SBI Clerk Mains 2018 Exam Analysis

Dear Friends,

Today (5th August) was the SBI Junior Associate Mains 2018 Examination. This was the final phase for the examination of the recruitment of Clerks in SBI in 2018 and here is the complete exam analysis and review of today’s SBI Clerk Mains 2018.

Overall the level of the examination was Moderate to Difficult.

SBI Clerk Mains 2018 Exam ANALYSIS (OVER-ALL):

SECTIONS	GOOD ATTEMPTS
English Language	19-22
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	17-20
Quantitative Aptitude	24-27
General Awareness	26-31
TOTAL	103-110

REASONING AND COMPUTER APTITUDE (Difficult)

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles	33	Difficult
Coding Decoding (New Pattern)	5	Difficult
Coding Decoding – Symbols only	5	Moderate
Alphabet	1	Moderate
Logical ( Couse of Action, Statement and Assumption, Consequence)	6	Moderate-Difficult
Total	50	Difficult

ENGLISH LANGUAGE (Moderate)

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension	14	Moderate-Difficult
Vocabulary Based	5	Moderate
Grammar-Based Fillers	4	Moderate-Difficult
Sentence Rearrangement	1	Moderate
Inference Based Questions on Identifying correct adjective	2	Moderate-Difficult
Idioms and Phrases	5	Moderate
Paragraph Completion	5	Moderate
Word Replacement	4	Moderate-Difficult
Total	40	Moderate

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE (Moderate – Difficult)

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Data Interpretation	20	Difficult and Calculative
Approximation	5	Moderate-Difficult
Quantity-1, Quantity-2	5	Moderate
Missing Series	5	Moderate
Miscellaneous (Arithematic Word Problems)	15	Difficult
Total	50	Moderate-Difficult

GENERAL AWARENESS (Moderate)

This section had 50 questions and a time limit of 35 minutes. Overall the level of this section was Moderate. Most of the questions were from the current affairs of May, June and July. Near about 10 questions were related to Banking and Financial Awareness and 4-5 questions from static general awareness.