SBI PO Preliminary Exam Strategy - D-day Tips

Any battle fought without strategy is the slowest route to defeat. As SBI Exam admit cards are already out. Yesterday one of my regular asked me to write a perfect exam strategy for SBI PO Preliminary exam. So today I am writing down the detailed exam strategy :-

Expected exam question types

Quantitative Aptitude

2 Data interpretation sets ( 10-15 marks)
Arithmetic (Time and work, time and distance, Simple and compound interest, Profit and loss ) - 8-12 marks
Algebra - 2-3 marks
Probability (Including permutation and combinations) - 2-3 marks

Seating arrangement (5 marks)
Inequalities (5 marks)
Machine input output (5 marks)
Puzzle (5 marks)
Data sufficiency (5 marks)

Reading comprehensions (10 marks)
Synonyms, antonyms and vocabulary - 3-4 marks
Para jumbles - 5 marks
Cloze test - 5-7 marks
Spotting grammatical errors - 4-5 marks

Start the exam :-

Section	Ideal Time allottment	Ideal attempt
Quantitative Aptitude	20 mins (+-5)	17-20
Reasoning	20 mins (+-5)	17-20
English	20 mins (+-5)	22-25
		60-65

First 20 minutes

Start the exam with Quantitative aptitude. It is relatively easy to solve two Data interpretation sets within 10 than solving 10 arithmetic questions within same time.

Out of two sets if you find one set difficult than another, skip it!

Never skip Partnership, Simplification, Simple and compound interest and Time and work questions, you can solve any question from these chapter within minute.

Next 20 minutes

It is near to impossible to solve 35 reasoning questions within 20 minutes. An average student can attempt maximum 20 questions. If you have decided to attempt 28-30 questions from Reasoning section, then change your strategy. Aim for 100% accuracy. Give adequate time to every question which you are attempting.

Last 20 minutes

I kept English at last because most of the readers will burn at least 44-45 minutes in above two section.

You might have heard of candidates who cracked a competitive exam with 1 month or 15 days preparation. What is the secret of their success ?

English language is the secret to their success. You can attempt 30 questions from this section within 15 minutes. This is not possible in case of Quantitative aptitude and Reasoning.

2 Reading comprehensions ( 10 minutes)
Spitting grammatical errors, cloze test, synonyms, antonyms etc ( 10 minutes)
Para jumbles (Skip it else you will burn at least 10 minutes on them)

Mantra to success in this exam is to skip all the difficult questions you face without even spending 20 seconds on it.

Tips before D-day

Solve at least 10 questions from each chapter in the last week before the exam
Take any test series. I recommend you to take free full length tests from Testpanda.com, you can also download free model papers in PDF format but why not to take online exam if it is free.

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