Today was the second day of the SBI Clerk Preliminary Exam 2018. Spanning a period of one week (ending June 30, 2018), the exam is being conducted in four time slots: 2 each in 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.
| Section | Total Questions | Level of Difficulty | Good Attempts | Good Score | Time Taken (In Minutes) |
| English Language | 30 | Easy-Moderate | 21–24 | 18–20 | 20 |
| Numerical Ability | 35 | Moderate | 20–22 | 18–20 | 20 |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | Easy-Moderate | 21–24 | 18–20 | 20 |
| Total | 100 | Moderate | 68–75 | 60–65 | 60 |
Note: Section wise and overall cut-offs are not uniform for all states.
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| Reading Comprehension (Managers and Supervisors Based) | 7 | Moderate |
| Para-jumbles | 5 | Moderate |
| Spot the Error (Old Pattern) | 8 | Easy-Moderate |
| Phrase Replacement | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Cloze Test | 5 | 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 the fundamentals of grammar. Candidate has to find out the incorrect word. Questions from the RC passage were mainly factual. Two questions were from Vocabulary (1 Synonym and 1 Antonym). Overall, the level of difficulty of this section was easy-to-moderate.
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| Number Series (Wrong number Series) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Approximation/Simplification | 5 | Easy |
| Data Interpretation (Line Graph based) | 5 | Moderate |
| Comparison of Variables (Quadratic Equations based) | 5 | Easy |
| Comparison of 2 Quantities: Quantity I and Quantity II | 5 | Moderate |
| Miscellaneous (Arithmetic based: SI/CI, Time, Speed and Distance, Time and Work, Mixtures & Allegations, Ages, Partnership, Profit, Loss and Discount, Average etc.) | 10 | Easy-Moderate |
There was 1 set of five questions from Data Interpretation (Line graph based). The questions on Wrong Number Series were moderate. The Arithmetic-based questions were primarily from Time and Work, Ratio, SI & CI, Percentages, Ages, Profit, Loss & Discount, etc. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| AR (Data Arrangement – Box based) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| AR (Data Arrangement – Class/Student based) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| AR (Linear Seating Arrangement- 2 parallel rows - 10 persons facing north/south) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| AR (Data Arrangement–Date/Day based) | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
| Blood Relation – Set based | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
| Directions – Set based | 2 | Easy |
| Alphanumeric Series | 3 | Easy |
| Numeric Series | 5 | Moderate |
| Miscellaneous | 4 | Easy-Moderate |
There were three sets of five questions each from linear parallel seating arrangement, data arrangement and data arrangement. No syllogism questions were asked this year. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
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All the Best!
Team CL