Reasoning Tips for SBI Clerk Prelims 2022 Exam

Aspirants must be eagerly waiting for the SBI Clerk 2022 recruitment notification to come, however this timethe notification got delayed. Some of you may be waiting for the notification to start the exam preparation, but those who have already started their preparation have done the right thing as the notification can come anytime. Our free mock test is live and it gives you a detailed analysis as how an aspirant should further plan out his prearation for the SBI Clerk 2022 exam. SBI Clerk Prelims Exam is one of the most popular banking exam in the country, and so lakhs of aspirants will be waiting to apply this year as well, thus its important to stay a cut above other aspirants. Even though the exam dates and the vacancies for the year 2022 are yet to be announced, many of you must have already started your preparation. In this article we will be focussing on Reasoning Tips for SBI Clerk Prelims 2022 Exam.

A candidate appearing for the SBI Clerk Prelims Exam 2022 will have to answer 100 questions across three sections, namely, English Language, Numerical Ability and Reasoning Ability. Further, there is a time limit of 20 minutes for each of the section, meaning the aspirants have to be really quick in answering the questions, that too with high accuracy, as there is a negative marking to the extent of one-fourth for every wrong answer.

In this article, we shall be touching upon some strategies that a student may follow while preparing for reasoning ability section for this exam. But before we get into it, let us be clear that the sole purpose of having reasoning ability section is to test the logical and reasoning skills of a candidate, and it is because of this reason that the section can be slightly tricky, if not prepared well. Further, the questions may range from below topics:

• Input Output
• Seating Arrangement
• Coding & Decoding
• Syllogisms
• Data sufficiency
• Alphanumeric series
• Alphabet test
• Ranking / direction / order
• Coded Inequalities
• Puzzles
• Blood relations
• Logical reasoning

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Now that we are aware of the possible topics, let us understand how best this section can be tackled. Well, the most important thing a candidate need to do while preparing for the reasoning section is to ensure that he/she is clear with regards to the concepts for each of the aforesaid topics and then practice hundreds of different questions on each of the topics. Besides, it will also be a good strategy to not classify any topics or questions into easy, medium or difficult, at this stage as this will only create a mental block in your preparation.

Hence, the first thing any aspirant should be doing during the next couple of week is to focus on clearing concepts pertaining to each of the topics and then practicing as many questions as possible. Once you are good with the concepts of any topics, you may even choose to take mock test by enrolling for SBI Clerk Prelims Test Series on our website. However, after you are clear with all of the aforesaid topics, your next steps should definitely be to focus on solving previous years question paper and taking at least one mock test every day. The reason is simple, the more variety of questions you practice, more confident you will be, ensuring that you are able to answer maximum number of questions in least possible time with higher accuracy rate. Our well curated test series will surely help you analyze your performance with respect to Time, Accuracy, Questions, Marks, Percentile and Rank, besides helping you identify your weak and strong areas. Apart from giving mocks candidates can even attempt free topic wise quizzes & mini mocks.

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SBI Clerk Prelims Reasoning Section – Few General Tips

• Be very attentive while reading any question, as it is very important to first understand the requirement of the question. The moment you lose focus there, you will automatically start losing time.
• The moment you realize that you do not understand the question, simply move to the next question and so on and so forth. In fact, it would be a good idea to time each question and follow a hard stop in case you are not able to crack it. You can always come back to it later if you have time.
• Make sure you prepare these topics well including blood relation, directions, syllogisms, statement assumption and conclusion, as these can be quickly solved with high accuracy. In fact, you may even prioritize solving these questions so as to ensure that you score well in Reasoning Ability section.
• You can leave the questions on puzzle for the end, since, they are at times slightly tricky. However, in case you are confident that you will able to answer them in one shot with complete accuracy then simply go ahead and answer it.
• Data Sufficiency questions can also be tricky but can be answered if you understand the statement well. The most important thing that is to be kept in mind while solving the data sufficiency questions are never assume any data on your own. The best way to tackle questions on this topic is by simply asking yourself whether the question can be solved on the basis of the given information in the statements. The good part about Data Sufficiency question is that is does not involve much calculation and so if you find yourself doing that then there would definitely be something you may have missed out while reading the question.
• Finally, keep in mind that you need to solve 35 questions in 20 minutes, hence it is important to quickly look out for the easier questions and solve them in the least possible time.

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Remember, a good preparation will surely help you to ace the section on Reasoning Ability in your SBI Clerk Prelims Exam 2022, and this can be done if you have been solving different type of questions and taking mock tests regularly. Further, with much time in hand, it will be wise to start your preparation from today itself if you still haven’t started.

This brings us to the end of the article. Stay tuned for SBI Clerk 2022 recruitment notification and other blog updates.