Today was the first day of the SBI Clerk Preliminary Exam 2019. The exam is being conducted in four time slots: 2 each in the morning and evening.
A total of 100 questions had to be answered in 60 minutes. All the sections, except English Language, were available in both English and Hindi. Every correct answer will fetch 1 mark, while every incorrect answer will reduce the score by 0.25. There is sectional timing of 20 minutes.
The detailed break-up of SBI Clerk Preliminary Exam 2019 is as follows:
Section |
Total Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Good Attempts |
Time Taken (In Minutes) |
English Language |
30 |
Easy |
21–24 |
20 |
Numerical Ability |
35 |
Easy-Moderate |
22–25 |
20 |
Reasoning Ability |
35 |
Easy |
27–30 |
20 |
Total |
100 |
Easy-Moderate |
75–82 |
60 |
Note: Section wise and overall cut-offs are not uniform for all states.
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Reading Comprehension (Based on Impact of Yoga in human life) – There were 2-3 questions based on Synonym/Antonym. |
10 |
Moderate |
Para-jumbles/Sentence Rearrangement |
5 |
Easy |
Spot the Error - Grammar based (Old Pattern based) |
5 |
Easy |
Cloze Test (Based on Origin of Language) |
5 |
Easy |
Fill in the Blanks (Single FIB) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
The English Language section was more or less along the same lines as the old pattern. Questions on Spot the Error were based on fundamentals of grammar. Questions from the RC passage were mainly factual. Two/Three questions were from Vocabulary (Synonym and Antonym based). Overall, the level of difficulty of this section was easy.
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Number Series (Series Completion) |
5 |
Easy |
Approximation/Simplification |
10 |
Easy |
Data Interpretation (Bar Graph) |
5 |
Moderate |
Comparison of Variables - Quadratic Equations |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Miscellaneous - Quant based word problems - (Time, Speed and Distance – Trains, Boats and Streams, Time and Work, Mensuration, Partnership, Ratio and Proportion, Simple Interest & Compound Interest, Percentage, Age, Mixtures & Allegation, Profit, Loss and Discount, Average etc.) |
10 |
Easy-Moderate |
There was one set of five questions from Data Interpretation (Bar Graph based). The questions on Number Series were easy. The Arithmetic-based questions were primarily from Ratio and Proportion, SI & CI, Percentages, Ages, Profit, Loss & Discount, Time and Work, Time, Speed and Distance etc. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy-to-moderate.
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – single row – 8 people, facing north) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
AR (Data Arrangement – 7 Box based) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
AR (Circular Seating Arrangement – 8 People, facing inside) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Blood Relation – Set based |
4 |
Easy-Moderate |
Alphabet Series |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Mathematical Inequalities |
5 |
Easy |
Number based |
1 |
Easy |
Syllogism |
5 |
Moderate |
There were three sets of five questions each from Single row seating arrangement, Circular seating arrangement and Data arrangement (7 Box based). There were five questions based on syllogism. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy.
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All the Best!
Team CL