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Expected Exam Level of SBI Clerk Pre 2020
Level of SBI Clerk Pre 2020 (Discussion about Previous year paper, exam analysis, and exam pattern)
For those who have a dream to get the job in SBI, we have good news! The Notification for SBI Clerk 2020 has been officially released.
SBI Clerk 2020
SBI has recently invited application for the recruitment of 8134 Junior Associates in the bank. Application process for SBI Clerk has been started from 3rd January 2020. Interested candidates can fill SBI Clerk Exam 2020 application forms online before the last date i.e. 26th January 2020.
1) Eligibilty Criteria
A. Education Qualification:
Candidates should possess a graduation degree in any discipline from a recognised university.
B. Age Limit:
The minimum age of the candidates should be 20 years and maximum age should be 28 years as on 1st Jan 2020.
2) Selection Process
The selection will be done on the basis of online test and test of specified local Languages.
Online test will be conducted in two Phases:
- Preliminary
- Main
Preliminary Exam
| Sr. No. | Name of Test | No. of Questions | Max. Marks | Duration |
| 1. | English language | 30 | 30 | 20 min. |
| 2. | Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 min. |
| 3. | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 min. |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 1 Hour |
The Candidates who qualify the Prelims exam will be eligible for Main exam.
SBI Clerk Prelims Syllabus 2020
The preliminary examination syllabus of SBI Clerk 2020 is as mentioned below:
| Reasoning | Numerical Ability | English Language |
| Logical Reasoning | Simplification | Reading Comprehension |
| Alphanumeric Series | Profit & Loss | Cloze Test |
| Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test | Mixtures & Alligations | Para jumbles |
| Data Sufficiency | Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices | Miscellaneous |
| Coded Inequalities | Work & Time | Fill in the blanks |
| Seating Arrangement | Time & Distance | Multiple Meaning /Error Spotting |
| Puzzle | Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere | Paragraph Completion |
| Tabulation | Data Interpretation | |
| Syllogism | Ratio & Proportion, Percentage | |
| Blood Relations | Number Systems | |
| Input Output | Sequence & Series | |
| Coding Decoding | Permutation, Combination &Probability |
Level of Preliminary Exam in SBI Clerk Pre 2020:-
As far as previous year SBI Clerk Exam is concerned, level of prelims exam was easy to moderate.
Topic Wise Analysis of SBI Clerk Prelims 2019
English Language: The level was 'easy to moderate'. SBI Clerk 2020 Prelims exam usually contained the questions from the topic - Reading Comprehension, Spelling Error, & Rearrangement of Sentences.
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| Reading Comprehension (Musical Instrument) | 8 | Easy-Moderate |
| Miss-spelt | 5 | Easy |
| Sentence Improvement | 5 | Easy |
| Rearrangement of Sentences | 5 | Easy |
| Error Detection | 7 | Easy |
Numerical Ability: The level of Numerical Ability was ‘easy to moderate’. Questions asked were usually covered from the topics - Wrong Number Series, Approximation, Simplification, DI, and Quadratic & Arithmetic. These questions were easy to attempt. If practiced well, this section could be qualified with good score.
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| Wrong Number Series | 5 | Easy |
| Approximation | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Simplification | 5 | Easy |
| Data Interpretation (Table) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Quadratic | 5 | Easy |
| Arithmetic - Profit, Loss and Discount, Partnership, Ratio and Proportion, Average, Permutation & Combination, Simple Interest & Compound Interest, Probability | 10 |
Reasoning Ability: Questions asked in this section were covered from the topics - Directions, Syllogism, Coding, Alphanumeric & Puzzles. This section is always a scoring section for the students. The difficulty level of puzzles was ‘easy to moderate’. Other questions were easy to attempt.
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| Puzzle - Parallel Line | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Puzzle - Month Based - Mumbai | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Puzzle - 7 Members arrangement | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| 3-digit Number | 5 | Easy |
| Direction | 3 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 4 | Easy |
| Uncertain | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
| Coding-Decoding | 5 | Easy |
