State Bank of India (SBI) has recently issued notification for 5,000 posts of Associate Clerk. SBI will recruit qualified candidates for the post of Junior Associates in various branches of the State Bank of India. Candidates wishing to pursue their career as a Junior Associate in SBI will have to carefully read the information given in this article.
Clerk Junior Associates (CUSTOMER SUPPORT & SALES)
Total No. of Posts
5121 Various Vacancies
Apply Mode
Online
Exam Name
SBI Jobs Notification 2021 Pdf
Job Location
All Over India
Advertisement No
CRPD/CR/2021
Post Category
Syllabus
Starting Date
27-04-2021
Last Date for Apply
20-05-2021
Exam Mode
CBT Online
Job Category
bank Jobs
Official Website
www.sbi.co.in
SBI Clerk Exam 2021 Selection Process
I. Preliminary Examination II. Main Examination III. Test of specified opted local language
SBI Clerk Recruitment will be conducted in two phases – Prelims and Mains. After this, the Language Proficiency Test (LPT) will also be conducted. SBI Clerk Prelims Exam is of a qualifying nature, which is required to pass, but marks will not be seen in making the merit list, after which SBI Clerk Mains comes, whose marks are added to the merit list.
Note:- Candidates applying for the vacancies of a particular state must be proficient (read, write, speak and understand) in the specified local language of that state mentioned in the notification.
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern 2021
The SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern consists of 3 sections: Numerical Aptitude, Reasoning, and English Language. However, the SBI Clerk Mains Exam Pattern consists of 4 sections: Numerical Aptitude, Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude, English, and General Awareness. more details are shown in the table below.
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 2021
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
Note:- There is negative marking for wrong answers in both preliminary and main examinations. For each question, on which an incorrect answer has been given, one-fourth of the marks given for that question will be deducted from the marks obtained by you. If a question is left blank, i.e no answer is given by the candidate, then no negative marking will be done on that question.
SBI Clerk Prelims Syllabus 2021: Details
Have a look at all the topics from which questions can be asked in the SBI Clerk Prelims 2021 exam. The syllabus contains topics of English Language, Numerical & Reasoning Ability. The topics are listed on the basis of SBI Clerk Syllabus for the online preliminary exam.
English Language
Reasoning Ability
Numerical Ability
Reading Comprehension (including questions on antonym and synonyms)Cloze TestPhrases and IdiomsFill in the BlanksSpelling Error/Error DetectionOne word SubstitutionSentence CorrectionError DetectionPara Jumbles/ Sentence rearrangementsIrrelevant Statements
Data Interpretation (Pie charts, Table chart, Bar Graphs, Line charts)Number SystemQuadratic EquationSimplificationApproximationHCF and LCM of NumbersSpeed, Distance and TimeSI & CIAveragesPercentageRatio and ProportionProblems based on ageTime and WorkProblem on Ages
SBI Clerk Mains Syllabus 2021: Details
The SBI Clerk Mains Syllabus is provided below of General/Financial Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning/Computer Aptitude and General English. The Syllabus contains topics from which the State Bank of India sets the SBI Clerk Question Paper. Have a look at these topics in detail:
Syllabus of General / Financial Awareness: This section can be divided into three parts i.e. Current affairs, banking awareness and static GK questions. The current affairs questions cover the last 6 months events of both national and international importance.
Static GK Questions will be from country and capital, airports, ports in India, tallest and biggest in India and the world, first in the world as well as in India, etc. Banking Awareness part will cover banking in India, banking terminology, bank headquarters, slogans of banks, regulatory bodies in India, the Main function of RBI etc. Some of the important topics for this section are-
Current affairs related to national and international issues of the last 6 months.
Main functions of RBI
Overview of the Indian Financial System
History of the Indian banking system.
Fiscal and Monetary policy
Work and responsibilities of National financial institutions like RBI, SEBI, IRDA, FSDC (Financial Stability and Development Council )etc and of International organizations like IMF, World Bank, ADB, UNO, SWIFT(The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication), IBA, United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), Bank Board Bureau(BBB) Bank for International Settlements (BIS)etc.
International organizations like IMF, World Bank, ADB, UN, WTO, etc.
Abbreviations and Economic terminologies
Banking Terms like NPA, Current Account and Savings Account (CASA), Capital to Risk (Weighted) asset ratio (CRAR).
Important Government Schemes
Important National and International days
Sports
Indian Constitution
Culture of India
Currency of countries etc
Awards and Honours
Syllabus for Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude: The questions asked from this section are from the given topics:
Seating arrangement (Circular+ Linear)
Logical Reasoning
Data Sufficiency
Alphanumeric Series
Puzzle
Coding-decoding
Inequalities
Input-Output
Blood Relation
Ranking
Direction and Sense
Series
Computer Aptitude:
History of computers
Input and Output devices
Hardware and software
Windows operating system
Internet terms and services
Basic Functionalities of MS-Office( MS-word, MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint)
Computer Abbreviations
Logic gates
Networking and communication
Database Management system
Hacking, Security Tools and Viruses
Shorty Keys
Modern Day Technology
Syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude: This section covers the following topics:
Data Interpretation( Pie charts, Table chart, Bar Graphs, Line charts)
Number system
Approximation
HCF and LCM of Numbers
Problems based on age
Percentages
Ratio and proportion
Average
Mixture and Allegations
Time and work
Pipe and Cistern
Speed, Distance and time
Partnership
Simple and compound interest
Permutation and Combination
Profit, Loss and Discount
Mensuration
Data Sufficiency
Syllabus for the General English: The SBI Clerk question paper of English Language would be set on topics such as:
Reading Comprehension (including questions on antonym and synonyms)
Cloze Test
Sentence Improvement
Para Jumbles/ Sentence rearrangements
Spotting Errors
Double Fillers (Sentence Completion)
Phrase Replacement
Irrelevant Statements
Main Idea of Passage
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