SBI CBO 2021 Exam Analysis
SBI CBO 2021 Exam Analysis: SBI CBO Exam was conducted on 23rd January 2022 for filling up 1226 vacancies of Circle based officers in SBI. Candidates who have appeared or are interested in appearing for the SBI CBO exam will be very much looking forward to SBI CBO 2021 Exam analysis.
In this blog, we are going to provide a section-wise analysis, difficulty level of the SBI CBO Exam as well as look at the number of good attempts. Before moving on to the analysis, let us first check the SBI CBO Exam Pattern.
SBI CBO Exam Pattern
The SBI CBO Exam Pattern consists of an online CBT and descriptive paper. The Objective paper comprises four sections for 120 marks and the Descriptive Paper consists of two questions for a total of 50 marks. The distribution of marks is as follows:
Online CBT ( Objective Type)
| Sections | No. of Questions | Marks | Duration |
| English Language | 30 | 30 | 30 mins |
| Banking Knowledge | 40 | 40 | 40 mins |
| General Awareness/Economy | 30 | 30 | 30 mins |
| Computer Aptitude | 20 | 20 | 20 mins |
| Total | 120 | 120 | 2 hours |
Descriptive Test
| Sections | No. of Questions | Marks | Duration |
| Letter Writing | 1 | 25 | |
| Essay | 1 | 25 | |
| Total | 2 | 50 | 30 mins |
SBI CBO 2021 Exam Analysis – Difficulty Level, Good Attempts
| Sections | Difficulty level | Total Questions | Good Attempts |
| English Language | Moderate | 30 | 24-27 |
| Banking Knowledge | Moderate | 40 | 29-32 |
| General Awareness/Economy | Moderate | 30 | 23-26 |
| Computer Aptitude* | Moderate-Difficult | 20 | 10-13 |
| Total | 86-98 |
*Note: The computer aptitude section consisted of questions from reasoning.
Therefore, it can be said that the overall difficulty level of the paper was moderate and the number of good attempts falls in the range of 86-98.
SBI CBO Exam Analysis – Section Wise
English
| Topic | Total Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Para Jumbles | 3-4 | Moderate |
| Cloze Test | 7-8 | Moderate |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 2-3 | Moderate |
| Error Detection | 4-5 | Moderate |
| Reading Comprehension (Fact-Based & Fillers Based questions) | 8-10 | Moderate |
| Total | 30 | Moderate |
Computer Aptitude and Reasoning
| Topic | Total Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Machine Input-Output | 5 | Difficult |
| Coding in Inequalities | 5 | Moderate |
| Coding-Decoding | 5 | Difficult |
| Puzzles (Direction-based & Blood Relation-based) | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Total | 20 | Moderate |
Banking Knowledge
| Topic | Total Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Banking Knowledge ( RBI Circulars, LRS, amount of money allowed if travelling to Libya, etc.) | 40 | Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Moderate |
General Awareness/Economy
| Topic | Total Questions | Difficulty Level |
| General Awareness ( Latest General Awareness for the month of December and January, Tenure of IPL, etc.) | 30 | Moderate |
| Total | 30 | Moderate |
Descriptive Test Analysis
Essay Writing
Three topics were provided and the candidate had to choose any one topic. The topics were:
- National Pension Scheme
- Bullying in Office
- Impact on travelling in 21st Century
Letter Writing
In this section also three options were provided to the candidates, the topics were as follows:
- Letter to credit card company for converting TV purchase into EMI
- Letter on behalf of a credit card company for the recovery of loans on credit card
- Letter to editor for providing an article on consumer awareness on the topic of not sharing debit card pin, etc.
SBI CBO Selection Process
The SBI CBO selection process consists of two stages: Online test ( objective and descriptive) and Interview.
Conclusion
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