SBI Clerk Syllabus, Eligibility, exam pattern, selection process

 

SBI Clerk Syllabus

The syllabus for SBI Clerk exam is as follows:

Preliminary Examination:

1. English Language

2. Numerical Ability

3. Reasoning Ability

Main Examination:

1. General/ Financial Awareness

2. General English

3. Quantitative Aptitude

4. Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude

The questions in objective tests, except for the test of General English, will be printed bilingual i.e., 

English & Hindi.

State Bank of India Clerk Eligibility

State Bank of India Clerk Eligibility: State Bank of India hires Indian Citizens for appointment in Junior Associate (Customer Support & Sales) in Clerical Cadre. Candidates to gain eligibility to apply for Clerical post must satisfy the below given eligibility criteria…

1. Nationality: Candidates must be a Citizen of India.

2. Age Limit: Candidates age must be between 20 to 28 years as on 01-04-2021. Candidates should have born not earlier than 02-04-1993 and not later than 01-04-2001 (both days inclusive) are only eligible to apply. Age relaxations will be extended as per govt rules.

3. Age Relaxation:

Category	Relaxation (in years)
SC/ ST	5 years
Other Backward Classes (OBC)	3 years
PWD (Gen)	10 years
PWD (SC/ ST)	15 years
PWD (OBC)	13  years
Persons domiciled in Kashmir Division of Jammu & Kashmir State during the period from 01-01-1980 to 31-12-1989	5 years
Ex-Servicemen/ Disabled Ex-Servicemen	Actual period of service rendered in defence services + 3 years (8 years for disabled Ex-Servicemen belonging to SC/ ST subject to max.age of 50 years)
Widows, Divorced women and women  judicially separated from their husbands   & who are not remarried	7 years (subject to maximum    age limit of 35 years for General and 38 years for OBC & 40 years for  SC/ST candidates.

4. Educational Qualification:

For Junior Associate: Graduation in any discipline from a recognised university, or any equivalent qualification recognised as such by the Central Government.

Note:

(a) The date of passing the eligibility examination will be the date appearing on the mark sheet/ provisional certificate or the date on which the result was posted on the website of the university/ institution. Candidate having integrated dual degree (IDD) certificate should ensure that the date of passing the IDD is on or before 16-08-2021.

(b) Matriculate Ex-servicemen, who have obtained the Indian Army Special Certificate of Education or corresponding certificate in the Navy or Air Force, after having completed not less than 15 years of service in Armed Forces of the Union are also eligible for the post.

(c) Should be able to write and speak English.

(d) Knowledge of local language will be an added qualification.

SBI Clerk Exam Pattern

SBI Clerk Exam Pattern: The Exam Pattern followed by State Bank of India for the Post of Junior Associate (Customer Support & Sales) in Clerical Cadre has been detailed below…

Exam Pattern Details:  State Bank of India conducts on-line test (preliminary & main examinations), test of official and/ or specified opted local language and subject to Government of India approval for the post of Junior Associate (Customer Support & Sales) in Clerical Cadre.

Exam Pattern:- Examination will consists of two Phases, Viz.

Phase-I :

Preliminary Examination: Preliminary Examination consisting of Objective Tests for 100 marks will be conducted online. This test would be of 1 hour duration consisting of 3 Sections as follows:

SL	Name of test	No. of Questions	Marks	Duration
1.	English Language	30	30	20 Minutes
2.	Numerical Ability	35	35	20 Minutes
3.	Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 Minutes
	Total	100	100	1 Hour

Phase – II:

Main Examination :

The structure of main examination (online objective type) would be as follows:

SL	Name of test	No. of Questions	Marks	Duration
1.	General/ Financial Awareness	50	50	35 minutes
2.	General English	40	40	35 minutes
3.	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	45 minutes
4.	Reasoning Ability& Computer Aptitude	50	60	45 minutes
	Total	190	200	2 Hours 40 minutes

Test of knowledge of official and/or specified opted local language: Those who qualify for selection and produce 10th or 12th standard mark sheet certificate evidencing having studied the specified opted local language will not be subjected to any Language test. In case of others (qualified for selection), specified opted local language test will be conducted after provisional selection but before joining.

SBI Clerk Exam Selection Process

SBI Clerk Exam Selection Process: State Bank of India (SBI)’s Junior Associate (Customer Support & Sales) in Clerical Cadre exam selection process details are given below….

Selection Procedure: The examination will consist of three phases, viz.

Phase-I: a) Preliminary Examination (Online): 100 marks (Objective type) – 1 hour

Phase-II:b) Main Examination (Online): 200 marks (Objective type) – 2 Hours 40 Minutes

Note-I: The questions in objective tests, except for the test of General English, will be bilingual i.e., English &Hindi.

Note-II: There will be negative marks for wrong answers in the Objective tests. 1/4th mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.

Phase-III: Test of specified opted local language:

Those who qualify for selection and produce 10th or 12th standard mark sheet certificate evidencing having studied the specified opted local language will not be subjected to any Language test. In case of others (qualified for selection), specified opted local language test will be conducted after provisional selection but before joining. Candidates not found to be proficient in specified opted local language would be disqualified.

Provisional Selection (Subject to qualifying specified opted local language):

The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) will not be added for the selection and only the aggregate marks obtained in Main Examination (Phase-II) will be considered for preparation of the final merit list. Provisional selection will be made on the basis of candidate’s performance in the test (main examination).

Final Selection:

I. Verification of eligibility for the post and information furnished in the online application

II. Qualifying in test of specified opted local language, where applicable, as detailed above