The analysis of the SBI Clerk 2020 Prelim exam held on the 1^st of March 2020 (Slot 1) has been presented below. Similar to the SBI PO & Clerk Prelim exams conducted last year, the structure of even this exam presented a sectional time limit, no navigability between any section, and each section time bound for 20 minutes.

Snap shot of the Exam:

Test Area	No. of questions	Duration
Numerical Ability	35 Questions	20 Mins
Reasoning Ability	35 Questions	20 Mins
English Language	30 Questions	20 Mins
Total no. of Questions	100 Qs	60 Mins

No of choices per question – 5

Negative marking: 0.25 of the marks assigned to each question

As per feedback received from our students who appeared for this exam, the exam can be rated as easy to moderate.

The section wise analysis of the above mentioned session, as reported by our students, is given below:

Numerical Ability:

This section can be rated as ‘Easy to Moderate’. No new question types / pattern of questions were asked in this slot of the exam.

There were no questions on Approximations, Data Sufficiency and Data Comparison.

There were 5 questions (1 set) on Data Interpretation – Line Graph. There were 5 questions each on Missing number series and Quadratic Comparisons. Questions on Missing number series were moderate in nature and Quadratic Comparisons were easy solve. There were 10 questions on Simplifications and were easy to solve.

Individual questions were 10 in number. These were a combination of easy and moderate ones.

A student could therefore, have solved around 25 - 27 questions in 20 minutes, if he chose judiciously.

Topic	No. of Questions
Data Interpretation (Line Graph)	5
Quadratic Comparisons	5
Series (Missing Number)	5
Simplifications	10
Individual Questions (Percentages, Partnership, Averages, Mixtures & Alligations, Boats & Streams, Simple & Compound Interest, Time & Work, Mensuration etc..)	10

Reasoning:

This section has been given a 'Easy' tag.

There were 20 questions on Puzzles (Linear Arrangement (6 persons all facing North), Square Arrangement (8 persons; persons sitting at the corner facing outside and persons sitting at the middle facing inside), Floor Arrangement (8 persons), Distributions) which were of easy to moderate level of difficulty. There were five questions on Sequence. These questions are easy to solve.

About 28 to 30 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes. The topic -wise split, as reported by our students, is as given below.

Topic	No of Qs
(Linear Arrangement (6 persons all facing North), Square Arrangement (8 persons; persons sitting at the corner facing outside and persons sitting at the middle facing inside), Floor Arrangement (8 persons), Distributions)	20
Blood Relations	3
Symbols & Notations	3
Sequence	5
Miscellaneous	4

English Language :

This section has been tagged as 'Easy’ by our students.

• The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation, and comprised ten questions. Out of these ten questions six were based on passage and remaining were based on vocab. The passage was based on ‘Wild fires in USA’.
• There were five questions on Cloze Test. All these questions were easy to solve.
• There were five questions each on Para Jumbled Sentences (Five Sentences), identifying ‘Grammatically Correct Sentence’ and ‘Fill in the Blanks (Single blank)’

Thus, about 24 - 26 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:

Topic	No of Questions
Reading Comprehension	10
Para Jumbled Sentences (Five sentences)	5
Cloze Test	5
Identifying the Grammatically Correct Sentence	5
Fill in the Blanks (Single Blank)	5

Over all, the paper can be rated as easy to moderate.

Good Attempts:

Test Area	Good Attempts
Numerical Ability	25 - 27
Reasoning Ability	28 - 30
English Language	24 - 26
Overall	77 - 83

The analysis of the SBI Clerk 2020 Prelim exam held on the 1st of March 2020 (Slot 2) has been presented below. Similar to the SBI PO & Clerk Prelim exams conducted last year, the structure of even this exam presented a sectional time limit, no navigability between any section, and each section time bound for 20 minutes.

Snap shot of the Exam:

Test Area	No. of questions	Duration
Numerical Ability	35 Questions	20 Mins
Reasoning Ability	35 Questions	20 Mins
English Language	30 Questions	20 Mins
Total no. of Questions	100 Qs	60 Mins

No of choices per question – 5

Negative marking: 0.25 of the marks assigned to each question

As per feedback received from our students who appeared for this exam, the exam can be rated as easy to moderate.

The section wise analysis of the above mentioned session, as reported by our students, is given below:

Numerical Ability:

This section can be rated as ‘Easy to Moderate’. No new question types / pattern of questions were asked in this slot of the exam.

There were no questions on Approximations, Data Sufficiency and Data Comparison.

There were eight questions (2 sets) on Data Interpretation – 5 questions on Table and 3 questions on Caselet. There were 5 questions each on Wrong number series and Quadratic Comparisons. Questions on Wrong number series were moderate in nature and Quadratic Comparisons were easy solve. There were ten questions on Simplifications and were easy to solve.

Individual questions were seven in number. These were a combination of easy and moderate ones.

A student could therefore, have solved around 22 - 24 questions in 20 minutes, if he chose judiciously.

Topic	No. of Questions
Data Interpretation (Line Graph)	8
Quadratic Comparisons	5
Series (Wrong Number)	5
Simplifications	10
Individual Questions :
Ages	1
Profit & Loss	1
Partnership	1
Compound Interest	1
Mensuration	1
Averages	1
Time & Distance	1

Reasoning:

This section has been given a 'Easy' tag.

There were fifteen questions on Puzzles (Linear Arrangement (8 Persons, all of them facing North), Floor Arrangement ( 4 floors with 2 flats), Circular Arrangement) which were of easy to moderate level of difficulty. There were five questions on Coding-Decoding and 3 questions each on ‘Blood Relations’ and ‘Symbols & Notations’. These questions were easy to solve. There were four questions on ‘Deductions/Syllogisms’. Out of four questions, two were based on the model ‘Only a few’

About 26 to 28 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes. The topic -wise split, as reported by our students, is as given below.

Topic	No of Qs
Puzzles (Linear Arrangement (8 Persons, all of them facing North), Certain Linear, Square Arrangement (Some facing centre and some facing away from the centre), Distributions(8 Persons + 4 Months + 2 Dates) and Comparisons)	15
Blood Relations	3
Coding-Decoding	5
Deductions / Syllogisms (Based on the model - ‘Only a few’)	4
Set of Words	3
Symbols & Notations	3
Miscellaneous	2

English Language :

This section has been tagged as 'Easy’ by our students.

• The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation, and comprised eight questions. Out of these eight questions five were based on passage, one question each on Synonym and Antonym and FIB with Phrase. The passage was based on ‘Climatic Conditions’.
• There were seven questions on Cloze Test. All these questions were easy to solve.
• There were five questions each on Sentence Rearrangement, Wrongly spelt/inappropriate usage of a word in the given sentence and ‘Error Identification’

Thus, about 23 - 25 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:

Topic	No of Questions
Reading Comprehension	8
Sentence Rearrangement	5
Cloze Test	7
Error Identification (A sentence was divided into five parts; one part contains error. Identify the incorrect part)	5
Wrongly spelt / inappropriate usage of a word in the given sentence	5

Over all, the paper can be rated as easy to moderate.

Good Attempts:

Test Area	Good Attempts
Numerical Ability	22 - 24
Reasoning Ability	26 - 28
English Language	23 - 25
Overall	71 - 77

The analysis of the SBI Clerk 2020 Prelim exam held on the 1st of March 2020 (Slot 4) has been presented below. Similar to the SBI PO & Clerk Prelim exams conducted last year, the structure of even this exam presented a sectional time limit, no navigability between any section, and each section time bound for 20 minutes.

Snap shot of the Exam:

Test Area	No. of questions	Duration
Numerical Ability	35 Questions	20 Mins
Reasoning Ability	35 Questions	20 Mins
English Language	30 Questions	20 Mins
Total no. of Questions	100 Qs	60 Mins

No of choices per question – 5

Negative marking: 0.25 of the marks assigned to each question

As per feedback received from our students who appeared for this exam, the exam can be rated as easy to moderate.

The section wise analysis of the above mentioned session, as reported by our students, is given below:

Numerical Ability:

This section can be rated as ‘Easy to Moderate’. No new question types / pattern of questions were asked in this slot of the exam.

There were no questions on Approximations, Data Sufficiency and Data Comparison.

There were 5 questions (1 set) on Data Interpretation – Line Graph. There were 5 questions each on Wrong number series and Quadratic Comparisons. Questions on Wrong number series were moderate in nature and Quadratic Comparisons were easy solve. There were 10 questions on Simplifications and were easy to solve.

Individual questions were 10 in number. These were a combination of easy and moderate ones.

A student could therefore, have solved around 26 - 28 questions in 20 minutes, if he chose judiciously.

Topic	No. of Questions
Data Interpretation (Line Graph)	5
Quadratic Comparisons	5
Series (Wrong Number)	5
Simplifications	10
Individual Questions (Profit & Loss, Averages, Mixtures & Alligations, Boats & Streams, Simple & Compound Interest, Time & Work, Pipes & Cisterns Mensuration etc..)	10

Reasoning:

This section has been given a 'Easy' tag.

There were 18 questions on Puzzles (Linear Arrangement (Two Parallel rows), Floor Arrangement (8 floors), Floor Arrangement (4 floors, 2 flats), Distribution (Week based)) which were of easy to moderate level of difficulty. There were five questions on Symbols & Notations and four questions on Coding-Decoding. These questions are easy to solve.

About 27 to 29 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes. The topic -wise split, as reported by our students, is as given below.

Topic	No of Qs
(Linear Arrangement (Two Parallel rows), Floor Arrangement (8 floors), Floor Arrangement (4 floors, 2 flats), Distribution (Week based))	18
Symbols & Notations	5
Coding-Decoding	4
Direction Sense	2
Set of Numbers	3
Blood Relations	3

English Language :

This section has been tagged as 'Easy to Moderate’ by our students.

• The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation, and comprised eight questions. Out of these eight questions five were based on passage, one question each on Synonym and Antonym and FIB with Phrase. The passage was based on ‘Concept of Diet’.
• There were six questions each on Fill in the Blanks (Single blank) and Wrongly spelt/inappropriate usage of a word in the given sentence. All these questions were easy to solve.
• There were five questions each on Sentence Rearrangement and ‘identifying Grammatically Correct Sentence’

Thus, about 22 - 24 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:

Topic	No of Questions
Reading Comprehension	8
Sentence Rearrangement	5
Fill in the Blank (Single Blank)	6
Identifying Grammatically Correct Sentence	5
Wrongly spelt / inappropriate usage of a word in the given sentence	6

Over all, the paper can be rated as easy to moderate.

Good Attempts:

Test Area	Good Attempts
Numerical Ability	26 - 28
Reasoning Ability	27 - 29
English Language	22 - 24
Overall	75 - 81

The analysis of the SBI Clerk 2020 Prelim exam held on the 29th of Feb 2020 (Slot 4) has been presented below. Similar to the SBI PO & Clerk Prelim exams conducted last year, the structure of even this exam presented a sectional time limit, no navigability between any section, and each section time bound for 20 minutes.

Snap shot of the Exam:

Test Area	No. of questions	Duration
Numerical Ability	35 Questions	20 Mins
Reasoning Ability	35 Questions	20 Mins
English Language	30 Questions	20 Mins
Total no. of Questions	100 Qs	60 Mins

No of choices per question – 5

Negative marking: 0.25 of the marks assigned to each question

As per feedback received from our students who appeared for this exam, the exam can be rated as easy to moderate.

The section wise analysis of the above mentioned session, as reported by our students, is given below:

Numerical Ability:

This section can be rated as ‘Easy to Moderate’. No new question types / pattern of questions were asked in this slot of the exam.

There were no questions on Approximations, Data Sufficiency and Data Comparison.

There were 5 questions (1 set) on Data Interpretation – Line Graph. There were 5 questions each on Wrong number series and Quadratic Comparisons. Questions on Wrong number series were moderate in nature and Quadratic Comparisons were easy solve. There were 10 questions on Simplifications and were easy to solve.

Individual questions were 10 in number. These were a combination of easy and moderate ones.

A student could therefore, have solved around 25 - 27 questions in 20 minutes, if he chose judiciously.

Topic	No. of Questions
Data Interpretation (Line Graph)	5
Quadratic Comparisons	5
Series (Wrong Number)	5
Simplifications	10
Individual Questions (Percentages, Partnership, Averages, Mixtures & Alligations, Boats & Streams, Simple & Compound Interest, Time & Work, Mensuration etc..)	10

Reasoning:

This section has been given a 'Easy' tag.

There were 21 questions on Puzzles (Linear Arrangement (8 Persons, all of them facing North), Certain Linear, Square Arrangement (Some facing centre and some facing away from the centre), Distributions(8 Persons + 4 Months + 2 Dates) and Comparisons) which were of easy to moderate level of difficulty. There were five questions on Sequence. These questions are easy to solve.

About 28 to 30 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes. The topic -wise split, as reported by our students, is as given below.

Topic	No of Qs
Puzzle s(Linear Arrangement (8 Persons, all of them facing North), Certain Linear, Square Arrangement (Some facing centre and some facing away from the centre), Distributions(8 Persons + 4 Months + 2 Dates) and Comparisons)	21
Direction Sense	3
Coding-Decoding	1
Sequence	5
Set of Words	3
Miscellaneous	2

English Language :

This section has been tagged as 'Easy’ by our students.

• The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation, and comprised eight questions. Out of these eight questions five were based on passage, one question each on Synonym and Antonym and FIB with Phrase. The passage was based on ‘Climatic Conditions’.
• There were seven questions on Cloze Test. All these questions were easy to solve.
• There were five questions each on Sentence Rearrangement, Wrongly spelt/inappropriate usage of a word in the given sentence and ‘Error Identification’

Thus, about 24 - 26 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:

Topic	No of Questions
Reading Comprehension	8
Sentence Rearrangement	5
Cloze Test	7
Error Identification (A sentence was divided into five parts; one part contains error. Identify the incorrect part)	5
Wrongly spelt / inappropriate usage of a word in the given sentence	5

Over all, the paper can be rated as easy to moderate.

Good Attempts:

Test Area	Good Attempts
Numerical Ability	23 - 25
Reasoning Ability	28 - 30
English Language	24 - 26
Overall	75 - 81

The analysis of the SBI Clerk 2020 Prelim exam held on the 22nd of Feb 2020 (Slot 1) has been presented below. Similar to the SBI PO & Clerk Prelim exams conducted last year, the structure of even this exam presented a sectional time limit, no navigability between any section, and each section time bound for 20 minutes.

Snap shot of the Exam:

Test Area	No. of questions	Duration
Numerical Ability	35 Questions	20 Mins
Reasoning Ability	35 Questions	20 Mins
English Language	30 Questions	20 Mins
Total no. of Questions	100 Qs	60 Mins

No of choices per question – 5

Negative marking: 0.25 of the marks assigned to each question

As per feedback received from our students who appeared for this exam, the exam can be rated as easy to moderate.

The section wise analysis of the above mentioned session, as reported by our students, is given below:

Numerical Ability:

This section can be rated as ‘Easy to Moderate’. No new question types / pattern of questions were asked in this slot of the exam.

There were no questions on Approximations, Data Sufficiency and Data Comparison.

There were 5 questions (1 set) on Data Interpretation – Table. There were 5 questions each on Missing number series and Quadratic Comparisons. Questions on Missing number series and Quadratic Comparisons were easy solve. There were 10 questions on Simplifications and were easy to solve.

Individual questions were 10 in number. These were a combination of easy and moderate ones.

A student could therefore, have solved around 25 - 27 questions in 20 minutes, if he chose judiciously.

Topic	No. of Questions
Data Interpretation (Tabular data)	5
Quadratic Comparisons	5
Series (Missing Number)	5
Simplifications	10
Individual Questions (Percentages, Partnership, Averages, Mixtures & Alligations, Boats & Streams, Simple & Compound Interest, Time & Work, Mensuration etc..)	10

Reasoning:

This section has been given a 'Easy' tag.

There were 15 questions on Puzzles (Circular Arrangement (8 Persons, all of them facing the centre), Distributions (Persons & Designations) and Comparisons) which were of easy to moderate level of difficulty. There were five questions each on Coding-Decoding and Deductions/Syllogisms (Two questions based on the model ‘Only a few’). These questions are easy to solve.

About 27 to 29 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes. The topic -wise split, as reported by our students, is as given below.

Topic	No of Qs
Puzzles (Circular Arrangement (8 Persons, all of them facing the centre), Distributions (Persons & Designations) and Comparisons)	15
Directions Sense	3
Symbols & Notations	3
Coding - Decoding	5
Deductions / Syllogisms (Two questions based on the model ‘Only a few’)	5
Set of Numbers	4

English Language :

This section has been tagged as 'Easy’ by our students.

• The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation, and comprised 10 questions. Out of these 10 questions 7 were based on passage, one question each on Synonym and Antonym and FIB.
• There were five questions on Cloze Test. All these questions were easy to solve.
• There were five questions each on Sentence Rearrangement, Wrongly spelt word in sentence and identifying Grammatically Correct Sentence.

Thus, about 24 - 26 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:

Topic	No of Questions
Reading Comprehension	10
Sentence Rearrangement	5
Cloze Test	5
Grammatically Correct Sentence	5
Wrongly spelt word in a sentence	5

Over all, the paper can be rated as easy to moderate.

Good Attempts:

Test Area	Good Attempts
Numerical Ability	25 - 27
Reasoning Ability	27 - 29
English Language	24 - 26
Overall	76 - 82