The State Bank of India will soon commence the SBI Clerk Mains Exam. The candidates who have successfully qualified the SBI Clerk prelims should prepare for the Mains exam. As per the previous year exam the questions asked have been of tough nature.
The candidates who have previously participated in the SBI Clerk Mains exam have shared their feedback. As per the feedback received the candidates have reported that the level of the questions asked in the exam are of tough level. Hence to help the candidates with the same, has compiled the level of questions and the previous year analysis of SBI Clerk Mains Exam in the space below:
The candidates who have previously participated in the SBI Clerk Mains exam have shared their feedback. As per the feedback received the candidates have reported that the level of the questions asked in the exam are of tough level. Hence to help the candidates with the same, has compiled the level of questions and the previous year analysis of SBI Clerk Mains Exam in the space below:
SBI Clerk Mains Exam Pattern
The candidates can check out the details of the SBI Clerk Mains Exam Pattern in the space below:
- The examination will be conducted in the form of a computer-based test.
- There will be four sections in the examination, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, General Awareness and English Comprehension.
- Each section will have separate sectional timing and the candidates can appear for a section once the time limit of the previous section is exhausted.
- As per the marking scheme, for each correct answer the candidates will get 1 mark. While there is a provision of negative marking of 0.25 marks for incorrect response.
| Sections | Maximum Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 45 minutes |
| Reasoning Ability | 50 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| General Awareness | 50 | 50 | 35 minutes |
| English Comprehension | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| Total | 190 | 200 | 160 minutes |
SBI Clerk Mains Previous Year Exam Analysis
The candidates can check out the topics asked in the examination in the sections below:
Questions asked Section Wise (First Shift)
The candidates can check the section wise questions asked in the different subjects of the SBI Clerk Mains Exam in the sections below:
Quantitative Aptitude
| Sections | Topics Asked | Question Level | Good Attempts |
| Data Interpretation | Caselet DI | Moderate to Difficult | 5 |
| Tabular DI | Moderate to Difficult | 5 | |
| Missing concept DI | Moderate to Difficult | 5 | |
| Caselet DI based on Arithmetic | Moderate to Difficult | 4 | |
| Data sufficiency | Questions based on Arithmetic | Moderate to | 6 |
| Wrong Number series | Moderate | 5 | |
| Miscellaneous | Questions based on Arithmetic like Profit and Loss, SI and CI, etc | Moderate | 20 |
Reasoning Ability
|
Sections |
Question Type |
Question No. |
|
Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles |
Circular Seating Arrangement (Inside and Outside) |
6 |
|
Box Arrangement with colours |
5 | |
|
9 Letter Arrangement |
6 | |
|
Stairs based puzzle |
6 | |
| Coded Inequality |
|
5 |
| Direction sense |
|
5 |
| Machine Input- Output |
|
5 |
|
Logical (Couse of Action, Statement, and Assumption, Consequence) |
6 |
|
| Alphabet based series |
|
1 |
| Miscellaneous |
|
3 |
General Awareness
The questions asked in the General Awareness section were from the current affairs section. Around 25 to 30 questions asked in the examinations were from the current affairs section and were of moderate level. Apart from this, 8 to 10 questions were based on the static portion. While the remaining questions were from the banking awareness topics.
English Comprehension
| Sections | Question Number | Question Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 10 | Moderate |
| Vocabulary Based (Identify Synonym / Antonym) | 5 | Moderate |
| Error Detection | 10 | Moderate |
| Sentence & Phrase Rearrangement | 5 | Moderate |
| Idioms | 2 | Moderate |
| Fillers | 5 | Moderate |
| Cloze Test | 5 | Moderate |
Overall Good Attempts
The candidates can check out the level of the questions asked along with the good attempts in the space below:
| Sections | Question Level | Good Attempts |
| Quantitative Aptitude | Difficult | 27-28 |
| Reasoning Ability | Moderate-Difficult | 30-32 |
| General Awareness | Moderate | 34-36 |
| English Comprehension | Moderate | 28-30 |
| Moderate-Difficult | 98-126 |
Questions asked Section Wise (Second Shift)
The candidates can check the section wise questions asked in the different subjects of the SBI Clerk Mains Exam in the sections below:
Quantitative Aptitude
| Sections | Topics Asked | Question Level | Good Attempts |
| Data Interpretation | Pie Chart DI | Moderate to Difficult | 5 |
| Bar Graph DI | Moderate to Difficult | 5 | |
| Venn Diagram DI | Moderate to Difficult | 5 | |
| Caselet DI based on Arithmetic | Moderate to Difficult | 8 | |
| Quantity Comparison | Questions based on Arithmetic | Moderate to Difficult | |
| Approximation | Moderate | 5 | |
| Miscellaneous | Questions based on Arithmetic like Profit and Loss, SI and CI, etc | Moderate | 21-22 |
Reasoning Ability
| Sections | Question Type | Question Number |
| Seating Arrangement and Puzzles | Double Row Based | 5 |
|
Blood Relation Linear Arrangement |
5 | |
| Scheduling based puzzle | 5 | |
| Tabular Puzzle | 5 | |
| Coded Inequality | 5 | |
| Direction sense | 5 | |
| Machine Input- Output | 5 | |
|
Logical (Couse of Action, Statement, and Assumption, Consequence) |
5 | |
| Alphabet | 5 | |
| Data Sufficiency | 3 |
General Awareness
The questions asked in the General Awareness section of the Shift 2 were also from the current affairs section. However, in this shift the questions were asked from the static portion of the current affairs section. Apart from this, 8 to 10 questions were based on the static portion. While the remaining questions were from the banking awareness topics. The General Awareness section of Shift 2 was of Difficult level.
English Comprehension
| Sections | Question Number | Question Level |
| Reading Comp | 8 | Moderate |
| Para Jumble | 5 | Moderate |
| Error Detection | 10 | Moderate |
| Sentence & Phrase Rearrangement | 5 | Moderate |
| Words Usage | 2 | Moderate |
| Double Fillers | 5 | |
| Sentence Reaarangement | 5 | Moderate |
Overall Good Attempts
The candidates can check out the level of the questions asked along with the good attempts in the space below:
| Sections | Question Level | Good Attempts |
| Quantitative Aptitude | Difficult | 18-20 |
| Reasoning Ability | Moderate-Difficult | 25-28 |
| General Awareness | Moderate | 26-30 |
| English Comprehension | Moderate | 28-30 |
| Mode | 98-108 |
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