Dear Aspirants,
Today, SBI has conducted the Preliminary exam for the post of Junior Associates (Customer Support & Sales) & Junior Agricultural Associates in Clerical Cadre.
The exam is being conducted in 4 slots on various shifts i.e 9 am, 11.30 am, 2 pm, 4.30 pm. Most of you have appeared for the same. The overall level of today’s exam was of difficult level.
The pattern of the exam is as follows:
Here is the detail analysis of each section of –
I. English Language
Total 30 Qs (Level – Easy to Moderate)
(i) Reading Comprehension – 10 Qs (Easy) Story based
(ii) Cloze Test – 5 Qs – Easy Story based
(iii) Spelling Mistakes – 5 Qs (Easy)
(iv) Spotting Error – 5 Qs (Moderate)
(v) Parajumbles – 5 Qs – (Easy to Moderate) Story based
Note: No Fill in the blanks question asked in all 4 shifts of today’s exam..
II. Numerical Ability
Total 35 Qs (Level – Moderate)
(i) Number Series – 5 Qs (Easy)
(ii) Simplification – 10 Qs (Easy to Moderate)
(iii) Data Interpretation (1 Sets) – 5 Qs (Moderate) (Table Graph)
(iv) Rest Miscellaneous Questions – 15 Qs (Moderate)
Miscellaneous questions include – Age, Mixture Allegation, Partnership, Profit Loss, Average, Boats & Stream, Compound/Simple Interest, Time & Work, etc.
Note: No Quadratic question & Missing D.I. asked in all 4 shifts of today’s exam..
III. Reasoning Ability
Total 35 Qs (Level – Easy)
(i) Inequality – 5 Qs (Easy) direct Questions
(ii) Sitting Arrangement (Circular) Sets – facing the centre – 5 Qs (Easy) 8 people
(iii) Puzzle – 5 Questions (Easy) (Based on Monday to Sunday Puzzle – 5 Questions
(iv) Alphanumeric Series – 5 Qs (Easy)
(iv) Number Symbol coding – 5 Qs (Easy)
(v) Number series – 5 Questions (Easy) For e.g. – 225, 326, 576,…
(vi) Rest Miscellaneous Questions – 5 Questions (Easy)
Note: No Syllogism question asked in all shifts of today’s exam.
Cloze Test asked in 3rd Slot –
Two frogs went to visit city.
Cloze Test asked in 2nd Slot –
One man buys donkey from another man..
Parajumble Questions
Parajumble asked in 2nd Slot
Choosing gold coin and justice
Parajumble asked in 3rd Slot
Story based – Chief send invitation
Parajumble asked in 4th Slot
A king asked questions from kingdom ” How you save your income?”
Misspelt words-
1. Lax – lach
2. Manny – many
3. Denii — Denny
Numerical Ability
Number Series –
2 Easy & 3 tough
Reasoning Ability
Puzzle
(Monday to Sunday based puzzle)
Sitting Arrangement
(Circular) Sets – facing the centre
Good Attempt in each section –
1. English Section – 20 – 22
2. Reasoning – 30 – 32
3. Numerical Ability – 22 – 25
The overall good attempt would be 60 – 70.
Do’s & Don’t
Please plan sectional timing properly.
1. Reasoning : 20 mins
2. Quant: 25 min.
3. English : 15 mins.
Section wise tips…..
1. English Section – English was quite simple with typical sentence rearrangement. Rest of the questions were easy. RC was on Story based so try to attempt maximum question of that. Don’t start section with Parajumble question. You can easily attempt 20 – 22 questions with 99% accuracy.
2. Reasoning Section – This section was most scoring section in today’s exam. Try to attempt maximum questions of this section, which will help you in clearing overall cutoff of the exam.You can attempt 30 -32 question in this section.
3. Numerical Ability – D.I. & Number series questions was quiet easy, try to attempt these questions first to clear the sectional cutoff. Then move to simplification question, don’t get stuck on the questions, move forward if it takes too much time.. Some Miscellaneous questions was of moderate & time consuming, so don’t waste time on these question. You can easily attempt 20 – 22 question in this section.
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Expected Cutoff
The cutoff mentioned below is for General Category –
1. English Section – 7.5 – 9
2. Reasoning – 9 – 11
3. Numerical Ability – 7.5 – 9
Overall Cutoff – As per the analysis of SBI Clerk Exam of all the shifts held today, the level of the questions of each section was easy and doable. If we check the level of last year IBPS Clerk Prelim Exam, it is similar to this year SBI Clerk Exam. So it is expected that cutoff may go high and will vary between 43 - 55 marks of all the States for General category.
Also read –
1. SBI Clerk Exam Analysis 1st slot
2. SBI Clerk Exam Analysis 2nd slot
3. SBI Clerk Exam Analysis 3rd slot
4. SBI Clerk Exam Analysis 4th slot
All The Best!!
Team GradeUp
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