Check SBI Clerk 2018 Mains analysis (all shifts). This exam was conducted (by SBI) in 2 shifts on 5 August 2018. Here, you can also check the expected cut-off of SBI Clerk Mains 2018. SBI Clerk Mains Result 2018 is expected to be announced in the month of October.
All those candidates who qualified the SBI Clerk Prelims 2018 appeared for the SBI Clerk Mains on 5th August. A total of 190 questions had to be answered in 160 minutes. All the other sections, except the English Language section, were available bilingually, that is, in both English and Hindi. There was a negative marking of one-fourth marks assigned to that question for every incorrect answer.
SBI Clerk Mains 2018 Analysis: First Slot
The detailed break-up of SBI Clerk Main Exam 2018 (first slot) is as follows:
| Section |
Total Questions |
Total Marks |
Level of Difficulty |
Good Attempts |
Time Taken (In Minutes) |
| General/Financial Awareness |
50 |
50 |
Easy-Moderate |
30-35 |
35 |
| General English |
40 |
40 |
Moderate |
22-27 |
35 |
| Quantitative Aptitude |
50 |
50 |
Moderate-Difficult |
25-28 |
45 |
| Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude |
50 |
60 |
Moderate-Difficult |
21-25 |
45 |
| Total |
190 |
200 |
Moderate-Difficult |
115-125 |
160 |
Note: overall SBI Clerk Cut-offs is not uniform for all states.
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Section-wise SBI Clerk Mains 2018 Analysis (1st Slot)
Section-wise analysis for SBI Clerk Mains 2018 (of all sections):
SBI Clerk Mains Analysis 2018: General/Financial Awareness
The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate. Most of the questions came from the Banking Awareness, Financial Awareness and Current Affairs of the last 3-4 months. There were some questions from the static section of General Awareness.
SBI Clerk Mains Analysis 2018: General English
| Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of difficulty |
| Reading comprehension – based on education system (There was a question of phrase replacement.) |
4 |
Moderate |
| Reading comprehension – based on typo errors (There was a question of vocabulary.) |
3 |
Moderate |
| Reading comprehension – based on customer satisfaction (There was a question of fill in the blank.) |
5 |
Moderate |
| Fill in the blanks (Single FIB) |
5 |
Moderate |
| Vocabulary based - Synonym/Antonym based |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
| Statement Connection |
4 |
Moderate |
| Para jumbles |
1 |
Moderate |
| Cloze Test (Bold words were given in place of FIB in the passage.) |
5 |
Moderate |
| Spot the error - In a sentence 4 words marked as bold and among these 4 only one word did not have any spelling error. (Identify correctly spelt word and mark its antonym.) |
5 |
Moderate |
| Phrase Replacement |
3 |
Moderate-Difficult |
The overall difficulty of this section was moderate.
SBI Clerk Mains Analysis 2018: Quantitative Aptitude
| Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of difficulty |
| Comparison of 2 Quantities: Quantity I and Quantity II |
5 |
Moderate |
| Comparison of variables – Quadratic Equations |
5 |
Easy- Moderate |
| DI (Pie Chart- Partnership based) |
3 |
Moderate -Difficult |
| DI (Table based) |
5 |
Moderate –Difficult |
| DI (Table based) |
5 |
Moderate –Difficult |
| DI (Pie Chart based- Countries and percentage were given) |
5 |
Moderate –Difficult |
| DI (Bar Graph based –Profit and Selling price based) |
5 |
Moderate –Difficult |
| DI (Caselet based – Boat and Stream based) |
5 |
Moderate -Difficult |
| Data Sufficiency |
5 |
Moderate |
| Miscellaneous (Quant based –Time and work, Mixture & Alligation, Boat and Stream etc.) |
7 |
Easy-Moderate |
The DI sets were calculation based and time consuming. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate to difficult.
SBI Clerk Mains Analysis 2018: Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude
| Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of difficulty |
| AR (Square Seating Arrangement- 8 persons – Fruits/Flowers based) |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
| AR (Circular Seating Arrangement) |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
| AR (2 Parallel rows arrangement –vehicle facing north /south) |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
| AR (Data Arrangement – Floor/cards based) |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
| AR (Data Arrangement – months/dates/persons and their weights – arrangement) |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
| Directions –Horses/Distances - arrangement |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
| Input-output |
5 |
Moderate |
| Symbol based Blood Relation |
5 |
Moderate |
| Logical Reasoning (Course of action, statement and assumption etc.) |
5 |
Moderate |
| Miscellaneous |
5 |
Moderate |
The sets of Analytical Reasoning were moderate-difficult and lengthy. Level of difficulty of this section was moderate to difficult. There were no questions from Computer Aptitude and there were no questions of syllogism.
SBI Clerk Mains 2018 Analysis: Second Slot
The detailed break-up of SBI Clerk Main Exam 2018 (2nd Slot) is as follows:
| Section |
Total Questions |
Total Marks |
Level of Difficulty |
Good Attempts |
Time Taken (In Minutes) |
| General/Financial Awareness |
50 |
50 |
Easy-Moderate |
29-33 |
35 |
| General English |
40 |
40 |
Moderate |
21-25 |
35 |
| Quantitative Aptitude |
50 |
50 |
Moderate-Difficult |
25-28 |
45 |
| Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude |
50 |
60 |
Difficult |
18-22 |
45 |
| Total |
190 |
200 |
Moderate-Difficult |
110-120 |
160 |
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Section-wise SBI Clerk Mains 2018 Analysis (2nd Slot)
Section-wise analysis for SBI Clerk Mains 2018 (of all sections):
SBI Clerk Main Exam Analysis 2018: General/Financial Awareness
The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate. Most of the questions came from the Banking Awareness, Financial Awareness and Current Affairs of last 3-4 months. There were 4-5 questions from the static section of General Awareness.
SBI Clerk Main Exam Analysis 2018: General English
| Fill in the blanks (Grammar based – 3 or 4 blanks are given - identify a common word that has to be filled in all these blanks) |
4 |
Moderate |
| Vocabulary based - Synonym/Antonym based |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
| Spot the error (Word Replacement based – 3 or 4 words in a sentence were marked as bold) |
4 |
Moderate-Difficult |
| Para jumbles |
1 |
Moderate |
| Para Completion |
5 |
Moderate |
| Inference based – Identifying correct adjective |
2 |
Moderate |
| Phrase Replacement |
5 |
Moderate |
The overall difficulty of this section was moderate.
SBI Clerk Main Exam Analysis 2018: Quantitative Aptitude
| Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of difficulty |
| Comparison of 2 Quantities: Quantity I and Quantity II |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
| Number Series (Series Completion) |
5 |
Moderate |
| Simplification/Approximation |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
| DI (Table based – missing values based) |
5 |
Moderate –Difficult |
| DI (Bar Graph + Table based) |
5 |
Moderate –Difficult |
| DI (Pie Chart based) |
5 |
Moderate –Difficult |
| DI (Caselet based) |
5 |
Moderate –Difficult |
| Miscellaneous (Quant based word problems –Time and work, Mixture & Alligation, Boat and Stream etc.) |
15 |
Moderate |
The DI sets were calculation based and time consuming. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate to difficult.
SBI Clerk Main Exam Analysis 2018: Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude
| Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of difficulty |
| AR (Data Arrangement – with variables) |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
| AR (Circular Seating Arrangement) |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
| AR (2 Parallel rows – facing north /south – with blood relation) |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
| AR (Data Arrangement – Floor based) |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
| AR (Data Arrangement – odd/even based) |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
| AR (Data Arrangement – with variables) |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
| Logical Puzzle |
3 |
Moderate |
| Coding – Decoding (New pattern) |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
| Symbol based Coding-decoding |
5 |
Moderate |
| Logical Reasoning (Course of action, statement and assumption etc.) |
6 |
Moderate |
| Alphabet based |
1 |
Moderate |
The sets of Analytical Reasoning were difficult and lengthy. Level of difficulty of this section was difficult. There were no questions from Computer Aptitude and there were no questions of syllogism.
The above analysis is provided by Mr. Mayank Garg, Mentor, Career Launcher.
Disclaimer: All information on cut-offs, analysis, answer key and scores are based on independent analysis and evaluation made by Career Launcher. We do not take responsibility for any decision that might be taken, based on this information.
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