SBI Clerk Exam Analysis : The State Bank of India (SBI) is set to conduct the prelims phase of the SBI Clerk exam for the recruitment of Junior Associate (Customer Support & Sales). The online written exam is scheduled for 12th, 19th, 20th and 25th of November 2022. Lakhs of aspirants are to appear in this exam, given that SBI is one of the most reputed organizations to work with. The next important thought that comes with the conclusion of the paper is the SBI Clerk exam analysis. Don’t worry! We have you covered. Here, in this blog, We will provide you with a complete day-wise and shift-wise exam analysis of the 12th, 19th, 20th and 25th of November 2022 here.
SBI Clerk Exam Analysis 2022 – Prelims
Here in the table you can find the detailed day-wise SBI Clerk exam analysis.
| Day | Shifts |
| 12th November 2022 | Link |
| 19th November 2022 | Link |
| 20th November 2022 | Link |
| 25th November 2022 | Link |
You can also check SBI Clerk previous year exam analysis.
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SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2021 – 13th July Shift 1, 2
We have provided the average good marks or attempts for each section of SBI Clerk exam analysis done on 13th of July 2021:
| Sections | Good Attempts Shift 1 | Good Attempts Shift 2 | |
| English Language | 23-26 | 22-26 | |
| Reasoning Ability | 21-24 | 25-28 | |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 23-26 | 25-28 | |
| Overall | 67-76 | 72-84 |
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2021: Section-Wise Analysis
English Language
Here is the topic-wise analysis of English language paper of SBI Clerk, 2021
| Topics | No. of Questions Shift 1 | No. of Questions Shift 2 | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 10 | 8 | Easy to Moderate |
| Cloze Test | 4 | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Error Detection | 6 | 5 | Easy |
| Misspelt | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Para Jumbled (International Atomic Energy) | 5 | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Overall | 30 | 30 | Easy to Moderate |
Reasoning Ability
The reasoning ability section of the SBI Clerk Prelims 2021 exam was moderate. 20 questions were asked from seating arrangement and puzzle, and the seating arrangement and puzzle section was time-consuming. Here is the topic-wise analysis of reasoning paper of SBI Clerk, 2021
| Topics | No. of Questions – Shift 1 | No. of Questions Shift 2 | Level |
| Puzzles | 20 | 15 | Moderate |
| Syllogism | 3 | 5 | Easy |
| Coding-Decoding | 4 | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Blood Relation | 3 | Easy | |
| Inequalities | 4 | ||
| Mixed Series | 4 | 4 | Easy |
| Direction | 3 | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1 | 4 | Easy |
| Overall | 35 | 35 | Moderate |
Linear seating arrangement, north-facing,
Floor and flat
Quantitative Aptitude
Here is the topic-wise analysis of Quant paper of SBI Clerk, 2021
| Topics | No. of Questions Shift 1 | No. of Questions Shift 2 | Level |
| Caselet Data Interpretation | 5 | – | Easy to Moderate |
| Line Graph Data Interpretation | 5 | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Wrong Number Series | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Simplification | 10 | 13 | Easy |
| Arithmetic | 10 | 12 | Easy to Moderate |
| Overall | 35 | 35 | Easy to Moderate |
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis – Day 3 (12th July 2021)
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis Shift 3
Overall Good Attempts
| Sections | Good Attempts | Duration |
| English Language | 23-25 | 20 minutes |
| Reasoning Ability | 25-27 | 20 minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 22-24 | 20 minutes |
| Overall | 70-76 | 1 hour |
English Language
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 10 | Easy to Moderate |
| Sentence Improvement | 5 | Easy |
| Para Jumble | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Misspelt | 6 | Easy |
| Fillers | 4 | Easy |
| Overall | 30 | Easy to Moderate |
Reasoning Ability
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Circular Seating Arrangement | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Linear Seating Arrangement | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Box Based Puzzle | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Chinese Coding-Decoding | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Alphanumeric Series | 5 | Easy |
| Inequality | 4 | Easy |
| Blood Relation | 3 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous | 3 | Easy |
| Overall | 35 | Easy to Moderate |
Quantitative Aptitude
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Data Interpretation | 6 | Easy to Moderate |
| Simplification | 13 | Easy |
| Quadratic Equation | 4 | Easy |
| Q1 and Q2 | 4 | Easy to Moderate |
| Arithmetic | 8 | Easy to Moderate |
| Overall | 35 | Easy to Moderate |
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis Shift 2
Overall Good Attempts
| Sections | Good Attempts | Difficulty Level |
|---|---|---|
| Numerical Ability | 25-26 | Easy-Moderate |
| Reasoning Ability | 27-30 | Easy |
| English Language | 22-24 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 72-76 | Easy-Moderate |
Reasoning Ability
The difficulty level of the reasoning section for this shift was Easy. The questions were asked from Puzzles, syllogism, inequalities, alpha-numeric series, and other topics.
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Month based puzzle | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Linear Uncertain Puzzle | 3 | Easy to Moderate |
| Double Line | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Floor Flat Based Puzzle | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Syllogism | 4 | Easy |
| Inequality | 4 | Easy |
| Direction and Distance | 3 | Easy |
| Meaningful Word | 1 | Easy |
| Alphanumeric Series (double comma) | 5 | Easy |
| Overall | 35 | Easy |
Quantitative Aptitude
This section was easy to moderate. There was no question from the number series, caselet, approximation in SBI Clerk Prelims Exam 2nd Shift on 11th July. The Data Interpretation is based on Line Graph.
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Data Interpretation (Line Graph) | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 | Easy |
| Q1/Q2 Questions | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Simplification | 10 | Easy |
| Arithmetic | 10 | Easy to Moderate |
| Overall | 35 | Easy to Moderate |
English Language
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 9 | Easy to Moderate |
| Error Detection | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Word Usage | 4 | Easy to Moderate |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Word Swapping | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Overall | 30 | Easy to Moderate |
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis Shift 1
SBI Clerk Prelims Good Attempts
| Sections | Good Attempts | Duration |
| English Language | 22-24 | 20 minutes |
| Reasoning Ability | 25-28 | 20 minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 23-25 | 20 minutes |
| Overall | 70-77 | 1 hour |
English Language
The English language section was Easy to Moderate in this shift. 7 questions were asked from Reading Comprehension. 10 Questions were asked from para jumbled and sentence rearrangement. Check the detailed analysis from the table below:
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 7 | Easy to Moderate |
| Fillers | 4 | Easy |
| Word Usage | 4 | Easy |
| Error Detection | 5 | Easy |
| Para Jumble | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Overall | 30 | Easy to Moderate |
Reasoning Ability
The reasoning ability section of the SBI Clerk Prelims 2021 exam was Easy to Moderate. 15 questions were asked from seating arrangement and puzzle.
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Double Row Seating Arrangement | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Month Based Puzzle | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Floor & Flat Based Puzzle | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Chinese Coding-Decoding | 4 | Easy to Moderate |
| Inequality | 4 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 4 | Easy |
| Blood Relation | 3 | Easy |
| Word Formation | 1 | Easy |
| 3 Letter Word | 4 | Easy |
| Overall | 35 | Easy to Moderate |
Quantitative Aptitude
The quantitative aptitude section for this shift was Easy to Moderate. 5 questions were asked from line graph data interpretation and caselet DI.
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Line Graph Data Interpretation | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Case let DI | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Wrong Series | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Simplification | 10 | Moderate |
| Arithmetic (Boat & stream, Profit & Loss, etc.) | 10 | Moderate |
| Overall | 35 | Easy to Moderate |
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis – Day 2 (11th July 2021)
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis Shift 4
Overall Good Attempts
| Sections | Good Attempts | Duration |
| English Language | 22-24 | 20 minutes |
| Reasoning Ability | 25-28 | 20 minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 23-25 | 20 minutes |
| Overall | 70-77 | 1 hour |
English Language
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 7 | Easy to Moderate |
| Phrase Replacement | 4 | Easy to Moderate |
| Error Detection | 6 | Easy |
| Fillers | 4 | Easy |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 4 | Easy to Moderate |
| Cloze Test | 5 | Easy |
| Overall | 30 | Easy to Moderate |
Reasoning Ability
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Box Based Puzzle | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Double Row Based Seating Arrangement | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Days Based Puzzle | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Comparison Based Puzzle | 4 | Easy to Moderate |
| New Pattern Coding-Decoding | 4 | Easy |
| Alphanumeric series | 5 | Easy |
| Direction and Distance | 6 | Easy |
| Word Formation | 1 | Easy |
| Overall | 35 | Easy to Moderate |
Quantitative Aptitude
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Line Graph Data Interpretation | 5 | Moderate |
| Simplification | 10 | Easy to Moderate |
| Wrong Number Series | 5 | Easy |
| Q1 and Q2 | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Arithmetic | 10 | Moderate |
| Overall | 35 | Moderate |
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis Shift 3
Reasoning Ability
| Topic | Questions Asked | Difficulty Level |
| Inequality | 05 | Easy |
| Square Based on Seating arrangement | 05 | Easy |
| Box Based Puzzle | 05 | Easy |
| Number Series | 05 | Moderate |
| Direction and distance | 03 | Moderate |
| An uncertain number of the person | 05 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous | 02 | Moderate |
| Floor Based Puzzle | 05 | Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Easy |
English Language
| Topic | Questions Asked | Difficulty Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 10 | Easy to moderate |
| Cloze Test | 05 | Easy |
| Error Detection | 05 | Easy |
| Misspelt | 05 | Easy |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 05 | Easy |
| Total | 30 | Easy |
Quantitative Aptitude
| Topic | Questions Asked | Difficulty Level |
| Data Interpretation | 05 | Easy |
| Quadratic equation | 05 | Easy |
| Simplification | 10 | Easy |
| Arithmetic | 10 | Moderate |
| Q1/Q2 | 05 | Easy to Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Easy to Moderate |
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis Shift 2
Overall Good Attempts
Overall the difficulty level of SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis conducted in Shift-2 on 10th July 2021 was of Easy Level. The average good attempt for Shift -2 is as follows:
| Sections | Good Attempts | Difficulty Level |
|---|---|---|
| Numerical Ability | 25-26 | Easy-Moderate |
| Reasoning Ability | 27-30 | Easy |
| English Language | 22-24 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 72-76 | Easy-Moderate |
Reasoning Ability
The difficulty level of the reasoning section of this Shift exam was Easy. The questions were asked from Puzzles, syllogism, inequalities, alpha-numeric series and other topics.
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Day Based Puzzle | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Uncertain number of People (17 people) | 3 | Easy to Moderate |
| Square Based Seating Arrangement | 4 | Easy to Moderate |
| Comparison Based Puzzle | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Syllogism | 3 | Easy |
| Inequality | 5 | Easy |
| Blood Relation (3 generation) | 2 | Easy |
| Direction and Distance | 3 | Easy |
| Word – Misfortune | 1 | Easy |
| Alphanumeric Series | 4 | Easy |
| Overall | 35 | Easy |
Quantitative Aptitude
This section of SBI Clerk Prelims Exam was easy to moderate. There was no question from Quadratic equations. The Data Interpretation is based on Line Graph (double variable).
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Data Interpretation (Double Variable) | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Wrong Series | 5 | Easy |
| Simplification | 12 | Easy to Moderate |
| Arithmetic | 13 | Easy to Moderate |
| Overall | 35 | Easy to Moderate |
English Language
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 8 | Easy to Moderate |
| Error Detection | 6 | Easy to Moderate |
| Cloze Test | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Phrase Rearrangement | 6 | Easy to Moderate |
| Word Swap | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Overall | 30 | Easy to Moderate |
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis Shift 1
English Language
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Reading Comprehension (Language Extension) | 8-10 | Easy to Moderate |
| Cloze Test | 10 | Easy to Moderate |
| Error Detection | 5 | Easy |
| Mis-spelled | 5 | Easy |
| Overall | 30 | Easy |
Quantitative Aptitude
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Line Data Interpretation | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Caselet DI | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Simplification | 10 | Easy |
| Missing No. | 5 | Easy |
| Arithmetic | 10 | Easy to Moderate |
| Overall | 35 | Easy to Moderate |
Reasoning Section
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Month/ Date Based Puzzle | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Line Based Puzzle | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Circular Seating Arrangement | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Comparison Height Based Puzzle | 5 | Easy |
| Chinese Coding | 5 | Easy |
| Syllogism (Only a few) | 4 | Easy to Moderate |
| Alphabet | 1 | Easy |
| 3 Letter Word Series | 4 | Easy |
| Blood Relation | 1 | Easy |
| Overall | 35 | Easy to Moderate |
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SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis – Day 1 (10th July 2021)
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis Shift 4
Overall Good Attempts
| Sections | Good Attempts | Duration |
| English Language | 22-24 | 20 minutes |
| Reasoning Ability | 26-28 | 20 minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 21-24 | 20 minutes |
| Overall | 69-76 | 1 hour |
English Language
The English Language section for this shift was easy to moderate. Reading Comprehension that was asked in this shift was based on Psychometric Test. Two vocabularies were asked in RC, i.e. Plausible and Conjunction & Cloze Test was based on Wastage of Food.
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 10 | Easy to Moderate |
| Cloze Test | 6 | Easy |
| Error Detection | 5 | Easy |
| Word Swap | 4 | Easy |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | Easy |
| Overall | 30 | Easy |
Reasoning Ability
The Reasoning Ability section for this shift was easy to moderate.
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Days Based Puzzle | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Box Based Puzzle | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Double Row Seating Arrangement | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Comparison Based Puzzle | 3 | Easy |
| Inequality | 3 | Easy |
| Direction and Distance | 2 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Alphanumeric Series | 3 | Easy |
| Word Formation – BACKBENCHERS | 1 | Easy |
| Blood Relation | 3 | Easy |
| Overall | 35 | Easy to Moderate |
Quantitative Aptitude
Quant section for this shift was easy to moderate. 9 questions were asked from DI.
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Tabular Data Interpretation | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Caselet DI (Probability) | 4 | Easy to Moderate |
| Simplification | 10 | Easy |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 | Easy |
| Arithmetic | 11 | Easy to Moderate |
| Overall | 35 | Easy to Moderate |
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis Shift 3
English Language
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 7 | Easy to Moderate |
| Cloze Test | 6 | Easy to Moderate |
| Error Correction | 4 | Easy |
| Word Usage | 2 | Easy |
| Phrase Rearrangement | 2 | Easy |
| Word Swap | 5 | Easy |
| Sentence Improvement | 4 | Easy |
| Overall | 30 | Easy |
Reasoning Ability
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Uncertain number of People (North facing) | 3 | Easy to Moderate |
| Circular Seating Arrangement | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Floor Based Seating Arrangement | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Date and Month Based Puzzle | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Comparison Puzzle | 3 | Easy |
| Inequality | 2 | Easy |
| Direction and Distance | 2 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 3 | Easy |
| 3 Digit Series | 5 | Easy |
| Letter Based Series | 2 | Easy |
| Overall | 35 | Easy to Moderate |
Quantitative Aptitude
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Line Graph Data Interpretation (Base on Fruits) | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Missing Series | 5 | Easy |
| Simplification | 10 | Easy |
| Arithmetic | 12 | Easy to Moderate |
| Q1, Q2 | 3 | Easy to Moderate |
| Overall | 35 | Easy to Moderate |
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis Shift 2
Overall Good Attempts
| 1 | English Language | 18-21 | Easy to Moderate |
| 2 | Numerical Ability | 25-26 | Easy |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability | 21-23 | Easy to Moderate |
| Overall Good Attempts | 64 – 70 | Easy To Moderate |
Quantitative Aptitude
| Topic | Questions Asked | Difficulty Level |
| Data Interpretation (Double Variable) | 05 | Easy to Moderate |
| Wrong Number Series | 05 | Easy |
| Q1/Q2 | 02 | Difficult |
| Caselet | NA | NA |
| Arithmetic | 10-11 | Moderate |
| Simplification | 10-12 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy-Moderate |
Reasoning Ability
| Topic | Questions Asked | Difficulty Level |
| Syllogism | 03 | Easy |
| Inequality | 05 | Easy |
| Alphanumeric (word series) | 04 | Easy |
| Direction and distance | 03 | Easy |
| Blood relation (3 generations) | 02 | Easy |
| Day Based Puzzle | 05 | Easy to moderate |
| An uncertain number of people (17 people) | 03 | Easy to moderate |
| Square Based Seating Arrangement | 04 | Easy to moderate |
| Comparison Based Puzzle | 05 | Easy to moderate |
| Word – Misfortune | 01 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy-Moderate |
English Language
| Topic | Questions Asked | Difficulty Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 08-09 | Easy to moderate |
| Cloze Test | 05 | Moderate |
| Double Fillers (Vocab Based) | NA | NA |
| Phrase Replacement | 05 | Moderate |
| Sentence Correction | NA | NA |
| Error Detection | 06-07 | Easy to Moderate |
| Match the column | NA | NA |
| Rearrangement | 05 | Difficult |
| Total | 30 | Easy |
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis Shift 1
This time, the level of the exam can be considered as Easy to Moderate. Average good attempts are 78 to 81, which makes the competition a bit tougher. Here is the Exam Analysis & Review of SBI Clerk 2021 Prelims exam.
| Sections | Good Attempts | Time |
|---|---|---|
| English Language | 24-28 | 20 minutes |
| Reasoning Ability | 28-33 | 20 minutes |
| Numerical Ability | 26-30 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 78-81 | 1 hour (60 minutes) |
Numerical Ability
This section had 35 questions. The level of Numerical Ability section was Easy. One can easily attempt questions if they have practised well. DI questions are based on a Bar graph Based in this slot. 10 questions of Simplification were asked in the exam.
The Numerical Ability questions asked were:
| Topic | No. of Questions – Shift 1 | Level |
| Data Interpretation (Bar graph, Caselet) | 10 | Easy |
| Missing Number Series | 5 | Easy |
| Simplification | 10 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous | 10 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Easy |
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Reasoning Ability
The level of reasoning was of Easy. 3 Puzzles and Seating Arrangement questions were asked in the exam. The questions of Seating Arrangement type were 5. The topic of Syllogism & Inequalities Questions covered 4 questions questions as expected.
Following were the types of Puzzles & Seating Arrangement asked in the exam:
- 1. Pair
- 2. Parallel
- 3. Box based
- 4. Circular Seating
- 5. Linear Seating
The Reasoning Ability questions are:
| Topics | No. of Questions Shift 1 | Level |
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangement | 15 | Moderate |
| Syllogism | 4 | Easy-Moderate |
| Inequalities Questions | 4 | Moderate |
| Alpha-Numeric Series | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Coding Decoding | 3 | Easy |
| Direction Sense | 2 | Easy |
| Misc | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Easy |
English Language
This section had 30 questions and the overall level of difficulty was Easy to Moderate. There was one set of Reading Comprehension with 7-8 questions out of which 2 question was on Vocabulary. The passage of the RC was based on Screaming of Humans.
| Topic | No. of Questions Shift 1 | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 7-8 | Easy-Moderate |
| Error Detection | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Misspelled Words | 5 | Easy |
| Phrase Replacement | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
| Word Rearrangement | 5 | Easy |
| Cloze Test (Sleeping habits) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 30 | Easy-Moderate |
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SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis – Day 4 (8th March 2020)
SBI Clerk Exam Analysis – Shift 1
Difficulty level – Easy to Moderate
The sequence of the 3 sections was English, Numerical Ability & Reasoning.
Reasoning Ability
Difficulty level -: Easy to Moderate.
- Alpha Numeric Series – 5 Qs
- Seating Arrangement (Square) – 5 Qs
- Scheduling – 5 Qs
- Puzzles (Ranking & Order) – 5 Qs
- Syllogism (Only a Few) – 5 Qs
- Direction Sense – 4 Qs
- Word Based – 2 Qs
- Miscellaneous – 4 Qs
English Language
Overall difficulty level was easy to moderate
- Reading comprehension – 8 to 10 Qs (Based on Film Industry)
- Sentence Re-arrangement – 5 Qs
- Word Usage (Bold) – 5 Qs (need identify right usage from the 3 sentences given)
- Error Spotting – 5 Qs
- Fill in the blanks – 5 Qs
Numerical Ability
The difficulty level was Easy
- Line Graph – DI – 5 Qs
- Simplification – 10 Qs
- Quadratic Eqs – 5 Qs
- Number Series (Wrong) – 5 Qs
- Miscellaneous – 10 Qs
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis – Day 3 (1st March 2020)
SBI Clerk Exam Analysis – Shift 1 (overall difficulty – Easy)
Reasoning Ability
- Inequalities – 5 questions
- Alphanumeric Series – 5 questions
- 3 letter Word Series – 5 questions
- Puzzles (Floor-Based + Row-Based (parallel)) – 10 questions
- Rectangle-Based Question – 5 questions
- MIscellaneous(Coding-Decoding) – 5 questions
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English Language
- Reading Comprehension – 8-10 questions
- Error Detection – 5 questions
- Para Jumbles – 5 questions
- Cloze Test(Topic-Based) – 7 questions
- Single Fillers – 5 questions
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Numerical Ability
- Simplifications – 10 questions
- Missing Number Series – 5 questions
- DI (Ratio-Based) – 5 questions
- Quadratic Equations – 5 questions
- Miscellaneous – 10 questions
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SBI Clerk Exam Analysis – Shift 2 (overall difficulty – Easy-Moderate)
Reasoning Ability
- Puzzles (Linear (8 members, facing North)+ Circle (person facing inside) + Floor based) – 15 questions
- Chinese Coding – 5 questions
- Blood Relations – 3 questions
- Syllogism – 3 questions
- Inequalities – 3 questions
- Miscellaneous – 6 questions
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English Language
- Reading Comprehension – 8-10 questions
- Paragraph Rearrangement – 5 questions
- Error Detection (incorrect statements) – 5 questions
- Word Usage (Procure, Demand, Conquer) – 5 questions
- Fillers – 5 questions
- Misspelled Words – 1-2 questions
Numerical Ability
- Simplifications – 10 questions
- Quadratic Equations – 5 questions
- Wrong Number Series – 5 questions
- DI (Tabular) – 5 questions
- Caselet – 5 questions
- Miscellaneous(Partnership + Profit & Loss + Trains + Average) – 5 questions
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SBI Clerk Exam Analysis – Shift 3 (overall difficulty – Easy-Moderate)
Reasoning Ability
- Puzzle – 20 questions
- Inequality – 4 questions
- Direction Sense – 3 questions
- Alphanumeric Series – 5 questions
- Miscellaneous – 3 questions
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English Language
- Reading Comprehension(Ganga River-based) – 8-10 questions
- Misspelled words – 5 questions
- Error Detection – 5 questions
- Cloze Test(Ozone layer) – 5-6 questions
- Sentence Rearrangement – 5 questions
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Numerical Ability
- Simplification – 10 questions
- Inequalities – 5 questions
- Wrong Number Series – 5 questions
- DI(Tabular) – 5 questions
- Miscellaneous (Partnership+ Train + )- 10 questions
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SBI Clerk Exam Analysis – Shift 4 (overall difficulty – Easy-Moderate)
Reasoning Ability
- Puzzle (Parallel rows + day Based + Floor & Flat based) – 15 questions
- Inequalities – 5 questions
- Blood Relations – 3 questions
- Coding-Decoding – 5 questions
- Miscellaneous – 7 questions
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English Language
- Reading Comprehension(Health Related) – 8-10 questions
- Misspelled Words (Typical, Perform, Favour) – 5 questions
- Error Detection – 5 questions
- Single Fillers – 5 questions
- Para Jumbles – 5 questions
Numerical Ability
- Simplification – 10 questions
- Inequalities – 5 questions
- Wrong Number Series – 5 questions
- DI (Line Graph) – 5 questions
- Miscellaneous – 10 questions
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SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis – Day 2 (29 Feb 2020)
SBI Clerk Exam Analysis – Shift 4
(Overall Difficulty Level – Moderate)
I. English Language (Moderate)
Average Attempts – 23-26 Questions
1. Reading Comprehension – 10 Questions
2. Cloze Test – 5 Questions
3. Error Detection – 5 Questions
4. Para-jumbles/ Sentence Rearrangement – 5 Questions
5. Spelling Error Detection /Correction – 5 Questions
II. Reasoning Ability (Moderate)
Average Attempts – 25-30 Questions
1. Date & Month Based Puzzle – 5 Questions
2. Rectangular Seating Arrangement – 5 Questions
3. Linear Seating Arrangement (Uncertain No. of People) – 5 Questions
4. Linear Seating Arrangement (8 People) – 5 Questions
5. Numeric Series – 5 Questions
6. Alphabet Series – 5 Questions
7. Alphabet Based – 2 Questions
8. Direction Sense – 3 Questions
III. Numerical Ability (Moderate)
Average Attempts – 25-29 Questions
1. Data Interpretation (Line Graph) – 5 Questions
2. Simplification – 10 Questions
3. Quadratic Equation – 5 Questions
4. Wrong Number Series – 5 Questions
5. Miscellaneous Word Problems – 10 Questions
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SBI Clerk Exam Analysis – Shift 3
(Overall Difficulty Level – Easy-Moderate)
I. English Language (Easy to Moderate)
Average Attempts – 24-27 Questions
1. Reading Comprehension (On life after retirement) – 9 Questions
2. Single Fillers – 6 Questions
3. Cloze Test – 6 Questions
4. Sentence Rearrangement (Para-jumbles) – 5 Questions
5. Correct Word Usage – 4 Questions
II. Reasoning Ability (Easy)
Average Attempts – 28-32 Questions
1. Box Based Puzzle – 5 Questions
2. Month Based Puzzle – 5 Questions
3. Linear Seating Arrangement – 5 Questions
4. Circular Seating Arrangement – 5 Questions
5. Syllogisms – 5 Questions
6. Numeric Series – 5 Questions
7. Direction Sense – 3 Questions
8. Alphabet Based – 2 Questions
Numerical Ability (Easy-Moderate)
Average Attempts – 24-28 Questions
1. Data Interpretation (Table Based) – 5 Questions
2. Simplification – 10 Questions
3. Quadratic Equations – 5 Questions
4. Wrong Number Series – 5 Questions
5. Miscellaneous Word Problems – 10 Questions (Profit & Loss, SI & CI, Age-based, Time & Work, Mensuration etc)
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SBI Clerk Exam Analysis – Shift 2
(Overall Difficulty Level – Moderate)
Here we are with the live analysis of SBI Clerk Prelims Exam for 29 Feb 2020 for shift 2.
I. English Language (Easy to Moderate)
Average Attempts – 25-28 Questions
1. Reading Comprehension (Plastic Waster Management) – 8 Questions
2. Single Fillers – 2 Questions
3. Word Usage/Correct use of words – 5 Questions
4. Error Detection – 5 Questions
5. .Para-jumbles (Sentence Rearrangement) – 5 Questions
6. Word Replacement – 5 Questions
II. Numerical Ability (Moderate)
Average Attempts – 25-29 Questions
Miscellaneous Word Problems were lengthy and calculative. Otherwise, the paper was of easy level.
1. Quadratic Equations – 5 Questions
2. Simplification – 8 Questions
3. Missing Number Series – 5 Questions
4. Data Interpretation (Bar Graph & Line Graph) – 10 Questions
5. Miscellaneous Word Problems – 7 Questions (Topics were Ages, SI & CI, Time & Work etc)
III. Reasoning Ability (Easy)
Average Attempts – 28-33 Questions
1. Box Based Puzzle – 5 Questions
2. Floor Based Puzzle – 5 Questions
3. Syllogisms – 5 Questions
4. Blood Relations – 3 Questions
5. Parallel Seating Arrangement (12 Persons) – 5 Questions
6. Numeric Series (Prime Number preceding & following) – 5 Questions
7. Coding-Decoding – 5 Questions
8. Alphabet Based – 2 Questions
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SBI Clerk Exam Analysis – Shift 1
(Overall Difficulty Level – Easy to Moderate)
Here we are with the live analysis of SBI Clerk Prelims Exam for 29 Feb 2020.
I. Numerical Ability (Easy-Moderate)
Average Attempts – 25-30 Questions
Miscellaneous word problems were time-consuming other than that the questions were easy and doable.
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1. Simplification – 10 Questions
2. Number Series (Missing) – 5 Questions
3. Quadratic Equations – 5 Questions
4. Data Interpretation (Table & Bar Graph combined) – 5 Questions
5. Miscellaneous Word Problem – 10 Questions
(Questions from the topic of Partnership, CI & SI, Time & Distance, Average, Problem of Age, Mensuration, Profit & Loss etc)
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II. English Language (Easy)
Average Attempts – 25-27 Questions
1. Reading Comprehension (Story based) – 9 Questions (REPLICATE synonym asked)
2. Cloze Test – 6 Marks
3. Rearrangement – 5 Questions
4. Single Fillers – 5 Questions
5. Error Finding – 5 Questions
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III. Reasoning Ability (Easy)
Average Attempts – 27-32 Questions
1. Inequality – 3 Questions
2. Alphanumeric Series – 5 Questions
3. Syllogisms – 3 Questions (Only a few types)
4. Puzzles (Day based Puzzle) – 5 Questions
5. Circular Seating Arrangement – 5 Questions
6. Order & Ranking – 5 Questions
7. Direction Sense – 4 Questions
8. Alphabet Based – 3 Questions
9. Miscellaneous – 2 Question
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SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis – Day 1 (22 Feb 2020)
SBI Clerk Exam Analysis – Shift 1 (overall difficulty – Easy to Moderate)
The overall exam was easy to moderate level. English section was only one with some new pattern questions although it was easy. Quant & Reasoning sections shared a somewhat similar pattern to previous year exams.
Reasoning Ability
This section posed no big challenges for the aspirants and a fairly good number of questions were attempted in this section. An attempt of 30-34 is considered a good attempt given that the difficulty level of the exam was easy.
- Syllogism – 3 questions
- Inequality – 3 questions
- Puzzles (Order & Ranking + Post Based + Seating Arrangement) – 15 questions
- Coding-Decoding – 4 questions
- Direction Sense – 3 questions
- Miscellaneous (Word pair) – 7 questions
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Few Reasoning Memory-Based Qs
Study the following information and answer the given questions. Eight people, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H, are seated around a circular table, facing the center.
Statements: Two persons are seated between A and B, where B sits towards the right of A. A sits second to the left of C. Number of people seated between A and C equals the number of people seated between C and D. Both F and C are not immediate neighbors of H. H sits second to the right of G.
Q1) Who is the immediate neighbor of C?
Q2) Wo sits opposite to H?
Q3) In which position is D seated with respect to A?
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English Language
This section had one different type of question which was a big surprise for the aspirants. A word was given and options were given and you had to choose the correct sentence that makes a meaningful sentence. The rest section was easy.
- Reading Comprehension – 8-10 questions
- Find Correct Sentence – 5 questions
- Cloze Tests (story-based) – 5-6 questions
- Misspelt Word (Anniversary) – 5 questions
- Sentence Re-arrangement – 5 questions
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English Memory-Based Questions
- Misspelt Words
a) A monument in remember of the St. Lucian soldiers lost in the second World War was erected years ago.
b) Footbal is the world’s most popular ball game in numbers of participants and spectators
2. Find the Grammatically correct sentences:
a) The government was determined to made the business environment more beneficial for airlines.
b) New York has been the world capital for all manner of industries for a decades.
c) Besides asking employees to work from home, companies are taken up backup office spaces in other locations.
d) Companies can bring meaningful changes in society through social responsbility funds.
e) None are correct.
Option E is the correct answer.
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Numerical Ability
Thi section comprised of a combination of simplification, quadratic equations, and miscellaneous qs which formed the major of this section. Questions were of easy to moderate level and an attempt of 28-32 can be considered as a good attempt.
- Simplification – 10 questions
- Missing Number Series – 5 questions
- Quadratic Equations – 5 questions
- DI (Tabular-Based, Male & Female Data) – 5 questions
- Miscellaneous(Age, Alligation, Mensuration, Time & Work) – 10 questions
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Memory Based Qs:
Find the Missing Number?
- ?, 600, 3000, 12000, 36000
Ans:- 100 (multiplication pattern by 6,5,4,3) - 6,3,3,4.5,9,?
Ans:- 22.5 (multiply by decimal series)
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SBI Clerk Exam Analysis – Shift 2 (Overall Difficulty – Easy to Moderate)
Reasoning Ability
- Puzzles (Box-Based(8 box) + Parallel row-based(12 persons) + Day-Based(7 days)) – 15 questions
- Syllogism – 5 questions
- Alphanumeric Series – 5 questions
- Coding-Decoding – 5 questions
- Miscellaneous (order comparison) – 5 questions
English Language
- Reading Comprehension(Work Pressure-based passage) – 8-10 questions (includes 2 vocab words)
- Single Filler – 3-4 questions
- Para Jumbles – 5 questions
- Error Correction – 5 questions
- Misspelt Words – 5 questions
- Word Usage – 1-2 questions
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Numerical Ability
- Simplification – 10 questions
- Missing Number Series – 5 questions
- Quadratic Equation – 5 questions
- DI (Line Graph-based) – 5 questions
- Miscellaneous (Arithmetic Word problems on TSD, Time & Work, Profit & Loss, SI & CI) – 10 questions
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SBI Clerk Exam Analysis – Shift 3 (Overall Difficulty – Easy to Moderate)
Reasoning Ability
- Puzzle (Floor-Based, Date-Based, Uncertain Linear, Square-Based Puzzle) – 17 questions
- Alphanumeric Series – 5 questions
- Inequality – 2-3 questions
- Direction-based – 4 questions
- Miscellaneous(Word pair – particle, unafraid, explains) – 4 questions
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English Language
- Reading Comprehension (included synonyms, straight & invading) (Psychology based article on junior doctors work-life balance) – 9 questions
- Cloze Test – 6 questions
- Choose Correct Sentence – 6 questions
- Para Jumble – 3 questions
- Fillers – 6 questions
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Numerical Ability
- Simplifications – 10 questions
- Missing Number Series – 5 questions
- Quadratic Equations – 5 questions
- DI (Bar Graph-based Chart) – 5 questions
- Miscellaneous(Arithematic Word Problem) – 10 questions
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SBI Clerk Exam Analysis – Shift 4 (Overall Difficulty – Moderate)
Reasoning Ability
- Coding-Decoding (Substitutional) – 5 questions
- Syllogism – 3 questions
- Inequality – 3 questions
- Alphanumeric Series – 3-4 questions
- Puzzle (Floor-Based, Single row-based, Circular, Square-based) – 20 questions
- Miscellaneous – 5-6 questions
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English Language
- Reading Comprehension (Artificial Intelligence & Healthcare based) – 9 questions
- Error Detection – 5 questions
- Cloze Test(Population-based) – 5-6 questions
- Misspelt Words(Balance) – 5 questions
- Sentence Re-arrangement – 5 questions
Numerical Ability
- Simplification – 10 questions
- Quadratic Equations – 5 questions
- Wrong Number Series – 5 questions
- DI (Tabular) – 5 questions
- Miscellaneous(arithmetic Word problems – Time & Work, Age, SI & CI, Partnership, Profit & Loss) – 10 questions
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SUMMARY:
We hope the analysis shared here helps you. The detailed analysis will be beneficial for the aspirants appearing in the upcoming shifts. This blog will give you a complete idea of what can be expected in the sbi clerk prelims exam.
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