Today was the second 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 | 24–27 | 20 |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | Easy-Moderate | 27–30 | 20 |
| Total | 100 | Easy-Moderate | 74–80 | 60 |
Note: Section wise and overall cut-offs are not uniform for all states.
English Language:
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension (Based on Time Management) – There were 2 questions based on Synonym/Antonym. | 10 | Easy-Moderate |
| Spot the Error – 4 Bold words based – Spelling Error | 5 | Easy |
| Spot the Error - Grammar based | 5 | Easy |
| Fill in blanks – Single FIB | 4 | Easy-Moderate |
| Cloze Test | 6 | Easy |
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 questions were from Vocabulary (1 Synonym and 1 Antonym based). Overall, the level of difficulty of this section was easy.
Numerical Ability:
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| Number Series (Series Completion) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Approximation/Simplification | 10 | Easy |
| Data Interpretation (Table) | 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. DI was based on Table. The questions on Number Series were easy to moderate. 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.
Reasoning Ability:
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – single row – 8 people facing North) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| AR (Circular Seating Arrangement) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| AR (Data Arrangement – 8 people – 4 months) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Coding-Decoding | 5 | Easy |
| Alphabet Series | 5 | Easy |
| Blood Relation – set based | 4 | Moderate |
| Alphabet based | 1 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
There were three sets of Data Arrangement and Seating Arrangement which are as follows: Single row seating arrangement, Circular seating arrangement, and Data arrangement (8 People/4 moths based). There were 5 questions based on syllogism. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
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Team CL