SBI CLERK RECRUITMENT 2021: Exam pattern and syllabus

On 26^th April, SBI Officials has published the notice of SBI Clerk Recruitment 2021 and the exam notice and other details have discussed in another post in Edujob.in. In SBI recruitment process there are two phase: Preliminary exam and Mains exam and there is no interview for this recruitment. Prelims and mains both are approximately same syllabus but if we talk about difficulty level, mains exam is more difficult than prelims exams. The candidates who will pass the prelims exam can attend mains exams. The candidates who will clear mains exams will be selected for the SBI Clerk post. Edujob admin is going to discuss about the syllabus of both the exams.

Prelims Exam Pattern:

Examination Mode	Online test exam pattern	Preliminary Exam
·         Online test (MCQ type)	·         Total No. Of Questions: 100. ·         Total marks : 100 ·         Composite Time: 60 minutes (1 hour).	Name of test	No. Of Questions	Marks
		Reasoning	35	35
		English	30	30
		Numerical Ability	35	35
		Total	100	100

 

Prelims Exam syllabus:

REASONING	NUMERICAL ABILITY	ENGLISH
Logical Reasoning	Simplification	Reading Comprehension
Alphanumeric Series	Profit & Loss	Cloze Test
Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test	Mixtures & Alligations	Para jumbles
Data Sufficiency	Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices	Miscellaneous
Coded Inequalities	Work & Time	Fill in the blanks
Seating Arrangement	Time & Distance	Multiple Meaning / Error Spotting
Puzzle	Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere	Paragraph Completion
Tabulation	Data Interpretation
Syllogism	Ratio & Proportion, Percentage
Blood Relations	Number Systems
Input Output	Sequence & Series
Coding Decoding	Permutation, Combination &     Probability

 

Mains Exam Pattern:

 

Examination Mode	Online test exam pattern	Preliminary Exam
Online test (MCQ type)	Total No. Of Questions: 190   Total marks : 200   Composite Time: 160 minutes (2 hour 40 minutes).	Name of test	Duration	No. Of Questions	Marks
		Reasoning	45min	50	60
		English	35min	40	40
		Numerical Ability	45min	50	50
		General awareness	35min	50	50
		Total		190	100

 

Mains Exam syllabus:

Quantitative Aptitude	General English		General/Financial Awareness	Reasoning Ability	Computer Awareness
Simplification	Reading comprehension including Synonyms and Antonyms		Current Affairs – news on banking industry, awards and honors, books and authors, latest appointments, obituaries, new schemes of central and state governments, sports, etc.	Internet	Basics of Computer: Hardware, Software, Generation of Computers
Number Series	Sentence rearrangement or Para jumbles		Static GK - country-capital, country-currency, headquarters of financial organizations (of insurance companies), constituencies of ministers, dance forms, nuclear and thermal power stations, etc.	Machine Input / Output	DBMS
Data Sufficiency	Sentence Correction/ Error Finding		Banking/Financial terms	Syllogism	Networking
Data Interpretation	Spell Checks		Static Awareness	Blood Relation	Internet
Quadratic Equation	Fillers		Banking and Financial Awareness	Direction Sense	MS Office
Time & Distance, Work	Cloze Test			Inequalities	Input-Output Devices
Partnership				Puzzles	Important Abbreviations
Profit & Loss				Coding Decoding
Simple & Compound Interest				Ranking
Mixture and Allegations				Statement and Assumptions
Ratio & Proportion, Averages, Percentages

 

 

FAQ:

Q1. What is the syllabus of clerk?

 

SBI Clerk Syllabus covers English Language, Numerical Ability & Reasoning for Prelims Exam and Quantitative Aptitude, General English, General/Financial Awareness, Reasoning Ability & Computer Awareness for Main Exam.

 

Q2. Does SBI Clerk 2021 have interview?

 

No, the selection of SBI Clerk Post on the basis of marks scored in Mains Examination as there is no further interview round.

 

Q3. Is SBI Clerk easy to crack?

 

Not Easy, it depends on the preparation of a candidate. Last Year, the overall difficulty level of the SBI Clerk prelims exam was easy to moderate and the mains exam was moderate in terms of difficulty level.