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SBI Clerk Mains Exam Analysis – 31st Oct 2020
This shift question sequence – GA, English, Maths, Reasoning
General Awareness: (50 questions) Difficulty Level: Easy
| Static GK | 5-6 questions |
| Current affairs (Aug, Sep, Oct) | Last 3-4 months (25 questions) |
| Banking and Finance | 18-20 Questions |
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English: (40 questions) Difficulty Level: Moderate
| 3 sets Reading Comprehensions (2-3 Inference-based questions each) | Set of 4 questions each = 12 questions |
| 1 cloze test (words given in bold – to be replaced) | Set of 6 |
| Vocabulary based (based on synonym and antonym – new type) | 5 questions |
| Para completion | 1 questions |
| Para jumbles (normal type with 4 sentences – final arrangement in options) | 1 questions |
| Slip Cycle | |
| Error Detection | 5 questions |
| Idioms and Phrases | 2-3 questions |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 3-4 questions |
| Match the column | 4 questions |
| Rest to be updated… |
Quantitative: (50 questions) Difficulty Level: Moderate
| Pie chart – partnerships | 2 (set) |
| Normal Pie chart | 3 (set) |
| Normal Table DI | 5 (set) |
| Normal Caselet (Percenage-based) | 5 (set) |
| Caselets (CI/SI, Mensuration) | 10 (set) |
| Quantity Comparison – 2 statements | 5 questions |
| Data sufficiency – 2 statements | 5 questions |
| Quadratic equations data comparison | 4 questions |
| Miscellaneous (allegation, work, speed, partnership, mensuration, etc) | 9 questions |
| Arithmetic | 15 Questions |
Reasoning: (50 questions) Difficulty Level: Moderate
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| Data Sufficiency (Blood Relation, Direction) | 4 (set) |
| Circular Seating Arrangement – 10 seats 8 people 2 vacant | 5 (set) |
| 30 stairs 3 people (Moving) + Even Odd Conditions | 5 (set) |
| Double Row Puzzle | 5 (set) |
| Box Puzzle | 5 (set) |
| Floor Based Puzzle | 5 (set) |
| Pentagon Seating Arrangement | 5 (set) |
| Coding decoding | 4 Questions |
| Machine I/O | 5 (set) |
| Critical LR | 7-9 Questions |
| Misc – Alpha-numeric / Coding Decoding | 5 Questions |
| Rest to be updated soon.. |
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Reasoning: (50 questions) Difficulty Level: Moderate to Difficult
| 1 Dates based puzzle | 5 (set) |
| 1 linear arrangement + direction sense based puzzle | 5 (set) |
| 1 stack based puzzle | 5 (set) |
| 1 square arrangement based puzzle | 5 (set) |
| 1 puzzle based on slots | 5 (set) |
| 1 linear arrangement + comparison based puzzle | 5 (set) |
| Resultant number | 3 (set) |
| Input – output (based on only numbers and 4 steps were there) | 4 (set) |
| Coded blood relation | 1 questions |
| 1 floors + card picking type (new type – basically operation on numbers in a matrix with card picking) | 3 (set) |
| Coding – decoding (slightly different) | 4 (set) |
| Critical Reasoning | 5 questions (situation and solution, statement conclusion, situation and reason, cause and effect) |
Quantitative: (50 questions) Difficulty Level: Moderate to Difficult
| Pie chart – partnerships | 2 (set) |
| Normal pie chart | 3 (set) |
| Normal Table DI | 4 (set) |
| Normal Casellet (info given for each variable in individual paragraphs) | 5 (set) |
| Bar Graph – profit-loss | 5 (set) |
| Quantity Comparison – 2 statements | 5 questions |
| Data sufficiency – 2 statements | 5 questions |
| Quadratic equations data comparison | 6 questions |
| Miscellaneous (allegation, work, speed, partnership, mensuration, etc) | 9 questions |
| One set of paragraph type question (with 6 blanks – questions varied across topics) | 6 (set) |
English: (40 questions) Difficulty Level: Moderate
| 3 sets Reading Comprehensions (based on 1 paragraph) | Set of 4 questions each = 12 questions |
| 1 cloze test (words given in bold – to be replaced) | Set of 5 |
| Vocabulary based (based on synonym and antonym – new type) | 5 questions |
| Para completion | 1 questions |
| Parajumbles (normal type with 4 sentences – final arrangement in options) | 1 questions |
| One Fill in the blank in a paragraph (to be filled with idiom/phrase) | 1 questions |
| Correct/incorrect sentence | 1 questions |
| Combine 3 sentence to 1 sentence | 1 questions |
| Combining 3 sentences in same given order with help of 2 different connectors | 4 questions |
| Word replacement to form a sentence opposite in meaning | 5 questions |
| Sentence completion (new type) | 4 questions |
General Awareness: (50 questions) Difficulty Level: Moderate
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| Static GK | 5 to 8 |
| Current affairs (May to July) | 25 to 27 |
| Banking and Finance | 15 to 17 |
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