Hello Aspirants,
The SBI Clerk prelims exam 2018 ends today. It is a qualifying test, candidates are required to pass in each section & score the necessary cutoffs to get shortlisted for the SBI Clerk main exam.
The overall exam is said to be easy. Smart work & time management will work in the game. All the candidates are requested to do practice on the topics mentioned below. Let’s see today’s exam analysis also.
Exam Pattern:
| Sr. No. | Name of Tests (Objective) | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Total Time |
| 1 | English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 Minutes |
| 2 | Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 Minutes |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 Minutes |
| 4 | Total | 100 | 100 | 60 Minutes |
Section-wise Analysis:
| Section | Level of Difficulty | Good Attempts | |||
| Shift I | II | III | IV | ||
| Quant | Moderate to Easy | 26-30 | 24-26 | 19-23 | 26-28 |
| Reasoning | Moderate to Easy | 27-30 | 26-30 | 24-26 | 25-27 |
| English | Moderate to Easy | 21-30 | 23-30 | 24-26 | 23-25 |
Overall Good Attempts: 76-82
Chapter-wise Analysis:
This section is easy to moderate. Questions are asked on the topics mentioned below.
| Shift I | Shift II | ||||||
| Topic | Number of Questions | Good – Attempts | Difficulty Level | Topic | Number of Questions | Good – Attempts | Difficulty Level |
| Puzzles and Arrangements | 10 | 5-10 | Moderate | Puzzles and Arrangements | 15 | 10-15 | Moderate |
| Numeric Series | 5 | 5 | Easy | Numeric Series | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Blood Relation | 2 | 2 | Easy | Inequalities | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Direction | 3 | 3 | Easy | Coding – Decoding | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 | 3 | Easy | Miscellaneous | 5 | 3 | Easy |
| Alphabet Series | 5 | 5 | Easy | ||||
| Miscellaneous | 5 | 3 | Easy | ||||
| Good Attempt | 27-30-Easy | Good Attempt | 26-30 | ||||
| Shift III | Shift IV | ||||||
| Topic | Number of Questions | Good – Attempts | Difficulty Level | Topic | Number of Questions | Good – Attempts | Difficulty Level |
| Puzzles and Arrangements | 15 | 5-10 | Easy to Moderate | Puzzles and Arrangements | 10 | 5-10 | Easy to Moderate |
| Alphabet Series | 5 | 5 | Easy | Numerical Series | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Inequality | 5 | 5 | Easy | Inequality | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Blood relation | 3 | 3 | Easy | Coding – Decoding | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Direction | 3 | 3 | Easy | Blood relation | 3 | 3 | Easy |
| Ranking | 1 | 1 | Easy | Direction | 3 | 3 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous | 3 | 2-3 | Easy | Miscellaneous | 4 | 2-4 | Easy |
| Good Attempts | 24-26 | Good Attempts | 25-27 | ||||
Quant section is easy to moderate. Questions are asked on the topics mentioned below.
| Shift I | Shift II | ||||||
| Topic | Number of Questions | Good – Attempts | Difficulty Level | Topic | Number of Questions | Good – Attempts | Difficulty Level |
| Number Series | 5 | 1-3 | Moderate | Wrong Number Series | 5 | 1-3 | Moderate |
| Approximation | 5 | 2-3 | Easy | Approximation | 5 | 5 | |
| Data Interpretation Bar graph | 5 | 5 | Easy | Missing DI | 5 | 1-2 | Moderate |
| Simplification | 10 | 10 | Easy | Simplification | 10 | 10 | |
| Miscellaneous (SI,CI, Speed &Time, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Averages, Ages, Ratio etc.) | 10 | 1-2 | Moderate | Miscellaneous (SI,CI, Speed &Time, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Averages, Ages, Ratio etc.) | 5 | 1-2 | Moderate |
| Quantity I & II Comparison | 5 | 1-2 | Moderate | ||||
| Good Attempt | 26-30 – Easy | Good Attempt | 24-26 – Moderate | ||||
| Shift III | Shift IV | ||||||
| Topic | Number of Questions | Good – Attempts | Difficulty Level | Topic | Number of Questions | Good – Attempts | Difficulty Level |
| Number Series | 5 | 3-4 | Easy | Approximation | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Approximation | 5 | 5 | Easy | Simplification | 10 | 10 | Easy |
| Data Interpretation Table | 5 | 5 | Easy | Data Interpretation Table | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous (SI,CI, Speed &Time, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Averages, Ages, Ratio etc.) | 15 | 5-6 | Moderate | Miscellaneous (SI,CI, Speed &Time, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Averages, Ages, Ratio etc.) | 10 | 4-5 | Moderate |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 | 5 | Easy | Quadratic Equation | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Good Attempt | 19-23 Moderate | Good Attempt | 26-28 Easy | ||||
English section is moderate. Questions are asked on the topics mentioned below.
| Shift I | Shift II | ||||||
| Topic | Number of Questions | Good – Attempts | Difficulty Level | Topic | Number of Questions | Good – Attempts | Difficulty Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 5 | 2-3 | Moderate to Easy | Reading Comprehension | 10 | 3-5 | Moderate to Easy |
| Error Spotting | 5 | 3-4 | Moderate | Error Spotting | 5 | 2-3 | Moderate |
| Sentence Rearrangement & Word arrangement | 10 | 6-8 | Moderate to Easy | Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | 3-4 | Moderate to Easy |
| Sentence correction | 5 | 5 | Easy | Fillers | 5 | 3-4 | Easy |
| Phrase Replacement | 5 | 3-4 | Moderate to Easy | Phrase Replacement | 5 | 3-4 | Moderate to Easy |
| Good Attempt | 21-30 – Easy | Good Attempt | 23-30 – Easy | ||||
| Topic | Number of Questions | Good – Attempts | Difficulty Level | Topic | Number of Questions | Good – Attempts | Difficulty Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 5 | 2-3 | Moderate to Easy | Reading Comprehension | 7 | 4-6 | Moderate to Easy |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | 4-5 | Easy | Parajumble | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Phrase Replacement | 5 | 3-5 | Easy | Phrase Replacement | 7 | 4-5 | Easy |
| Error Spotting | 5 | 3-4 | Moderate to Easy | Error Spotting | 6 | 3-4 | Moderate to Easy |
| Spelling & Sentence Correction | 10 | 6-8 | Easy | Spelling | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Good Attempt | 24-26 Easy | Good Attempt | 23-25 Easy to Moderate | ||||
Sectional & Overall Attempts by Candidates: (From Exam Centre)
| Candidates | Reasoning | Quant | English | Overall Attempts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shift – 1 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 85 |
| Shift – 2 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 70 |
| Shift – 3 | 24 | 26 | 20 | 75 |
| Shift – 4 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 71 |
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