SBI Clerk Preliminary Examination 2018 – Section-wise Paper Analysis
Check out SBI Clerk Preliminary exam 2018 paper analysis for English, Reasoning, and Numerical Ability sections.
02 July 2018: The State Bank of India (SBI) has successfully concluded the Clerk Preliminary examination 2018 on 30th June at various tests centres across the country. The exam was conducted on 23rd, 24th, and 30th June in 4-time slots in a day. 2 sessions were conducted in the morning and 2 in the evening.
SBI Clerk Preliminary Exam 2018 Pattern
A total of 100 questions were asked from numerical ability, reasoning, and English language sections. All the questions had to be answered in 60 minutes duration. All the sections (except English) were available in both English and Hindi languages. 1 mark will be awarded for every correct answer while 0.25 mark will be deducted for incorrect answer. Here is the complete paper analysis for the SBI Clerk Preliminary exam 2018 slot 3 of 30th June as made by the educational institute Career Launcher:
|
Sections |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Time (in minutes) |
|
English Language |
30 |
Easy-Moderate |
20 |
|
Numerical Ability |
35 |
Moderate |
20 |
|
Reasoning Ability |
35 |
Easy-Moderate |
20 |
|
TOTAL |
100 |
Easy-Moderate |
60 |
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Now, let’s have a look on the section-wise distribution of questions:
English Langauge
|
Topics |
Numbers of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
|
Reading comprehension |
6 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Papa jumbles |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Spot the error (conventional) |
8 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Spot the error (inappropriate word) |
6 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Phrase replacement |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
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Numerical Ability
|
Topics |
Numbers of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
|
Number Series |
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 |
1 |
Easy |
|
Number system |
1 |
Easy |
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Reasoning Ability
The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate. No syllogism questions were there.
|
Topics |
Numbers of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
|
AR (Data Arrangement – Person/Birth Month) |
5 |
Moderate |
|
AR (Data Arrangement – 3 variables) |
5 |
Moderate |
|
Blood Relation |
4 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Directions |
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 |
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SBI Clerk Preliminary Exam 2018 – Answer key
The answer key for the exam will be released both officially and unofficially. Prominent coaching institutes release the unofficial answer key within few days after the exam. It can be easily found online. However, there is no information on the release of official answer key. Candidates must keep checking the SBI official website for the same. The official answer key can be downloaded through candidate’s registered id.
The SBI Clerk Main exam 2018 is scheduled to be conducted on 5th August 2018.
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