SBI Clerk Exam Analysis, Review 2018 Prelims: 23rd June 1st Slot |

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SBI Clerk Exam Analysis 2018:

The Most awaited SBI Junior Associates Prelims 2018 exam’s first shift Slot 1 is over, now it’s time for exam analysis of SBI Clerk Pre. A lot of students have appeared for their prelims exam today and this brings them to a step closer in their journey of starting their career in the State Bank of India, which is undisputedly the most sought after recruitment in Banking Sector. There was the sectional timing of 20 minutes for the first time in this SBI clerk Prelims examination. Without wasting any moment, let’s get straight to the analysis for which you are all waiting for. This SBI Clerk Prelims 2018 exam analysis can help you a lot if you are to appear in next shifts or slot. The level of the examination in this slot was Moderate.

SBI Clerk Exam Analysis 2018: Section-wise Analysis:

Subject	Good Attempt	Time
English Language	16-19	20
Reasoning Ability	17-21	20
Quantitative Aptitude	18-23	20
Total	68-73	60

Numerical Ability (Easy-Moderate)

Missing Number series was asked in this shift of SBI Clerk Pre exam. One can easily attempt questions if they have practiced well. DI was based on Pie chart.

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
(Missing )Series	5	Easy
Data Interpretation (Pie Chart)	5	Moderate
Quadratic Equations	5	Easy-Moderate
Simplification	8	Easy
Profit and Loss	1	Easy
Mensuration	2	Easy
Time, Speed and Distance	1	Easy-Moderate
Problem on Trains	1	Easy-Moderate
S.I. and C.I.	1	Easy-Moderate
Quantity 1- Quantity 2 Type (Avg, Pipe and Cistern, Train, Boat & Stream etc.)	5	Easy-Moderate
Time and Work	1	Easy
Total	35	Easy-Moderate

Following were the number series questions asked in this shift:
18, 8, 6, 9, 23, ?
36, 18, 6, 3, 1, ?
18, 29, 42, 53, ?, 77
1, 244, 163, 190, 181, ?
250, ?, 190, 167, 148, 131

English Language (Easy-Moderate)

English section was easy and the reading comprehension was based on Industrial Section/ Employment. 2 Questions were of Antonym and Synonym in RC. The Error detection questions asked were based on the old pattern.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension	7	Moderate
Sentence Rearrangement	5	Moderate
Phrase Replacement	5	Easy-Moderate
Error detection	8	Easy-Moderate
Fillers	5	Easy
Total	30	Easy-Moderate

Reasoning (Moderate)

Reasoning section was a big score maker for the students in this examination. It was of moderate level. It was easy when compared to quant and English section. Apart from puzzles, there were other questions in which students could score fairly well.

There were 3 puzzles and Seating Arrangement which are given below:-

Linear north-south based, 12 people
Comparison based 2 variable puzzle, years and books were to be arranged
Random arrangement based 2 variable puzzle, people and their researches were to be arranged

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Alpha-numeric series	5	Easy-Moderate
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement	15	Moderate
Direction Sense	3	Easy
Blood Relation	2	Easy
Data Sufficiency	3	Moderate
Coding Decoding	2	Easy
Numerical Series	5	Moderate
Total	35	Moderate