Analysis of SBI Clerk (Prelim) Online exam held on 27th Feb 2025 (Shift 1)
The analysis of the SBI Clerk 2024 Prelim exam held on the 27th of February 2025 (Shift 1) has been presented below.
Snapshot 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'.
Data Interpretation: There were ten questions (2 sets) based on data interpretation, and they were easy to solve.
One set was based on Table (3X3) and the second set was based on a Line Graph which contained the details of Fine Arts and Visual Arts.
Number Series: There were three questions on Number Series (Wrong Number) which can be rated as easy to moderate.
Simplifications: There were ten questions on Simplifications, of which two to three questions were calculations-based, and the rest were easy to solve.
Individual Quant Questions: There were twelve questions from topics of Simple Equations, Ages, Percentages, Profit and Loss, Partnership, Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Time and Work, and Boats and Streams. These were a combination of easy and moderate ones.
A student could, therefore, have solved around 26 - 27 questions in 20 minutes if he chose judiciously.
Topic | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
Data Interpretation (Table and Line Graph) | 10 | Easy |
Simplifications | 10 | Easy to Moderate |
Number Series (Wrong Number) | 3 | Easy |
Individual Quant questions | 12 | Easy to Moderate |
Reasoning:
This section has been given an 'Easy' tag.
There were eighteen questions on Puzzles (Floor Arrangement (8 Floors), Box Arrangement (8 boxes), Square Arrangement (8 persons; persons sitting at the corner facing inside and at the persons sitting at the centre are facing outside), Comparisons (weights)) which were easy to solve.
There were three questions on Symbols and Notations (Inequalities). These questions were easy to solve.
The three questions on Deductions (Syllogisms) (3 statements, 2 conclusions) were easy to moderate in nature. The four questions, on the Letter Sequence and five questions on Direction Sense, were easy to solve.
About 30 to 32 questions could be solved in 20 minutes. As reported by our students, the topic-wise split is as given below.
Topic | No of Qs | Difficulty Level |
Letter Sequence | 4 | Easy |
Direction Sense | 5 | Easy |
Symbols and Notations (Inequalities) | 3 | Easy |
Deductions (Syllogisms) | 3 | Easy to Moderate |
Miscellaneous (Pair of Letters and Word Arrangement) | 2 | Easy |
Puzzles | ||
Floor Arrangement (8 Floors) | 5 | Easy |
Box Arrangement (8 boxes) | 5 | Easy |
Square Arrangement (8 persons; people sitting at the corner are facing inside and the people sitting at the centre are facing outside) | 5 | Easy |
Comparisons (Weights) | 3 | Easy |
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 of nine questions. The passage comprised of 350 words. The passage was based on the topic 'Tourism'. There were two questions on 'Synonyms', one question on Antonym and one question on fill in the blank with phrase.
- There were six questions on the 'Cloze Test'. The presentation was traditional .
- There were five questions each on 'Phrase Replacement' and Word Interchange ( 3 words).
- There were three questions on 'Grammatically Correct Sentences', out of which two questions were on identifying the correct sentence out of the given four sentences and one question was to identify the incorrect sentence out of the given four sentences.
- There was one question each on Match the Column and Word usage (1 word; 3 usages)
Thus, about 23 - 24 questions could be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:
Topic | No of Questions | Difficulty Level |
Reading Comprehension | 9 | Easy to Moderate |
Cloze Test | 6 | Easy |
Phrase Replacement | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
Word Interchange (3 words) | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
Grammatically Correct Sentences | 3 | Easy to Moderate |
Match the Column | 1 | Easy |
Word Usage (1 word;3 usages) | 1 | Easy |
Overall, the paper can be rated as easy to moderate.
Good Attempts:
Test Area | Good Attempts |
Quantitative Aptitude | 26 – 27 |
Reasoning Ability | 30 - 32 |
English Language | 23 – 24 |
Overall | 79 - 83 |
Analysis of SBI Clerk (Prelim) Online exam held on 27th Feb 2025 (Shift 2)
The analysis of the SBI Clerk 2024 Prelim exam held on the 27th of February 2025 (Shift 2) has been presented below.
Snapshot 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'.
Data Interpretation: There were ten questions (2 sets) based on data interpretation, and they were easy to solve.
One set was based on Table (4X3), which contained the sale of 4 products on three different days, and the second set was based on a Line Graph.
Number Series: There were three questions on Number Series (Missing Number) which can be rated as easy to moderate.
Simplifications: There were ten questions on Simplifications, of which two to three questions were calculations-based, and the rest were easy to solve.
Individual Quant Questions: There were twelve questions from topics of Simple Equations, Ages, Percentages, Profit and Loss, Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Averages, Mixtures and Alligations and Mensuration. These were a combination of easy and moderate ones.
A student could, therefore, have solved around 25 - 26 questions in 20 minutes if he chose judiciously.
Topicc No. of Questions | Difficulty Level | |
Data Interpretation (Table and Line Graph) | 10 | Easy |
Simplifications | 10 | Easy to Moderate |
Number Series (Wrong Number) | 3 | Easy |
Individual Quant questions | 12 | Easy to Moderate |
Reasoning:
This section has been given an 'Easy' tag.
There were eighteen questions on Puzzles (Circular Arrangement (8 persons all facing inside), Two Row Arrangement (10 persons; 5 facing North and 5 facing South), Day based puzzle (Monday to Sunday), Comparisons (weights)) which were easy to solve.
There were three questions on Direction Sense. These questions were easy to solve.
The three questions on Deductions (Syllogisms) (3 statements, 2 conclusions) were easy to moderate in nature. The five questions, each on the Letter Sequence and Coding-Decoding, were easy to solve.
About 30 to 32 questions could be solved in 20 minutes. As reported by our students, the topic-wise split is as given below.
Topic | No of Qs | Difficulty Level |
Letter Sequence | 5 | Easy |
Direction Sense | 3 | Easy |
Coding-Decoding | 5 | Easy |
Deductions (Syllogisms) | 3 | Easy to Moderate |
Miscellaneous (Pair of Letters, Letter Series, Meaningful word and Word Arrangement) | 4 | Easy |
Puzzles | ||
Circular Arrangement (8 persons all facing inside) | 5 | Easy |
Two Row Arrangement (10 persons; 5 facing North and 5 facing South) | 5 | Easy |
Day based puzzle (Monday to Sunday) | 5 | Easy |
Comparisons (Weights) | 3 | Easy |
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 of nine questions. The passage comprised of 350 to 400 words. The passage was based on the topic 'How people react/do different Jobs'. There were two questions on 'Synonyms', one question on Antonym and one question on fill in the blank with phrase.
- There were six questions on the 'Cloze Test'. The presentation was traditional.
- There were five questions each on 'Error Identification' and 'Sentence Reordering'.
- There were four questions on 'Wrongly Spelt Words' which were easy to solve.
- There was one question on Word usage (1 word; 3 usages)
Thus, about 22 - 23 questions could be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:
Topic | No of Questions | Difficulty Level |
Reading Comprehension | 9 | Easy to Moderate |
Cloze Test | 6 | Easy |
Error Identification | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
Sentence Reordering | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
Wrongly Spelt Words | 4 | Easy |
Word Usage (1 word;3 usages) | 1 | Easy |
Overall, the paper can be rated as easy to moderate.
Good Attempts:
Test Area | Good Attempts |
Quantitative Aptitude | 25 – 26 |
Reasoning Ability | 30 - 32 |
English Language | 22 – 23 |
Overall | 77 - 81 |
Analysis of SBI Clerk (Prelim) Online exam held on 22nd Feb 2025 (Shift 1)
The analysis of the SBI Clerk 2024 Prelim exam held on the 22nd of February 2025 (Shift 1) has been presented below. .
Snapshot 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'.
Data Interpretation: There were ten questions (2 sets) based on Data Interpretation and were easy to solve except for two questions which involved calculations.
One set was based on Table (3X3) which contains three months and three film companies, and the number of films produced in these months. The second set was based on a Bar Chart which contained the details of Sweets sold on five days (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu and Fri).
Number Series: There were three questions on Number Series (Missing Number) which can be rated as easy to moderate.
Simplifications: There were ten questions on Simplifications, of which two to three questions were calculations-based, and the rest were easy to solve.
Individual Quant Questions: There were twelve questions from topics of Simple Equations, Ages, Percentages, Profit and Loss, Partnership, Simple Interest, Time and Work, Time and Distance, Boats and Streams, Trains and Mensuration were ten in number. These were a combination of easy and moderate ones.
A student could, therefore, have solved around 27 - 28 questions in 20 minutes if he chose judiciously.
Topic | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
Data Interpretation (Table and Bar Chart) | 10 | Easy |
Simplifications | 10 | Easy to Moderate |
Number Series (Missing Number) | 3 | Easy |
Individual Quant questions | 12 | Easy to Moderate |
Reasoning:
This section has been given an 'Easy' tag.
There were eighteen questions on Puzzles (Linear Arrangement (Single row – eight persons all facing North), Certain Number of Persons (All facing North and 11 persons), Square Arrangement (8 persons; persons sitting at the corner are facing inside and at the persons sitting at the centre are facing outside), Month and Date based (Four Months and Two dates)) which were easy to solve.
There were three questions each on Symbols and Notations (Inequalities) and Blood Relations. These questions were easy to solve.
The three questions on Deductions (Syllogisms) (3 statements, 2 conclusions) were easy to moderate in nature. The five questions on Number Sequence were easy to solve.
About 30 to 32 questions could be solved in 20 minutes. As reported by our students, the topic-wise split is as given below.
Topic | No of Qs | Difficulty Level |
Number Sequence | 5 | Easy |
Blood Relations | 3 | Easy |
Symbols and Notations (Inequalities) | 3 | Easy |
Deductions (Syllogisms) | 3 | Easy to Moderate |
Miscellaneous (Meaningful word, Pair Formation and Word Arrangement) | 3 | Easy |
Puzzles | ||
Linear Arrangement (Single row – eight persons all facing North) | 5 | Easy |
Unknown number of persons (Linear Arrangement, all facing North and 11 persons) | 3 | Easy |
Square Arrangement (8 persons; people sitting at the corner are facing inside and the people sitting at the centre are facing outside) | 5 | Easy |
Month and Date based (Four Months and Two dates) | 5 | Easy |
English Language:
This section has been tagged as 'Easy' by our students.
- The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation and comprised of seven questions. The passage was based on the topic 'Road Accidents and Prevention Measures'. There were two questions on 'Synonyms'.
- There were six questions on the 'Cloze Test'. The presentation was traditional and the passage was based on 'Bees – Honey Production – Food Production'.
- There were five questions each on 'Para Forming' and 'Error Identification'. The questions on Error Identification were based on identifying a single error and the questions on 'Para Forming' contained five sentences to be arranged to form a meaningful paragraph. The student must identify the order of sentences.
- There were four questions on 'Wrongly Spelt words and three questions on 'Word Usage'. The words given were Slip and Batch. These questions were easy to solve.
Thus, about 25 - 26 questions could be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:
Topic | No of Questions | Difficulty Level |
Reading Comprehension | 7 | Easy |
Cloze Test | 6 | Easy |
Para Forming Questions | 5 | Easy |
Error Identification | 5 | Easy |
Wrongly Spelt Words | 4 | Easy |
Word Usage | 3 | Easy |
Overall, the paper can be rated as easy to moderate.
Good Attempts:
Test Area | Good Attempts |
Quantitative Aptitude | 27 – 28 |
Reasoning Ability | 30 - 32 |
English Language | 25 – 26 |
Overall | 82 - 86 |
Analysis of IBPS Clerk 2024 Prelim Exam held on 24th Aug 2024 (Shift 1)
The analysis of the IBPS Clerk 2024 Prelim exam held on 24th Aug 2024 (Shift 1) is presented below.
Snapshot of the Exam:
Test Area | No of Questions | Max Marks | Duration |
---|---|---|---|
Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 Mins |
Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 Mins |
English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 Mins |
Total | 100 | 100 | 60 Mins |
No of choices per question – 5
Negative marking: 0.25 of the marks assigned to each question
The section-wise analysis of the above-mentioned session, as reported by our students, is given below:
Numerical Ability:
According to the feedback received from students who appeared for this exam, this section can be rated as easy.
The fifteen questions on Simplifications easy to solve. Five questions on Data Interpretation (Line Graph) were easy to solve.
There were five questions on Number series (Missing Number). Quant questions in this section were ten in number and pertained to – Ages, Percentages, Profit & Loss, Averages, Simple & Compound Interest, Time & Work, Time & Distance and Mensuration etc. These questions were a combination of easy and moderate.
A student could, therefore, solve around 23 to 25 questions in approximately 20 minutes provided he chose judiciously.
Topic | No of Questions |
---|---|
Data Interpretation (Line Graph) | 5 |
Number Series (Missing number) | 5 |
Simplifications | 15 |
Quant Questions: (Ages, Percentages, Profit & Loss, Averages, Simple & Compound Interest, Time & Work, Time & Distance and Mensuration etc..) | 10 |
Reasoning:
This section has been tagged as 'Easy'.
In this slot, there were five questions each on Sequence and Symbols & Notations (Inequalities). These questions were easy to solve.
There were twenty-two questions on puzzles – Circular Arrangement (Eight persons; all facing inside), Month-based (Eight months), Linear Arrangement (Uncertain number of persons), Comparisons and Scheduling-based (One after the other). The questions on Puzzles were easy to solve.
Thus, almost 28 to 30 questions could be solved in about 20 minutes in this section.
The topic-wise split, as per feedback received from our students, is as given below:
Topic | No of Questions |
---|---|
Analytical Puzzles (Circular Arrangement (Eight persons; all facing inside), Month-based (Eight months), Linear Arrangement (Uncertain number of persons), Comparisons and Scheduling-based (One after the other) | 22 |
Symbols & Notations (Inequalities) | 5 |
Sequence | 5 |
Miscellaneous (Meaningful word, Number Arrangement) | 3 |
English Language:
This section too was predictable and was rated as easy to moderate.
- The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation, and ten questions were posed from it. There were two questions on Synonyms and one question on fill-in-the-blank.
- There were five questions on Para Forming, three questions each on Grammatically Correct Sentence and Word Interchange and four questions each on Phrase Replacement and fill in the blank.
We can deduce that about 23 - 25 questions could be solved in the given 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:
Topic | No of Questions |
---|---|
Reading Comprehension | 10 |
Para Forming Sentences | 5 |
Word Interchange | 3 |
Grammatically Correct Sentence | 3 |
Phrase Replacement | 4 |
Fill in the Blank | 4 |
Word Usage (One word; three usages) | 1 |
Overall, the difficulty level of the paper in this slot can be pegged between Easy.
Good Attempts:
Test Area | Good Attempts |
---|---|
Numerical Ability | 23 - 25 |
Reasoning Ability | 28 - 30 |
English Language | 23 - 25 |
Overall | 74 - 80 |