks in total. Following the description is a table detailing the maximum marks per topic and the time duration allotted.

Objective Test: Consisting of multiple-choice questions in four sections - English language, Computer Aptitude and Reasoning, Data Analysis and Interpretation, Banking, General and Economic awareness.
Descriptive Test: In 30 minutes, the candidate has to write the descriptive test with two questions of 50 marks each. These essay type questions are to test the candidates writing ability and can also appear as a letter-writing question.

SBI PO Mains Exam Pattern
Topics	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Time Duration
Data Analysis & Interpretation	35	60	45 minutes
Reasoning Ability	45	60	60 minutes
English Language	35	40	40 minutes
General & Banking Awareness	40	40	35 minutes
English (Descriptive Test)	2	50	30 minutes

SBI PO Prelims 2022 Exam Analysis

The SBI PO prelims exam 2022 was Dec 17, 18, 19, 20, 2022. Once the exam was conducted, the exam difficulty level and averaged no. of good attempts were analysed experts, coaching professionals and students to provide an insight into the SBI PO Prelims Paper Analysis 2022.

SBI PO Prelims 2022 Paper Analysis - Dec 20, 2022 (Shift 1)

Once the exam was conducted, consultations with teachers and coaching experts resulted in the analysis for the SBI PO prelims exam for Dec 20, 2022 - Shift 1 as the following:

SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2022 - Shift 1
Sections	Difficulty	Good Attempts
English Language	Moderate	18-20
Quantitative Aptitude	Moderate	20-22
Reasoning Aptitude	Moderate	24-27

SBI PO Prelims 2022 Paper Analysis - Dec 20, 2022 (Shift 2)

After the shift 2 exam was conducted, teachers and coaching professionals were consultated for the analysis for the SBI PO prelims exam for Dec 20, 2022 as tabulated below:

SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2022 - Shift 2
Sections	Difficulty	Good Attempts
English Language	Moderate	18-20
Quantitative Aptitude	Moderate	20-22
Reasoning Aptitude	Easy to Moderate	23-26

SBI PO Prelims 2022 Paper Analysis - Dec 20, 2022 (Shift 3)

The 3rd shift of the SBI PO prelims exam was examined and reviewed by students, teachers and experts. A general analysis of the difficulty level has been presented in the table below:

SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2022 - Shift 3
Sections	Difficulty	Good Attempts
English Language	Moderate	21-23
Quantitative Aptitude	Moderate	20-22
Reasoning Aptitude	Easy to Moderate	22-24

SBI PO Prelims 2022 Paper Analysis - Dec 20, 2022 (Shift 4)

A group of teachers, coaching centre professionals and students came together to review the difficulty level of the SBI PO 2022 prelims exam for Shift 4 and overall no. of good attempts that will lead to a probably high scoring in the table below:

SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2022 - Shift 4
Sections	Difficulty	Good Attempts
English Language	Moderate	21-23
Quantitative Aptitude	Moderate	20-22
Reasoning Aptitude	Moderate	22-24

SBI PO Exam Analysis 2022: Section-wise

SBI PO Exam Section-Wise Analysis 2022
Reasoning Aptitude	Quantitative Aptitude	English Language
Digit based (moderate): 1 question Puzzle including Seating Arrangement (moderate): 23 Questions Alphanumeric Series (moderate): 5 questions Blood Relation (Easy to moderate): 3 to 4 questions Chinese Coding/Decoding (moderate): 5 questions	Quadratic Equation (moderate): 5 questions Arithmetic (moderate): 15 questions Data Interpretation (easy to moderate): 10 questions Approximation (easy to moderate): 5 questions	Error Detection (easy to moderate): 5 questions Cloze Test (easy to moderate): 7 questions Reading Comprehension (moderate): 10 questions Match the Column (moderate): 5 questions Miscallaneous (easy to moderate): 3 questions

SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021

After being cancelled for covid-19 at the start of 2021, SBI PO Prelims finally took place on Nov 27, 2021. After getting the feedback from the students, experts analyzed the exam and given below are the no of good attempts for each section.

SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021
Sections	Difficulty	Good Attempts
English Language	Easy to Moderate	21-23
Quantitative Aptitude	Moderate	19-21
Reasoning Aptitude	Moderate	22-24

SBI PO Exam Analysis 2021: Section-wise

In the reasoning section and qualitative aptitude, as per the feedback was moderate. In contrast, the English section was easy. The detailed SBI PO exam analysis is as follows:

SBI PO Exam Section-Wise Analysis 2021
Reasoning Aptitude	Quantitative Aptitude	English Language
Syllogism (easy): 5 questions Puzzle including Seating Arrangement(moderate): 24 Questions Blood Relation (Easy to moderate): 3 to 4 questions Word and Pair Formation( easy to moderate): 2 questions	Numerical Problems (moderate): 10 questions Data Interpretation(moderate): 15 questions Number Series ( moderate): 5 to 6 questions.	Error Detection ( easy): 4 questions Para Jumbled( easy to moderate): 4 questions Reading Comprehension( easy to moderate): 8 questions Idioms (easy): 3 questions Word Swap(easy): 5 questions Double Fillers ( easy): 5 questions

SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2020

The SBI PO prelims exam for 2020 was conducted on Dec 31, 2020 - Jan 2, 4, and 5, 2021. Each day has 4 exam slots for students to take part in.

The overall consensus is that the candidates that took part from across the country have mentioned that the paper was of easy to moderate level of difficulty.

There were 3 sections, as usual, Reasoning, Numerical Ability, and English Language. The number of good attempts and the difficulty level for each section is given below.

SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2020
Section	Difficulty-Level	Good Attempts
English Language	Easy	22-25
Numerical Ability	Moderate	27-32
Reasoning	Easy-Moderate	19-23

SBI PO Exam Analysis 2020: Section-wise

The number of questions asked from each section is as mentioned in the table below:

SBI PO Exam Section-Wise Analysis 2020
Reasoning Aptitude	Quantitative Aptitude	English Language
Alphanumeric Series: 2 questions Blood relations: 4 questions Coding-Decoding: 3 questions Direct Sense: 3 questions Puzzles and Seating arrangement: 19 questions Syllogism: 4 questions	Data Interpretation: 15 questions Quadratic Equation: 5 questions Missing Number Series: 5 questions Miscellaneous: 10 questions	Cloze test: 5 questions Error spotting: 6 questions Jumbled sentence: 5 questions Error Detection: 7 questions Reading Comprehension: 5 questions Sentence Formation-Match the Following: 2 questions

SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2019

The SBI PO Prelims Exam was conducted from Jun 8 to Jun 16, 2019, which included 4 shifts for each day the exam was held. The analysis for the 2019 SBI PO Prelims Exam is as follows:

SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2019
Section	Level of difficulty
English Language	Easy
Numerical Ability	Moderate
Reasoning	Moderate

SBI PO Exam Analysis 2019: Section-wise

In the English language, reasoning, and quantitative aptitude section for the SBI PO preliminary exam, the following questions were asked:

SBI PO Exam Section-Wise Analysis 2019
Reasoning Aptitude	Quantitative Aptitude	English Language
Alphanumeric Series: 2 questions Blood relations: 3 questions Coding-Decoding: 5 questions Inequality: 5 questions Puzzles and Seating arrangement: 15 questions Syllogism: 5 questions	Data Interpretation: 10 questions Quadratic equation 5 questions Number series: 5 questions Simplification: 5 questions Miscellaneous: 10 questions	Cloze test: 5-6 questions Error spotting: 5 questions Jumbled sentence: 5 questions Phase replacement: 4 questions Reading Comprehension: 6-7 questions Sentence Rearrangement: 5 questions

SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2018

The SBI PO Prelims Exam was conducted from Jul 1 to Jul 8, 2018, which included 4 shifts for each day the exam was held. The analysis for the 2018 SBI PO Prelims Exam is as follows:

SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2018
Section	Level of difficulty
English Language	Moderate
Numerical Ability	Moderate
Reasoning	Moderate

SBI PO Exam Analysis 2018: Section-wise

In the SBI PO preliminary exam, the following questions were asked:

SBI PO Exam Section-Wise Analysis 2018
Reasoning Aptitude	Quantitative Aptitude	English Language
Alphanumeric Series: 2-3 questions Data sufficiency: 5 questions Coding-Decoding: 5 questions Inequality: 2-3 questions Puzzles and Seating arrangement: 15-20 questions Input-Output: 5 questions Miscellaneous: 5-7 questions	Approximation: 5-6 questions Arithmetic questions: 10-12 questions Data Interpretation: 10-15 questions Data Sufficiency: 4-5 questions Quadratic equation: 4-5 questions Number series: 4-5 questions Quantity-based questions: 4-5 questions	Cloze test: 5-6 questions Error spotting: 4-5 questions Fillers: 5-6 questions Phrase replacement: 5-6 questions Reading Comprehension: 7-10 questions Sentence Rearrangement: 5-6 questions Sentence connector: 3-4 questions Sentence completion: 3-4 questions Sentence formation: 2-3 questions

SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2017

The SBI PO Prelims Exam was conducted from Apr 29 to May 7, 2017, which included 4 shifts for each day the exam was held. The analysis for the 2017 SBI PO Prelims Exam is as follows:

SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2017
Section	Level of difficulty
English Language	B/w Easy and Moderate
Numerical Ability	B/w Easy and Moderate
Reasoning	B/w Easy and Moderate

SBI PO Exam Analysis 2017: Section-wise

In the English language, the reasoning, and quantitative aptitude section was marked between easy to moderate. In the section-wise questions, the following was asked:

SBI PO Exam Section-Wise Analysis 2017
Reasoning Aptitude	Quantitative Aptitude	English Language
Direction sense: 1 question Blood relations: 2 questions Coding-Decoding: 1 question Inequality: 5 questions Puzzles and Seating arrangement: 23 questions Order and Ranking: 3 questions	Approximation: 5 questions Arithmetic questions: 10 Data Interpretation: 10 questions Quadratic equation: 5 questions Number series: 5 questions	Cloze test: 10 questions Reading Comprehension: 10 questions Sentence Improvement: 10 questions

SBI PO Prelims Exam Pattern

The SBI PO Prelims Exam is conducted online via a computer-based test. The candidates are required to finish the paper in an hour. The questions asked for the SBI Clerk prelims exam are multiple-choice based questions with a deduction of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer.

The marks would not be deducted if the candidates leave a question unanswered.

SBI PO Prelims Exam Pattern
Section	Number of questions/Marks	Duration (in minutes)
English Language	30 questions/30 marks	20
Numerical Ability	35 questions/35 marks	20
Reasoning	35 questions/35 marks	20
Total	100 questions/100 marks	60

The SBI PO preliminary exam is the first stage of the selection process for the post of Probationary Officer. By clearing the first stage, the candidates can move on to the preparation of the Mains exam.

With lakhs of candidates participating in the exam, the candidates have to work hard to land their dream job.