SBI Clerical Exam-2014 flagged off on 19th July, 2014. The format of the test has changed this year from paper-pencil to computer based test. The 135 minute test is being conducted in two time slots – morning and evening. It will span over a period of five weeks, ending on 31st August, 2014. 1 mark will be awarded for every correct answer while 1/4th marks will be deducted for every incorrect answer.
The detailed break down of the paper is as follows:
| Section | Total
Ques
| Level of difficulty | Good Attempts | Good Score | Approximate time taken |
| General Awareness/ Banking | 40 | Easy –
Moderate
| 35 | 25 | 15 minutes |
| General English | 40 | Easy | 35 | 25 | 25 minutes |
| QuantitativeAptitude | 40 | Moderate | 30 | 25 | 35 minutes |
| ReasoningAbility | 40 | Moderate | 30 | 30 | 35 minutes |
| Marketing Aptitude/ Computer Knowledge | 40 | Moderate | 30 | 25 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 200 | Moderate | 160 | 130 | 130 minutes + 5 minutes (for review) |
General Awareness
The section was dominated by questions on general knowledge. There were about 8 to 10 questions from basic banking awareness that the candidates would not have found difficult to attempt. All in all, this section was easy – moderate.
The section was dominated by questions on general knowledge. There were about 8 to 10 questions from basic banking awareness that the candidates would not have found difficult to attempt. All in all, this section was easy – moderate.
| Topic | Number of Questions | Difficult Level |
| General Knowledge (Current + Static) | 30 | Easy – Moderate |
| Banking Awareness | 10 | Easy – Moderate |
English Language
This section was largely on expected lines except the five questions on sentence based synonyms, which featured in this year’s exam. There was a passage with 10 questions based on an excerpt from a fiction. Then there were five questions each on Para Jumbles, Spot the Error and Fill in the Blanks which were mostly easy.
| Topic | Number of Questions | Difficult Level |
| RC | 10 | Easy |
| Para Jumble | 5 | Easy – Moderate |
| Cloze Test | 10 | Moderate |
| Spot the Error | 5 | Easy |
| FIB (2 Blank) | 5 | Easy |
| Correct the phrases | 5 | Easy – Moderate |
Quantitative Aptitude The difficulty level of this section ranged from moderate-difficult with questions being asked from varied topics. Ratio & Proportion and Percentage featured prominently in this section.
| Topic | Number of
Questions
| Difficult Level |
| Simplification | 10 | Moderate |
| Number series | 5 | Easy |
| Data Interpretation | 5 | Moderate |
| Ratio & proportion, Percentage, Profit and loss, Simple interest, Compound interest, Time, Speed and Distance, Time & Work, Mixture and Alligation, Mensuration |
20
|
Moderate – Difficult
|
Reasoning Ability
This section comprised questions from Syllogisms, Coding-Decoding, Blood Relations, Inequality, Arrangements (both linear and circular), Puzzles and Statement-Argument. The overall difficulty level of this section ranged from easy-moderate.
| Topic | Number of
Questions
| Difficult Level |
| Syllogism | 5 | Moderate |
| Puzzle | 5 | Moderate |
| Sitting Arrangement
(Linear + Circular)
| 10 | Moderate |
| Coding – Decoding | 5 | Easy |
| Inequality | 5 | Easy – Moderate |
| Blood Relation | 5 | Easy – Moderate |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 | Moderate |
Marketing Aptitude/ Computer Knowledge
This section was equally split between Computer Knowledge and Marketing Aptitude with 20 questions from each of the area. The questions on Computer Knowledge were easier than that of Marketing Aptitude. Another thing to note is that the questions from the two areas were not segregated but were arranged alternately.
| Topic | Number of
Questions
| Difficult Level |
| Marketing
Aptitude
| 20 | Moderate – Difficult |
| Computer Knowledge | 20 | Easy |
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