SBI Clerk Mains 2020: The 2021 mains exam of SBI Clerk is about to happen in the coming months. It’s better to have a look at last year’s paper for setting the preparation strategy in the right direction.
SBI Clerk Mains 2020 Exam Pattern
| S. No. | Section | No. of Question | Total Marks | Duration |
| 1. | General English | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| 2. | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 45 minutes |
| 3. | Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude | 50 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| 4. | General/Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | 35 minutes |
| Total | 190 | 200 | 2 hours 40 minutes |
SBI Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2020 (October 31, 1st Shift)
The table below mentions the difficulty level presented in the last year’s mains exam.
| Sections | Difficulty level |
| English Language | Moderate |
| Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | Moderate to Difficult |
| Quantitative Aptitude | Moderate |
| General Awareness | Moderate |
| Overall Difficulty level | Moderate |
SBI Clerk Mains 2020 Good Attempts (October 31, 1st Shift)
| Sections | No. of Questions | Good Attempts |
| English Language | 40 | 25-27 |
| Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 50 | 30-32 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 30-36 |
| General Awareness | 50 | 30-35 |
| Total | 190 | 115-130 |
SBI Clerk Mains Exam 2020: Subject Wise Analysis
Quantitative Aptitude Section
As per the reviews mentioned by the students who appeared at the first shift on the October 31 described quantitative section as lengthy and time consuming. The following topics were asked in the paper that day:
- Profit and Loss
- Mixture and Allegation
- Mensuration
- Probability
- Percentage
- Simple interest and Compound interest
- Average
- Boat and stream
- Ratio and proportion
- Data interpretation – Case-let DI, Incomplete DI, Tabular DI
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Data Interpretation | 19 | Moderate |
| Data sufficiency | 6 | Moderate |
| Alphabetical series | 7 | Moderate |
| Miscellaneous (Arithmetic) | 18 | Moderate |
| Total | 50 | Moderate |
Reasoning Ability Section
The level was described to be moderate to difficult by the aspirants. The following types of questions or topics were asked for the reasoning ability section of SBI clerk mains 2020, 1st shift, October 31:
10 seats – 8 people inside and 2 vacant seats
7 boxes – colour
9 letters arrangement – West to East
30 stairs – 3 people standing and moving according to conditions
Not a single question was asked from computer aptitude section in the SBI clerk mains 2020, 1st shift, October 31.
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles | 25 | Difficult |
| Coded Inequality | 5 | Moderate |
| Direction sense | 5 | Moderate -Difficult |
| Machine Input- Output | 5 | Moderate |
| Logical (Course of Action, Statement, and Assumption, Consequence) | 6 | Moderate- Difficult |
| Alphabet based series | 1 | Moderate |
| Miscellaneous | 3 | Moderate |
| Total | 50 | Moderate-Difficult |
English Language Section
As usual and expected, the English section was dominated by the reading comprehension questions. Other than passage-based questions, there were cloze test/fillers, inference-based questions, word arrangement, etc. Passage-based questions were all clubbed into many parts of reading comprehensions. The first passage was on ‘plastic waste’ and the second one was about ‘sleeping routine.’
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 12 | Moderate |
| Vocabulary Based (Identify Synonym/Antonym) | 5 | Moderate |
| Error Detection | 5 | Moderate |
| Sentence & Phrase Rearrangement | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Idioms | 2 | Moderate |
| Fillers | 5 | Moderate |
| Cloze Test | 6 | Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Moderate |
General Awareness Section
All the 50 questions were dominated by current affairs and banking awareness questions. Apparently, questions from static awareness weren’t asked.
List of all the 50 GA-based question asked in SBI clerk mains 2020, October 31, 1st shift
- Who is chairman of TRAI: PD Vaghela
- ACE credit card launched by which company: Axis Bank
- One question related to Atal Pension Yojana
- Shagun scheme launched by which bank: SBI
- The stake of RIL in JIO Payment Bank: 70%
- Economic Freedom Index
- Titan Pay
- RRB- Central Govt share?
- Instaclick Saving Account
- MUDRA is a subsidiary of?
- NSDC agreement with whom for Skill Training
- September Retain Inflation
- UNDP HQ
- Fortune 500- only Indian Company in top 100
- Autism Awareness Day
- Fiscal Deficit Formula?
- Current PM of Japan
- Head Office of Hardley Davidson
- Third Richest Person based on Huren India Rich List
- Shaurya KGC Card
- Insta Flexi Account
- White Label ATM
- PFRDA
- POS Device – Paytm
- Head of Tesla
- Home Utsav
- Chambal Project
- 2+2 Dialogue
- JSE Energy Plant Set-up
- CBSE Related
- Parliament Standing Committee
- Charity day
- Governor, Deputy Gov of RBI
- 8th October Indian Air Force Anniversary
- Minimum Paid up capital for Umbrala entity
- 2nd April which day
- Serum Institute of India location: New Delhi
- Rajat Bhatia related to which sports: Cricket
- The currency of South Korea: South Korean
- Karmayogi program related to which segment: Indian Civil Servant
- Who is the writer of 10 rules of successful nations: Ruchir Sharma
- JSE Energy Plant Set-up
- CBSE Related
- Parliament Standing Committee
- Charity day
SBI Clerk Mains 2020 Cut-Off
| Score out of 200 | – | ||||
| State/UT | Gen | OBC | EWS | SC | ST |
| West Bengal | 86.75 | 69.25 | 70.75 | 65.5 | 60 |
| Gujarat | 82.75 | 73 | 74.5 | 66 | 60 |
| Maharashtra | 84 | 77.5 | 76.5 | 75.5 | 60 |
| Telangana | 86.75 | 81.75 | 81.5 | 69.25 | 60.75 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 90.25 | 78 | 82.25 | 64.25 | 60 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 87.25 | 72 | – | – | – |
| Andhra Pradesh | 88.75 | 83.75 | – | – | – |
| Uttarakhand | 91 | – | – | – | – |
| Rajasthan | 90.25 | 82.75 | 80.75 | 66.5 | 60 |
| Tamil Nadu | 92.75 | 89.75 | 72.25 | 74.75 | 60.75 |
| Karnataka | 80.5 | 75.25 | 74.25 | 64.25 | 60 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 89.25 | – | 81.5 | – | – |
| Delhi | 98.75 | 83 | 87.5 | 73.5 | 62.25 |
| Chandigarh | 96.75 | 81.75 | 94.75 | 77.25 | – |
| Punjab | 96.25 | 78.75 | 88 | 69.25 | – |
SBI Clerk Mains Cut Off 2019
| State Name | Cut-off (Out Of 200 For General) |
| Bihar | 96.00 |
| Chhattisgarh | 91.50 |
| Delhi | 104.80 |
| Gujarat | 85.00 |
| Haryana | 99.00 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 98.25 |
| Jharkhand | 86.00 |
| Karnataka | 83.90 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 92.60 |
| Maharashtra | 85.65 |
| Odisha | 88.80 |
| Punjab | 100.65 |
| Rajasthan | 96.75 |
| Tamil Nadu | 93.75 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 96.00 |
| West Bengal | 95.30 |
SBI Clerk Mains Cut Off 2018
Sectional Cut Off is available for SBI Clerk 2018 followed by category wise cut off in the given table
| Sno | Subject | Total Marks | Cut Off |
| 1. | General/Financial Awareness | 50 | 22.5 |
| 2. | General English | 40 | 21.75 |
| 3. | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 30.25 |
| 4. | Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude | 60 | 19.5 |
| 5. | Total Marks | 200 | 93.75 |
Category-Wise Cut-Off For SBI Clerk Mains Exam 2018
| Category | Marks Obtained |
| SC | 67.25 |
| ST | 60.4 |
| OBC | 82.5 |
| GEN | 96 |
| LD (OH) | 75.2 |
| VI | 90.85 |
| HI | 63.3 |
| XS | 63.05 |
| DXS | 66.2 |
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