SBI Clerk Exam Analysis : SBI Clerk Prelims exam is taking place today on 12th November 2022. Candidates who are going to appear for SBI Clerk exam 2022 must be curious to know about the level of the exam, and the type of questions asked. In this blog, you can find Shift wise analysis of SBI Clerk Prelims Exam. Let us first of all know about SBI clerk Prelims exam pattern.
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SBI clerk Prelims Exam Pattern 2022
Here is SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern.
SECTION | NUMBER OF QUESTIONS | MARKS | DURATION |
---|---|---|---|
English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
Total | 100 | 100 | 60 minutes |
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 12th November 2022 Difficulty Level
Here is the difficulty level of different shifts of SBI Clerk Prelims Exam held on 12th November 2022.
Shift | Difficulty Level | Good Attempt |
Shift-1 | Easy-Moderate | 86-90 |
Shift-2 | Easy-Moderate | 82-85 |
Shift-3 | Easy-Moderate | 80-85 |
Shift-4 | To be updated |
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SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis Shift-1
Quantitative Aptitude
Here is the analysis of Quant section.
Topic | Questions |
Wrong Series | 5 Questions |
Simplification | 15 Questions |
Table DI | 5 Questions |
Arithmetic | 10 Questions |
Reasoning Section
Here is the analysis of Reasoning Section.
Topic | Questions Asked |
Puzzle & Seating Arrangement | 18 |
Inequality | 03 |
Syllogism | 03 |
Alphabet Mix series | 05 |
Blood Relation | 03 |
Direction & Distance | 01 |
Word Formation | 01 |
Total | 35 |
English section
Here is the analysis of English Section.
Topic | No of Questions |
Reading Comprehension | 10 Questions |
Error Detection | 5 Questions |
Single filler | 1 Questions |
Para jumble | 5 Questions |
Sentence Rearrangement | 5 Questions |
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis Shift-2
Quantitative Aptitude
Here is the analysis of Quant section.
Topics | No. of Questions |
Data Interpretation (Table) | 05 |
Quadratic Equation | 06 |
Simplification | 14 |
Arithmetic | 10 |
Overall | 35 |
Reasoning Section
Here is the analysis of Reasoning Section.
Topics | No. of Questions |
Puzzle & Seating Arrangement | 18 |
Syllogism | 05 |
3 Digit Series | 05 |
Blood Relation | 03 |
Direction-Distance | 01 |
Meaningful Word | 01 |
Total | 35 |
English section
Here is the analysis of English Section.
Topics | No. of Questions |
Reasoning Comprehension | 09-10 |
Sentence Arrangement | 03-04 |
Cloze Test | 06-07 |
Mis-Spelt | 05 |
Error Detection | 05 |
Total | 30 |
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis Shift-3
Quantitative Aptitude
Here is the analysis of Quant section.
Topic | Number of Questions |
Data Interpretation – Table DI | 5 |
Simplification | 15 |
Wrong number series | 5 |
Arithmetic Problems | 10 |
Total | 35 |
Reasoning Section
Here is the analysis of Reasoning Section.
Topic | Number of Questions |
Puzzles (Designation Puzzle – 3, Rank Puzzle – 3) | 6 |
Seating Arrangement (circle seating, parallel row linear) | 10 |
Inequality | 4 |
Syllogism | 4 |
Direction | 1 |
Letter based series | 5 |
Coding-decoding | 1 |
Blood relation | 3 |
Miscellaneous | 1 |
Total | 35 |
English section
Here is the analysis of English Section.
Topic | Number of Questions |
Reading Comprehension | 10 |
Error Spotting | 5 |
Word Swap | 5 |
Sentence Improvement | 5 |
Para Jumbles | 5 |
Total | 30 |
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis Shift-4
Quantitative Aptitude
Here is the analysis of Quant section.
Topic | Questions Asked | Difficulty Level |
Data Interpretation | 06 | Easy |
Missing Series | 04 | Easy |
Simplification | 10 | Easy |
Arithmetic | 15 | Moderate |
Total | 35 | Easy to Moderate |
Reasoning Section
Here is the analysis of Reasoning Section.
Topic | Questions Asked | Difficulty Level |
Days Based Puzzle | 05 | Easy |
Square Based on Seating arrangement | 05 | Easy |
Floor and Flat based | 05 | Easy |
Syllogism | 05 | Moderate |
Alphanumeric | 05 | Moderate |
Chinese Coding | 05 | Easy |
Direction & Distance | 04 | Moderate |
Pairing Word (Flamingo) | 01 | Moderate |
Total | 35 | Easy |
English section
Here is the analysis of English Section.
Topic | Questions Asked | Difficulty Level |
Reading Comprehension | 10 | Easy to moderate |
Fillers | 05 | Easy |
Sentence Correction | 05 | Easy |
Misspelt | 05 | Easy |
Word Usage | 05 | Easy |
Total | 30 | Easy |
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FAQs
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No, SBI clerk is not that much tough to crack. With proper practice you can clear the exam in the first attempt.
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