SBI Clerk Prelims 2018 (30th June): Analysis & Review

SBI Clerk Prelims exam analysis (30 June 2018, all slots) is available here. Candidates who took the exam today told us that the difficulty level of the questions was from easy to moderate. Many candidates attempted 70+ questions. Now there is a high probability that cut-off of SBI Clerk Prelims might go above 65 marks.

SBI Clerk Prelims 2018 is qualifying in nature and is a screening test. The candidates who qualify and rank sufficiently high as decided by the bank shall be called for appearing in the SBI Clerk Main Exam 2018.

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SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis and Review (30 June 2018) : 1st Slot (Reporting Time: 08:00 AM)

SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis and Review (30 June 2018) : 2nd Slot (Reporting Time: 10:30 AM)

SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis and Review (30 June 2018) : 3rd Slot (Reporting Time: 01:00 PM)

SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis and Review (30 June 2018) : 4th Slot (Reporting Time: 03:30 PM)

In every shift, examination centers opened few minutes before the reporting time. After entry, verification process started thereafter. After verification process (which took almost 30 to 45 minutes) the students were asked to log in and the computer-based online exam began.

SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis and Review (30th June 2018): 1st Slot

Today was the third day of the SBI Clerk Preliminary Exam 2018. Spanning a period of one week (ending June 30, 2018), the exam is being conducted in four time slots: 2 each in morning and evening.

A total of 100 questions had to be answered in 60 minutes. All the sections, except English Language, were available in both English and Hindi. Every correct answer will fetch 1 mark, while every incorrect answer will reduce the score by 0.25.

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The detailed break-up of SBI Clerk Preliminary Exam 2018 is as follows:

Section	Total Questions	Level of Difficulty	Good Attempts	Good Score	Time Taken (In Minutes)
English Language	30	Easy-Moderate	21–24	18–20	20
Numerical Ability	35	Easy-Moderate	20–22	18–20	20
Reasoning Ability	35	Easy-Moderate	21–24	18–20	20
Total	100	Easy-Moderate	70–75	60–65	60

Note: Overall cut-offs are not uniform for all states.

English Language

Topic	Number of Questions	Level of Difficulty
Reading Comprehension (Guilt felt by children based)	5	Easy-Moderate
Para-jumbles	5	Easy-Moderate
Spot the Error (Conventional pattern)	5	Easy-Moderate
Spot the Error (word based: 4 highlighted words given. Candidate has to find out the incorrect word)	5	Easy-Moderate
Phrase Replacement	5	Easy-Moderate
Rearrangement of marked words in a sentence	5	Easy-Moderate

The English Language section was more or less along the same lines as the old pattern. Questions on Spot the Error was word based: 4 highlighted words given. The candidate has to find out the incorrect word. Questions from the RC passage were mainly factual. Two questions were from Vocabulary (1 Synonym and 1 Antonym). Overall, the level of difficulty of this section was easy-to-moderate.

Numerical Ability

Topic	Number of Questions	Level of Difficulty
Number Series (Wrong Number)	5	Moderate
Approximation	5	Easy-Moderate
Simplification	10	Easy
Data Interpretation (Bar Graph based)	5	Easy-Moderate
Simple Interest & Compound Interest	1	Easy
Time, Speed and Distance - Trains	1	Easy-Moderate
Time, Speed and Distance – Boat and Stream	1	Moderate
Time and Work	1	Easy-Moderate
Mixtures & Allegations	1	Moderate
Ratio and Proportion	1	Easy
Partnership	1	Easy-Moderate
Profit, Loss and Discount	1	Easy-Moderate
Average	1	Easy-Moderate
Miscellaneous (Quant based)	1	Easy

There was 1 set of five questions from Data Interpretation (Bar Graph based). The questions on Number Series were moderate. The Arithmetic-based questions were primarily from Time and Work, Ratio, SI & CI, Profit, Loss & Discount, Time, Speed and Distance (Trains and Boat & Stream) etc. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.

Reasoning Ability

Topic	Number of Questions	Level of Difficulty
AR (Data Arrangement- Person/Month based)	5	Moderate
AR (Data Arrangement – 7 persons/Money Comparison based)	5	Moderate
AR (Circular Seating Arrangement – 8 persons with 1 more information)	5	Moderate
Coding-Decoding	5	Easy-Moderate
Blood Relation – Set based	2	Easy-Moderate
Directions – Set based	2	Easy-Moderate
Alphabet based	1	Easy
Alphanumeric Series	5	Easy
Input-Output	5	Easy

There were three sets of five questions each from circular seating arrangement, data arrangement (Person/Month based) and data arrangement (7 persons/Money Comparison based). No syllogism questions were asked this year. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.

SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis and Review (30th June 2018): 2nd Slot

The detailed break-up of SBI Clerk Preliminary Exam 2018 is as follows:

Section	Total Questions	Level of Difficulty	Good Attempts	Good Score	Time Taken (In Minutes)
English Language	30	Easy-Moderate	21–24	18–20	20
Numerical Ability	35	Moderate	20–22	18–20	20
Reasoning Ability	35	Easy-Moderate	21–24	18–20	20
Total	100	Easy-Moderate	70–75	60–65	60

Note: Overall cut-offs are not uniform for all states.

English Language

Topic	Number of Questions	Level of Difficulty
Reading Comprehension (Based on anxiety and negative thoughts)	10	Easy-Moderate
Para-jumbles	5	Easy-Moderate
Spot the Error	5	Easy-Moderate
Fill in the Blanks	5	Easy-Moderate
Phrase Replacement	5	Easy-Moderate

The English Language section was more or less along the same lines as the old pattern. Questions from the RC passage were mainly factual. Four questions were from Vocabulary (2 Synonym and 2 Antonym). Overall, the level of difficulty of this section was easy-to-moderate.

Numerical Ability

Topic	Number of Questions	Level of Difficulty
Number Series (Wrong Number Series)	5	Easy-Moderate
Approximation	5	Easy
Simplification	10	Easy
Data Interpretation (Caselet based)	5	Moderate
Comparison of two quantities	5	Easy-Moderate
Miscellaneous (Quant based)	5	Easy-Moderate

There was 1 set of five questions from Data Interpretation (Caselet based). The questions on Wrong Number Series were easy to moderate. The Arithmetic-based questions were primarily from Time and Work, Ratio, SI & CI, Profit, Loss & Discount, Time, Speed and Distance etc. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.

Reasoning Ability

Topic	Number of Questions	Level of Difficulty
AR (Data Arrangement- Month based)	5	Moderate
AR (Data Arrangement - Box  based)	5	Moderate
Analytical Reasoning – Set	5	Moderate
Coding-Decoding	5	Easy-Moderate
Blood Relation – Set based	2	Easy-Moderate
Directions – Set based	2	Easy-Moderate
Alphabet based	1	Easy
Numerical Series	5	Easy
Mathematical Inequalities	5	Easy-Moderate

There were three sets of five questions each from analytical reasoning. No syllogism questions were asked this year. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.

SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis and Review (30th June 2018): 3rd Slot

The detailed break-up of SBI Clerk Preliminary Exam 2018 is as follows:

Section	Total Questions	Level of Difficulty	Good Attempts	Good Score	Time Taken (In Minutes)
English Language	30	Easy-Moderate	21–24	18–20	20
Numerical Ability	35	Moderate	20–22	18–20	20
Reasoning Ability	35	Easy-Moderate	21–24	18–20	20
Total	100	Easy-Moderate	70–75	60–65	60

Note: Overall cut-offs are not uniform for all states.

English Language

Topic	Number of Questions	Level of Difficulty
Reading Comprehension (Globalisation)	6	Easy-Moderate
Para-jumbles	5	Easy-Moderate
Spot the Error (Conventional pattern)	8	Easy-Moderate
Spot the Error - Inappropriate word (4 highlighted words given in a sentence. Candidate has to find out the incorrect word)	6	Easy-Moderate
Phrase Replacement	5	Easy-Moderate

The English Language section was more or less along the same lines as the old pattern. Questions on inappropriate words, 4 highlighted words given, were there in which the candidate has to find out the incorrect word. Questions from the RC passage were mainly factual. Two questions in RC were from Vocabulary (1 Synonym and 1 Antonym). Overall, the level of difficulty of this section was easy-to-moderate.

Numerical Ability

Topic	Number of Questions	Level of Difficulty
Number Series (wrong number)	5	Moderate
Approximation	5	Easy-Moderate
Comparison of Variables (Quadratic inequalities)	5	Easy-Moderate
Data Interpretation (Bar Graph based)	5	Easy-Moderate
Simple Interest & Compound Interest	2	Moderate
Time, Speed and Distance	2	Easy
Boats and Stream	1	Easy
Time and Work	2	Easy-Moderate
Mixtures & Allegations	1	Easy
Ratio and Proportion	1	Easy-Moderate
Partnership	1	Easy-Moderate
Profit, Loss and Discount	1	Easy
Average	1	Easy-Moderate
Percentage	1	Easy
Geometry(square)	1	Easy
Number system	1	Easy

There was 1 set of five questions from Data Interpretation (Bar Graph based). The questions on Number Series were moderate. The Arithmetic-based questions were primarily from Time and Work, Ratio, SI & CI, Profit, Loss & Discount, Time, Speed and Distance etc. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.

Reasoning Ability

Topic	Number of Questions	Level of Difficulty
AR (Data Arrangement- Person/Birth Month)	5	Moderate
AR(Data Arrangement– 3 variables)	5	Moderate
Blood Relation – Set based	4	Easy-Moderate
Directions – Set based	3	Easy
AR (Box Arrangement)	5	Moderate
Alphabet based series - set based	5	Easy-Moderate
Mathematical Inequalities	5	Easy
Ranking	1	Easy
Alphabet based	1	Easy
Numbers based	1	Easy

There were three sets of five questions each from data arrangement. There was a set of five questions on alphabetical series based. Questions on blood relation and directions were also there. No syllogism questions were asked this year. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.

SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis and Review (30th June 2018): 4th Slot

The detailed break-up of SBI Clerk Preliminary Exam 2018 is as follows:

Section	Total Questions	Level of Difficulty	Good Attempts	Good Score	Time Taken (In Minutes)
English Language	30	Easy-Moderate	21–24	18–20	20
Numerical Ability	35	Easy-Moderate	20–22	18–20	20
Reasoning Ability	35	Moderate	21–24	18–20	20
Total	100	Easy-Moderate	70–75	60–65	60

 Note: Section wise and overall cut-offs are not uniform for all states.

English Language

Topic	Number of Questions	Level of Difficulty
Reading Comprehension (Deterioration of Indian economy)	5	Easy-Moderate
Para-jumbles	5	Easy
Spot the Error (Conventional pattern)	5	Easy-Moderate
Spot the Error (word based: 4 highlighted words given. Candidate has to find out the incorrect word)	5	Easy-Moderate
Phrase Replacement	5	Easy-Moderate
Sentence Improvement	5	Easy-Moderate

The English Language section was more or less along the same lines as the old pattern. Questions on Spot the Error was word based: 4 highlighted words given. The candidate has to find out the incorrect word. Questions from the RC passage were mainly factual. Two questions were from Vocabulary (1 Synonym and 1 Antonym). 5 questions came from Sentence improvement which tested the candidate’s fundamental concept of grammar. Overall, the level of difficulty of this section was easy-to-moderate.

Numerical Ability

Topic	Number of Questions	Level of Difficulty
Number Series (Completion of Series)	5	Moderate
Approximation	5	Easy
Simplification	5	Easy
Data Interpretation (Bar Graph based)	5	Easy-Moderate
Comparison of variables (Quadratic equations)	5	Easy-Moderate
Time, Speed and Distance	2	Easy-Moderate
Time and Work	1	Easy-Moderate
Mixtures & Allegations	1	Moderate
Ratio and Proportion	1	Easy
Numbers	1	Easy-Moderate
Profit, Loss and Discount	1	Easy-Moderate
Miscellaneous (Quant based)	3	Easy-Moderate

There was 1 set of five questions from Data Interpretation (Bar Graph based). The questions on Number Series were moderate. The Arithmetic-based questions were primarily from Time and Work, Ratio, Profit, Loss & Discount, Time, Speed and Distance, etc. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.

Reasoning Ability

Topic	Number of Questions	Level of Difficulty
AR (Data Arrangement- Person/Age based)	5	Moderate
AR (Data Arrangement)	5	Easy-Moderate
AR (Circular Seating Arrangement)	5	Moderate
Coding-Decoding	5	Easy-Moderate
Blood Relation – Set based	2	Easy-Moderate
Directions – Set based	2	Easy-Moderate
Alphabet based	1	Easy
Mathematical Inequalities	5	Easy-Moderate
Input-Output	5	Easy

 

There were three sets of five questions each from circular seating arrangement, data arrangement (Person/Age based) and data arrangement. No syllogism questions were asked this year. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.

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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