Detail

Complete detail of Sbi Clerk Prelims

SBI conducts a recruitment exam to hire candidates for the Clerical cadre/Junior Associate post. .It is a national level exam and the minimum required qualification to apply is Graduation. There are two parts of the exam- prelims, and mains respective. There is no interview round for the post and candidates will be shortlisted based on their final results.

SBI Clerk Key Highlights

Exam name Recruitment of Junior Associates (Assistant)
Conducted by State Bank of India
Exam level National
Exam category Graduation
Mode of exam Online
Selection stages Preliminary and Mains exam

SBI Clerk- Eligibility

Before applying and registering for SBI Clerk 2021, you must thoroughly go through the SBI Clerk 2021 Eligibility Criteria to double-check whether you are eligible from all aspects.

SBI Clerk-Educational Qualification

  • Graduation in any discipline from any institution recognized by the Central Government. 

  • Candidates who are in the final semester/year may apply, if and only if they are able to produce the proof of degree completion on or before August 31, 2020. 

  • The candidates having integral dual degree or IDD certificate should make sure the date of passing is before January 1, 2020.

  • Verbal and written proficiency in the official language of the state/UT is mandatory.

SBI Clerk- Nationality/Citizenship

  • Citizenship of India.

  • Subject of Bhutan or Nepal.

  • Tibetan refugee whose family migrated to India before January 1, 1962.

  • Persons of Indian origin migrated from Burma, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, or East African countries like Ethiopia, Zambia, Uganda, Zaire, Malawi, Kenya and Tanzania, with the intention of permanently settling in India.

  • In case the candidate has a different but eligible origin other than citizenship of India, they must get a certificate of eligibility issued by Government of India in their favor.


Exam Pattern

Latest exam pattern of Sbi Clerk Prelims

SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern

There are 3 sections in the exam – Reasoning Ability, English Language and Numerical Ability. The time span of all the sections is 20 minutes each. The marks obtained in the preliminary exam are just the qualifying marks for the main exam, it does not offer any type of employment.

Section Number of Questions Marks Duration
Numerical Ability 35 35 20 Minutes
English Language 30 30 20 Minutes
Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude 35 35 20 Minutes
Total 100 100 60 minutes (1 hour)
  • Each correct answer consists of 1 mark.
  • Each incorrect answer deducts 0.25 marks.


Syllabus

In depth syllabus of Sbi Clerk Prelims

The SBI Clerk Prelims syllabus covers the following subjects:

  • Numerical Ability
  • English Language
  • Reasoning Ability
  • Computer Aptitude

Deatiled syllabus of individual subject is given below:

Numerical Ability

Simplification

Profit & Loss

Mixtures &Alligations

Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices

Work & Time

Time & Distance

Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere

Data Interpretation

Ratio & Proportion, Percentage

Number Systems

Sequence & Series

Permutation, Combination & Probability
English Language

Reading Comprehension

Cloze Test

Para jumbles

Miscellaneous

Fill in the blanks

Multiple Meaning /Error Spotting

Paragraph Completion
Reasoning Ability

Logical Reasoning

Alphanumeric Series

Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test

Data Sufficiency

Coded Inequalities

Seating Arrangement

Puzzle

Tabulation

Syllogism

Blood Relation

Input/Output

Coding Decoding
Computer Aptitude

Basics of Computer: Hardware, Software, Generation of Computers

DBMS

Internet

Networking

MS office

Input/Output Devices

Important Abbreviations