SBI Clerk Previous Year Exam Analysis -

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SBI Clerk is due in 9 days. Have a look at the topics from which questions were asked last year. It’s obvious that the same exact topics will not be repeated but this analysis will help you get an idea of what mix of questions to expect in the upcoming SBI Clerk Prelims exam. Have a look:

Shift I Analysis

SBI Clerk 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Prelims- Shift IV- English Language 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 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 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