Bank of Baroda Probationary Officer Exam Analysis 2018
Bank of Baroda
Probationary Officer Exam Analysis 2018
The Bank of Baroda conducted its Probationary Officer examination for their 1 year Post Graduate diploma course from Manipal University on 28th of July, 2018. The exam had been taken place in two different shifts on the same day.
The candidates who are applying for the upcoming Indian Bank PGDB examination can get great help from this exam analysis and review, as this will give them the idea of how the bank exams are going this year and what is the level of examination that can expect it to be and also about the new pattern in the examination to expect.
For the candidates who have given Bank of Baroda Probationary Officer exam on the 28th of July, 2018, this review and exam analysis will give them an idea about how the greatest number of or the average number of candidates performed in the examination, and what they can expect from this exam?
We will be providing the detailed analysis of both the shifts here, including the level of the examination, number of questions from different topics and basic description about each section.
So, let’s first begin with the shift – I analysis and then we will go to the exam analysis of shift – II of Bank of Baroda Probationary Officer Exam 2018.
Bank of Baroda Probationary Officer Shift – I Exam Analysis 2018
Bank of Baroda Probationary Officer Overall Exam Analysis 2018
So, before moving towards the different sections, let us talk about the overall examination pattern, level, and analysis.
If we talk about the overall level of the examination than the exam was of moderate level, neither too hard nor too easy. This review is what we have received from different students who have given the examination.
The section wise analysis of Bank of Baroda Probationary Officer exam 2018 is given below –
| S. No. | Subject | Good Attempts |
| 1 | English Language | 20 to 25 |
| 2 | Reasoning and Computer Aptitude | 34 to 37 |
| 3 | Quantitative Aptitude | 27 to 30 |
| 4 | General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness | 19 to 22 |
| Total | 100 to 114 |
Bank of Baroda Probationary Officer Quantitative Aptitude Exam Analysis 2018
The level of the Quantitative Aptitude section was not at all easy. It was somewhere in between moderate to difficult. For the candidates, who find themselves weak in the Quantitative Aptitude section, must have had a hard time answering the questions.
Most of the Quantitative Aptitude questions were calculative and thus were very time-consuming. But the positive side, especially for the candidates who are weak in Quantitative Aptitude is the Data Interpretation part.
There were 3 sets of Data Interpretation in the shift – I examination of Bank of Baroda Probationary Officer, which contained a total of 17 questions, yes, 17 and not 15, as always. So, if a candidate has attempted these questions only, with 100% accuracy, there are chances for you to qualify this section quite easily.
The three different Data Interpretation questions were the Tabular Data Interpretation, Pie Chart, and the Caselet Data Interpretation. Most of the students are very much familiar with the Tabular and the Pi Charts but many students still find Caselet as a tough job.
So, here we recommend you to practice Caselet Data Interpretation, as this could be a new trend for all the upcoming banking examinations.
| S. No. | Topics | Number of Questions | Level |
| 1 | Data Interpretation | 17 | Moderate to Difficult |
| 2 | Approximation | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| 3 | Wrong Number Series | 5 | Moderate |
| 4 | Quantity – 1, Quantity – 2 | 4 | Moderate |
| 5 | Data Sufficiency | 5 | Moderate |
| 6 | Arithmetic Word Problems | 4 | Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Moderate to Difficult |
Bank of Baroda Probationary Officer English Language Exam Analysis 2018
The overall level of the English Section was Moderate. The type and pattern of questions were the same as what a candidate can expect from any banking Probationary Officer level examination.
For all the candidates who find the English Language section difficult, have to realize that the questions asked were not difficult at all, what you just need to know is that it is a Probationary Officer level exam and you just can’t expect the examiner to give clerical level questions there.
The negative point was the reading comprehension in the first shift of Bank of Baroda Probationary Officer exam. The reading comprehension had only 7 questions and was not containing 10 questions as always, also, out of those 7 questions only 2 were the vocabulary questions.
There were many candidates who attempt the vocabulary questions first and actually depend on them hugely. But, this is the take from this section, that you just can’t depend on the vocabulary part from this section and have to focus on other questions as well.
| S No. | Topic | Number of Questions | Level |
| 1 | Reading Comprehension (Plastic Wastage) | 7 | Moderate |
| 2 | Starters | 5 | Moderate |
| 3 | Double Fillers | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| 4 | Cloze Test | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| 5 | Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | Moderate |
| 6 | Error Detection | 4 | Moderate |
| 7 | Phrase Replacement | 4 | Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Moderate |
Bank of Baroda Probationary Officer Reasoning and Computer Aptitude
The difficulty level of this section was moderate for the first shift of Bank of Baroda Probationary Officer exam. Because of the fact that this section contains a greater number of questions, there are many questions about the miscellaneous topics that were actually doable.
But the level of puzzles and the questions from the seating arrangement was quite high. There were four puzzles and seating arrangements which contained a total of 20 questions. But yes, the hard part here is that it is not possible for you to crack any of the puzzle or the seating arrangement within a minute or two.
So, the take from here is that you need to practice the puzzles and the seating arrangement as much as you can, the reason behind this being that the level of such questions has increased and the requirement for the candidate to be perfect in these topics has also increased.
All the four puzzles and seating arrangements were based on the following mentioned topics –
- Linear Seating Arrangement – the single line – 11 people
- Circular Seating Arrangement
- Dates, Months and Lectures based puzzle – 3 variables
- Age and Floor based puzzle
| S. No. | Topics | Number of Questions | Level |
| 1 | Puzzles | 10 | Moderate to Difficult |
| 2 | Seating Arrangement | 10 | Moderate to Difficult |
| 3 | Logical Reasoning | 4 | Moderate |
| 4 | Blood Relations | 3 | Easy to Moderate |
| 5 | Direction Sense | 4 | Easy to Moderate |
| 6 | Syllogism | 3 | Moderate |
| 7 | Coding Decoding | 4 | Moderate |
| 8 | Data Sufficiency | 4 | Moderate |
| 9 | Inequality | 3 | Easy to Moderate |
| 10 | Machine Input Output | 5 | Moderate |
| Total | 50 | Moderate |
Bank of Baroda Probationary Officer General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness Exam Analysis 2018
The General/ Economy and Banking Awareness section was actually quite difficult for the candidates of shift – I of Bank of Baroda Probationary Officer exam. The level of this section was high than what the students and the teachers were expecting it to be.
Most of the questions were from the banking and the economic awareness. The current affairs questions covered the last two to three months of news. Mostly the current affairs questions were from April 2018 and May 2018. A few questions were from June 2018.
A few static questions were also there in the first shift examination. The static questions were the only ones which were of moderate level.
Bank of Baroda Probationary Officer Descriptive Exam Analysis 2018
The Descriptive exam was of 30 marks which took place with the completion of the objective examination. The level of this section of the whole examination was easy to moderate. There was a total of four questions in the examination, out of which the candidate has to attempt only two.
Two questions were of Essay writing, out of which the candidate has to write an essay on either of the ones and the rest two questions were of Letter writing and again the candidate has to write a letter on either of the one.
The topics are given for the letter writing and essay writing were actually easy and were doable. The total time allotted to the candidates for this Descriptive test was 30 minutes.
The topics of the essay writing and letter writing are given below –
Letter writing topics (word limit 150 words)
- Write a letter to the newspaper editor for fake news and facts spread through social media.
- Recently, the results of 10th board examinations were released. Your friend’s son who appeared in the examination has scored good overall marks but average marks in science. Your friend wants him to choose the science stream against his wish. Write a letter to your friend for convincing him and guiding him to allow his son choose the right stream after class 10th.
Essay Writing (word limit 150 words)
- Keeping animals in the zoo is like keeping them in prison for our pleasure.
- Investment in share market: Risks and Rewards.
Bank of Baroda Probationary Officer Shift – II Exam Analysis 2018
Bank of Baroda Probationary Officer Overall Exam Analysis 2018
The overall level of the examination was moderate for the second shift as well. The exam pattern was also quite similar to what we have noticed in the shift – I examination. The review for the overall paper section wise is given below –
| S. No. | Subject | Good Attempts |
| 1 | English Language | 22 to 26 |
| 2 | Reasoning and Computer Aptitude | 33 to 37 |
| 3 | Quantitative Aptitude | 30 to 33 |
| 4 | General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness | 18 to 23 |
| Total | 106 to 121 |
Bank of Baroda Probationary Officer Quantitative Aptitude Exam Analysis 2018
The level of the Quantitative Aptitude was in between moderate to difficult for the second shift of Bank of Baroda Probationary Officer exam. The level of the exam was the same as in the first shift of the examination.
Most of the questions and the pattern of the questions were also similar to the questions and pattern as in the first shift examination. The only difference here was in the distribution of the number of questions per topic wise.
The difference was mainly with the two topics which are the Data Interpretation and the Word Problems. As we mentioned above that you need to practice Data Interpretation more because the number of questions from this topic is increasing in the examination, so now it the time for the next take for this section.
The second take for Quantitative Aptitude section, that one can get from the second shift examination is that you cannot rely on one topic. You have to practice all of them. If a person is depending upon the Data Interpretation only, then it is hard for him or her to clear this exam, or I should say impossible to clear the exam.
Similar is the case with the other topics, if a candidate is good with word problems and has attempted the examination in the first shift, then it is again impossible for him or her to clear this exam.
Other than this, the changes were in the pattern of the questions as in the first shift there was wrong number series whereas in this one there was missing number series. A few more such differences were noticed in the two shifts.
| S. No. | Topic | Number of Questions | Level |
| 1 | Data Interpretation | 10 | Moderate to Difficult |
| 2 | Simplification | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| 3 | Missing Number Series | 5 | Moderate |
| 4 | Inequality | 5 | Moderate |
| 5 | Data Sufficiency | 5 | Moderate |
| 6 | Arithmetic Word Problems | 10 | Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Moderate to Difficult |
Bank of Baroda Probationary Officer English Language Exam Analysis 2018
The overall level of the English Section was Moderate. The type and pattern of questions were the same as what a candidate can expect from any banking Probationary Officer level examination.
The negative point was the reading comprehension in the first shift of Bank of Baroda Probationary Officer exam. The reading comprehension had only eight questions and was not containing ten questions as always, also, out of those eight questions only three were the vocabulary questions.
There were many candidates who attempt the vocabulary questions first and actually depend on them hugely. But, this is the take from this section, that you just can’t depend on the vocabulary part from this section and have to focus on other questions as well.
| S. No. | Topic | Number of Questions | Level |
| 1 | Reading Comprehension (Internet Privacy) | 8 | Moderate |
| 2 | Joining Sentences | 5 | Moderate |
| 3 | Double Fillers (single word for two blanks) | 7 | Easy to Moderate |
| 4 | Cloze Test | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| 5 | Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | Moderate |
| 6 | Error Detection | 5 | Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Moderate |
Bank of Baroda Probationary Officer Reasoning and Computer Aptitude
The difficulty level of this section was moderate for the second shift of Bank of Baroda Probationary Officer exam. Because of the fact that this section contains a greater number of questions, there are many questions about the miscellaneous topics that were actually doable.
But the level of puzzles and the questions from the seating arrangement was quite high. There were three puzzles and seating arrangements which contained a total of 15 questions. But yes, the hard part here is that it is not possible for you to crack any of the puzzle or the seating arrangement within a minute or two.
All the three puzzles and seating arrangements were based on the following mentioned topics –
- Linear Seating Arrangement – Double line
- Block Arranging Puzzle – two variables
- Month based Puzzle – two variables
| S. No. | Topics | Number of Questions | Level |
| 1 | Puzzles | 10 | Moderate to Difficult |
| 2 | Seating Arrangement | 5 | Moderate to Difficult |
| 3 | Logical Reasoning | 3 | Moderate |
| 4 | Blood Relation | 3 | Easy to Moderate |
| 5 | Direction Sense | 3 | Easy to Moderate |
| 6 | Syllogism | 5 | Moderate |
| 7 | Coding – Decoding | 5 | Moderate |
| 8 | Data Sufficiency | 5 | Moderate |
| 9 | Inequality | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| 10 | Alphabet | 1 | Easy to Moderate |
| 11 | Machine Input Output | 5 | Moderate |
| Total | 50 | Moderate |
Bank of Baroda Probationary Officer General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness Exam Analysis 2018
The General/ Economy and Banking Awareness section was actually quite difficult for the candidates of shift – II of Bank of Baroda Probationary Officer exam. The level of this section was high than what the students and the teachers were expecting it to be.
Most of the questions were from the banking and the economic awareness. The current affairs questions covered the last two to three months of news. Mostly the current affairs questions were from April 2018 and May 2018. A few questions were from June 2018.
A few static questions were also there in the second shift examination. The static questions were the only ones which were of moderate level.
Bank of Baroda Probationary Officer Descriptive Exam Analysis 2018
The Descriptive exam was of 30 marks which took place with the completion of the objective examination. The level of this section of the whole examination was easy to moderate. There was a total of four questions in the examination, out of which the candidate has to attempt only two.
Two questions were of Essay writing, out of which the candidate has to write an essay on either of the ones and the rest two questions were of Letter writing and again the candidate has to write a letter on either of the one.
The topics are given for the letter writing and essay writing was actually easy and was doable. The total time allotted to the candidates for this Descriptive test was 30 minutes.
The topics of the essay writing and letter writing are given below –
Letter writing topics (word limit 150 words)
- You are an Officer in a bank and attending weekend MBA classes. Write a letter to your senior for 7 days leave for pursuing weekend MBA examinations.
- Your brother is hesitating in investing in mutual funds. Write a letter to your brother, explaining to him about mutual funds and how one should invest in mutual funds.
Letter writing topics (word limit 150 words)
- Swatch Bharat Campaign against open deification.
- Expensive weddings are a social evil.
