As per the official notification released by the bank, the SBI Clerk Preliminary exam was expected to be conducted in June 2021. However, the same has been deferred by the bank amid the rise in the cases of Covid-19. The bank is expected to release the dates of the exam dates soon. Till then the candidates can check out the exam pattern of the preliminary examination as mentioned below:
 
• The Preliminary examination is the first stage of the selection process and is qualifying in nature. It is conducted in Computer Based Test mode.
 
• As per the official notification, the preliminary exam of the SBI Clerk, there will be three subjects in the examination namely i.e. English language, Reasoning Ability, and Quantitative aptitude
 
• There will be a total of 100 questions accounting for 100 marks and the number of questions will be different for each subject.
 
• As per the marking scheme, 1 mark will be provided to every correct answer while there will be a deduction of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer marked by the candidate.
 

 

SBI Clerk Preliminary Exam Analysis

The candidates who have appeared for the examination of SBI Clerk on 10th July have listed that the examination was of easy-moderate level. The questions in almost all the sections were doable and the candidates were able to easily attempt the examination with around 75-80 questions. If you are also planning to appear in the SBI Clerk exam then do check out the sectional analysis of each subject in the space below:
 

Reasoning Ability accounts for a total of 35 questions in the preliminary examination. The questions were based on Syllogism, Puzzles, Seating Arrangement, blood relations etc. The questions were not very lengthy and can be easily attempted depending on the speed of the candidate. Check out the important topics asked in the examination previously in the table below:
 

Next comes the Quantitative Aptitude section which had easy to moderate level questions. The questions were not difficult however they were lengthy and thus posed a problem for the students. The topics asked in the Quantitative Aptitude Section along with the level of questions are mentioned below:
 

 

The English Language emerged as the moderate section as the vocabulary asked was quite moderate for some students. The topic-wise analysis of the English Paper asked in the SBI Clerk Preliminary of the previous year is mentioned below:
 

 

As per the analysis of the Smartkeeda experts, the first day of the SBI Clerk preliminary exam was easy to a moderate level and the candidates of all the shifts were able to attempt 70-75 questions with ease. This implies that the cut off marks will be equal to or less than that of the previous year. The candidates can check out the overall and sectional good attempts for all the sections in the space below:
 

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