SBI Clerk

There is not much difference in the difficulty level of SBI Clerk and IBPS Clerk exams. The exam pattern and syllabus of IBPS Clerk and SBI Clerk are more or less the same. IBPS Clerk exam pattern comprises prelims and Mains exams. The prelims exam comprises three sections English Language, Numerical Ability, and Reasoning Ability. The total marks allotted to the prelims exam are 100. The Mains exam comprises General/ Financial Awareness, General English Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude, and Quantitative Aptitude. The total marks allotted to the test are 200. SBI Clerk exam pattern comprises prelims exam, Mains exam and language proficiency test. The prelims exam comprises three sections: English Language, Numerical Ability, and Reasoning Ability. The total marks allotted to prelims exam are 100. The Mains exam comprises three sections: English Language, Numerical Ability, and Reasoning Ability. The total marks allotted to the test are 200.

SBI Clerk admit card is released one week before the exam. The link to download the admit card is made available on the official website. SBI Clerk admit card is released separately for the prelims and Mains exams. To download the admit card, candidates need to enter registration number or roll number and date of birth or password. The hard copy of the admit card is not sent to candidates by post. The admit card is an important document without candidates are not allowed to appear for the exam. The steps to download the admit card are given below:Candidates need to visit the official website of SBIGo to the career page of SBIScroll down and search for Junior Associate (Customer Support) and sales advertisementFrom the drop-down, select the admit card linkCandidates need to enter the required credentialsSBI Clerk admit card appears on the screenDownload the admit card and take its printout

No, SBI follows a similar SBI Clerk exam pattern for different states. SBI Clerk exam pattern is such that it comprises prelims exam, Mains exam and language proficiency test. The prelims and Mains exams are conducted online. The prelims exam carries three sections-English Language, Numerical Ability, and Reasoning Ability. The total marks allotted to the test are 100. The Mains exam is conducted for the qualified candidates of the prelims exam. The Mains exam carries four sections: General/ Financial Awareness, General English Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude. The total marks allotted to the test are 200. Candidates qualifying the Mains exam are called for language proficiency. It is mandatory to clear the language proficiency test.

SBI Clerk syllabus comprises subjects such as English Numerical Ability, Reasoning Ability, Data Interpretation, Computer Aptitude, General Awareness. For English the important topics are Reading Comprehension, Cloze test, spotting errors, para-jumbles. For Reasoning, the important topics are Arithmetic, simplification, data interpretation, quadratic equations, miscellaneous problems. For Reasoning Ability, candidates should prepare topics such as Puzzles, Number Series, miscellaneous problems, syllogism, linear arrangement. For General Awareness, candidates can cover Current Affairs, News on the Banking Industry, Awards and Honours, Latest Appointments, Obituaries, New schemes of central and state governments, Static Awareness. For Computer Aptitude, candidates can cover Basics of Computer: Hardware, Software, Generation of Computers, DBMS, Networking, Internet, MS Office, Input-Output Devices, Important Abbreviations.

The Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude sections are usually tough. Candidates can score well in this section only through practice. Candidates must practise previous years' question papers and attempt sectional mock tests. In the prelims exam, Reasoning and Numerical Ability carry the maximum weightage. In the Mains exam, General/ Financial Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude carries the maximum weightage. The important topics for Quantitative Aptitude section are Number Series, Simplification/ Approximation, Quadratic Equations, Data Interpretation, Data Sufficiency, etc. The important topics for Quantitative Aptitude section are Puzzle and Arrangements, Inequality, Syllogism, Coding-Decoding, Blood Relations, Direction sense and Order and Ranking, etc. Candidates should prepare these topics thoroughly to ace the exam.

In the General Awareness section of SBI Clerk exam, candidates need to cover Current Affairs Static General Awareness, Banking, and Financial Terms, Banking Awareness, Fiscal and Monetary Policy, Important Government Schemes, Awards, and Honours, etc. To prepare this section, candidates need to be thorough with the Current Affairs of past six months or one year. Candidates should read newspapers to know the important national and international events. SBI Clerk syllabus for General Awareness is given below:Current Affairs – news on the banking industry, awards, and honours, books, and authors, latest appointments, obituaries, new schemes of central and state governments, sports, etc.Static GK – country-capital, country-currency, headquarters of financial organizations (of insurance companies), constituencies of ministers, dance forms, nuclear and thermal power stationsBanking/Financial termsStatic AwarenessBanking and Financial Awareness

The English section appears in both prelims and Mains exams of SBI Clerk. Questions in English Language section of SBI Clerk exam are asked from Reading Comprehension, Fill in the Blanks, Sentence Rearrangement, Cloze Test, Vocabulary, etc. Candidates need to be thorough with the grammar and vocabularly inorder to ace the exam. SBI Clerk prelims and mains syllabus for English is given below:SBI Clerk Prelims English SyllabusCloze TestPara jumblesMiscellaneousFill in the blanksMultiple Meaning /Error SpottingParagraph CompletionReading ComprehensionSentence RearrangementMatch the FollowingSynonyms and AntonymsSBI Clerk Mains English SyllabusReading ComprehensionFillersNew Pattern Cloze TestPhrase RearrangementOld Sentence out cum Para JumblesInferenceSentence CompletionConnectorsParagraph ConclusionPhrasal Verb Related QuestionsError DetectionWord Usage/Vocab-Based Questions