SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 8th March 2020 (Shift 1): Review, Questions Asked & Level

SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 8th March 2020 (Shift 1): The 1st shift of the SBI Clerk Prelims exam conducted on 8th March 2020 is over now. Today is the last day when SBI is conducting exams for clerical cadre. Candidates going to appear in upcoming shifts are curious to know the pattern and difficulty level of the 1st shift of SBI Clerk exam. Now it’s time to give you all a thorough review of the first shift SBI Clerk Prelims exam.

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Here, we are sharing SBI Clerk Prelims Exam review, topic-wise questions asked, difficulty level and good attempts of 1st shift exam held on 8th March 2020. 

SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 8th March 2020: Key Highlights

• The overall level of the exam was 
• Candidates managed to attempt 78+ in the exam.
• All the questions were based on the conventional pattern.
• The sequence of exam English >Quant> Reasoning

SBI Clerk Prelims 1st Shift Exam Review: 8th March 2020

Let us discuss the section-wise distribution of SBI Clerk exam, shift-1, 8th March

SBI Clerk 1st Shift Exam Review 2020: Reasoning Ability

This section was scoring for most of the students. The level of the questions was easy as well as less time-consuming. There were more puzzles and seating arrangement questions as compared to other topics. We are here sharing the topic-wise breakup of this section –

1. Puzzles and Seating Arrangement

• Number of Questions asked: 15
• Level of questions: Easy- Moderate
• Square table Seating Arrangement (8 people, corner facing inside, mid outside), Scheduling (4 months, 2 dates), Linear (8 people facing north)

2. Syllogism

• Number of Questions asked: 3- 4
• Topic level: Easy
• All the questions were doable.

3. Direction & Distance

• Number of Questions asked: 3
• Topic level: Easy
• All the questions were doable.

5. Alphanumeric Series

• Number of Questions asked: 5

6. Alphabetical Series- 5

7. Order & Ranking

• Number of Questions: 5
• The level of the questions was easy

SBI Clerk 1st Shift Exam Review 2020: Numerical Ability

The level of this section was easy as reported by most of the students. This section was a bit time-consuming and lengthy as questions from caselet were also asked.

1. Data Interpretation 

• Number of Questions asked: 5
• Topic level: Easy
• Line Graph was asked.

2. Wrong Number Series 

• Number of Questions asked: 5
• Topic level: Easy-Moderate
• all the questions were doable.

3. Simplification

• Number of Questions asked: 10
• Topic level: Easy
• Easily doable questions based on BODMAS rule were asked.

4. Quadratic Equation

• Number of Questions asked: 5
• Questions were based on the basic pattern.

5. Miscellaneous Questions (Arithmetic) 

• Number of Questions asked: 10
• Topic level: Easy-Moderate
• Questions in this segment were asked from various arithmetic problems like Simple & Compound Interest, Profit & Loss, Time & Work, Partnership, Speed, time & distance, Percentages, Age-based problems, etc.

SBI Clerk 1st Shift Exam Review 2020: English Language

This section was easy-moderate as compared to the remaining sections. Nothing new was asked.

1. Reading Comprehension 

• Number of Questions asked: 8
• Topic level: Moderate
• The topic of the RC was on Social Media Content

2. Sentence Rearrangement

• Number of Questions asked: 5
• Topic level: Easy to Moderate
• One of the parts of the sentences were bold, and the rest were required to be rearranged

3. Error Spotting

• Number of Questions asked: 4
• Questions were based on grammar rules
• The error was easy to find.
• All the questions were doable.

4. Word Usage

• Number of Questions asked: 4
• Questions were doable.
• Three sentences based on a word were given, the correct sentences were to be found out. 

5. Fill in the Blanks

• Number of Questions asked: 5
• Single blank fillers
• This part was easy to do.

6. Spelling Errors- 4

SBI Clerk Prelims 1st Shift Exam 8th March 2020: Good Attempts

As per the level of exam, we are here providing the section-wise number of good attempts:

This was all about the detailed analysis.

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