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SBI Clerk Exam Pattern 2020

State Bank of India (SBI) issued Prelims and Mains Exam Pattern for Clerk Recruitment 2020. The SBI Clerk Prelims 2020 will be held in February/March. The questions will be asked in the preliminary exam from Reasoning Ability, Numerical Ability and English Language sections. Candidates who would qualify the Prelims will be called for the SBI Clerk Mains 2020. The Syllabus of SBI Clerk Prelims and Mains is different.

The SBI Clerk recruitment is carried out in phases such as Prelims, Mains and Local Language Test. The SBI Clerk Syllabus is different for all these phases. In the SBI Clerk Prelims 2020 Exam, the questions are asked from Reasoning Ability, Numerical Ability and English Language. On the other hand, in the SBI Clerk Mains 2020 exam, questions are asked from General/Financial Awareness, General English, Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning/Computer Aptitude. In each of these sections, the questions are asked from the wide range of topics that are included in the SBI Clerk Syllabus for Prelims and Mains. Candidates should give equal weightage to each and every topic while preparing for the SBI Clerk exam.

Selection Process: The Clerks or Junior Associates form the backbone of the Indian banking system and the SBI is also not an exception to it. The SBI clerks carry out the daily routine work in a bank and are indispensable in the efficient working of the banks. The clerical cadre remains at the cutting edge and have the daily face to face interaction with the customers of the bank and are responsible for overall business activities of the bank. SBI Clerks (Junior Associates) are responsible for all client interactions and related operations. The selection of the SBI Clerks is carried out to judge the candidates’ proficiency in all these fields. The selection process of SBI Clerk consists of three phases:
I. Preliminary Examination
II. Main Examination
III. Test of Specified Opted Local Language

 

SBI Clerk Exam Pattern: The SBI Clerk prelims exam consists of 100 questions which are asked from 3 sections – Reasoning Ability, Numerical Ability and English Language. Each section has separate timing. There will be negative marking for wrong answers in the exam. 1/4th of marks assigned for a question will be deducted for each wrong answer. At present, no minimum qualifying marks for the individual subject as well as for aggregate (overall) are prescribed by the SBI. Candidates who manage to attain the SBI Clerk Cut off 2020 will be selected for the Mains. The adequate number of candidates selected in each category for the Main Examination is approximately 10 times the numbers of vacancies. These candidates are shortlisted from the list of all candidates arranged in descending order of aggregate marks scored by them.

 

Name of Test/Section No. of Questions Marks Duration
English Language 30 30 20 minutes
Numerical Ability 35 35 20 minutes
Reasoning Ability 35 35 20 minutes

Total

100 100 60 minutes

 

SBI Clerk Mains Exam Pattern 2020: The SBI Clerk mains exam consists of 190 questions that are asked in Objective MCQ format from 4 sections – General/Financial Awareness, General English, Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning/Computer Aptitude. Each section has separate timing and there is negative marking for wrong answers – 1/4th of marks assigned for a question will be deducted for each wrong answer. Candidates who manage to attain the SBI Clerk Mains Cut off 2020 will be selected for the test in the opted local language. The adequate number of candidates selected in each category for the Main Examination is approximately 10 times the numbers of vacancies.

 

Name of Test/Section No. of Questions  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 hours 40 minutes