Bank of Maharastra PO exam analysis shift-1

Dear Readers, we are providing complete exam analysis of Bank of Maharastra PO exam that was held on 28th October 2016 shift-1.



This examination had four sections namely Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, English Language and General Awareness and the overall time for all the sections collectively was of 120 minutes and each section had 50 questions. There is a cut off for each section individually that students need to clear and as well a cut-off for the examination as a whole along with negative marking for each wrong answer.

This recruitment process by Bank of Maharashtra is under Manipal/NIIT Program.

Total Number of Posts – For PO– 500 posts – General – 253, OBC – 135, SC – 75, St – 37

For PO -The selection will be made on the basis of performance in the Online Test, Personal Interview and/or GD.


Possible Attempts- 125-130

Reasoning- 50 questions
In this section questions consist of topics like
1. Floor Puzzle – 5 Questions(Based on 8 floors)
2.  Seating Arrangement(8 persons Inward& outward facing in circle and direction based) – 15 Questions
3. Input output- 5 Questions
4. Data Sufficiency – 5 Questions
5. Syllogism – 5 Questions
6. Coding Decoding – 5 Questions
7. Rest Miscellaneous- 20 Questions
Difficulty Level- Moderate
Possible Attempts-28-33

Quantitative Aptitude -50 questions
In this section questions consist of topics like-
1. Series- 5 questions
2. Approximation- 5 questions
3. D.I  -15 questions
4. Miscellaneous(percentage, profit loss, time work, speed distance, age, average, ratio etc)- 15 questions
5. Inequality(Quadratic)- 5 Questions
6. Data Sufficiency- 5Questions
Difficulty Level-  Moderate
Possible Attempts-25-30

English- 50 questions
In this section questions consist of topics like-
1. Cloze test- 10 Questions
2. Comprehension- 10 Questions
3. Rearrangement- 5 questions
4. Spotting errors-10 questions
5. sentence improvement-10 questions
6. Double Fillers- 5questions
Difficulty Level- Moderate
Possible Attempts-30-35

General Awareness- 50 questions
In this section questions consist of topics like- Currency, capital, appointments,awards,headquarters, banking questions
Difficulty Level- Easy/Moderate
Possible Attempts-30-35

Number Series asked in Exam

1. 200, 204, 192, 228, 120, ?
2. 286, ?, 70, 34, 16, 7
3. 1, 3, 9, 31, 129, ?
4. 8, 11, 16, 25, 52, ?
5. 259, 256, 241, 206, 143, ?


Dear Readers, we are providing complete exam analysis of Bank of Maharastra PO exam that was held on 28th October 2016 shift-1.



This examination had four sections namely Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, English Language and General Awareness and the overall time for all the sections collectively was of 120 minutes and each section had 50 questions. There is a cut off for each section individually that students need to clear and as well a cut-off for the examination as a whole along with negative marking for each wrong answer.

This recruitment process by Bank of Maharashtra is under Manipal/NIIT Program.

Total Number of Posts – For PO– 500 posts – General – 253, OBC – 135, SC – 75, St – 37

For PO -The selection will be made on the basis of performance in the Online Test, Personal Interview and/or GD.


Possible Attempts- 125-130

Reasoning- 50 questions
In this section questions consist of topics like
1. Floor Puzzle – 5 Questions(Based on 8 floors)
2.  Seating Arrangement(8 persons Inward& outward facing in circle and direction based) – 15 Questions
3. Input output- 5 Questions
4. Data Sufficiency – 5 Questions
5. Syllogism – 5 Questions
6. Coding Decoding – 5 Questions
7. Rest Miscellaneous- 20 Questions
Difficulty Level- Moderate
Possible Attempts-28-33

Quantitative Aptitude -50 questions
In this section questions consist of topics like-
1. Series- 5 questions
2. Approximation- 5 questions
3. D.I  -15 questions
4. Miscellaneous(percentage, profit loss, time work, speed distance, age, average, ratio etc)- 15 questions
5. Inequality(Quadratic)- 5 Questions
6. Data Sufficiency- 5Questions
Difficulty Level-  Moderate
Possible Attempts-25-30

English- 50 questions
In this section questions consist of topics like-
1. Cloze test- 10 Questions
2. Comprehension- 10 Questions
3. Rearrangement- 5 questions
4. Spotting errors-10 questions
5. sentence improvement-10 questions
6. Double Fillers- 5questions
Difficulty Level- Moderate
Possible Attempts-30-35

General Awareness- 50 questions
In this section questions consist of topics like- Currency, capital, appointments,awards,headquarters, banking questions
Difficulty Level- Easy/Moderate
Possible Attempts-30-35

Number Series asked in Exam

1. 200, 204, 192, 228, 120, ?
2. 286, ?, 70, 34, 16, 7
3. 1, 3, 9, 31, 129, ?
4. 8, 11, 16, 25, 52, ?
5. 259, 256, 241, 206, 143, ?


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