SBI CLERK PRE EXAM 2018
Analysis and review of Exam held on 23rd and 24th June 2018
SLOT 4 /SHIFT 4 – Day 1
Ø English Language –
SBI Clerk Prelims Examination 2018 – SLOT 4 /SHIFT 4 – Day 1
Good Attempt – 18+
Best Attempt – 23+
- Overall English Section is Easy. NO changes when compared to the precious slots.
- NO New Pattern Questions were asked in the English Section.
- Reading Comprehension passage based on Student and their results were asked.
- Spelling Check Questions were asked which didn’t find a place in 2nd Slot.
- Spotting Errors Questions were missing in this slot.
- Single Filler Type Questions were asked.
| S.No | English Language | No. of Questions asked | Level |
| 1 | Single Fillers | 5 | Easy |
| 2 | Reading Comprehension | 5 | Easy – Moderate |
| 3 | Sentence rearrangement | 5 | Easy – Moderate |
| 4 | Spelling check | 5 | Easy |
| 5 | Para Jumbled | 5 | Easy |
Ø Reasoning Ability –
SBI Clerk Prelims Examination 2018 – SLOT 4 /SHIFT 4 – Day 1
Good Attempt – 20 -25
Best Attempt – 25+
- No New Pattern Questions were asked.
- Month based Puzzles were asked in this slot.
- MOT Questions were asked which constituted for 5 Questions.
- Syllogism questions were not asked in this slot too.
- Surprisingly Analogies were asked in the Slot which haven’t been asked in the previous slots of Day 1.
| S.No | Reasoning | No. of Questions asked | Level |
| 1 | Puzzle-month (1) +seating-Linear (1) – Seating Arrangement | 15 | Easy |
| 2 | Analogies | 5 | Easy – Moderate |
| 3 | MOT | 5 | Easy |
| 4 | Direction test | 2 | Easy |
| 5 | Blood Relation | 3 | Easy |
| 6 | Alphanumeric | 5 | Easy |
Ø Quantitative Aptitude –
SBI Clerk Prelims Examination 2018 – SLOT 4 /SHIFT 4 – Day 1
Good Attempt –18+
Best Attempt –22+
- One Case Study based graph was asked (Really interesting to note).
- One Bar graph DI was asked.
- No Number Series Questions were asked.
| S.No | Aptitude | No. of Questions asked | Level |
| 1 | DI –Case study & Bar Graph | 5 + 5 | Easy – Moderate |
| 2 | Simplification + Approximation | 5 + 5 | Easy |
| 3 | Miscellaneous | 15 | Moderate |
SBI Clerk Prelims Examination 2018 – SLOT 4 /SHIFT 4 –DAY 2
English Language – SBI Clerk Prelims Examination 2018 – SLOT 4 /SHIFT 4 – Day 2
Good Attempt – 17+
Best Attempt – 20+
- Reading Comprehension was based on Children & Technology.
- One Synonym Question appeared based on the RC passage.
- Sentence Rearrangement Questions were based on Single sentences.
- Single Fillers were asked which were same as that of the previous slots.
| S.No | English Language | No. of Questions asked | Level |
| 1 | Sentence Improvement | 5 | Easy – Moderate |
| 2 | Reading Comprehension | 5 | Easy |
| 3 | Error spotting | 10 | Moderate |
| 4 | Single Fillers | 5 | Easy |
| 5 | Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | Easy |
Reasoning Ability – SBI Clerk Prelims Examination 2018 – SLOT 4 / SHIFT – 4 Day 2
SBI Good Attempt –17+
Best Attempt –25+
- In this Slot, Pie Chart Questions were asked in the Data Interpretation.
- Data Sufficiency Questions were asked.
- Other Questions were same as that of the other Slots in this day.
| S.No | Aptitude | No. of Questions asked | Level |
| 1 | Data Interpretation – PIE | 5 | Easy – Moderate |
| 2 | Simplification | 5 | Easy |
| 3 | Miscellaneous | 15 | Moderate |
| 4 | Wrong number | 5 | Easy |
| 5 | Data sufficiency | 5 | Moderate |
