SBI Clerk Syllabus

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SBI Clerk 2018 SBI has released SBI Clerk 2018
notification a total of 8301 Vacancies which
include both regular vacancies and backlog
vacancies for the post of SBI Clerk. Candidates
can appear for the test only once under this
recruitment project. Candidates can apply for
vacancies in one State only. Surprisingly unlike
traditional clerk vacancies, this year SBI has
released notification for SBI Clerk or Junior
Associate in Customer support and Salesas part
of clerical cadre.
Important Dates for SBI Clerk 2018
Events Date
Commencement of on-line registration of application 20/01/2018
Closure of registration of application 10/02/2018
Preliminary Exam for SBI Clerk March/April 2018
Mains Exam for SBI Clerk 2018 12th May 2018 (Tentative)
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• Selection process for SBI Clerk 2018
• Preliminary examination
• Online main examination
• Document Verification

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SBI Clerk 2018 Preliminary Exam Pattern
Sectional Time Limit Introduced
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
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SBI Clerk 2018 Mains Exam Pattern
Serial Number Section No. of Question Total Marks Duration
1. General English 40 40 35 minutes
2. Quantitative Aptitude 50 50 45 minutes
3. Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude 50 60 45 minutes
4. General/Financial Awareness 50 50 35 minutes
Total 190 200 2 hours 45 minutes
Negative Marking Candidate will lose 0.25 marks
as negative marking for every wrong
exam. Objective type Questions The test is an
objective type of questionnaire and will have
all objective type of questions
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Candidates who produce mark sheet of 10th
Standard or SSC with official language will not
be subjected to any language test.

• Test of Knowledge of official language or local
  language
• Candidates who produce mark sheet of Class 10 or
  Class 12 Mark Sheet with official language will
  not be subjected to any language test. If the
  applicant has not studied local language in class
  10 or 12, then he/ she will be subjected to
  local language test.
• The state-wise local languages are as follows
• Karnataka Kannada
• Gujarat Gujarati
• Madhya Pradesh Hindi
• Punjab Punjabi / Hindi
• Tamilnadu Tamil
• Assam Assamese
• Andhra Pradesh Telugu

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• SBI clerk syllabus is split into the following
  sections
• Quantitative Aptitude Maths of Class 10 level
• Logical Reasoning Comprises of Verbal and
  Non-verbal Reasoning
• Marketing Concepts in Marketing, Banking and
  Finance
• Computers General Knowledge of Software,
  Hardware
• Current Affairs Static GK, Current Affairs and
  General Knowledge
• English Language Reasoning Comprehension,
  skills of reading, writing, language, Grammar.

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Numerical Ability Syllabus (Prelims and
Mains) Time work, Time separation, Rate,
Benefit loss, Mixture, Stocks shares,
Partnership, Clocks, Volume, Surface area,
Tables, Pie Charts, Bar Graphs, Data Analysis,
Line Graphs, Case lets, Combined data sets,
Probability/ Series, Roots, Average, Ratio,
Height distances, Permutation combination,
Simple compound interest, Equations and
probability, Number System, Simplification, Surds
Indices, Percentages, Partnership, Chain rule,
Pipes Cisterns, Time Distances, Problems on
trains, Boats streams, Allegation mixtures,
Mensuration, Permutations combinations 
English Language Syllabus (Prelims and
Mains) Grammar, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary,
Brief writing, Sentence structure, Series
completion, Sentence Completion, Grammar, Idioms
and Phrases, Passage Completion, Deriving
Conclusions, Theme Detection, Deriving
Conclusions, Error Detection or Error Spotting,
Deriving Conclusions
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Reasoning Syllabus (Prelims and Mains) Analogies
(meaning based and logical), Seating
Arrangement, Rectangular seating Arrangement
Quiz, Circular seating Arrangement Quiz, Puzzle,
Data sufficiency, Blood Relational, Sequential
output tracing,Visual reasoning, Directions and
arrangements (circular arrangements), Codes
(sentence coding), Critical reasoning, Syllogism,
Inequality or Decision Making, Input Output,
Passage and Arguments, Coding and Decoding, Order
and Ranking, Making Judgments 
SBI Clerk Syllabus for General Awareness for
Mains Exam Knowledge of current affairs, History,
Geography, Sports, Culture, Indian constitution,
Technology and research, Economics  SBI Clerk
Syllabus Marketing Aptitude for Mains
Exam Basics of Marketing, Marketing Strategies,
Market Segmentation, Marketing Management,
Marketing Mix, Developing stage of organization,
Brands and Branding, Advertising, B2B and B2C
marketing, Brand Equity, Products Life Cycle, 4
Ps and 4 Cs of marketing. 
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SBI Clerk Syllabus Computer Awareness for Mains
Exam Computer Hardware and Software,
Input-output, Operating System Concepts, Shortcut
keys, MS Office, Microsoft Windows, Internet and
Networking, Security Concepts, Abbreviations,
News on Major Tech giants and IT
companies  SBI Clerk Syllabus General
Awareness for Mains Exam Banking and Financial
Awareness, Static Awareness, Current Affairs,
Indian Constitution, Economic News, Sports,
History, Geography, Current Affairs on National
and International events, Defense, Summits,
Appointments, Books, and Authors 
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Quantitative Aptitude
Useful Books for SBI Clerk Exam Preparation
Name of Book Author and Publisher
Practice Book on Quicker Maths, 2nd Edition  M.Tyra, K.Kundan, Magical Book Series
Fast Track Objective Arithmetic  Rajesh Varma, Arihant Publishers
Reasoning
Name of Book  Author, Publisher 
Test of Reasoning  Edgar Thorpe, Pearson 
English
Name of Book  Author and  Publisher 
Objective English 4th Edition  Edgar Thorpe  Pearson (2011) 
Word Power Made Easy  Norman Lewis  Penguin 
Objective General English 2nd Edition  S.P Bakshi  Arihant 
General Awareness
Name of Book  Author, Publisher 
Completion Success Review -
Computer Awareness
Name of Book  Publisher /Author 
Objective Computer Awareness for General Competitive Exams  Arihant Publishers 
Computer Fundamentals  P.K Sinha 
Computer Awareness
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Online SBI Clerk Mock Tests
Online Mock test will help candidates improve
their speed and accuracy. Practice as many mock
tests as possible as per the latest exam pattern
and syllabus. Below are the given SBI Clerk
prelims and mains practice test links which are
available in Hindi also. SBI Clerk Prelims
Mock Test SBI Clerk Mains Mock Test SBI
Clerk Live Video Classes