SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis (Shift 2): The State Bank of India has accelerated to Day 3 spot to complete the journey of SBI Clerk recruitment process. The day will trigger off in multiple shifts and the candidate who is able to crack SBI Clerk Preliminary Examination will be called for the Mains Paper
In an attempt to provide clarity to all the candidates about their performance, we now begin our SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis for the 2nd shift.
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam 2018 Analysis: 30th June 2nd Slot
As we all know, the exam was composed of 3 sections i.e. Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability and English Language. The exam pattern in details is as follows.
There was the sectional timing of 20 minutes for the first time in this SBI clerk Prelims examination. So, here OnlineTyari comes up with 1st day 2nd Shift complete analysis of SBI Clerk pre-2018. THE OVERALL DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF SBI Clerk Prelims Exam (Shift-II) was Moderate. Here is our prediction regarding the ideal attempt or number of good attempts for SBI Clerk Prelims
Here is our prediction regarding the ideal attempt or number of good attempts for SBI Clerk Prelims
| Subject | Good Attempt |
| English Language | 22-25 |
| Reasoning Ability | 23-25 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 22-25 |
| Total | 73-75 |
Let us dig a bit deeper and understand the construct of the paper section-wise
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis for Reasoning Ability Section
Beginning our section with Reasoning Ability. This section was a surprise for a lot of candidates. It was a big score booster. Few topics covered in this section were as follows:
| Topics | No. of Questions |
| Alpha-numeric series | 5 |
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangement | 12 |
| Direction Sense | 3 |
| Blood Relation | 3 |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 |
| Miscellaneous | 7 |
| Total | 35 |
While questions based on Direction Sense & Blood relation questions were quite easy, questions from Puzzles and Seating Arrangement cause a lot of confusion.
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis for English Language Section
Moving to next English Section, this section was quite easily solvable. Few topics covered in this section were as follows:
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension | 10 |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 |
| Phrase Replacement | 5 |
| Error detection | 5 |
| Fillers | 5 |
| Total | 30 |
The English Section was divided into 3 sections – Reading Comprehension, Error detection, and Sentence rearrangement. Phrase Replacement Questions were easy to solve. Questions from Rearrangement of marked words in a sentence were asked in today’s shift Still, we expect candidates to do well in this section.
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis for Quantitative Aptitude Section
Turning our attention towards quant section, A lot of candidates found the Maths section to be quite moderate to attempt. The level of difficulty of Quant Section in SBI Clerk Prelims was slightly Moderate.
| Topics | No. of Questions |
| (Missing )Series | 5 |
| Data Interpretation | 5 |
| Simplification | 10 |
| Arithmetic Problem | 5 |
| Wrong number series | 5 |
| quantity | 5 |
| Total | 35 |
Questions based on DI & wrong number series were asked. As per our analysis of QA Section, candidates having good knowledge and practice can easily attempt 22-25 Questions with good accuracy.
From what we can analyze, a total of 73 to 75 attempts with optimal accuracy will be a good score for SBI Clerk Prelims 2018 (Day 3).
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