SBI Clerk 2021

SBI Clerk 2021 Exam Date, Notification, Syllabus, Eligibility, Exam Pattern

State Bank of India has released the Recruitment notification for eligible Indian Citizens for appointment as Junior Associate (Customer Support and Sales) in clerical cadre. Candidates can apply for vacancies in one State only. Candidates can appear for the test only once under this recruitment project. SBI clerk 2021 notification has been released by State Bank of India on 26th April 2021. SBI  published the SBI clerk recruitment 2021 notification for 5000+ clerk vacancies at sbi.co.in/careers. The online application starts from April 27, 2021 and will be closed on May 20, 2021. 

SBI Clerks (Junior Associates) are responsible for all client interactions and related operations. Candidates who are recruited as SBI clerks are designated as cashiers, depositors, and other posts that form the face of a particular SBI Bank branch. All the eligible candidates can apply for the same. Given are the Notification Details.

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SBI Clerk 2021 Exam Date:

State Bank of India (SBI) has released the exam dates of SBI Clerk Exam Dates. The Prelims and Mains Exam dates for SBI Clerk are mentioned below.

SBI Clerk 2021 Vacancy:

On 26th April 2021, State Bank of India has published the Recruitment notification for 5000+ Junior Associates posts in its branches across India.

Backlog Vacancies

SBI Clerk 2021 Eligibility Criteria:

Application for the Junior Associates will be subject to various eligibility criteria as mentioned in the official SBI 2021 Clerk Notification. Applicants need to fulfill the required eligibility to apply for SBI Clerk Exam.

(A) Age Limit: (As on 01.01.2021)
SBI Clerk 2021 Age Limit Not below 20 years and not above 28 years as on 01.01.2021 i.e candidates must have been born not earlier than 02.01.1992 and not later than 01.01.2021.

Relaxation in upper age limit
There are various age relaxations provided by the exam conducting authority to the candidates belonging to the reserved category. The table below contains details about the age relaxations provided by SBI.

(B) Essential Academic Qualifications: (As on 01.01.2021)

Graduation in any discipline from a recognised University or any equivalent qualification recognised as such by the Central Government. Candidates having integrated dual degree (IDD) certificate should ensure that the date of passing the IDD is on or before 01.01.2021.
Those who are in the Final year/ Semester of their Graduation may also apply provisionally subject to the condition that, if called for interview, they will have to produce proof of having passed the graduation examination on or before 01.01.2021.

Nationality / Citizenship – Participants must have this citizenship which is given below.

• Citizen of Indian
• Citizen of Nepal
• Citizen of Bhutan
• A Tibetan refugee
• Migrated Peoples from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

SBI Clerk 2021 Selection Process

State Bank of India (SBI)’s Junior Associate (Customer Support & Sales) in Clerical Cadre exam selection process details are given below. The selection process will consist of an on-line test (preliminary and main examination) and test of specified opted local language.

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
Phase-III: Test of specified opted local language

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SBI Clerk 2021 Exam Pattern:

1. SBI CLERK 2021 Prelims Exam Pattern (Phase I)
Preliminary Examination (online) 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. Each test will have separate timing as mentioned below.

Selection criteria for Main Examination
Category wise merit list will be drawn on the basis of the aggregate marks scored in the Preliminary Exam. There will be no sectional cut-off. Candidates numbering 10 times the numbers of vacancies (approx.) in each category will be shortlisted for Main Examination from the top of above merit list.
Penalty for wrong answer
1/4 marks will be deducted for every question attempted wrong by a candidate. No deduction will be there in marks if a question is left unattempted or blank by a candidate.

SBI CLERK 2021 Prelims Previous Year Question Paper

It is a memory based question paper which is prepared on the basis of the SBI Clerk Exam's analysis.
In these memory-based papers, questions are from all the three sections asked in the exam, i.e. Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning and English.

You can download PDF of the SBI Clerk Previous Year question papers as well as their answers from the links given below.

SBI Clerk 2019 (Pre) Memory Based Paper 1 with Solution

SBI Clerk 2019 (Pre) Memory Based Paper 2 with Solution

SBI Clerk 2017 (Pre) Memory Based Paper 1 with Solution

SBI Clerk 2017 (Pre) Memory Based Paper 2 with Solution

SBI Clerk 2016 (Pre) Memory Based Paper 1 with Solution

2. SBI CLERK 2021 Mains Exam Pattern (Phase II)
Main Examination will consist of Objective Tests of 190 Questions of 200 marks:
The structure of main examination (online objective type) would be as follows:

Penalty for a wrong answer
1/4 marks will be deducted for every question attempted wrong by a candidate. No deduction will be there in marks if a question is left unattempted or blank by a candidate.

Note :
1.    There will be a sectional time limit in the exam.
2.    There are no sectional cut off in both Prelims and the Main exam of SBI Clerk this year.
3.    The questions in objective tests, except for the test of General English, will be bilingual i.e., English &Hindi.

3. SBI CLERK 2021 Language Proficiency Test (LPT) (Phase III)

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 the case of others (qualified for selection), specified opted local language test will be conducted after provisional selection but before joining. Candidates not found 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 a test of specified opted local language, where applicable, as detailed above
Wait List: A waitlist of up to 50% of vacancies (State-category wise) will be maintained. Candidates will be released from this waitlist on a quarterly basis against non-joining and resignation out of the current batch only. This waitlist will be valid for a period of one year from the date of declaration of the final result.

SBI Clerk 2021 Syllabus:

SBI Clerk syllabus is much similar to that of any other bank exam. There are three major sections that a candidate needs to prepare to ace the preliminary exam. These are Reasoning, Numerical Ability, and the English Language. The sections have a wide range of topics on which questions are based. It is recommended that candidates must have a look at the previous year's papers and know about the weightage of each topic.

SBI Clerk 2021 Prelims Exam Syllabus
The preliminary examination syllabus of SBI Clerk will comprise of Reasoning Ability, Numerical Ability, and English Language. Here is the detailed syllabus:

SBI Clerk 2021 Mains Exam Syllabus
The Mains Examination of SBI Clerk exam 2021 will constitute of 4 sections: Reasoning + Computer Aptitude, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude and General/Economy/Banking Awareness. The complete syllabus is discussed below:

SBI Clerk 2021 Pre - Exam Training:

Bank may arrange pre-examination training at certain centres for SC/ST/Religious Minority Community candidates in consonance with the guidelines issued by the Government of India. Candidates belonging to the above categories who desire to avail themselves of such training at their own cost may indicate to that effect against relevant column while applying on-line. An indicative list of training centres is given below:

Bank may add additional centers or may delete some of the centers syndicated for training. Candidates opting for pre-examination training should download their call letter for training from  Bank's website by entering their registration number and password/ date of birth. No hard copy of the call letter will be sent.

SBI Clerk 2021 Interview Detail:
There was no interview for SBI Clerk Exam conducted by SBI.

SBI Clerk 2021 Salary:
11765-655/3-13730-815/3-16175-980/4-20095-1145/7-28110-2120/1- 30230-1310/1-31450. The starting Basic Pay is `13075.00(`11765.00 plus two advance increments admissible to graduates.

SBI Clerk 2021 Application Fees:

Candidates will have to pay application fees to complete the registration through online banking or offline challan. The online portal accepted for payment includes Indian Bank Net Banking, HDFC, PNB portal and many more. The application fee for SBI Clerk 2021 must be paid only within the stipulated time period.

SBI Clerk 2021 Admit Card & Other Info:

Candidates must download the SBI Clerk admit card from the official website of the bank as the hard copy of the SBI Clerk Admit Card will not be sent to the candidate via post. To login on the official website, the candidates will require the following:

SBI Clerk 2021 Result:

The result of the SBI Clerk 2021 will be released after the exam for both phases has conducted.

SBI Clerk Previous Year Exam Analysis:

Exam Analysis 2019

State Bank of India is all set to conduct the exam for this year's Junior Associate(Clerk) vacancy. The SBI(State Bank of India) is conducting the preliminary examination for Clerk post on 22 & 29 February, 01 & 08 March 2019. SBI Clerk Prelims Exam has started from 22 February 2019. This exam will be conducted in 4 slots on 4 different days. We have now updated the SBI Clerk Prelims exam analysis.

We makemyexam powered by IBT understand your curiosity of knowing how you have performed. Going through exam analysis before going to exam will be a good idea. It will boost your confidence and will also help you to level up your performance. In order to give you extra push also, Go through the previous years’ exam paper.

Click Here to know detailed Exam Analysis of SBI Clerk 2019 Prelims Exam.

SBI Clerk 2021 Cut Off:

The Cut Off will be released after the release of Result.

The state wise SBI Clerk 2019 Prelims Cut Off Marks for General Category is provided below.

SBI Clerk 2019 Prelims Cut Off:

SBI Clerk 2021 Preparation Tips:
As you all know the SBI Clerk notification is released, you should start preparing for this with sheer determination. The State Bank of India has released expected 9000 vacancies this year. SBI Clerk Prelims examination will begin in the month of June. So, it’s a great time for you to grab the opportunity and crack this examination. It may be difficult to prepare for this examination as it is a national level competitive examination and a large number of candidates are preparing for the same. Additionally, the difficulty level of this exam increases every year. So, here some important tips and tricks are presented which will definitely help you preparing this examination:

1. Time management is one of the crucial concerns while attempting this exam. It is to be noted here that like the previous year, there is sectional timing in the prelims exam. This is the reason candidates have to be more conscious about the time while attempting every question. Additionally, it is suggested that you not think that you will attempt your favorite subject as there is no sectional cut off in Prelims. On the contrary, you should prepare for each of the subjects cautiously as you will be given a sectional timing in the Prelims exam.
2. Another important point to be kept in mind is that it does not work if you first prepare for the Prelims examination and start preparing for Mains after you clear the Prelims because there is not much time between Prelims and Mains. So, you might not get enough time to prepare for Mains. The best way is to prepare for both simultaneously. This way you can get ample time to prepare each of the subjects well.
3. The practice is the key to success. Students should go through all SBI Clerk previous year question papers. Sectional or full-length mock tests can be taken for the practice. You can also visit www.makemyexam.in for practice as it provides questions according to the updated syllabus and updated pattern of upcoming examinations. Some of the benefits of practice are:

• By practicing, you will know where you stand and how much preparation is required to crack the exam in a single attempt.
• By practicing, you will also know about silly mistakes you make which can be avoided.
• By practicing, you will become habitual of dealing with the questions appear in the exam in a fixed amount of time.

 All in all, the regular practice boosts your preparation.
4. Candidates should know that what the pattern of the examination is going to be. You can have look at the pattern of SBI Clerk Prelims examination 2019:

There will be three tests – English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, and Reasoning Ability. Sectional time of 20 minutes will be allotted for each test. There is a negative marking of ¼ marks for every incorrect answer marked by the candidate.
The golden tip to qualify the exam is to keep composure while answering the questions. Since nervousness can reduce your efficiency. Hopefully, you will prepare well and give your best in the exam.

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SBI Clerk 2021 Exam FAQs:

1.) What is the Application Fee?

2.) What is the age criteria to apply For SBI CLERK 2021 Exam in this common written exam?
Not below 20 years and not above 28 years as on 01.01.2021, i.e candidates must have been born not earlier than 02.01.1992 and not later than 01.01.2000 (both days inclusive).

3.) How many vacancies are there?
The number of vacancies is more than 5000+ for clerical cadre.

4.)What is the educational qualification required for various posts in this recruitment process?
Graduation in any discipline from a recognised University or any equivalent qualification recognised as such by the Central Government.
Candidate having integrated dual degree(IDD) certificate should ensure that the date of passing the IDD is on or before 01.01.2021

5.) When will the registration start?
Registration will start on April 27, 2021.

6.) When will be the exam conducted?
The dates for Preliminary Exams will be in the month of June 2021.
The Tentative date for Main Exam is on July 31st 2021.

7.) I have scored 55% in Graduation. Am I eligible to sit for the exam?
Yes, you can apply as there is no percentage criterion. You just need to be a graduate.

8.) What is the Selection Procedure of the SBI CLERK 2021 Exam?
SBI Clerk selection process is done in three levels:
•    Preliminary Exam
•    Mains Exam
•    Test of specified opted local language.

9.) What is the Exam Pattern of SBI CLERK 2021?
Preliminary Exam

Mains Exam

10.) Is the exam Bilingual?
The tests except for the Test of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi.

11.) Is there a criterion for negative marking?
There is a negative marking of ¼ marks for every wrong answer.

12.)Is there a sectional cut-off in the exam?
As per the official notification released by SBI "No minimum qualifying marks for individual subjects are prescribed". Thus, there will not be any sectional cut off for this year's SBI Junior Associates Recruitment's Online Examinations.

13.) What is Age Relaxation as per the Govt Norms?

14.) Is There any experience required for SBI CLERK 2021 Recruitment?
NO, There is no experience required for SBI CLERK 2021 Recruitment.

15.) Is There any Offline Mode to submit Application For SBI CLERK 2021?
No, You can Submit Application Mode only Online.