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June 21, 2014

Review of SBI PO Online Exam held on 21st June 2014 (Morning Session)

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Friends, I am Richa Grover. I am an engineering graduate of 2013 and currently working in a college as a lab technician in Uttar Pradesh. Today (21-06-2014)  I've attended the SBI PO Online Exam's morning session. I have attempted 120 questions with good accuracy. All the remaining sections except DI were ok for me, but in Data Interpretation I could attempt only 16 questions (3 of them might be wrong - not sure about those answers). I will try to share my version of review here. 

General Awareness section was most easiest section among all. Some of the questions I can remember are, the easiest way of Funds Transfer, Book name of Kushwant Singh (They have asked this question last weeks also, i saw that in reviews in this site), a question on former S. C. Judge B. N. Krishna (on 11th May, he appointed as the chairman of FPSB), Sunil Gavaskar (head of BCCI), One question on US's suspension of Syrian Embassy, Unsolicited Mail, Swift, GUI, Binary numbers etc.

English section (both objective and descriptive) are good. You should work on previous papers well. You can easily clear these sections. 

Reasoning was ok. I could attempt 25 questions in this section. This section is also moderate but confusing. I wasted my time on seating arrangement question which appears to be very easy (8 people are sitting on a single line facing different directions. You have to arrange them according to their jobs). One question was about 5 envelopes and their sizes, which was very easy you can easily get marks in this. Finally I could manage to solve this, but it took me almost 10 minutes to solve. Remaining questions are ok. I dint even check remaining 50% of the questions as I was in a hurry about DI.
Data Interpretation was the toughest one for me. I just learned all types of graphs and how to solve it. But i dint focus to practice more. In result I have ended up solving only 16 questions in this section. All questions are as shared in last weeks' reviews. One question (theory wala) was about renovation of cabins. For which they gave the painting, furniture, carpeting,  tiling, electric fitting costs details. Asked us about the costs of carpeting cabins etc. This question ate my time.

Some people in my center told me that they've attended 150+ questions with good accuracy. One guy told that he could attempt 30 questions in GA and he is confident to clear the exam.

The overall paper was moderate, but I couldn't perform well due to lack of practice :(. All the best to all. Thanks to gr8ambitionz team for the support.

Update : GA questions shared by Anija
  1. The award given by the president on international women's day 
  2. Best film(Oscar)
  3. Book name of kushwanth singh
  4. Bcci interm president 
  5. Pathan is in which state 
  6. justice B.N sreekrishna appointed as 
  7. which of the following is not a peripheral device 
  8. complex calculations can be done by which computer 
  9. which are the binary numbers.
Descriptive Topics shared by Mahip Singh 
  • Letter :
    •  Being a bank manager, you should write a letter to a person who have applied for the loan, denying to grant him the loan.
    • Letter to a friend about Retirement planning
  • Essays :
    • What will you do if you become an MP ?
    • Advantages and Disadvantages of Leisure
  • Precis :
    • Role of Banking in past, failures in the past and importance in present.
Questions shared by Vishnu. K
  1. What is project Nalanda? , 
  2. Book written by khuswanth Singh? 
  3. BCCI  new president?
  4. International mode of money transferring system? 
    • I think it is SWIFT, 
  5. What is GUI? , 
  6. Which is not a peripheral device?  
  7. Which award was given on March 8th, Womens day?

Review shared by Madhab Sahoo
  • English- This section was easy to attempt comprising of 2 comprehension , cloze test , antonym / synonym , sentence arrangement etc. You can attempt about 30 questions within 20 min max if you are good in reading and understanding.
  • GK- This was the most easiest section in the exam. You can attempt about 30-35 questions within 10-15 min. If you attempt this section 1st then time management will be easy for you.
  • Reasoning- This section was moderate because of confusing questions. if you keep calm & try to understand the questions properly then it will be easy for you. 15-20 marks came from Sitting Arrangement & Puzzle. Input/Output , Syllogism etc. was there. You can attempt up-to 30 questions easily but check the time.
  • Di- The most difficult & lengthy section of the exam. Due to lack of practice & speed calculation i am in doubt in this section. But you try to attempt about 10-12 questions max with 100% accuracy. It will be time consuming so keep about 40-45 min time for this section particularly.
My suggestion you should start attempting from Gk,English,Reasoning & finally Di. Hope this will be helpful for you. All the Best Friends

Tips shared by Anonymous Friend

I just want to thank gr8ambitionz firstly. Gk bits you have shared have given me hope out of which 6to15 were from the shared points. My suggestions for cracking PO by today's exam -
  1. Try to attempt Gk session first fix the time for 15 to 20 min . I am sure u will get Max as the section is so easy
  2. Next go for English which might be having two comprehension - first one is the most easiest next one is a bit time taking. Attempt max in closed test n sentence arrangement. Rest depends on your ability ( 20 to 25 min) 
  3. Next go for reasoning - believe me guys it was so easy if or good at puzzle n sitting arrangement. They have given 15 simple arrangements. Dont get frightened go with simple thinking at them u will get the answer. Statement n assmps n cause effect etc are given with in a single paragraph. U can get max ( 30 to 35 )
  4. Next u will be having nearly 35 to 40 min for DI. Believe me guys its really tough simply. My advice- go through all the graphs n read some questions from every graph. Take out easiest (comparatively) attempt atleast 10 to 12 correctly. Your job is done. All the best friends :)

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124 comments:

  1. Aapne to DI k itne Questions bhi attempt kare main to sirf 7 ki paaya :( time hi kam pad gya.

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    1. I too want to share my review. How can I do that ?

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    2. @ Ks sharma ji. mail them to gr8ambitionz@gmail.com

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  2. Ya DI was very tough. Only aliens can solve it.

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    1. Arey haa yaar haddddddddddddd hoti h toughness ki bhi, lekin mujhe lagta h iska cut off bhi maths ki tarah 6 no. hi jayega. I hope so, kynki isi me meri watt lagi h aur agar iska cut off kam jaata h to chance h yaar next round me aage badne k.

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    2. s bro..you are right..

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    3. One of my friend has solved All question of Maths(DI) in 2
      hrs.

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  3. Thanks for sharing valuable information....

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  4. Aur haa Sunil Gavaskar ka jo Question aya tha usme unhone internal matter ka pucha tha aur wo internal matter me IPL k head bane h as I am not wrong.

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    2. yes u r rite interim president for IPL7

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  5. my attempt is 109.
    DI-15
    GA-33
    ENG-35
    REASONING-25
    please tell about my chance?

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    1. yaar DI me 15 kaise kr liye plz rply

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    2. Calculations tough the fir bhi itne kaise kr liye, plz explain Anija.

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    3. Arey Rply do Anija Ji. I'm Waiting..................

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    4. complete the GA section -10minute,30minutes for ENGLISH section.45minutes for di section 35 minutes for REASONING

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    5. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm thanks

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    6. My total attempt was-141
      English - 48
      DI- 35
      REASONING- 27
      GA n remaining - 29
      ..
      My paper was held on 14/06
      DI was easy but time consuming.
      Dats y.. Many felt it was tough.

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  6. Guys One thing also please stay updated about the current affairs, coz in the descriptive paper they are asking essay of such type. And I dont think so aaj ka paper jis hisab se aaya tha usko koi 150+ accuracy se kr skta h. Haa tukkkkkkkkkke baazi ki baat alag h.

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    1. hahahahah Agree with u !!

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    2. absolutely all the papers are the same way........

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  7. Post some GA questions that u remember

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    1. yaar Richa Grover ne jo Ques. mention kre h mujhe bhi utne hi yaad h. Sorry..........

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  8. Van anyone give me clarity regarding di?plz...

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    1. Hard to reply as the questions are not difficult but they are so lengthy that you cant decide which one to answer first of all....
      Thats the main problem............
      lots of time consuming

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    2. Ya exactly most of the time consumed by d I nd after dt I am able to answer only 10 to 11 que...

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  9. 1.the award given by the president on international women's day

    2.Best film(Oscar)

    3.Book name of kushwanth singh

    4.Bcci interm president

    5.pathan is in which state

    6.justice B.N sreekrishna appointed as

    7.which of the following is not a peripheral device

    8.complex calculations can be done by which computer

    9which are the binary numbers.

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    1. 1.crimia is jointed to which country
      2.fullform of MICR

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    2. 1.fastest printer

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    3. Hi anija

      In DI what are the topics they covered?

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  10. somebody plz answer my query

    I have my exam tomorrow. I have only one photograph which I have pasted on call letter. Should I take any additional photograph with me ? what are the documents should I take ? should I take any xerox copies ?

    I am writign this exam first time. So plz answer my queries. Thanks in advance.

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    1. No you dont need to take another extra pic, ID proof originals and 1 copy of it.

      Maahi

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    2. no need of additional photograph.u can read instructions on ur admit card.

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    3. carry ur identity proof original and xerox like PAN or DL
      no need of xtra foto


      That All .Good Luck

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    4. Thank you so much for the quick response guys. God bless you all

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    5. Dua karo SBI PO ban jaye that's it. hehehehehehehehehehehehehe
      All the best kal k liye, be happpy and be prepared.

      Maahi

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    6. But please check that the uploaded photo and the photo which u pasted should be same ,since I face this pbm in IBPS SO

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    7. No It's enough One Photo to affiks on call letter

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    8. No It's enough One Photo to affiks on call letter

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  11. guys dnt waste ur time by reading these reviews reading is good but dnt get tensed now last session for xams is 29th june so no need to change prep strategy just do one thing calculation speed or u can also apply vedic maths baki result bata dega jiska hona hai uska koi rok nai payega aur jiska nai hona uska koi kara nai payega so bus apna 100% do baki upar wale ke haath

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    1. Hey buddy, SBI Paper ho gya aap ka????????????????

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    2. 6th July is the last session...

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    3. Last session is 6th July..,

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  12. Full Form of MICR- Magnetic Ink Character Recognition.
    Solicited Mail also known as- Spam

    Maahi

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  13. Letter :

    Write a letter to a person who has applied for loan and you are bank manager you need to refuse it.
    Write a letter to ur friend explain him about the importance of Retirement Planning.

    Mahip

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  14. Paragraphs which are asked today :

    1). What will you do after becoming the Member of Parlament?
    2). Advantages and Disadvantage of Leisure?
    Last one i forgot.

    Mahip

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    1. No job mean job(dignity of Labour)

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  15. Precies was on the Role of Bank in the past and failures in the past and importance in present.

    Mahip

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  16. GK-45
    ENGLISH-41
    DI-17
    REASONING-17
    TOTAL 121 :)

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    1. way to go bro !! all the best

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    2. Yaar english me 41 kaise kar liya n what was ur accuracy?

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    3. It's possible if you are a Good reader and Having a complete knowledge of Grammer and Using of words correctly :)

      Mahip

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    4. O The Irony. Grammar* :P

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    5. Di was easy...u just need to select questions tht needs less calculations. And yes mine accuracy was like 95%.

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  17. Mine was on 15th June... if i compere my exam's GA review with urz.. i think ours was easier !! because our GA questions were approachable even for those who do not read newspapers regularly ..., so there is a possibility that it will go even more narrow in next sessions of exam.. So i request to all the aspirants to not avoid GA after reading such reviews .....as it is the most scoring section ..do read GA capsules ..they help alot!!!!

    ~ Sangha ( from jalandhar punjab)

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    1. Completely agree wid u Sangha. Thanks for ur Valuable Advice. :D

      Mahip (Indore)

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    2. ji ab kya krein... humse toh waha kuch khaas hua nahii isslie mufft ki advice hi baant rahe hain.. Kar bhala to ho bhala :P.. baazii toh ye south wale maar jaayenge.. m sure :-\... maths k keedey hain ye :P

      {sangha}

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  19. I just want to thank gr8ambitionz firstly. Gk bits you have shared have given me hope out of which 6to15 were from the shared points. My suggestions for cracking PO by today's exam -
    1. Try to attempt Gk session first fix the time for 15 to 20 min . I am sure u will get Max as the section is so easy
    2.Next go for English which might be having two comprehension - first one is the most easiest next one is a bit time taking. Attempt max in closed test n sentence arrangement. Rest depends on your ability ( 20 to 25 min)
    3. Next go for reasoning - believe me guys it was so easy if or good at puzzle n sitting arrangement. They have given 15 simple arrangements. Dont get frightened go with simple thinking at them u will get the answer. Statement n assmps n cause effect etc are given with in a single paragraph. U can get max ( 30 to 35 )
    4. Next u will be having nearly 35 to 40 min for DI. Believe me guys its really tough simply. My advice- go through all the graphs n read some quetions from every graph. Take out easiest ( comparatively) attempt atleast 10 to 12 CORRECTLY ur job is done. Dont be cinema hero to beat all the billions at this point. Its all about DIIIII nothing else once crack did job is your
    All the best my friends
    A small favor in return to admin for helping me a lot

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  20. thank you so much..

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  21. Hi Richa Grover and Anija, will u pliz share the essay topics asked and other details of the descriptive english paper???

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    1. Plz read above.
      Shared by Mr. Mahip

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    2. Concept of swadeshi product in a globalised economy market(250 words)
      if I am a member of parliament(130 words)

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  22. Section wise cutoff hai iss bar??koi bata sakta hai??

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  23. Yes, section wise cutoff will be there..

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  25. To kya marks hai sectionwise cutoff mai??

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  26. plz share the letter writing and format..plz help

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      Address
      Date
      From
      Address
      Subject

      Matter
      Thanks

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  28. kitna achha paper aya mja a gya meko to ... all efforts gone in vain ,,, i m cnfused ki meri mehnt n practice m kmi t ya paper bnane vala oxford university se pdh k aya h ... give up now .. after 2 years of prepration i get no +ve reslt ... :( ab vo vali feeling a rhi h akhir mai hi kyu ????? mere sath hi kyu?????

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    1. oooooooooooooooooooooo don't get upset, be preparing for upcoming exam and find a job also. :D

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    2. Think Ahead...

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  29. i attempt my centre punjab pathankot
    english-25
    reasoning -35
    gs-32
    math-9

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  30. hello being very upset I just want to know is there any chance of taking exam in next slot
    I have a exam today aur me late pahuchi ,,they dint allow me to gt in,... what should I do now.. I have ben preparing for acouple of months ad now I got :(

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  31. What is the section wise cutoff marks??

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  32. my exam on 21 morning.
    english 31
    ga 38
    reasoning 31
    di 11
    can anybody expect the cuttof for di seperatly

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  33. Hi friends.... even i gave today exam during morning session. As such my preparation was bad n i gave just about a month for my preparations. Full form of GUI, Oscar best film, kushwanth singh's last book, what is sector, lot of questions about "customer relationship managemnt". I found General awreness to be pretty easy. I managed to solve some reasoning questions as well. I was stuck in few "seating arrangement questions" and a question of 7 newspapers on 7 diff days of a week. the mistake i did is that i took up DI d last. I ended up solving only abt 7 queations. Overall d paper was easy. someone who is being practising since few mnth can easily crack it. All the best ppl....

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  34. i attended 169 from kerela......

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    1. I SALUTE U !! :P.... south indians whyyyyy whyyyyyyyyyyy whyyyyyy :((... just bcz of ur brilliant mathematics calculation speed... they set the bar of the exam higher and higher and higher.. and u guys are just improving more and more :((.....

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  35. Data interpretation was the toughest.. Rely it su***

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  36. Will cut off for every batch will be same or different? I mean, if suppose I attended on 15th and the batch which attended today will have the same cut off ??

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    1. Same thing me too want to know. anybody plz tell. Cutoff for every batch is same or different.

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  37. hai can u tell me the cut off marks for di,i felt very bad about di.becoz i just attempt just 10,so can i select for interview,any body solve my problem plssssssssssssssss

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  38. GA 30
    English 26
    Reasoning 22
    DI 9
    GA was the easiest section and DI toughest.. :( any chance...

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  39. All the Best For tomorrow SBI PO's exam

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  40. Afternoon session was messed up too..:( dont feel like giving a review. DI was heck of a section. Did 14 ques :(

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  41. Thanks to all of u who shared their views with all of us... thanx alot....i am sure ur views will help us in tomorrow's exam....
    jst hope for the best

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  42. guys........nuthing was there related with elections?

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  43. hi friends

    can any one tell me the topics covered in todays DI.....like(ratio & proportion,percentages)

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  44. Today I attend the SBI PO evening session same thing for me GA,Marketing,CS,English are very easy reasoning is easy but it take extra time then excepted. But DI part so twisted i take more time to solve a single question So dnt take DI as first preference it will eat your time.

    Time management is very important try to complete your section/part as per your planned time.

    All the Best.........:)

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  45. Hi My exam was in the morning...
    I solved a total of 139 questions...
    39 Eng
    45 GK
    20 DI
    35 Reasoning.

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  46. hey guys thanks to all of u for such a valuable information and instructions...

    i'm weak in descriptive papaer.

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  47. Afternoon question:: 21 june
    Expan CRAR:

    Expand IDFC:: indian devlp. Finance co.

    India at risk: Jashwant Singh

    Asia cup runner up: pakistan

    Country to lease Himalya: Nepal

    India asha kiran policy by new india insurance for : girl chid

    Leander Peas awarded by president : Padam shri

    Batsman dhawan brand ambassador of which bank: canara bank

    First indian private bànk opened ita branch in ahanghai china: axis bank

    1st in economic freedom: Gujrat

    Gandi peace award 2013:: chandi prasad bhatt

    Chil day celebrated by which state: assam

    On Imps

    Future dated cheque: Pdc

    My accuracy in gk part was 100%

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    1. Sorry bro but idfc is infrastructure development and financial corp

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    2. ha bhai u r right mane bhi yehi kiya h

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  48. i attempted 152..

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  50. Continue...
    First bank to have its own payment gateway: Sbi

    Nato meet to held in: Uk

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    1. Hi

      In DI what are the topics they covered?

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    2. rana himank , bhai nato wale Q m US optn to nahi ? pls bataoooooo

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  51. i solved-
    ga - 21
    eng - 23
    di - 9
    reasn - 25
    total 78... :( ... any chances at all... really disheartened by my performance :(

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  52. descriptive paper is paper based or typing based.

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  53. Hi Guys ,I am Pankaj from Kanpur.

    I attempted- English -50 with 5 tukke
    GS - 50 with I guess 4-5 may be wrong
    DI- 15 ,25 Blind hit(tukke)
    RA- 12, 24 Blind hit(tukke)
    Total attempt of 176 question, hoping to get 35+35+15+10= 95 marks minimum.

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  54. bhai pls batao NATO wale Q me US ka option tha kya,
    harish

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  55. hey will u tell me expected cut off of eng ,, pplss, i m wnting this around 6-7 is this possible , ;
    neha

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    1. Hey Neha,

      I do not want to dishearten you but its really very difficult because this time english section is on a slight moderate node. So, you can expect minimum cut off between 12-14. Rest depends upon your luck because when they will equalises all the papers by weighted average method and if they will find your paper on a tougher side then only you can expect such kind of cut off and ultimately they will converts your 6-7 score to 12-13 which is almost impossible. Rest is upto your luck.

      Best of Luck
      Amit

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  56. In descriptive answers should be written on paper.

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  57. My Exam Was on 15th June morning Shift. In my exam's question paper DI and reasoning paper was on a tougher side whereas as English section was on a moderate and GA+marketing section on an easier node. The biggest mistake which I made was I started the paper with DI section which is not good but at last managed to attempt good no. of question so please don't make same mistake and try to start the paper with english section and attempt the DI paper at the end.
    Here is my attempt breakup:

    English : 39
    GA+Marketing : 45
    Reasoning : 28
    DI : 21

    Apart from this descriptive paper was on a moderate side but more focused towards economics and finance related topics.

    Best of luck to everyone
    Amit

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  58. here is DI for moring shift. click on below link

    http://adf.ly/pmE5U

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  59. Rakesh BhattacharjeeJune 22, 2014 at 3:26 PM

    Hi Friends! This is Rakesh. I had my exam in the morning session today(22nd June). The DI portion was as usual the most tricky part. I was able to attend 18 questions in 50 minutes. Reasoning section was mixed type containing around 25 questions which can be completed in 20 minutes and the remaining were seating arrangement which i didn't try. The remaining sections English and GK were easy. I am happy that at least they kept the GK part mild. I attended 38 questions in this. English section had 2 comprehension passages with some new words. I attended 31 questions in this section. In all I was able to complete 112 questions in the time permitted. Guys I would suggest not to guess any answers in the coming exams because justof a feeling of not attempting much number of questions. Try to be accurate.
    Some of the question in the GK which I remembered were:
    Q.1 RBI allowed the minority above the age of 10 years to open an account.
    Q.2 BCCI Banned which cricket board in India?- Rajasthan cricket Board
    q.3 Some committee for governing the banks.
    Q.4 Keyboard is used in a computer to________.
    Q.5 Which city topped in the urban population in the census?
    Q.6 A question on ethics in marketing.

    That is all I remember friends.
    Give your best
    Rakesh

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  60. in some website it is written that descriptive paper is typing based? i am not good in typing and my paper was on 28th

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  61. Hi bank aspirants. this is senthil. i 22-06-2014 morning batch. before writing your exam just plan and attend of how many questions u have to in each section. this is the only mantra. i think this time if u clear the sectional cutoff itself is a great achievement and with 5 questions extra will make u pass to the next level. for GK just try to know what is happening in india and its rbi.

    best of luck for next batch..

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  62. hello i just want to know weather marking in sbi will be based upon accuracy ?

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  63. yar mere kya hoga mujhe to time hi ni mil raha hai padhne ka s bi walo ne ab chutti di hai 1 week ki kya isme cover ho sakta hai.

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  64. Is it required to get signature of gazzetted officer on photocopies of documents.?

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  65. Dont we have any quantitative aptitude questions?...like time and work, profit and loss?...if so under which section will they come?

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