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The SBI Clerk Main exam was held on 25th and 26th June 2016. A total of 190 questions had to be answered in 160 minutes. Each incorrect answer will reduce the score by 1/4th marks assigned to the respective question. Except General English, the rest of the objective questions was in a bilingual format that is, in English and Hindi. You may note the sectional time limit has been introduced for the first time in this exam.
You may view the detailed State Bank of India Clerk Main Exam (June 26, 2016) First Slot Analysis here:
The detailed break-up of the SBI Clerk Main 26th June, First slot is as follows:
| Section | Total Questions | Total Marks | Level of Difficulty | Good Attempts | Time Taken (In Minutes) |
| General/Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | Easy to Moderate | 38-40 | 35 |
| General English | 40 | 40 | Moderate | 28-30 | 35 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | Difficult | 30-32 | 45 |
| Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude | 50 | 60 | Moderate | 38-40 | 45 |
| Total | 190 | 200 | Moderate to Difficult | 134-142 | 160 |
SBI Clerk Main 26th June 2016 – General/Financial Awareness sectional analysis:
Most of the questions were from the Banking Awareness, Financial Awareness and Current Affairs of last 3-4 months. There were some questions from static GK. There were 10 to 12 questions asked from Computer Aptitude. The questions were based on Binary number digit. A well-prepared candidate could have attempted 38-40 questions.
SBI Clerk Main 26th June 2016 – General English sectional analysis:
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| Fill in the blanks (2 blanks each) | 5 | Moderate |
| Para-Jumble | 5 | Moderate |
| Cloze Test | 10 | Easy to Moderate |
| Spelling Errors | 5 | Easy |
| Reading Comprehension (2 passages) | 15 | Easy to Moderate |
The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate. The questions were primarily based on the fundamentals of grammar. An overall attempt of 28-30 questions can be considered as a good attempt.
SBI Clerk Main 26th June 2016 – Quantitative Aptitude sectional analysis:
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| Approximation/Simplification | 5 | Easy |
| Number Series | 5 | Difficult |
| Data Interpretation (Table based) | 5 | Moderate |
| Data Interpretation (Line graph) | 5 | Moderate |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous (Numbers, Ages, Percentage, SI & CI, Ratio and Proportion, Partnership, Profit & Loss, Work and Time, Speed and Distance, Average, Mixture and Alligation, Mensuration, Boat & Stream, etc.) | 25 | Moderate to difficult |
The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate to difficult and a well-prepared candidate could easily attempt 30-32 questions. Questions based on Arithmetic were difficult and time-consuming.
SBI Clerk Main 26th June 2016 – Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude sectional analysis:
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| Blood Relations | 3 | Easy |
| Diagram (Based on triangles and dots) | 2 | Easy |
| Coding-Decoding | 5 | Easy |
| Inequalities | 5 | Moderate |
| Input-output | 5 | Easy to moderate |
| Data sufficiency | 5 | Moderate |
| Alpha numeric series | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Row arrangement | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Puzzles (2 sets) | 10 | Moderate to difficult |
| Circular Arrangement | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
There was no question from Computer Aptitude. Level of difficulty of this section was moderate to difficult. There were no syllogism questions. A new set of questions was introduced in the form of some triangle and dot symbol. An overall attempt of 38-40 questions can be considered as a good attempt.
You may view the detailed State Bank of India Clerk Main Exam (June 25, 2016) First Slot Analysis here:
The detailed break-up of the SBI Clerk Main 25th June, First slot is as follows:
| Section | Total Questions | Total Marks | Level of Difficulty | Good Attempts | Time Taken (In Minutes) |
| General/Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | Easy to moderate | 36-40 | 35 |
| General English | 40 | 40 | Easy to moderate | 30-32 | 35 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | Moderate to difficult | 28-32 | 45 |
| Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude | 50 | 60 | Moderate to difficult | 38-42 | 45 |
| Total | 190 | 200 | Moderate to difficult | 136-150 | 160 |
SBI Clerk Main 25th June 2016 – General/Financial Awareness sectional analysis:
Most of the questions came from the Banking Awareness, Financial Awareness, and Current Affairs sections. There were some questions from the static section of General Awareness.
SBI Clerk Main 25th June 2016 – General English sectional analysis:
| Topic | Number of questions | Level of difficulty |
| Sentence Completion (Fill in the blank(s)) | 5 | Easy to moderate |
| Para-jumble | 5 | Moderate |
| Cloze test (based on food) | 10 | Easy |
| Sentence Correction | 5 | Easy |
| Reading comprehension | 15 | Moderate |
The overall difficulty of this section was easy to moderate. The questions were more or less based on the fundamentals of grammar.
SBI Clerk Main 25th June 2016 – Quantitative Aptitude sectional analysis:
| Topic | Number of questions | Level of difficulty |
| Approximation/Simplification | 5 | Easy |
| Comparison of variables | 5 | Easy |
| Number series | 5 | Easy |
| Data Interpretation (Table based) | 5 | Easy to moderate |
| Data Interpretation (Line graph) | 5 | Easy to moderate |
| Miscellaneous (Numbers, Ages, Percentage, SI and CI, Ratio and proportion, Partnership, PLD, Work, and time, Time, speed and distance, Average, Mixture and Alligation, Mensuration, Geometry, etc.) | 25 | Moderate to difficult |
The overall level of difficulty of this section was moderate to difficult.
SBI Clerk Main 25th June 2016 – Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude sectional analysis:
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of difficulty |
| Blood Relations | 2 | Easy |
| Venn diagram (Based on triangles and circles) | 3 | Easy |
| Coding-Decoding | 5 | Easy |
| Mathematical inequalities | 5 | Moderate |
| Input-output | 5 | Easy to moderate |
| Data sufficiency | 5 | Moderate |
| Alphanumeric series | 5 | Easy |
| Row arrangement (12 persons in 2 rows, north – south) | 5 | Moderate to difficult |
| Data arrangement (Floors/colour based) | 5 | Moderate to difficult |
| Data arrangement (Blood relation/Linear arrangement based) | 5 | Moderate to difficult |
| Data arrangement (Increasing/decreasing order based) | 5 | Moderate to difficult |
There was no question from Computer Aptitude. The level of difficulty of this section was moderate to difficult.
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