The SBI Clerk , also known as Junior Associate , exam is conducted annually and every year lakhs of candidates apply for the post.
SBI Clerk is one of the most sought-after jobs among young graduates who want to make a career in banking sector .
SBI Junior Associates who clear the SBI Clerk Prelims and Mains exams are appointed as cashiers, accountants and other posts depending upon the requirement .
Over 8000 vacancies for the post of Junior Associate has been released by SBI.
You can check the notification link in the SBI official website ( www.sbi.co.in ) .
Given below are the tentative exam dates for the SBI Clerk exam 2020 as per the official notification. You can refer to the dates and prepare themselves accordingly for the exam:
SBI Clerk 2020 | |
Events | Exam Dates |
Online Registration Starts | January 3, 2020 |
Online Registration Closes | January 26, 2020 |
Preliminary Exam | February 22, 2020 February 29, 2020 March 1, 2020 March 8, 2020 |
Admit Card for Prelims | February 11, 2020 |
Mains Exam | To Be Notified Later |
Admit Card for Mains | To Be Notified Later |
It is advisable for prospective applicants to regularly visit the SBI official website stay updated .
Given below is the detailed schedule of SBI Clerk exam dates 2019 for your reference :
SBI Clerk Exam Dates 2019 | ||
Sl. No. | Events | New Dates |
1. | SBI Clerk Notification | 11th April 2019 |
2. | Commencement of SBI Clerk Online Application | 12th April 2019 |
3. | Last Date of SBI Clerk Application Form | 3rd May 2019 |
4. | Download SBI Clerk Prelims Admit Card | May 28 – June 9, 2019 |
5. | SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Date | 22nd & 23rd June 2019 |
6. | SBI Clerk Prelims Result | 23rd July 2019 |
7. | Download SBI Clerk Mains Admit Card | 24th July 2019 |
8. | SBI Clerk Mains Exam Date | 10th August 2019 |
9. | SBI Clerk Mains Exam Result | September 2019 |
A comprehensive guide to the syllabus for SBI Clerk Prelims & Mains Exam. is given below :
SBI Clerk Syllabus | ||
Reasoning Ability | Quantitative Aptitude | English Language |
Simplification, Sequence & Series | Reading Comprehension | |
Alphanumeric Series, Puzzle, Tabulation | Profit & Loss, Number Systems, Data Interpretation | Paragraph Completion |
Ranking/Directions/Alphabet Test | Mixtures & Alligations, Time & Distance | Para jumbles |
Data Sufficiency, Coded Inequalities, Syllogism | Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices | Multiple Meaning /Error Spotting |
Work & Time, Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere | Fill in the blanks | |
Seating Arrangement | Permutation, Combination & Probability | Cloze Test |
Coding-Decoding, Input Output | Ratio & Proportion, Percentage | Miscellaneous |
It comprises of two phases :
The main eligibility criteria is given below :
Sl. No. | Category | Age Relaxation |
1. | SC / ST | 5 years |
2. | OBC | 3 years |
3. | PwD (General) | 10 years |
4. | PwD (SC /ST) | 15 years |
5. | PwD (OBC) | 13 years |
6. | Persons domiciled in Jammu & Kashmir | 33 Years |
7. | Ex-Servicemen/Disabled Ex-Servicemen | The actual period of service rendered in defence services + 3 years, (8 years for Disabled Ex-servicemen belonging to SC/ST) subject to a maximum age of 50 years |
8. | Widows, Divorced women judicially separated from their husbands (Not remarried) | GEN- 7 years OBC- 10 years SC/ST- 12 years |
You can visit the official website of SBI to complete filling up the online application form .
The SBI Clerk online application has a category-wise fee structure.
Candidates should take note that Registration fee / Intimation charges once paid are non-refundable in nature, neither can the amount be utilized as a reserve for attempting any other SBI bank exam.
Given below is the SBI Clerk Application Fee Structure :
Sl. No. | Category | Application Fee |
1. | General/OBC/MOBC/Others | Rs. 750/- (Application Fee + Intimation Charges) |
2. | SC/ST/PWD | Nil |
The registered candidates can download the Admit Card once it’s available on the SBI official page .
No hard copy of the SBI Clerk Admit Card would be sent to applicants.
However, the SBI Clerk Admit Card will be released in two stages:
(i) Admit Card for SBI Clerk Preliminary exam
(ii) Admit Card for SBI Clerk Mains exam
The applicant needs to login to his/her account and feed the following details on the displayed pop-up window to download the Admit Card:
Besides, it is advisable for you to go through all the guidelines as provided in the SBI official website before you download your Admit Card .
SBI publishes the results for both the exams ( Prelims & Mains ) individually. Final selection is made on the basis of merit .
Applicants need to meet the section-wise cut-offs to make it to the final merit list.
SBI Clerk Prelims Cut-off 2018 for Your Reference
Subjects | Total Marks | General | SC/ST/OBC/VI/OH/HI/DXS |
Reasoning Ability | 35 | 7.75 | 3.25 |
Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 5.50 | 2 |
English Language | 30 | 6.75 | 3.25 |
SBI Clerk Mains Cut-off 2018 for Your Reference
Subjects | Total Marks | General | OBC/SC/ST | HI/VI/OH/ XS/DXS |
Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude | 60 | 24 | 19 | 11.25 |
Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 14.5 | 11.25 | 6.5 |
General English | 40 | 14.25 | 10.25 | 4.5 |
General / Financial Awareness | 50 | 13.5 | 9.5 | 3.25 |
IBPS and SBI are the major recruiters for bank clerks . The examination pattern is similar for all the banks .
The examination is conducted in two phases : Preliminary and Mains .
You have to clear both the phases to be finally recruited, on the basis of Merit List, as a bank clerk. There is no interview.
The first phase Preliminary Examination is divided into three sections :
SUBJECTS & No. Of QUESTIONS | TOTAL MARKS & DURATION |
English Language - 30 Questions | 30 Marks , 20 Minutes |
Numerical Ability - 35 Questions | 35 Marks , 20 Minutes |
Reasoning Ability - 35 Questions | 35 Marks , 20 Minutes |
TOTAL : 100 Questions | 100 Marks , 60 Minutes |
SUBJECT | SUBJECT |
ENGLISH LANGUAGE | NUMERICAL ABILITY |
Reading Comprehension | Simplification |
Cloze Test | Profit & Loss |
Para jumbles | Mixtures & Allegations |
Miscellaneous | Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices |
Fill in the blanks | Work & Time |
Multiple Meaning /Error Spotting | Time & Distance |
Paragraph Completion | Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere |
Data Interpretation | |
Ratio & Proportion, Percentage | |
Number Systems | |
Sequence & Series | |
Permutation, Combination & Probability | |
SUBJECT | REASONING ABILITY |
Logical Reasoning | Alphanumeric Series |
Ranking/Direction / Alphabet Test | Data Sufficiency |
Coded Inequalities | Seating Arrangement |
Puzzle | Tabulation |
Syllogism | Blood Relations |
Input Output | Coding Decoding |
The second and final phase is Mains Examination . It is divided into four sections :
The examination pattern is given below :
SUBJECT | SUBJECT |
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE | GENERAL ENGLISH |
Simplification | Reading Comprehension |
Number Series | Sentence Rearrangement or Para jumbles |
Data Sufficiency | Sentence Correction/ Error Finding |
Data Interpretation | Spell Checks |
Quadratic Equation | Fillers |
Time & Distance, Work | Cloze Test |
Partnership | |
Profit & Loss | |
Simple and Compound Interest | |
Mixture & Allegations | |
Ratio & Proportion, Average, Percentage | |
SUBJECT | SUBJECT |
GENERAL FINANCE / FINANCIAL AWARENESS | REASONING ABILITY |
Current Affairs : Banking Industry News , Awards & Honors, Books & Authors, Appointments, Obituaries, Schemes of Central & State Governments, Sports, Global Events etc. | Machine Input / Output |
General Knowledge , - Countries : Capital , Currency , Headquarters of Financial Institutions , Insurance Companies , constituencies of Ministers’ Constituencies, Dance Forms, Nuclear & Thermal Power Stations , Sanctuaries ,Dams, Books, Famous Personalities , Events etc. | Internet |
Banking / Financial Terms | Syllogism |
Static Awareness | Blood Relation |
Banking and Financial Awareness | Direction Sense |
Inequalities | |
Puzzles | |
Coding-Decoding | |
Ranking | |
Statement & Assumptions | |
SUBJECT | COMPUTER AWARENESS |
Basics of Computer : Networking | Hardware and Software . |
Input - Output Devices | DBMS |
MS Office | Internet |
Important Abbreviations |
This pattern may differ for different Bank Clerk Examinations . The candidates are advised to properly check , on the official website of the concerned bank/organization , the eligibility criteria , syllabus and selection process before applying for the post .
By viewing the above bank clerk examination pattern you would have noticed that there is a fixed time allotted to complete each section in the preliminary as well as the main examinations.
For example, in the main examination you get :
Now you can well imagine that for solving 50 questions of Quantitative Aptitude you get only 45 minutes.
Similarly, to solve 50 Questions of Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude you get only 45 Minutes .
Clearly, if you try to solve the Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Ability questions by traditional long methods then you may not be able even to attempt all the questions regardless of the fact that if given more time you could easily solve good number of questions correctly .
Hence , it is imperative that you solve the questions using more and more Short- Cut or Time – Saving Methods .
There are some online coaching institutes which focus more and more on teaching through Short –Cut or Time – Saving Methods .
Hence, it is advisable that before choosing an online institute , you must enquire whether they give stress on Time – Saving Methods of not .
A Bank clerk enjoy a handsome salary after the implementation of 7th pay commission . The Basic Pay of Bank Clerk is ₹ 11,765 /- and Gross Salary ₹19,589.87 /-.
Besides , a bank clerk is also entitled for additional allowances . However, allowances vary from bank to bank . Salary is also a bit higher for those who work in Metropolitan cities like Mumbai as compared to rural areas .
IBPS and SBI are the two major recruiters of bank clerks . The selection is made through competitive examination conducted by IBPS and SBI .
There are many major banks recruiting large number of staff every year .
List of Major Banks Conducting Examinations for Recruitment of Staff :
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