SBI Clerk Examination
SBI clerk exam has a triple selection process a) prelims b) mains and c) language proficiency test. In 2019, 16.6 lakh applicants applied for 8000 posts in SBI clerk exam. There are total 8000 vacancies in clerks exam.
SBI clerk is also called the Junior Associates (Customer Support & Sales).
The local language proficiency test is conducted for candidates qualifying for the mains exam prior to joining the bank.
SBI Clerk Vacancies: Total 8000 (General 3447, EWS 790, SC 1214, ST 746, OBC 1803)
Gen -General Category; EWS –Economically Weaker Section; SC -Scheduled Caste, ST -Scheduled Tribe; OBC -Other Backward Classes;
SBI Clerk Pay Scales: The starting Basic Pay is Rs.13075/-(Rs11765/-plus two advance increments admissible to graduates)
The total starting emoluments of a Clerical Cadre employee payable at Metro like Mumbai will be around Rs.26,000/-per month inclusive of D.A., other allowances at the current rate.
SBI Clerk Work: Dealing with the customers and addressing their bank related inquiries. Handling the operations on deposit counters and cash withdrawals. Marketing bank’s products and services, such as loans, deposits, schemes to customers.
SBI Clerk Eligibility
Age: 21-30 years inclusive
Education: Graduation or appearing for final exams of graduate degree course.
Selection Process
1.Prelims
2. Mains + Language Proficiency Test
a. SBI Clerk Preliminary Examination Online Classes
- Online, Objective Type, in Hindi/English
- Objective test Marks: 100
- Objective test Qs: 100
- Objective test Time: 60 Minutes
Preliminary Examination consisting of Objective Test for 100 marks will be conducted online. The test will be of 3 Sections (with separate timings for each section) as follows:
| Name of the Test | No. of Qs. | Max. Marks | Duration |
| English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 1 hour |
No sectional cut-off, ¼ negative marking
b. SBI Clerk Mains Exam
- Online, Objective Type and descriptive type, in Hindi/English
- Objective test Marks: 200
- Objective test Qs: 155
- Objective test Time: 180 Minutes
- Descriptive test Marks: 50
- Descriptive test time: 30 minutes
- Group Exercise: 20 marks
- Interview: 30 marks
A) Objective Test:
The objective test of 3 hours duration consists of 4 Sections for total 200 marks. The objective test will have separate timing for every section.
| Name of the test | No. of Qs. | Max. 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 hr. 40 min |
There will be no sectional cut-off.
B) Test of specified opted local language:
If studied till 12th produce certificate, else give exam, if you fail, you will be disqualified.
Negative Marking (both –Online Preliminary and Online Main examinations)
-0.25 (or -1/4) for every wrong answer
SBI Clerk Prelims Syllabus
| Reasoning | Quantitative Aptitude | English Language |
| Alphabetical Series
Numeric Series Figure Series Analogy Blood Relation Causes and Effects Coding-Decoding Decision Making Direction Sense Odd man out Ranking Sitting Arrangements Statement and Arguments Statement and Assumption Statement and Conclusion Syllogism Alphabet Test Classification Clocks & Calendars Logical Venn Diagrams Mathematical Operations Situation Reaction Test |
Age & Averages
Time& Distance-Boat & Stream Simple & Compound Interest Data Interpretation – Bar graph, Line, tabular, pie chart HCF and LCM Number System Percentage Permutation and Combination Pipe & Cistern Probability Profit and Loss Inequality -Quadratic Equation Ratio, Proportion, Partnership Mixtures& Allegations Simplification Time and Work Mensuration (2D&3D) Roots, Surds & Indices Logarithms Decimal and Fraction Heights & Distances |
Antonym & Synonym
Homonyms Cloze Test Fill in the Blanks Grammar based Idioms and Phrases Jumbled Words One-word Substitution Para Jumbles Paragraph completion Phrase Substitution Qs on Vocabulary Reading Comprehension Sentence Completion Spotting Errors Passage Correction Sentence Re-arrangement Shuffling of Sentence parts |
SBI Clerk Mains Syllabus
| Reasoning | General/Economy
/Banking Awareness |
English Language | Computer Aptitude |
| Puzzle | Overview of Indian Financial System Current Affairs, Recent Banking Updates | Sentence Improvement | Internet |
| Blood Relations | Current Affairs | Error Detection | Memory |
| Seating Arrangement | General Knowledge (Static) | Vocabulary | Keyboard Shortcuts |
| Input-Output | Financial Committees | Phrase Replacement | Computer Abbreviation |
| Syllogism | Financial Markets | Word Association | Microsoft Office |
| Data Sufficiency | Currency and Capital, Awards and Honors | Reading Comprehension | Computer Hardware |
| Coding-Decoding | Credit and monetary policies (Recent), | Word Usage | Computer Software |
| Inequalities | Indian Economy | Fill in the blanks | Operating System |
| Logical Reasoning | Financial Sector Regulators | Spelling Errors | Networking |
| Order and Ranking | RBI and its Functions | Word Replacement | Computer Fundamentals/Terminologies |
| Direction sense | National and International Matters | Column Based Fillers | Number System |
| National Income and expenditure | Sentence Connectors | Logic Gates | |
| Monetary Policy | Cloze Test | Security Tools, virus | |
| World Financial Institutions | Para Jumbles | ||
| Sentence Rearrangement | |||
| Sentence Completion | |||
| Spelling |
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