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SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 12 November 2022: State Bank of India has successfully conducted the 1st Shift of Day 1 of the SBI Clerk 2022 Exam today on 12th November 2022. Lakhs of students have applied for the SBI Clerk Exam. The SBI Clerk Exam 2022 is scheduled to be conducted on the 12th, 19th, 20th & 25th of November 2022 in multiple shifts. That is why it is very important for all the candidates whether they have taken the exam or they are willing to appear in any of the future attempts, to have a look at the SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2022 for Shift 1.
The candidates who will clear the prelims exam will be eligible for the mains examination. Candidates can find the detailed SBI Clerk Exam Analysis 2022 here for all shifts here with good attempts, difficulty levels, and important questions asked in the exam. This analysis will help aspirants to prepare accordingly for the SBI Clerk Exam 2022.
- The difficulty level of the last year’s SBI Clerk exam was Moderate to Difficult.
- There will be 3 subjects in the SBI Clerk Exam 2022 which are namely English Language, Numerical Ability, and Reasoning Ability.
- Candidates will be allotted a total time duration of 1 hour.
SBI Clerk Exam Dates and Shifts 2022
The SBI Clerk Exam 2022 will be conducted in four shifts. The exam will be conducted on 12 Nov, 19 Nov, 20 Nov, and 25 Nov 2022. Check out the below table to know the reporting time, gate closing time, and exam timing of the SBI Clerk exam 2022.
| Activities | Shift 1 | Shift 2 | Shift 3 | Shift 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporting Time | 8.00 AM | 10.30 AM | 1.00 PM | 3.30 PM |
| Gate Closing | 8.30 AM | 11.00 AM | 1.30 PM | 4.00 PM |
| Handwriting Sample | 8.30-9.00 AM | 11.00-11.30 AM | 1.30-2.00 PM | 4.00-4.30 PM |
| Exam Timings (Start-End) | 09:00 AM – 10:00 AM | 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | 02:00 PM – 3:00 PM | 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM |
Table of Contents
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 12 November 2022 All Shifts:
SBI Clerk Exam Analysis 12 November 2022- Good Attempts
The table below has detailed the total number of good attempts and overall difficulty level according to the responses given by various candidates and the ease as per the SBI Clerk Exam Analysis 2022 by our team.
| Section | Good Attempts | Difficulty level |
| English Language | 24-26 | Easy |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 24-27 | Easy to Moderate |
| Reasoning Ability | 28-30 | Easy |
| Overall Good Attempts | 72-79 | Easy |
SBI Clerk Exam Analysis 2022 – English Language
The English section of the SBI Clerk Prelims Exam 2022 was easy as per the SBI Clerk Exam Analysis 2022, Shift-1. These 30 questions are from various topics that include Reading Comprehension, close test, Para jumble, Mis-spelt, and general English like antonyms and synonyms. Below we have detailed the questions asked from every section of the English Language.
Vocab- 2 questions Merely
| Topic | Questions Asked | Difficulty Level |
| Reading Comprehension(Event) | 10 | Easy to moderate |
| Error Detection | 05 | Easy |
| Word Swap | 05 | Easy |
| Fillers | 05 | Easy |
| Para Jumble | 05 | Easy |
| Total | 30 | Easy |
SBI Clerk Exam Analysis 2022 – Reasoning Ability
The reasoning ability section of the SBI Clerk 2022 prelims exam was easy. There were a total of 35 questions asked from puzzle and sitting arrangements. The SBI Clerk Exam Analysis 2022, 12th November Shift 4 is detailed below with the help of tables.
- Circular Based Sitting Arrangement(8 Persons) – 5 Questions
- Uncertain Number Based Puzzle(n 22) – 4 Questions
- Linear Sitting Arrangement(8 Persons) – 5 Questions
- Month Based Puzzle( Jan to Aug) – 5 Questions
| Topic | Questions Asked | Difficulty Level |
| Puzzle & Seating Arrangement | 20 | Easy |
| Inequality | 03 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 03 | Easy |
| Number Series | 05 | Easy |
| Blood Relation | 03-04 | Moderate |
| Direction & Distance | 03-04 | Moderate |
| Word Formation | 01 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy |
SBI Clerk Exam Analysis 2022 – Quantitative Aptitude
The numerical ability section of the SBI Clerk Exam 2022, Shift-4 was Easy. The topic-wise number of questions asked has been mentioned below. In arithmetic, questions were asked from profit and loss, boat and stream, problem on ages, partnership and CI & SI.
| Topic | Questions Asked | Difficulty Level |
| Tabular DI | 05 | Easy |
| Wrong Number Series | 05 | Easy |
| Simplification | 10 | Easy |
| Quadratic Equation | 05 | Moderate |
| Arithematic | 05 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy |
SBI Clerk Exam Analysis 2022, 3rd Shift Good Attempts
As per SBI Clerk Exam Analysis 2022 conducted by our faculty after coordinating with the candidates who appeared in this shift, the level of SBI Clerk Prelims 3rd shift can be considered as Easy. The section-wise & overall good attempts plus difficulty level has been discussed in the below table.
| Sections | Good Attempts | Difficulty Level |
| Numerical Ability | 23-25 | Easy |
| Reasoning Ability | 24-26 | Easy |
| English Language | 21-23 | Easy to Moderate |
| Total | 68-74 | Easy |
SBI Clerk Shift 3 Exam Analysis- English Language
The reading comprehension of the 3rd shift was based on “Tourism” and there were a total of 08 questions asked from RC out of which 3 vocabs and 1 filler were asked. There were 5 para jumble questions asked which were based on “New Pattern”. Check topic wise number of questions asked in SBI Clerk 3rd Shift prelims exam as tabulated below.
| Topics | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 08 | Easy to Moderate |
| Para Jumble (New pattern) | 05 | Easy |
| Choose the correct | 03 | Easy |
| Fillers | 05 | Easy |
| Phrase Replacement | 05 | Easy to Moderate |
| Word Swap | 04 | Easy |
| Total | 30 | Easy to Moderate |
SBI Clerk Shift 3 Exam Analysis- Reasoning Ability
There was 1 question of Chinese Coding asked in Shift 3 of SBI Clerk Prelims, 12th November 2022. As per candidates’ review, the reasoning section of SBI Clerk Exam of 3rd shift was of Easy level and doable.
Puzzles & Seating Arrangement asked in SBI Clerk Shift 3 Prelims-
- Circular Arrangement (7 persons)- 5 questions
- Post-based (7 posts)- 5 questions
- Parellel Row (10 persons)- 5 questions
- Comparison based puzzle (3)- 5 questions
| Topics | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Puzzles & Seating Arrangement | 18 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 02-03 | Easy |
| Inequalities | 02-03 | Easy |
| Alphanumeric Series | 05 | Easy |
| Blood Relation | 02-03 | Easy |
| Direction & Distance | 01 | Easy |
| Coding Decoding | 01 | Easy |
| Word Based | 03 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy |
SBI Clerk Shift 3 Exam Analysis- Quantitative Aptitude
Arithmetic questions were from Mixture, Profit & Loss, Ages, Train, SI/CI etc. There was only 1 DI asked in Shift 3. As per SBI Clerk Shift 3 Exam Analysis 2022, the difficulty level of this section was “Easy”.
| Topics | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Simplification | 15 | Easy |
| Wrong Number Series | 05 | Easy |
| DI (Tabular) | 05 | Easy |
| Arithmetic | 15 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy |
SBI Clerk Shift-2 Exam Analysis 2022- Good Attempts
The level of the SBI Clerk Prelims exam held on the 2nd shift of 12th November 2022, can be considered Easy. Here is the section-wise good attempts and difficulty level of the 2nd shift of the SBI Clerk 2022 Prelims exam.
| Sections | Good Attempts | Difficulty Level |
| Numerical Ability | 25-26 | Easy-Moderate |
| Reasoning Ability | 27-30 | Easy |
| English Language | 22-24 | Easy |
| Total | 72-77 | Easy |
Let’s have a look at SBI Clerk 2022 Prelims Overall Exam Analysis for 12th November 2022 (Second Shift).
SBI Clerk Exam Analysis Shift 2- Reasoning Ability
As reviewed by the banking aspirants, the reasoning section of SBI Clerk Shift 2 Exam was Easy. There was no Chinese coding, series of questions asked in this shift.
There were 4 sets of puzzles & seating arrangements asked in SBI Clerk Shift 2 Prelims Exam.
- Uncertain Linear (N- 17)- 3 questions
- Box-based puzzle (7 boxes)- 5 questions
- Floor & Flat based puzzle (4 x 2)- 5 questions
- Month-based puzzle- 5 questions
| Topics | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Puzzle & Seating Arrangement | 18 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 05 | Easy |
| 3 Digit Series | 05 | Easy |
| Blood Relation | 03 | Easy |
| Direction-Distance | 01 | Easy |
| Meaningful Word | 01 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy |
SBI Clerk Exam Analysis Shift 2- Quantitative Aptitude
There were 5 questions asked from the Quadratic Equation topic in Shift 2. Arithmetic questions were from Mixture, Profit & Loss, Ages, Train, SI/CI etc.
| Topics | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Data Interpretation | 05 | Easy |
| Quadratic Equation | 05 | Easy |
| Simplification | 15 | Easy to Moderate |
| Arithmetic | 10 | Easy |
| Overall | 35 | Easy |
SBI Clerk Exam Analysis 2022- English Language
There were 30 questions asked in the English section and the level of questions in Shift 2 was Easy. The topic of Reading Comprehension was based on “Plastic Manufacturing”. The level of Reading Comprehension was of easy to moderate level. There were 3 vocab based, and true-false questions.
Vocab questions- Unevil/Imapct
| Topics | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Reasoning Comprehension | 09-10 | Easy to Moderate |
| Sentence Arrangement | 03-04 | Easy |
| Cloze Test | 06-07 | Easy |
| Mis-Spelt | 05 | Easy |
| Error Detection | 05 | Easy |
| Total | 30 | Easy |
SBI Clerk Exam Analysis 12 November 2022- Good Attempts (Shift 1)
The table below has detailed the total number of good attempts and overall difficulty level according to the responses given by various candidates and the ease as per the SBI Clerk Exam Analysis 2022 by our team.
| Section | Good Attempts | Difficulty level |
| English Language | 24-26 | Easy |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 24-27 | Easy to Moderate |
| Reasoning Ability | 28-30 | Easy |
| Overall Good Attempts | 69-76 | Easy |
SBI Clerk Exam Analysis 2022 – Reasoning Ability
The reasoning ability section of the SBI Clerk 2022 prelims exam was easy. There were a total of 35 questions asked from puzzle and sitting arrangements. The SBI Clerk Exam Analysis 2022, 12th November Shift 1 is detailed below with the help of tables.
- Circular-Based Puzzle(7 person Inside Facing) -5 questions
- Uncertain Linear Based Puzzle(21 persons)- 3 questions
- Double Parallel Row Based Puzzle – 5 questions
- Floor Based Puzzle(7 floor) – 5 questions
| Topic | Questions Asked | Difficulty Level |
| Puzzle & Seating Arrangement | 18 | Easy |
| Inequality | 03 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 03 | Easy |
| Alphabet Mix series | 05 | Easy |
| Blood Relation | 03 | Moderate |
| Direction & Distance | 01 | Moderate |
| Word Formation | 01 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy |
SBI Clerk Exam Analysis 2022 – English Language
The English section of the SBI Clerk Prelims Exam 2022 was easy as per the SBI Clerk Exam Analysis 2022, Shift-1. These 30 questions are from various topics that include Reading Comprehension, close test, Para jumble, Mis-spelt, and general English like antonyms and synonyms. Below we have detailed the questions asked from every section of the English Language.
Vocab- 2 questions Flow & Upshod
| Topic | Questions Asked | Difficulty Level |
| Reading Comprehension(Restaurant) | 10 | Easy to moderate |
| Error Detection | 05 | Easy |
| Word Rearrangement | 05 | Easy |
| Fillers | 04-05 | Easy |
| Para Jumble | 05 | Easy |
| Total | 30 | Easy |
SBI Clerk Exam Analysis 2022 – Quantitative Aptitude
The numerical ability section of the SBI Clerk Exam 2022, Shift-1 was Easy. The topic-wise number of questions asked has been mentioned below. In arithmetic, questions were asked from profit and loss, boat and stream, problem on ages, partnership and CI & SI.
Tabular DI( A, B & C Hospital, 3 months – March, April & May)
| Topic | Questions Asked | Difficulty Level |
| Tabular DI | 05 | Easy |
| Wrong Number Series | 05 | Easy |
| Simplification | 15 | Easy |
| Arithmetic | 10 | Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Easy |
SBI Clerk Prelims Previous Year Exam Analysis
SBI Clerk Prelims Previous Year Exam Analysis of reasoning ability section for the years 2021 and 2020 are tabuated below.
Reasoning Ability – SBI Clerk Prelims Previous Year Exam Analysis
Here we have added the topic wise SBI Clerk exam analysis for the prelims examination based on analysing all the shifts held for that particular year. By referring to the SBI Clerk Prelims Previous Year Exam Analysis here, candidates can get to know the most repeated topics with the number of questions asked from this topic.
| SBI Clerk Prelims Previous Year Exam Analysis – Reasoning Ability | ||
| Topics | SBI Clerk topic wise Weightage 2021 | SBI Clerk topic wise Weightage 2020 |
| Puzzle And Seating Arrangement | 12-23 | 15-20 |
| Syllogism | 0-3 | 3-4 |
| Inequality | 2-5 | 3-5 |
| Coding Decoding | 0-5 | 0-5 |
| Alphanumeric Series | 4-5 | 3-5 |
| Direction | 2-3 | 3-5 |
| Blood Relation | 0-2 | 0-3 |
| Order & Ranking | – | 0-3 |
| Miscellaneous | 1-3 | 2-5 |
Quantitative Aptitude – SBI Clerk Prelims Previous Year Exam Analysis
Here we have added the topic wise SBI Clerk exam analysis for the prelims examination based on analysing all the shifts held for that particular year. By referring to the SBI Clerk Prelims Previous Year Exam Analysis here, candidates can get to know the most repeated topics with the number of questions asked from this topic.
| SBI Clerk Prelims Previous Year Exam Analysis – Quantitative Aptitude | ||
| Topics | SBI Clerk topic wise Weightage 2021 | SBI Clerk topic wise Weightage 2020 |
| Data Interpretation | 5 | 5-6 |
| Caselets | 0-5 | 0-5 |
| Missing Number Series | 0-5 | 0-5 |
| Wrong Number Series | 0-5 | 0-5 |
| Arithmetic | 8-13 | 9-10 |
| Simplification/Approximation | 10-13 | 10 |
| Q1, Q2 | 2-4 | – |
| Quadratic Equation | 0-2 | 0-5 |
English Language – SBI Clerk Prelims Previous Year Exam Analysis
Here we have added the topic wise SBI Clerk exam analysis for the prelims examination based on analysing all the shifts held for that particular year. By referring to the SBI Clerk Prelims Previous Year Exam Analysis here, candidates can get to know the most repeated topics with the number of questions asked from this topic.
| SBI Clerk Prelims Topic wise Weightage – English Language | ||
| Topics | SBI Clerk topic wise Weightage 2021 | SBI Clerk topic wise Weightage 2020 |
| Reading Comprehension | 7-8 | 9-10 |
| Error Detection | 4-6 | 5 |
| Misspelt | 0-6 | 2-5 |
| Para Jumbles | 0-5 | – |
| Fillers | 0-4 | 3-5 |
| Sentence Improvement | 0-4 | 0-5 |
| Word Swap/ Word Rearrangement | 0-5 | – |
| Phrase Replacement | 2-6 | – |
| Cloze Test | 5-8 | 5-6 |
| Sentence Rearrangement | – | 0-5 |
| Word Usage | 0-2 | 0-5 |
FAQs – SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 12 November 2022
Q1. What was the difficulty level of the SBI Clerk 2022 Exam Shift 1 of 12th November 2022?
Ans. As per SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2022, the difficulty level of Shift 1 was Easy, the Quantitative aptitude section was Easy to Moderate and the Reasoning Ability was also Easy.
Q. Is there sectional timing for the SBI Clerk prelims Examination?
A. Yes. Sectional Timing is there for the SBI Clerk prelims examination.
Q. Where can I check the detailed SBI Clerk prelims Exam Analysis 2022?
A. Candidates can check the detailed SBI Clerk prelims Exam Analysis 2022 in this article.
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