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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