Today was the third day of the SBI Clerk Preliminary Exam 2020. 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 2020 is as follows:
Section |
Total Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Good Attempts |
Time Taken (In Minutes) |
English Language |
30 |
Easy-Moderate |
23–26 |
20 |
Numerical Ability |
35 |
Easy-Moderate |
22–25 |
20 |
Reasoning Ability |
35 |
Easy |
28–32 |
20 |
Total |
100 |
Easy-Moderate |
75–83 |
60 |
Note: Section wise and overall cut-offs are not uniform for all states.
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Reading Comprehension–based on pollution. |
8 |
Easy-Moderate |
Cloze Test |
7 |
Easy |
Para jumbles |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Fill in the blanks – Single FIB |
5 |
Easy |
Spot the Error- Find grammatical correct sentence. |
5 |
Easy |
The English Language section was more or less along the same lines as the old pattern. Overall, the level of difficulty of this section was easy to moderate.
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Data Interpretation (Line Graph) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Approximation/Simplification |
10 |
Easy |
Number Series |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Comparison of variables: Quadratic Equations |
5 |
Easy |
Time and work |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
Simple Interest/Compound Interest |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
Profit, Loss and Discount |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
Ages |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
Mixture and Alligation |
2 |
Easy-Moderate |
Partnership |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
TSD – Boat and Stream |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
Geometry |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
Percentage |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
There was one set of five questions from Data Interpretation. DI was based on Line Graph. The questions on Number Series were easy to moderate. The Arithmetic-based questions were primarily from SI & CI, Ages, Profit, Loss & Discount, Percentage, Time and work, TSD and Geometry etc. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
AR (Square Seating Arrangement – 8 persons) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
AR (Data Arrangement- Floor based – 8 persons) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement –Two parallel rows – 12 persons) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Directions |
2 |
Easy |
Words based Series |
5 |
Easy |
Mathematical Inequalities |
3 |
Easy |
Blood Relation |
2 |
Easy |
Coding-Decoding |
1 |
Easy |
Dictionary order – Linear pair |
1 |
Easy |
Alphanumeric Series |
5 |
Easy |
Miscellaneous |
1 |
Easy |
There were three sets of Analytical Reasoning which are as: Data Arrangement- Floor based, Square Seating Arrangement and Parallel Seating Arrangement. There was no question based on syllogism. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy.
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Team CL