Bank of Baroda PO Exam Analysis, Cut-Off 2016: The Recruitment Examination for the admission of Probationary Officers to the Bank of Baroda was conducted today. For BOB Recruitment 2016, there were two separate examinations – one objective and the other descriptive.
Here is the complete Bank of Baroda PO Exam Analysis and Expected Cut-off 2016 as well as Good Attempts which a candidate must have to crack the recruitment paper.
Bank of Baroda PO Exam Analysis 2016
As discussed in our previous article on BOB Recruitment, there were 4 Sections in BOB Recruitment Examination namely English, Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude and General Awareness with 200 questions in total, carrying 1 mark each.
Name of the Section | Questions | Marks |
Reasoning Ability | 50 | 50 |
Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 |
General Awareness (related to Banking) | 50 | 50 |
English Language | 50 | 50 |
Total | 200 | 200 |
The Descriptive Paper was held just after completion of objective test.
Paper | Total Marks |
Online Aptitude Test (Objective) | 200 |
Descriptive Test | 50 |
Total | 250 |
The written examination comprised of 250 marks and a total time of 150 minutes to solve. The total time is 2 hour for the descriptive paper and each section has 50 questions, so clearly Speed, Accuracy and Planning is surely needed to have good attempts.
Now, talking about Bank of Baroda PO Exam Analysis 2016, the overall level of difficulty of the paper wasModerate but Quantitative and Reasoning Section were relatively tough.
Section-Wise Bank of Baroda PO Exam Analysis 2016
To explain further, here is a section by section exam review of the written examination. See if you can gain some insights from this detailed analysis.
Bank of Baroda PO Exam Analysis of English Language
The level of English was Moderate to Easy. Reading Comprehension was on story based. Topic wise breakup is as follows:
Name of the Topic | No. of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
Reading Comprehension | 10 | Moderate |
Cloze Test | 10 | Easy |
Para-jumble | 5 | Moderate |
Spotting the Error | 10 | Easy |
Fill in the Blanks (Dual) | 5 | Moderate |
Sentence Correction | 10 | Easy |
Total | 50 | Moderate |
Bank of Baroda PO Exam Analysis of Quantitative Aptitude
Overall this section was Moderate as the Questions asked were lengthy and calculative. A candidate who has practised a lot of variants can easily crack this section.
Name of the Topic | No. of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
Number Series | 5 | Moderate |
Inequalities | 8 | Difficult |
Data Interpretation | 15 (3 Sets) | Easy. Medium, Difficult (one each) |
Fraction | 5 | Moderate |
Time and Work | 2 | Moderate |
Profit and loss | 2 | Moderate |
Volume, Surface Area | 2 | Moderate |
Mixture and allegation | 2 | Moderate |
Partnership, SI and CI | 2 | Moderate |
Probability | 2 | Moderate |
Other Miscellaneous | 3 | Moderate |
Total | 50 | Moderate |
Bank of Baroda PO Exam Analysis of Reasoning Ability
The Level of Difficulty in Reasoning Section was high. Among challenging questions, 3 puzzle/sitting arrangement posed major peril in this section.
Name of the Topic | No. of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
Puzzle/Complex Arrangement | 18 (6 Question each) | Difficult |
Data Sufficiency | 5 | Moderate |
Syllogism (3 Statement based) | 6 | Easy |
Inequalities | 5 | Moderate |
Direction Sense | 3 | Moderate |
Ranking/ Age/ Blood Relation | 3 | Moderate |
Input Output | 6 | Easy |
Logical Deduction | 4 | Moderate |
Total | 50 | Moderate |
Bank of Baroda PO Exam Analysis of General Awareness
General Awareness was overall easy. Questions were mainly from Banking and current affairs with focus mainly on Banking, many questions were asked related to RBI. Recent Current Affairs i.e. related to the month of September are there in the paper.
Bank of Baroda PO Exam Analysis 2016: Descriptive
This sections had 2 questions – an Essay Writing and A Letter Writing
- Essay Writing : Word Limit around 250 words 30 Marks
Topic: Paid News - Letter Writing : Word Limit around 150 words 20 Marks
Topic : Write a letter to a news paper editor regarding noise pollution in festive season. OR Write a letter to the DM regarding Cyber Crime.
Bank of Baroda PO Recruitment 2016: Good Attempts
Based of the difficulty level of the questions, the number of vacancies and the expected cut-off, here are the probable number of attempts which can be termed as ‘good attempts’ positively pointing towards a good score in the written paper.
Name of the Section | Difficulty Level | Good Attempts |
English Language | Easy | 34-36 |
Reasoning Ability | Moderate | 28-30 |
Quantitative Aptitude | Moderate (Lengthy) | 23-25 |
General Awareness | Easy | 30-32 |
Overall | Moderate | 115-123 |
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ReplyDeletesir i have attended 131 question and i believe i can score 105 +, in descriptive it is also good...is it safe attempt for final selection ?