
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2019 HIGHLIGHTS: The first day of the State Bank of India (SBI) clerk recruitment examination has been concluded. The candidates who had appeared in the examination rated the paper as moderate with numerical ability section a little bit difficult.
Speaking to indianexpress.com, Dharmendra Joshi, an aspirant said “The English Language and the Reasoning part was quite easy, while the Numerical Ability can be rated as moderate. The numerical ability was a little time consuming and tricky.”
Another aspirant Niharika Banerjee said, “The numerical ability was tough to crack, as it is quite lengthy. The English Language and the Reasoning part was easy to solve.”
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The examination is being conducted to fill 8,653 vacant posts of junior associate (customer support and sales) in clerical cadre across India. The total starting emoluments of a Clerical Cadre employee payable at Metro like Mumbai will be around Rs 25,000 per month inclusive of D.A., other allowances at the current rate and two additional increments for newly recruited graduate junior associates.
Vijay Jha, Academic Head, Banking Exams, Gradeup said, “English was the easiest, and comprised of Reading comprehension questions based on Cloud system, Conventional para jumbles, error spotting and fill in the blanks type of questions.”
The numerical ability section of the paper in shift 1 was the toughest, with questions ranging from quadratic equations to simple and compound interest, boat and stream questions to speed and time problems.
The numerical ability section of the paper in shift 1 was the toughest, with questions ranging from quadratic equations to simple and compound interest, boat and stream questions to speed and time problems.
Most of the questions in the Reasoning ability section were from puzzles, seating arrangement, direction and inequality.
English was the easiest section of the exam held in shift 1 today. Questions were mostly based on reading comprehension, parajumbles, spotting the errors and fill in the blanks.
Around 15 lakh students across the country are appearing for the SBI exam.
In the morning slot, the overall level of the examination was Moderate. Numerical Ability was the most difficult section, followed by Reasoning and English being the easier ones.
- With inputs from Vijay Jha, Academic Head, Banking Exams, Gradeup
Candidates have to keep one photo identity proof such as passport/Aadhaar/ PAN card/ driving license/ voter’s Id card/ bank passbook with duly attested photograph/identity card issued by school or college/gazetted officer in the official letterhead in original as well as a self-attested photocopy thereof. The same should be submitted along with the call letter to the invigilators.
Niharika Banerjee said, "The Numerical Ability was tough to crack, as it is quite lengthy. The English Language and the Reasoning part was easy to solve."
Speaking to indianexpress.com, Dharmendra Joshi, an aspirant said “The English Language and the Reasoning part was quite easy, while the Numerical Ability section can be rated as moderate. The Numerical Ability section was a little time consuming and tricky.”