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SBI CLERK 2020 Exam Pattern & Syllabus
Dear Aspirants,
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. The application has begun from 3 January 2020 and will close on 26 January 2020. All the eligible candidates can apply for the same. Here are the Notification Details.
Selection Procedure:-
The selection process will consist of on-line tests (preliminary & main examination) and test of specified opted local language. SBI Clerk Preliminary Exam is tentatively scheduled in the month of February/ March 2020. SBI Clerk Mains Exam is tentatively scheduled on 19th April 2020. Let's have a look at the detailed SBI Clerk 2020 Exam Pattern.
Phase-1: SBI Clerk Prelims Exam - 100 Marks
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:
| Sr. No. | Name of the Test | No.Of Question | Maximum Marks | Time Allotted |
| 1. | English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 Min |
| 2. | Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 Min |
| 3. | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 Min |
| Total | 100 Ques. | 100 Marks | 60 Min | |
Phase-2: SBI Clerk Mains Exam - 200 Marks
Mains Examination will consist of Objective Tests of 190 Questions of 200 marks: The structure of mains examination (online objective type) would be as follows:
| Sr. No. | Name of Tests | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Time allotted |
| 1 | Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 50 | 60 | 45 Min |
| 2 | General/ Financial Awareness | 40 | 40 | 35 Min |
| 3 | English Language | 50 | 50 | 35 Min |
| 4 | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 45 Min |
| Total | 190 | 200 | 2.Hours 40. Min. | |
SBI CLERK LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TEST (LPT):
Language Proficiency Test (LPT)- 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.
Note: There will be negative marks for wrong answers in the Objective tests. 1/4th of the mark assigned for a question will be deducted for each wrong answer.
SBI Clerk Exam Syllabus
SBI Clerk Syllabus for Preliminary Exam
The preliminary examination syllabus of SBI Clerk 2020 will comprise of Reasoning Ability, Numerical Ability, and English Language. Here is the detailed syllabus:
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Reasoning Ability
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Numerical Ability
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English Language
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Logical Reasoning
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Simplification
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Reading Comprehension
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Alphanumeric Series
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Profit & Loss
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Cloze Test
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Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test
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Mixtures &Alligations
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Para jumbles
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Data Sufficiency
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Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices
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Multiple Meaning
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Coded Inequalities
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Work & Time
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Fill in the blanks
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Seating Arrangement
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Time & Distance
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Miscellaneous
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Puzzle
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Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere
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Paragraph Completion
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Tabulation
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Data Interpretation
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Error Spotting
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Syllogism
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Ratio & Proportion, Percentage
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Blood Relations
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Number Systems
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Input-Output
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Sequence & Series
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Coding-Decoding
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Permutation, Combination &Probability
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SBI Clerk Syllabus for Mains Exam
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Reasoning
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Quantitative Aptitude
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English
Language |
General
/Economy/ Banking Awareness |
Computer
Awareness |
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Logical Reasoning
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Simplification
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Reading Comprehension
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Financial Awareness
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Internet
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Alphanumeric Series
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Profit & Loss
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Grammar
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Current Affairs
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Memory
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Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test
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Mixtures &Alligations
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Vocabulary
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General Knowledge
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Keyboard Shortcuts
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Data Sufficiency
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Simple Interest &
Compound Interest & Surds & Indices |
Verbal Ability
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Static Awareness
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Computer Abbreviation
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Coded Inequalities
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Work & Time
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Word Association
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Banking and Financial Awareness
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Microsoft Office
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Seating Arrangement
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Time & Distance
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Sentence Improvement
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Computer Hardware
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Puzzle
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Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone,
Sphere |
Para Jumbles
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Computer Software
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Tabulation
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Data Interpretation
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Cloze Test
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Operating System
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Syllogism
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Ratio & Proportion,
Percentage |
Error Spotting
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Networking
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Blood Relations
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Number Systems
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Fill in the blanks
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Computer Fundamentals /Terminologies
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Input Output
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Sequence & Series
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Coding-Decoding
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Permutation, Combination
&Probability |
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