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SBI Clerk Exam is conducted by State Bank of India (SBI) to recruit candidates for the post of Clerk in its different branches across the country. SBI Clerk facilitates the recruitment for the post of Clerk. SBI Clerk is one of the most sought-after bank exams today and a huge number of candidates appear for the same every year.
SBI Clerks are responsible for all the client interactions and related operations. Candidates who are recruited as SBI clerks are designated as cashiers, depositors and other posts that form the face of a particular SBI Bank branch.
For the selection to the post of Clerical Cadre through SBI Clerk exam, candidates are selected through two phases of exams- SBI Clerk Prelims and SBI Clerk Mains exam. It is compulsory for all candidates to clear both the phases to secure the appointment letter from SBI.
To crack SBI Clerk exam it is very important to know the exam pattern in and out. Here is the exam pattern of SBI Clerk Prelims and SBI Clerk Mains exam:
As per the official notification released by SBI “No minimum qualifying marks for individual subjects are prescribed”. Thus, there will not be any sectional cut off for this year’s SBI Clerk Recruitment’s Online Examination.
Serial No. |
Section |
No. of Question |
Total Marks |
Duration |
1 |
English Language |
30 |
30 |
20 minutes |
2 |
Numerical Ability |
35 |
35 |
20 minutes |
3 |
Reasoning |
35 |
35 |
20 minutes |
Total |
100 |
100 |
60 minutes |
Although, the preliminary and main examination are both conducted on same pattern and syllabus. The difficulty level of the exam would be higher for the main examination. The preliminary examination of SBI Clerk exam will comprise of Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude and English Language. Here is the detailed syllabus for SBI Clerk Prelims & Mains Exam:
Reasoning |
Quantitative Ability |
English Language |
Logical Reasoning |
Simplification |
Reading Comprehension |
Alphanumeric Series |
Profit & Loss |
Cloze Test |
Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test |
Mixtures & Alligations |
Para jumbles |
Data Sufficiency |
Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices |
Miscellaneous |
Coded Inequalities |
Work & Time |
Fill in the blanks |
Seating Arrangement |
Time & Distance |
Multiple Meaning /Error Spotting |
Puzzle |
Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere |
Paragraph Completion |
Tabulation |
Data Interpretation |
|
Syllogism |
Ratio & Proportion, Percentage |
|
Blood Relations |
Number Systems |
|
Input Output |
Sequence & Series |
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Coding Decoding |
Permutation, Combination &Probability |
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