There are two exams for SBI Clerk Exam that is Preliminary Exam and Main Exam the time duration for Preliminary Exam is 1 Hour and the Duration for Main Exam is 2 Hours 40 Minutes

Exam Pattern of this Exam

Preliminary Exam Pattern

Name of the Test No. of Questions Marks

English Language 30 30

Numerical Ability 35 35

Reasoning Ability 35 35

Total 100 100



Main Exam Pattern

Name of the Test 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


Syllabus

1. English Language:
This section will consists question from:
-Reading Comprehension (10+10)
-Jumbled Sentences (5)
-Close Passages (10)
-Errors Correction (15)

2. Reasoning Section:
The reasoning section is of high level and have problems on
-Input – output (machine coding and decoding) (5)
-Sentence coding (5)
-Logical Reasoning (15)
-Syllogism (5)
-Puzzle / Seating Arrangement (10)
-Data Sufficiency (5)
-Directions etc. (5)

3. General Awareness + Marketing Awareness + Computer
-Current Affairs (15)
-Banking Awareness (15)
-Computer Awareness (10)
-Marketing (10)

4. Data Analysis and Interpretation.
-Line graphs (5)
-Bar chart (15)
-Pie chart (10)
-Tables (15)
-Probability (5)