SBI Clerk 2021 Exam Pattern And Syllabus
The SBI Clerk Exam is one of the most prestigious bank exams in the country. SBI Clerk 2021 examination is to be conducted for the selection of qualified candidates for the post of Clerk in the branches of SBI across the country. This is a golden opportunity for aspirants to get jobs in the banking sector. In order to crack any exam, it is very important to have a thorough knowledge of the examination process and syllabus related to that exam. So let’s discuss in detail about SBI Clerk Syllabus and SBI Clerk Exam Pattern in today’s article:
Exam Pattern:
SBI Clerk Examination is conducted every year to select suitable candidates for the post of Junior Associates. To be eligible for this post, candidates need to pass both SBI Clerk Prelims and Mains Examination.
Prelims Exam:
| Name of Subject | No. of Questions | Marks | Time |
| General English | 30 | 30 | 20 Minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 | 20 Minutes |
| Reasoning | 35 | 35 | 20 Minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 60 Minutes |
Mains Exam:
| Name of Subject | No. of Questions | Marks | Time |
| General / Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | 240 Minutes |
| General English | 40 | 40 | |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | |
| Reasoning | 50 | 60 | |
| Total | 190 | 200 |
There will be 1/4 Marks Deduct for each wrong answer in both Prelims and Mains Exams.
Syllabus:
Candidates can check below the SBI Clerk syllabus 2021 for preliminary and mains exams.
English Language:
- Reading comprehension,
- Fillers( Double fillers, Multiple Sentence Fillers, Sentence Fillers),
- New Pattern Cloze Test,
- Phrase Replacement,
- Odd Sentence Out cum Para Jumbles
- Inference, Sentence Completion
- Connectors
- Paragraph Conclusion
- Phrasal Verb Related Questions
- Error Detection Questions
- Word usage/ Vocab Based Questions
Reasoning Ability:
- Puzzles & Seating Arrangements,
- Direction Sense, Blood-Relation,
- Syllogism,
- Order and Ranking,
- Coding-Decoding,
- Machine Input-Output,
- Inequalities,
- Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Series,
- Alphabet Related Questions.
Quantitative Aptitude:
- Data Interpretation (Bar Graph, Line Chart, Tabular, Pie Chart),
- Inequalities (Quadratic Equations),
- Number Series,
- Approximation and Simplification,
- Data Sufficiency,
- Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems (HCF and LCM, Profit and Loss, SI & CI, Problem on Ages, Work and Time, Speed Distance and Time, Probability, Mensuration, Permutation and Combination, Average, Ratio and Proportion, Partnership, Problems on Boats and Stream, Problems on Trains, Mixture, and Allegation, Pipes and Cisterns).
Reasoning and Computer Aptitude:
- Puzzles & Seating Arrangements,
- Direction Sense,
- Blood-Relation,
- Syllogism,
- Order and Ranking,
- Coding-Decoding,
- Machine Input-Output,
- Inequalities,
- Alpha-Numeric-Symbol,
- Series,
- Data Sufficiency,
- Logical Reasoning (Passage Inference, Statement, and Assumption, Conclusion, Argument),
- History and Generation of Computers,
- Introduction to Computer Organisation,
- Computer Memory,
- Computer Hardware and I/O Devices,
- Computer Software,
- Computer Languages,
- Operating System,
- Computer Network,
- Internet,
- MS Office Suit and Short cut keys,
- Basics of DBMS,
- Number System and Conversions,
- Computer and Network Security
General/ Financial Awareness:
- Banking and Insurance Awareness
- Financial Awareness
- Schemes and Policies
- Current Affairs
- Static Awareness
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