SBI Clerk Exam Patter – Selection Procedure – Syllabus For Prelim & Mains Exam

SBI Clerk Prelim Exam Pattern & Syllaubs 2018

The divisions will be effective from the State Bank of India Clerk examination 2018. The State Bank of India Clerk Prelims is now made into three parts. The three parts add up to a total of 100 marks. Time given to the applicant to complete the 100 marks is 60 minutes that is 1 hour. Till the Last year – 2017, there was sectional cut off marking system but from this year sectional cut off have been waved off. The sectional cut off has been removed from both the preliminary exam as well as the main exam. To know more about the time division per section checks the table below.

Prelim Exam Pattern

Prelim Exam Syllabus

The English Language Syllabus for the SBI Clerk Prelim Exam 2018:

• Reading Comprehension: 10 questions
• Cloze Test: 5-10 questions
• Spotting Errors: 5-10 questions
• Sentence Improvement: 5-7 questions
• Paragraph Jumbles: 4-5 questions
• Fill in the blanks: 5-7 questions
• Vocabulary which includes spellings, errors, idioms, phrases: 5-7 questions

The Numerical Ability Syllabus for State Bank of India Clerk Exam 2018:

• Number series: 5 questions
• Approximation or Simplification: 5-10 questions
• Quadratic equation: 4-5 questions
• Data interpretation: 5-10 questions
• Miscellaneous Arithmetic Questions which include problems on age, profit and loss, partnership, time and work, speed time and distance, pipes and cisterns, boats and streams, mensuration, mixtures, probability, simple interest and compound interest, etc.: 10-15 questions

The Reasoning Ability Syllabus for SBI Clerk Examination 2018:

• Puzzles and Seating Arrangements: 10-15 questions
• Inequality: 4-5 questions
• Syllogism: 4-5 questions
• Alphanumeric and Numeric series: 5-10 question
• Coding and decoding: 4-5 questions
• Miscellaneous problems which include blood relation, order, and ranking, direction sense: 5-7 questions

SBI Clerk Mains Exam Syllabus & Exam Pattern

The mains examination will be conducted in July month of the year 2018. If you are qualified for the mains examination then you should be ready to prepare and conduct the sbi clerk mains exam. Here is the details of sbi clerk mains examination.

Mains exam pattern

Mains Exam Syllabus

Sbi clerk Mains Exam General Awareness and financial awareness Syllabus 2018

(1) Current Affairs Syllabus for SBI Clerk Mains

A large portion of the GA/FA section will be dedicated to Current Affairs. Prepare Current Affairs going back 3-4 months (prior to the date of the exam). If you have extra time, try going back 5 months. However, make sure that you pay special attention to events from the “sweet spot” of 1.5-2 months before the exam date. Your attention will be needed on the following areas of Current Affairs among others:

• Sports
• Awards & Honours
• Important Summits/Meetings/Conferences/Treaties/Visits
• Government Policies & Schemes
• Committees & Recommendation
• Art & Culture
• Books & Authors
• Important Dates
• People & Places in the News
• National & International Affairs
• Science & Technological Developments
• Defence & Space Developments

(2) Static GK Syllabus for SBI Clerk Mains

This area, if at all it appears, will be negligible in number. The problem with studying Static GK is that it is a vast subject and doesn’t count for too many marks in the paper. Still it is prudent to learn a few simple things before you take the exam as it could lead to quick and easy marks. The areas to concentrate on are:

• Sports
• Awards & Honours
• History
• Geography
• Capitals & Currency
• Polity
• Art & Culture
• Books & Authors
• Important Dates
• Important People & Places
• Abbreviations

(3) Financial Awareness Syllabus for SBI Clerk Mains

This section, though indirectly a part of General Awareness section for a while now, has been named specifically in the Pattern & Syllabus for SBI Clerk. This could mean an increased focus and weightage on this section. Make sure to study from the following topics:

• Banking Awareness (including Current Affairs)
• Indian Economy (including Current Affairs)
• World Economy (including Current Affairs)
• Terms & Concepts
• Financial Organizations
• Schemes & Policies
• Important People related to Banking, Finance & Economy
• Monetary Policy
• Committees & Recommendations
• Agreements & MoUs
• Financial Markets
• International Markets
• Marketing Concepts

General English Syllabus For Mains Exam 2018

The English Syllabus for SBI Clerk Mains covers the same topics as the Prelims. However, the number of questions is higher in the SBI Clerk 2016 Mains exam. You will need to solve 40 questions on English worth 40 marks in 35 minutes. The paper can be broadly divided into four parts:

• Reading Comprehension
• Grammar
• Vocabulary
• Verbal Ability

(1) Reading Comprehension

• Weightage: 10-15 Questions (1 Passage)
• Tougher than Prelims RC, Moderate to More Time Consuming, Moderate Accuracy Possible.
• Question Types: The passage will be focussed on topics like Banking & Economy, Business, Social Issues etc. more than Moral Stories. Fact and Inference based questions – easy to moderate, Vocab & Theme based questions – moderate to tough.

(2) Grammar (Error Spotting, Phrase Replacement, Fill in the Blanks)

• Weightage: 5-10 Questions
• Easy to Moderate in Difficulty, Less to Moderately Time Consuming, Moderate Accuracy Possible.
• Question Types: Error Spotting, Phrase Replacement/ Sentence Correction, Fill in the Blanks.
• Topics Covered: Tenses, Articles, Prepositions, Subject Verb Agreement, Parallelism, Degrees of Comparison, Sentence Construction, Phrasal Verbs, Pronouns, Adverbs, Non-Finite Verbs, Common Errors etc.

(3) Vocabulary (Cloze Test, Fill in the Blanks, Error Spotting, Phrase Replacement)

• Weightage: 10-15 Questions
• Easy to Moderate Difficulty, Quick Solve based on Contextual usage, Moderate to High Accuracy possible.
• Question Types: Error Spotting, Phrase Replacement, Cloze Test (single passage with 5-10 questions), Fill in the Blanks (Double Blanks).

(4) Verbal Ability (Para Jumbles)

• Weightage: 5 Questions
• Easy, Low to Moderately Time Consuming, High Accuracy possible.
• Question Types: Para Jumbles

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Quantitative aptitude Syllabus For SBI Clerk Mains Examination 2018

(1) Simplification

• Weightage: 10 – 15 Questions
• Moderate in Difficulty, Less Time Consuming, High Accuracy Possible.
• Question Types: Questions on BODMAS Rule, Approximation, Decimals, Fractions, Surds & Indices, Percentages etc.

(2) Number Series

• Weightage: 5 Questions (1 set of 5)
• Moderate in Difficulty, Less Time Consuming, High Accuracy Possible.
• Question Types: Complete the Series, Find the Missing Term, Find the Wrong Term etc.

(3) Quadratic Equations

• Weightage: 0-5 Questions (as 1 set of 5 or will not appear at all)
• Easy, Less Time Consuming, High Accuracy Possible.
• Question Types: Determining relationship between 2 variables when 2 quadratic equations are given.

(4) Data Sufficiency

• Weightage: 0-5 Questions (as 1 set of 5 or will not appear at all)
• Moderate in Difficulty, Moderately Time Consuming
• Question Types: DS questions based on Number System, Averages, Percentages, Ratio & Proportion, Profit & Loss, Simple & Compound Interest, Time Speed & Distance, Time & Work, Problems on Age, Mensuration, Mixtures & Alligations.

(5) Data Interpretation

• Weightage: 10-15 Questions (2-3 sets)
• Easy to Moderate in Difficulty, Moderately Time Consuming
• Question Types: Line Graphs, Bar Graphs, Pie Charts, Tables, Miscellaneous Infographics, Missing Data Type Caselets.

(6) Miscellaneous Topics

• Weightage: 15-20 Questions (one or more questions from each topics).
• Moderate in Difficulty, Moderate to More Time Consuming.
• Topics –

1. Number System

• Question Types: Divisibility & Remainder, Multiples & Factors, Integers, LCM & HCF.

2. Average

• Question Types: Average Weight/Height/Age/Marks, Average Money Expenditure, Average Temperature etc. But the concept remains simple. We have to use a single formula i.e. Average = Sum of Quantities/Number of Quantities

3. Percentage

• Question Types: Calculation-oriented basic percentage.

4. Ratio and Proportion

• Question Types: Simple Ratios, Compound Ratios, Componendo and Dividendo, Proportions.

5. Interest

• Question Types: Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Mixed Interest.

6. Profit and Loss

• Question Types: Successive Selling type questions, Partnerships, Discount & MP, Dishonest Dealings.

7. Problems on Ages

• Question Types: Ages of family using algebra, ratio of ages, average of ages etc.

8. Speed, Time and Distance

• Question Types: Relative Speed, Average Speed, Problems on Train, Boat & Stream.

9. Mensuration

• Question Types: Area/Volume of Square, Rectangle, Trapezium, Parallelogram, Rhombus, Circle, Semicircle, Triangle, Cone, Cylinder, Cube, Cuboid.
  Also, Moulding from one shaper to another etc.

10. Time and Work

• Question Types: Work Efficiency, Pipes & Cistern, Work & Wages.

11. Permutation & Combination / Probability

• Question Types: Basic Selection & Arrangement Problems, very basic problems on Probability.

12. Mixtures & Alligations

• Question Types: Mixture of two or more entities/mixtures, dishonest dealings.

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Reasoning Ability And Computer awareness Syllabus For Sbi Clerk Mains exam 2018

The various topics expected in the Reasoning Ability section are as below:

Computer Awareness

• Computer Fundamentals & Terminology
• Computer Hardware
• Computer Software
• Operating Systems
• Internet
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Computer Abbreviations
• Microsoft Office
• Networking
• Memory

(1) Coded Inequalities

• Weightage: 5 Questions (1 set of 5)
• Moderate in difficulty, Moderately time consuming, High Accuracy possible.
• Question Types: Coded relations between letters to be decoded and solved.

(2) Syllogisms

• Weightage: 3-5 Questions
• Moderate in difficulty, More time consuming, Moderate Accuracy possible, Very likely to appear.
• Question Types: Direct questions with 2-3 statements & 2-3 conclusions, possibility based questions, negative information based questions.

(3) Blood Relations

• Weightage: 2-4 Questions
• Easy to Moderate in difficulty, Low to Moderately time consuming, Moderate to High Accuracy possible, Requires clean charting with proper technique and step-by-step solving.
• Question Types: Family Tree Problems, Coded Blood Relations.

(4) Ordering & Ranking

• Weightage: 2-3 Questions
• Easy to Moderate in difficulty, Less time consuming, High Accuracy possible.
• Question Types: Arranging by age, height, weight, rank, order in row etc.

(5) Directions & Distances

• Weightage: 0-2 Questions
• Moderate in difficulty, Could be tricky, Less time consuming, High Accuracy possible, Requires clean charting with proper technique and step-by-step solving.
• Question Types: Arranging by age, height, weight, rank, order in row etc.

(6) Arrangement & Pattern

• Weightage: 0-5 Questions
• Easy to Moderate in difficulty, Less time consuming, High Accuracy possible.
• Question Types: Random Sequence of Alphabets (based on group of 5 terms each of 3 alphabets OR series of alphabets), Number Arrangements (based on group of 5 terms each of 3 digits OR series of numbers), Mixed Series Dictionary or Alphabet based Arrangements etc.

(7) Coding & Decoding

• Weightage: 1-5 Questions
• Moderate in Difficulty, Moderate to Highly Time Consuming, Moderate Accuracy possible.
• Question Types: Coding by Letter Shifting, Coding by Analogy, Coding in Fictitious Language, Coding Letters of a Word.

(8) Circular Seating Arrangement

• Weightage: 5 Questions
• Moderate to Difficult, Moderate to Highly Time Consuming, Moderate to High Accuracy possible, Requires clean charting with proper technique and step-by-step solving.
• Question Types: Uni- & Bi-directional problems on circular, square, rectangular, hexagonal tables. May be combined with other information to make it a Blood Relations or Double Lineup type problem as well.

(9) Linear Seating Arrangement

• Weightage: 5 Questions
• Moderate to Difficult, Could be tricky, Moderate to Highly Time Consuming, Moderate to High Accuracy possible, Requires clean charting with proper technique and step-by-step solving.
• Question Types: Single or Double rows facing each other/ away fr7y65869867om each other/ in the same direction. May be combined with other information to make it a Blood Relations or Double Lineup type problem as well.

(10) Double Lineup

• Weightage: 0-5 Questions
• Moderate to Difficult, Could be tricky, Moderate to Highly Time Consuming, Moderate Accuracy possible, Requires clean charting with proper technique and step-by-step solving.

(11) Scheduling

• Weightage: 0-5 Questions
• Moderate to Difficult, Could be tricky, Moderate to Highly Time Consuming, Moderate Accuracy possible, Requires clean charting with proper technique and step-by-step solving.

(12) Analogy

• Weightage: 0-2 Questions
• Easy to Moderate, Quick Solve, Moderate to High Accuracy possible.
• Question Types: Meaning based, Letter based, Number based.

(13) Classification

• Weightage: 0-3 Questions
• Easy to Moderate, Quick Solve, High Accuracy possible.
• Question Types: Letter based, Meaningful Words based, GK based, Number based.

(14) Data Sufficiency

• Weightage: 0-3 Questions
• Moderate Difficulty, Moderately Time Consuming, Moderate Accuracy possible.
• Question Types: Ordering & Ranking, Blood Relations, Coding in Fictitious Language, Circular Arrangements, Directions & Distances, Ages & Birthdates.

(15) Series

• Weightage: 0-2 Questions
• Easy to Moderate, Less Time Consuming, Moderate to High Accuracy
• Question Types: Complete the Alphabet Series, Number Series and Mixed Series.