SBI Clerk Prelims 2016: Exam Analysis, Answer Key, Cutoff & Results
SBI conducted the prelims exam for the recruitment of Clerks in 2016. The overall difficulty level of the paper was easy, so we can expect high cutoff in the exam.
SBI Clerk Prelims 2016: Exam Analysis:
The online exam consisted of 3 sections i.e. Mathematics, Reasoning and English. The total time is 1 hour, so clearly Speed, Accuracy and Planning was very important.
| Subject | Good Attempt | Time |
| English Language | 17-21 | 15 min. |
| Reasoning Ability | 24-26 | 20 min. |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 17-21 | 25 min. |
| 59-65 | 60 Minutes |
Quant:
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Series | 5 | Moderate |
| Quadratic Equation | – | – |
| Simplification | 10 | Easy |
| Data Interpretation
(Tabular) |
5 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous (SI,CI, Speed &Time, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Averages, Ages, Ratio, etc.) | 15 | Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Moderate |
*Note: No questions came from quadratic equation.
English
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Reading Comprehension
(Story on a King) |
10 | Easy |
| Cloze Test
(Story Based on Duck) |
5 | Easy |
| Para jumble
(Story based) |
5 | Moderate |
| Spelling Correction | 5 | Moderate |
| Errors | 5 | Easy |
| Total | 30 | Moderate |
Reasoning
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Inequalities | 5 | Easy |
| Coding & Decoding | 3 | Easy |
| – | – | – |
| Puzzle
(Week Days Letter Posting) |
5 | Moderate |
| Puzzle
(Circular Arrangement) |
5 | Moderate |
| Number/Alphabetical Series | 3+5 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous
(Direction Sense, Blood Relations , etc. ) |
9 | Easy |
*Note: No question came from Syllogism.
SBI Clerk Prelims 2016: Cutoff & Results:
The cutoff is expected to be very high. Around 50-60 marks. The results will be announced in one week. We will update this post with more details.