The much anticipated SBI Clerk 2021 Prelims is going to be conducted today. And as always, we will be covering the detailed section-wise topic-wise analysis of this exam. This is going to be beneficial for banking aspirants- particularly for those aspirants who have their SBI Clerk 2021 Prelims in the upcoming shifts. We will be having a look at each of the 3 sections: Reasoning, Numerical Ability and English as in how many questions were asked and from which topic. We will also be providing you with the number of Good Attempts so that you can get an idea of your performance.
Shift I Analysis
SBI Clerk 2021 Prelims- Shift I- English Languauge Analysis
This section was easy. No Fillers were asked in this shift.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension (with 2 Vocabulary questions) | 7 |
| Error Detection | 5 |
| Cloze Test (Topic: Sleeping Habits) | 7 |
| Phrase Replacement | 6 |
| Word Rearrangement | 5 |
SBI Clerk 2021 Prelims- Shift I- Numerical Ability Analysis
This section was easy-moderate. Quadratic Equations were not asked.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Data Interpretation -Bar Graph -Caselet | 10 |
| Simplification | 10 |
| Missing No. Series | 5 |
| Word Problems | 5 |
SBI Clerk 2021 Prelims- Shift I- Reasoning Ability Analysis
This section was easy-moderate. Only-few syllogism questions were asked.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Seating Arrangement & Puzzles – Circular Seating Arrangement of 8 people looking inside (5 Q) – Double Line Seating Arrangement of 12 people – Box-based Puzzle – Linear Seating Arrangement of 4 people facing north (4 Q) | 19 |
| Syllogism (Only-few questions) | 4 |
| Inequalities | 3 |
| Direction Sense | 2 |
| Blood Relation | 2 |
| Alphanumeric Series | 4 |
| Word Pair (Condition word) | 1 |
SBI Clerk 2021 Prelims- Shift I- Good Attempts
| Section | Good Attempts |
| English | 23-25 |
| Numerical Ability | 28-31 |
| Reasoning Ability | 27-30 |
| Overall | 75-78 |
Shift II Analysis
SBI Clerk 2021 Prelims- Shift II- English Languauge Analysis
This section was easy. Word Swap was asked for the first time in this exam this year.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension (Topic: OECD Report on Men & Women earnings) (Vocabulary- 2 Q) | 8 |
| Error Detection | 7 |
| Cloze Test | 5 |
| Word Swap | 5 |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 |
SBI Clerk 2021 Prelims- Shift II- Numerical Ability Analysis
This section was easy-moderate. Quantity Comparison was asked for the first time in this exam this year.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Data Interpretation – Double Variable Line Graph | 5 |
| Simplification | 11 |
| Wrong No. Series | 5 |
| Quantity Comparison | 2 |
| Word Problems | 12 |
SBI Clerk 2021 Prelims- Shift II- Reasoning Ability Analysis
This section was easy-moderate.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Seating Arrangement & Puzzles – Uncertain No. of People facing North (3 Q) – Day-based Puzzle with 7 days – Square-based Seating Arrangement – Comparison Puzzle (5 Q) | 17 |
| Syllogism (Some only-few questions) | 3 |
| Inequalities | 5 |
| Direction Sense | 3 |
| Blood Relation (3 Generations) | 2 |
| Alphanumeric Series | 4 |
| Alphabet Order (Misfortune word) | 1 |
SBI Clerk 2021 Prelims- Shift II- Good Attempts
| Section | Good Attempts |
| English | 22-25 |
| Numerical Ability | 28-31 |
| Reasoning Ability | 28-31 |
| Overall | 76-79 |
Shift III Analysis
SBI Clerk 2021 Prelims- Shift III- English Languauge Analysis
This section was easy.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension (Topic: Coral Reef Protection) (Vocabulary- 1 Q) | 7 |
| Error Detection | 5 |
| Cloze Test | 6 |
| Word Usage | 5 |
| Word Swap | 5 |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 2 |
SBI Clerk 2021 Prelims- Shift III- Numerical Ability Analysis
This section was easy.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Data Interpretation – Line Chart | 5 |
| Simplification | 10 |
| Missing No. Series | 5 |
| Quantity Comparison | 3 |
| Word Problems | 12 |
SBI Clerk 2021 Prelims- Shift III- Reasoning Ability Analysis
This section was easy-moderate. Instead of Alphanumeric series, Numeric series was asked.
| Seating Arrangement & Puzzles – Uncertain No. of People (3 Q) – Circular Seating Arrangement (5 Q) – Floor-Based Puzzle (5 Q) – Comparison-based Puzzle (3 Q) – Month-Date based Puzzle (5 Q) | 21 |
| Syllogism (2 only-few questions) | 3 |
| Inequalities | 2 |
| Direction Sense | 1 |
| Numeric Series | 5 |
| Word Formation from Letters | 1 |
| Misc. | 2 |
SBI Clerk 2021 Prelims- Shift III- Good Attempts
| Section | Good Attempts |
| English | 21-24 |
| Numerical Ability | 28-31 |
| Reasoning Ability | 27-30 |
| Overall | 78-81 |
Shift IV Analysis
SBI Clerk 2021 Prelims- Shift IV- English Languauge Analysis
This section was easy. New Pattern Error Detection was asked.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension (Topic: Psychometric Test) (Vocabulary- 2 Q) | 8 |
| Error Detection (Sentences were given as options and the sentence with error has to be detected) | 5 |
| Cloze Test (Topic: Food Wastage) | 6 |
| Misc. | 2 |
| Word Swap | 5 |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 4 |
SBI Clerk 2021 Prelims- Shift IV- Numerical Ability Analysis
This section was easy. Quadratic Equation was asked for the first time in this exam this year.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Data Interpretation – Tabular – Caselet | 8 |
| Simplification | 10 |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 |
| Word Problems | 12 |
SBI Clerk 2021 Prelims- Shift IV- Reasoning Ability Analysis
This section was easy-moderate.
| Seating Arrangement & Puzzles – Day-based Puzzle (5 Q) – Box-based Puzzle of 8 boxes (5 Q) – Comparison Puzzle (4 Q) – Parallel Seating Arrangement (3 Q) | 17 |
| Syllogism (Only-few questions) | 5 |
| Inequalities | 3 |
| Blood Relations | 3 |
| Alphanumeric Series | 4 |
| Word Formation from Letters (Word: Care) | 1 |
| Direction Sense | 2 |
SBI Clerk 2021 Prelims- Shift IV- Good Attempts
| Section | Good Attempts |
| English | 20-23 |
| Numerical Ability | 27-30 |
| Reasoning Ability | 26-29 |
| Overall | 77-80 |
We hope that the above analysis will be helpful to the banking aspirants.
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