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SBI Clerk 2025 Exam Pattern & Syllabus
Dear Aspirants,
State Bank of India (SBI) 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 on 17th December and will close on 7th January. 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. Let's have a look at the detailed SBI Clerk 2025 Exam Pattern.
Phase-1: SBI Clerk Prelims Exam - 100 Marks
A 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 a 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.
SBI Clerk Syllabus for Preliminary Exam
The preliminary examination syllabus of SBI Clerk 2025 will comprise of Reasoning Ability, Numerical Ability, and English Language. Here is the detailed syllabus:
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| Reasoning | Numerical Ability | English Language |
| Logical Reasoning | Simplification | Reading Comprehension |
| Alphanumeric Series | Profit & Loss | Cloze Test |
| Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test | Mixtures & Alligations | Para jumbles |
| Data Sufficiency | Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices | Miscellaneous |
| Coded Inequalities | Work & Time | Fill in the blanks |
| Seating Arrangement | Time & Distance | Multiple Meaning /Error Spotting |
| Puzzle | Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere | Paragraph Completion |
| Tabulation | Data Interpretation | |
| Syllogism | Ratio & Proportion, Percentage | |
| Blood Relations | Number Systems | |
| Input Output | Sequence & Series | |
| Coding Decoding | Permutation, Combination & Probability | |
SBI Clerk Syllabus for Mains Exam
The Mains Examination of SBI Clerk exam 2025 will constitute of 4 sections: Reasoning & Computer Awareness, General English, General/Financial Awareness, and Quantitative Aptitude. The complete syllabus is discussed below:
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SBI Clerk Mains Syllabus 2025
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Quantitative Aptitude Syllabus
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General English Syllabus
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General/Financial Awareness Syllabus
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Reasoning Ability Syllabus
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Computer Awareness Syllabus
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Simplification
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Reading comprehension including Synonyms and Antonyms
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1.Current Affairs
2.News on the banking industry
3.Awards and honours
4.Books and authors
5.Latest appointments
6.Obituaries
7.New schemes of central and state governments
8.Sports, etc.
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Internet
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Basics of Computer: Hardware, Software, Generation of Computers
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Number Series
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Sentence rearrangement or Para jumbles
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Static GK -
1.Country-capital
2.Country-currency
3.Headquarters of financial organizations (of insurance companies)
4.Constituencies of ministers
5.Dance forms
6.Nuclear and thermal power stations, etc.
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Machine Input/Output
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DBMS
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Data Sufficiency
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Sentence Correction/ Error Finding
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Banking/Financial terms
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Syllogism
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Networking
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Data Interpretation
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Spell Checks
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Static Awareness
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Blood Relation
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Internet
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Quadratic Equation
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Fillers
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Banking and Financial Awareness
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Direction Sense
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MS Office
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Time & Distance, Work
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Cloze Test
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Inequalities
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Input-Output Devices
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Partnership
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Puzzles
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Profit & Loss
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Coding-Decoding
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Simple and Compound Interest
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Ranking
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Mixture and Allegations
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Statement and Assumptions
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