Today was the first 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 | 23–26 | 20 |
| Numerical Ability | 35 | Easy-Moderate | 22–25 | 20 |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | Easy-Moderate | 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– There were 3/4 questions based on Synonym/Antonym. | 10 | Easy-Moderate |
| Sentence Rearrangement – Single Sentence | 5 | Easy |
| Cloze Test | 5 | Easy |
| Word Usage – Find incorrect word | 5 | Easy |
| Spot the Error- Find correct/incorrect 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.
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| Data Interpretation (Table based) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Approximation/Simplification | 10 | Easy |
| Number Series (Series Completion) | 5 | Easy |
| Comparison of variables: Quadratic Equations | 5 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous - Quant based word problems (Profit, Loss and Discount, Time and work, Average, SI/CI, Ages, and Mensuration etc.) | 10 | Easy-Moderate |
There was one set of five questions from Data Interpretation. DI was based on Table. The questions on Number Series were easy. The Arithmetic-based questions were primarily from SI & CI, Ages, Profit, Loss & Discount, Time and work, Average and Mensuration etc. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy-to-moderate.
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| AR (Data Arrangement) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| AR (Circular Seating Arrangement) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| AR (Data Arrangement – Arrangement in order) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Directions | 3 | Easy |
| Number based Series | 5 | Easy |
| Mathematical Inequalities | 5 | Easy |
| Alphabet based | 2 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 5 | Easy |
There were three sets of Analytical Reasoning which are as: Data Arrangement, Circular Seating Arrangement and Data Arrangement (Arrangement in order). There were 5 questions based on syllogism. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
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