Analysis Of SBI Clerk Examination 2012

The difficulty level of the entire paper was easy to moderate. The English and Quantitative sections were quite easy where as the questions of the GK and the Marketing and Computer Knowledge sections were of moderate difficulty level. There were five sections, 200 questions in all, 40 questions in each section and the time allotted for completing the paper was 2 hours, 15 minutes. There was one mark for every correct answer and minus one-fourth mark for a wrong answer. 

The section wise analysis of the paper is given below:

Serial No.	Sections	No. of Questions	Topics	Difficulty Level
Section I	General Awareness	40	Sports- 6-7 Current Economic Event-5-6 Literature- 3-4 Banking Awareness-15	Moderate
Section II	English	40	Error Spotting – 5 FIB (1 word) – 5 Incorrectly spelled /Inappropriate Word – 5 Parajumbles – 5 Cloze – 10 RC – 10	Easy
Section III	Quantitative Aptitude	40	Simplification – 15 Time and Speed – 1 Profit and Loss – 1 Percentage – 2 Ratio – 1 Average – 1 Geometry- 2 DI – 5 Equation-3	Easy
Section IV	Reasoning	40	Syllogisms – 5 Circular Arrangement – 1 Arrangement – 8 Visual Reasoning – 10 Coding –1 Sequence-5 Mathematical Conclusion-5	Easy to Moderate
Section V	Marketing and Computer Knowledge	40	Definitional aspect of the both	Easy to Moderate