Hello Aspirants,
The SBI Clerk prelims exam 2018 kicks off 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 moderate to difficult. Smart work 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 | 20-23 | 20-25 | 21-24 | 22-25 |
| Reasoning | Moderate to Easy | 18-20 | 19-23 | 20-24 | 19-23 |
| English | Moderate to Easy | 15-22 | 16-23 | 17-24 | 18-23 |
Overall Good Attempts: 66-70
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 | Moderate | Puzzles and Arrangements | 15 | 10 | Moderate |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 | 3 | Moderate | Direction | 2 | 1-2 | Easy |
| Numeric Series | 5 | 5 | Easy | Alphabetic Series | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Coding & Decoding | 2 | 2 | Easy | Coding & Decoding | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Blood Relation | 3 | 3 | Easy | Blood Relation | 3 | 3 | Easy |
| Direction | 2 | 1-2 | Easy | Miscellaneous | 5 | 1-3 | Easy |
| Ranking | 3 | 3 | Easy | ||||
| Miscellaneous | 5 | 1-3 | Easy | ||||
| Good Attempt | 18-20-Moderate | Good Attempt | 19-23-Easy | ||||
| Shift III | Shift IV | ||||||
| Topic | Number of Questions | Good – Attempts | Difficulty Level | Topic | Number of Questions | Good – Attempts | Difficulty Level |
| Puzzles and Arrangements | 10 | 5 | Moderate | Puzzles and Arrangements | 10 | 5 | Moderate |
| Inequalities | 5 | 5 | Moderate | Syllogism | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Alphabetic Series | 5 | 5 | Easy | Numeric Series | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Coding & Decoding | 5 | 5 | Easy | Inequalities | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Blood Relation | 3 | 3 | Easy | Blood Relation | 3 | 3 | Easy |
| Direction | 2 | 2 | Easy | Ranking | 3 | 3 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous | 5 | 1-2 | Easy | Miscellaneous | 5 | 1-2 | Easy |
| Good Attempt | 20-24 – Easy to Moderate | Good Attempt | 19-23 – Easy to Moderate | ||||
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 | Number Series | 5 | 2-3 | Moderate |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 | 5 | Easy | Simplification | 10 | 10 | Easy |
| Data Interpretation – Pie-Chart | 5 | 5 | Easy | Data Interpretation – Table | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Quantity I & II Comparison | 5 | 1-2 | Moderate | Approximation | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous (SI,CI, Speed &Time, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Averages, Ages, Ratio etc.) | 5 | 1-2 | Moderate | Miscellaneous (SI,CI, Speed &Time, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Averages, Ages, Ratio etc.) | 10 | 1-3 | Moderate |
| Simplification | 10 | 10 | Easy | ||||
| Good Attempt | 20-23 – Moderate | Good Attempt | 20-25 – Easy | ||||
| Shift III | Shift IV | ||||||
| Topic | Number of Questions | Good – Attempts | Difficulty Level | Topic | Number of Questions | Good – Attempts | Difficulty Level |
| Number Series | 5 | 5 | Easy | Approximation | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Simplification | 10 | 10 | Easy | Simplification | 10 | 10 | Easy |
| Data Interpretation – Missing DI | 5 | 1-2 | Easy | Data Interpretation – Bar graph, Caselet | 10 | 5 | Moderate |
| Miscellaneous (SI,CI, Speed &Time, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Averages, Ages, Ratio etc.) | 10 | 2-3 | Moderate | Miscellaneous (SI,CI, Speed &Time, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Averages, Ages, Ratio etc.) | 10 | 1-2 | Moderate |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 | 1-2 | Moderate | ||||
| Good Attempt | 21-24-Easy to Moderate | Good Attempt | 22-25 – Easy | ||||
English section is moderate to difficult. Questions are asked on the topics mentioned below. No Parajumble and Cloze test.
| Shift I | Shift II | ||||||
| Topic | Number of Questions | Good – Attempts | Difficulty Level | Topic | Number of Questions | Good – Attempts | Difficulty Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 10 | 5-8 | Moderate to Easy | Reading Comprehension & Misspelt | 15 | 10-12 | Easy |
| Error Spotting | 5 | 3 | Moderate | Error Spotting | 5 | 1-2 | Moderate to Easy |
| Phrase Replacement | 5 | 2-3 | Moderate to Easy | Jumbled Sentence | 5 | 5 | Easy |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | 5 | Easy | Single Fillers | 5 | 3-4 | Moderate |
| Single Fillers | 5 | 3-4 | Moderate to Easy | ||||
| Good Attempt | 15-22 – Moderate | Good Attempt | 16-23 – Easy to Moderate | ||||
| Shift III | Shift IV | ||||||
| Topic | Number of Questions | Good – Attempts | Difficulty Level | Topic | Number of Questions | Good – Attempts | Difficulty Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 5 | 3-4 | Moderate | Reading Comprehension & Misspelt | 10 | 6-8 | Moderate |
| Error Spotting | 5 | 3-4 | Moderate | Error Spotting | 5 | 3-4 | Moderate |
| Phrase Replacement | 5 | 2-4 | Easy | Phrase Replacement | 5 | 3-4 | Easy |
| Sentence Correction | 5 | 2-4 | Easy | Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | 2-4 | Easy |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | 5 | Easy | Single Fillers | 5 | 2-4 | Easy |
| Single Fillers | 5 | 2-4 | Easy | ||||
| Good Attempt | 17-24 – Moderate | Good Attempt | 18-23 – Easy to Moderate | ||||
Sectional & Overall Attempts by Candidates: (From Exam Centre)
| Candidates | Reasoning | Quant | English | Overall Attempts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shift – 1 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 75 |
| Shift – 2 | 28 | 28 | 20 | 76 |
| Shift – 3 | 26 | 21 | 21 | 68 |
| Shift – 4 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 70 |
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