SBI Clerk Mains 2018 Exam was conducted today and we bring to you here the SBI Clerk Mains Exam Analysis. Our experts also conducted a Live Session on Oliveboard’s YouTube channel with in-depth Analysis of Question Types, Number of Good Attempts and Expected Cutoffs.
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SBI Clerk Mains Exam Analysis – 5th Aug 2018
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
| Static GK | 5 to 8 |
| Current affairs (May to July) | 25 to 27 |
| Banking and Finance | 15 to 17 |
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