SBI CLERK
EXAM PATTERN AND SYLLABUS Selection Process: The recruitment process will be held in three phases i.e. Preliminary Examination and Main Examination. Candidates who are shortlisted after Preliminary Examination will have to appear for Main Examination.
Phase-I: Preliminary Examination: (Objective Type)
The Preliminary Examination will have 3 sections with separate timing for each as given below.
S.NO Name of the test No of Questions Marks Duration
1 English Language 30 100 20 Minutes
2 Quantitative Aptitude 35 20 Minutes
3 Reasoning Ability 35 20 Minutes
Total 100 1 hour
Phase-II: Main Examination (Objective Type)
S.No .Subject No. Of Questions Total marks Duration
1 English Language 40 40 35 Minutes
2 Quantitative Aptitude 50 50 45 Minutes
3 Reasoning Ability and
Computer Aptitude 50 60 45 Minutes
4 General/Financial
Awareness 50 50 35 Minutes
TOTAL 190 200 2 hours and 40 Minutes
NOTE: There will be negative marks answers in both preliminary and mains examination. 1/4th of mark assigned for question will be deducted for each wrong answer.
SYLLABUS
The preliminary examination of SBI exam constitutes of Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude, and English Language. Below is the detail syllabus for SBI for preliminary exam.
REASONING ABILITY
Puzzle
Alphanumeric Series/ Alphabets/ Numeric Series
Direction sense
Data Sufficiency
Inequalities
Seating Arrangement
Input-Output
Syllogism
Blood Relation
Order and Ranking
coding-decoding
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
Simplification & Approximation
Series
Inequality (Quadratic & Quantity based)
Ratio & Proportion, Partnership
Percentage
Mixtures & Alligations
Average & ages
Profit & Loss
Time and work & Pipe and cistern
Simple Interest & Compound Interest
Time & Distance, Boat & stream
Permutation, Combination &Probability
Mensuration (2D&3D)
Data Interpretation ( Bar, line, pie, mixed, missing, arithmetic, caselet),
Data sufficiency
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Reading Comprehension
Cloze Test
Para jumbles
Vocabulary Based
Fill in the blanks
Multiple Meaning/Error Spotting
Paragraph Completion
Spelling Errors
Word Replacement
Column based Fillers and Sentence Connectors
Word Usage
Idioms and Phrases
Sentence Completion
Mains Exam Syllabus
The Mains Examination of SBI PO exam comprises of 4 sections: Reasoning & Computer Aptitude, English Language, Data Analysis & Interpretation, General/Economy/Banking Awareness. The complete syllabus is discussed below:
DATA ANALYSIS
Number System, HCF &LCM,
Series
Inequality
(Quantity based)
Ratio & Proportion, Partnership
Percentage
Mixtures & Alligations
Average & ages
Profit & Loss
Time and work & Pipe and cistern
Simple Interest & Compound Interest
Time & Distance, Boat & stream
Permutation, Combination &Probability
Mensuration (2D&3D)
Data Interpretation
( Bar, line, pie, mixed, missing, arithmetic, radar),
Caselet
Data Interpretation
REASONING
Puzzle
Syllogism
Seating Arrangement
Input-Output
Blood Relations
Direction sense
Data Sufficiency
Coding Decoding
Inequalities
Logical Reasoning
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Reading Comprehension
Error Detection
Vocabulary
Phrase Replacement
Word Association
Sentence Improvement
Para Jumbles
Cloze Test
Spelling Errors
Fill in the blanks
Column Based Fillers
Sentence Connectors
Word Replacement
Word Usage
Sentence Rearrangement
Sentence Completion
GENERAL /ECONOMY/BANKING AWARENESS
Financial Awareness
Current Affairs
General Knowledge
Static Awareness
Banking and Financial Awareness
COMPUTER APTITUDE
Internet
Memory
Keyboard Shortcuts
Computer Abbreviation
Microsoft Office
Computer Hardware
Computer Software
Operating System
Networking
Computer Fundamentals/Terminologies
Number System
Basic of Logic Gates
