State Bank of India Clerk Preliminary Exam (June 22, 2019): Analysis - Slot II



Today was the first day of the SBI Clerk Preliminary Exam 2019. The exam is being conducted in four time slots: 2 each in the 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. There is sectional timing of 20 minutes.

The detailed break-up of SBI Clerk Preliminary Exam 2019 is as follows:

Section

Total Questions

Level of Difficulty

Good Attempts

Time Taken (In Minutes)

English Language

30

Easy

21–24

20

Numerical Ability

35

Easy-Moderate

22–25

20

Reasoning Ability

35

Easy

27–30

20

Total

100

Easy-Moderate

7582

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 (Based on Impact of Yoga in human life) – There were 2-3 questions based on Synonym/Antonym.

10

Moderate

Para-jumbles/Sentence Rearrangement

5

Easy

Spot the Error - Grammar based (Old Pattern based)

5

Easy

Cloze Test  (Based on Origin of Language)

5

Easy

Fill in the Blanks (Single FIB)

5

Easy-Moderate

The English Language section was more or less along the same lines as the old pattern. Questions on Spot the Error were based on fundamentals of grammar. Questions from the RC passage were mainly factual. Two/Three questions were from Vocabulary (Synonym and Antonym based). Overall, the level of difficulty of this section was easy.

Numerical Ability:

Topic

Number of Questions

Level of Difficulty

Number Series (Series Completion)

5

Easy

Approximation/Simplification

10

Easy

Data Interpretation (Bar Graph)

5

Moderate

Comparison of Variables -  Quadratic Equations

5

Easy-Moderate

Miscellaneous - Quant based word problems - (Time, Speed and Distance – Trains, Boats and Streams, Time and Work, Mensuration, Partnership, Ratio and Proportion, Simple Interest & Compound Interest, Percentage, Age, Mixtures & Allegation, Profit, Loss and Discount, Average etc.)

10

Easy-Moderate

There was one set of five questions from Data Interpretation (Bar Graph based). The questions on Number Series were easy. The Arithmetic-based questions were primarily from Ratio and Proportion, SI & CI, Percentages, Ages, Profit, Loss & Discount, Time and Work, 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 (Linear Seating Arrangement – single row – 8 people, facing north)

5

Easy-Moderate

AR (Data Arrangement – 7 Box based)

5

Easy-Moderate

AR (Circular Seating Arrangement – 8 People, facing inside)

5

Easy-Moderate

Blood Relation – Set based

4

Easy-Moderate

Alphabet Series

5

Easy-Moderate

Mathematical Inequalities

5

Easy

Number based

1

Easy

Syllogism

5

Moderate

There were three sets of five questions each from Single row seating arrangement, Circular seating arrangement and Data arrangement (7 Box based). There were five questions based on syllogism. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy.

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All the Best!
Team CL