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SBI Clerk 2021 mains exam was conducted successfully. The overall paper of the SBI Clerk mains exam was moderate to difficult. Read here SBI Clerk 2021 mains exam analysis & review by students.

SBI Clerk 2021 mains exam was conducted successfully. The overall paper of SBI Clerk mains exam was moderate to difficult. Read here SBI Clerk 2021 mains exam analysis & review by students.

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State Bank of Bank (SBI) every year conducts recruitment for the post of Clerical Cadre. In 2021, more than 5000 vacancies will be filled for the post of SBI Clerk. On October 1, SBI has successfully conducted SBI Clerk 2021 mains exam in two shifts-9 am to 12.00 am (Approx) and 2 pm to 4.40 pm. The mains exam of the SBI Clerk is also scheduled to be conducted on October 17. SBI is conducting the mains exam for candidates who have qualified the prelims exam. According to the feedback shared by the students, the overall paper of SBI Clerk 2021 mains exam was moderate to difficult. The General/Financial Awareness section was moderate. Among all the sections, the difficulty level of the English section was easy. The Quantitative Aptitude section was difficult. The Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude section was moderate. Mostly, Current Affairs questions were asked from the events that took place between March and July 2021. Questions in GA were asked from Naval Exercise, Olympics, Para-Olympics, MSME, Petroleum Minister, New MD for LIC, and many more. 
Candidates can check on this page SBI Clerk 2021 mains exam analysis & review by students. SBI Clerk exam analysis will help future banking aspirants to prepare for the exam. Read this article below to know the difficulty level of the exam, type of questions asked, changes notice in the exam pattern, and few General Awareness topics from where questions were asked in the exam.
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  • SBI Clerk 2021 Mains Exam Pattern
  • SBI Clerk 2021 Mains Exam Analysis & Review by Students
  • SBI Clerk Mains 2021 Exam Analysis Video

SBI Clerk 2021 Mains Exam Pattern

SBI Clerk mains exam pattern 2021 was divided into four sections: English, General Awareness, Quantitative, and Reasoning Section. The question paper carried a total of 190 questions. Total marks allotted to the test were 200. The duration of the test was 2 hours 40 minutes. The structure of mains exam pattern is given below.

Name of test No of Questions Marks Duration

General/ Financial Awareness

50

50

35 Minutes

General English

40

40

35 Minutes

Quantitative Aptitude

50

50

45 Minutes

Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude

50

60

45 Minutes

Total

190

200

2 Hours 40 minutes

SBI Clerk 2021 Mains Exam Analysis & Review by Students

Shiksha reported live from one of the SBI Clerk 2021 mains exam centres in Greater Noida, where around 500 candidates had appeared for the exam to gather their feedback regarding the overall difficulty level of the exam. As per the students’ review, the overall paper was moderate. Let’s have a look at the feedback shared by the students.

Pallavi: The GA section of SBI Clerk 2021 mains exam was difficult, and I did not prepare well for it too. The English section was easy. Questions in English were asked from Fill in the Blanks, Sentence Rearrangements, Error Correction, Reading Comprehension, etc. The Quantitative Aptitude Section was moderate. The Reasoning section was a bit lengthy. In GA, there were questions from Banking, Games, Government Schemes, etc. 

Neha: The GA section was easy and doable as compared to the IBPS RRB PO exam. Questions in GA were based on the events that took place in recent months.

Anjali: The overall difficulty level of SBI Clerk 2021 mains exam was moderate. The Quantitative Aptitude section was difficult among all the sections. The Data Interpretation questions were tough in Quant. The Reasoning section was moderate and English was easy. The GA section was moderate and questions were asked from Financial Awareness and Static GK. 

Alisha: The paper of SBI Clerk 2021 mains exam was moderate. The GA questions asked in the SBI Clerk mains exam were tough, like PO level. The Index questions in GA were asked from the year 2020, else the section covered the topics based on the events that took place till May 2021. The overall difficulty level of GA was moderate to difficult. Quantitative Aptitude questions were calculative and length. There were four DIs, and those were difficult. In Reasoning, the questions were difficult. The Logical Reasoning questions were easy, but the Puzzles were difficult. Mostly, questions in GA were asked from Banking Awareness. 

Akash: The overall paper of SBI Clerk 2021 mains exam was good. I have attempted a total of 134 questions. The difficulty level of the Reasoning section was good. In Quant, questions were asked from DI, Data Sufficiency, etc. The toughest section in the exam was Quant. 

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Vikas: The DI questions in Quant were a bit calculative. GA section carried questions from the events that took place between March to August 2021. The General English section was easy. I have attempted 89 questions.

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