Hello Aspirants,
The SBI Clerk prelims exam 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 moderate. 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 | 20-24 | 20-26 | 21-25 | 22-26 |
| Reasoning | Moderate to Easy | 18-20 | 19-23 | 20-24 | 19-23 |
| English | Moderate to Easy | 15-23 | 16-24 | 17-25 | 18-24 |
Overall Good Attempts: 66-70
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 | 15 | 5-10 | Moderate | Puzzles and Arrangements | 10 | 10 | Moderate |
| Numeric Series | 5 | 5 | Easy | Direction | 2 | 1-2 | Easy |
| Blood Relation | 3 | 3 | Easy | Alphabetic Series | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Direction | 2 | 2 | Easy | Coding & Decoding | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Ranking | 3 | 3 | Easy | Blood Relation | 3 | 3 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous | 5 | 1-3 | Easy | Miscellaneous | 5 | 1-3 | Easy |
| Input – Output | 5 | 1-3 | Moderate | ||||
| Good Attempt | 18-20-Moderate | Good Attempt | 19-23-Easy | ||||
| Shift III | Shift IV | ||||||
| Topic | Number of Questions | Good – Attempts | Difficulty Level | Topic | Number of Questions | Good – Attempts | Difficulty Level |
| Puzzles and Arrangements | 20 | 5-10 | Moderate | Puzzles and Arrangements | 10 | 5 | Moderate |
| Alphabetic Series | 5 | 5 | Easy | Coding & Decoding | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Ranking | 3 | 3 | Easy | Numeric Series | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Blood Relation | 3 | 3 | Easy | Inequalities | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Direction | 2 | 2 | Easy | Blood Relation | 2 | 2 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous | 2 | 2 | Easy | Ranking | 3 | 3 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous | 5 | 1-2 | Easy | ||||
| Good Attempt | 20-24 – Easy to Moderate | Good Attempt | 19-23 – Easy to Moderate | ||||
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(Wrong) | 5 | 1-3 | Moderate | Number Series | 5 | 2-4 | Moderate |
| Quadratic Equation & Quantity I & II Comparison | 10 | 7-8 | Easy | Data Sufficiency | 5 | 1-3 | Easy |
| Data Interpretation Line graph | 5 | 5 | Easy | Data Interpretation – Bar graph | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 | 1-2 | Moderate | Approximation | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous (SI,CI, Speed &Time, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Averages, Ages, Ratio etc.) | 5 | 1-2 | Moderate | Miscellaneous (SI,CI, Speed &Time, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Averages, Ages, Ratio etc.) | 5 | 1-3 | Moderate |
| Simplification | 5 | 10 | Easy | Simplification | 10 | 10 | Easy |
| Good Attempt | 20-24 – Moderate | Good Attempt | 20-26 – Easy | ||||
| Shift III | Shift IV | ||||||
| Topic | Number of Questions | Good – Attempts | Difficulty Level | Topic | Number of Questions | Good – Attempts | Difficulty Level |
| Number Series | 5 | 5 | Easy | Quantity I & II Comparison | 5 | 2-3 | Moderate |
| Simplification & Approximation | 15 | 15 | Easy | Simplification | 10 | 10 | Easy |
| Data Interpretation – Table | 5 | 5 | Easy | Data Interpretation – Pie-chart | 5 | 5 | Moderate |
| Miscellaneous (SI,CI, Speed &Time, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Averages, Ages, Ratio etc.) | 5 | 2-3 | Moderate | Miscellaneous (SI,CI, Speed &Time, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Averages, Ages, Ratio etc.) | 10 | 1-2 | Moderate |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 | 1-2 | Moderate | ||||
| Good Attempt | 21-25-Easy to Moderate | Good Attempt | 22-26 – Easy to Moderate | ||||
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 | 5 | 2-3 | Easy |
| Error Spotting | 10 | 3-4 | Moderate | Error Spotting | 10 | 3-4 | Moderate to Easy |
| Sentence Improvement | 5 | 2-3 | Moderate to Easy | Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Parajumble | 5 | 5 | Easy | Single Fillers | 5 | 3-4 | Moderate |
| Single Fillers | 5 | 3-4 | Moderate to Easy | Spelling | 5 | 3-4 | Easy |
| Good Attempt | 15-23 – Moderate | Good Attempt | 16-24 – Easy to Moderate | ||||
| Shift III | Shift IV | ||||||
| Topic | Number of Questions | Good – Attempts | Difficulty Level | Topic | Number of Questions | Good – Attempts | Difficulty Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 5 | 3-4 | Moderate | Reading Comprehension | 5 | 3-4 | Moderate |
| Error Spotting | 10 | 3-4 | Moderate | Error Spotting | 10 | 3-5 | Moderate |
| Spelling | 5 | 2-4 | Easy | Sentence Improvement | 5 | 3-4 | Easy |
| Phrase Replacement | 5 | 2-4 | Easy | Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | 2-4 | Easy |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | 5 | Easy | Single Fillers | 5 | 2-4 | Easy |
| Good Attempt | 17-25 – Moderate | Good Attempt | 18-24 – Easy to Moderate | ||||
Sectional & Overall Attempts by Candidates: (From Exam Centre)
| Candidates | Reasoning | Quant | English | Overall Attempts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shift – 1 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 75 |
| Shift – 2 | 28 | 28 | 20 | 76 |
| Shift – 3 | 26 | 21 | 21 | 68 |
| Shift – 4 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 70 |
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