20 Day-Study-Plan for SBI Clerk Exam 2021: (Prelims)

Now that the State Bank of India has postponed the SBI Clerk Exam 2021 due to COVID19, you must not worry about the postponement but utilize the extra time as a gift! The new exam date is expected to knock at your doors soon or very soon. Plus, the main examination will be conducted on July 31, 2021. As we know, the selection process will have an online test (Preliminary & Main exam), plus one test of opted Local Language. The Prelim Exam, which we are focusing on, right now, will have Objective Tests of 100 marks. SBI Prelim Exam 2021 will be conducted online and would be of a ‘1-hour duration.’ There are no changes in the exam pattern of the SBI Clerk Prelims Exam 2021.

It will consist of 3 sections, each section having a separate timing of 20 Minutes. These 3 sections will be:

1.       English language

2.       Numerical ability

3.       Reasoning ability

Note: There is no Sectional Cutoff in SBI Clerk Prelims 2021 and there are no minimum qualifying marks.

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You need to accelerate your preparation by assuming that your SBI Clerk Exam for Prelims 2021 is scheduled to be conducted after 20 days from today. Because we have designed this preparation plan, keeping in mind a 20 days’ time duration for those candidates who have only 15 or 20 days with them and want to give their all to the preparation to try and beat it. With this study plan, they can try to complete the SBI Prelims Syllabus in 20 days-time.

Now, this plan will not only help some candidates in completing or accelerating the revision part, but will also help those who want to revamp their study plans that they might have followed earlier.

Hence, whether you are lagging or have failed to cover the entire syllabus, or haven’t started your SBI Clerk preparation as yet, you can follow this 20-day plan.

So, take help from this 20-day plan given below, and make the most of this available time.

The table given below can act as the reference to all the topics you might or might not have covered:

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30 Days Study Plan for SBI Clerk Prelims 2021 Exam

DAY	QUANT	REASONING	ENGLISH
1 (The day you’ll start your quick preparation on)	-Tables upto 20 -Squares upto 30 -Cubes upto 15 -Percentage to fraction conversion upto 1/20   -Simplification & approximation	-Inequality Order & Ranking	-Noun & Pronoun -Adjective & Adverb
2	*First Revise the previous day math task, then study: -Square Root -Cube Root -Quadratic Equation -Tables upto 30 -Squares upto 50 -Number series	-Syllogism -Alphanumeric Series	-Tense -Subject verb agreement
3	-Average -Percentage -Ratio proportion	*First Revise inequality, Order and ranking & Revise syllogism, then study: -Direction/distance	*First Revise Adjective and adverb then study: -Subject verb agreement -Para-jumble
4	*First Revise previously covered topics mentioned above  then study: -Time & work -Partnership -Time speed distance	-Blood relation                    -Coding decoding                *Then Revise direction sense & blood relation	First Revise Subject verb agreement  then study -Para-jumble -Cloze test
5	*First Revise previous topics, then study-Mensuration	-Notes on Input & Output Devices -Tabulation	*First Revise Cloze Test & Para-jumble, then study: -Fill in the blanks
6	-Sequence & Series          squares	-Alphabet Test    -Sitting Arrangement	-Multiple Meaning -Sentence Improvement
7	-Permutation & Combination      -Probability	-Statements & Assumptions *Quickly Revise the covered topics	-Synonyms and Antonyms *Quickly Revise the covered topics
8	*First Revise the Covered Topics 19 and then,  Revise Sequence & Series	-Alphanumeric Series	-Work on speeding-up -Reading Comprehension
9	-Profit loss & Discount	*Revise Inequality and then study: -Inequality -Simple interest & Compound Interest	-Cloze test -Improve upon your  Reading Comprehension             skills
10	-Simple interest & Compound Interest  -Revise Probability	-Inequality -Sitting Arrangement	-Improve upon your  Reading Comprehension               skills -Revise Synonyms and Antonyms
11	-Profit loss & Discount simple interest & Compound Interest	-Statements & Assumptions -Revise direction sense & blood relation	-Para jumble -Fill in the blanks -Multiple Meaning
12	Mixture & Alligation	-Tabulation -Revise Blood relation	-Revise previously covered topics -Completion
13	-Profit loss & Discount  -Mixture & Alligation  – -Age	-Sitting Arrangement -Inequality	-Sentence Improvement -Fill in the blanks -Revise Subject verb agreement
14	-Simple interest & Compound Interest   —Revise Mixture & Alligation	-Direction distance -Blood relation	-Adjective & Adverb -Noun -Pronoun
15	-Simple interest & Compound Interest	-Direction distance	-Multiple Meaning
16	-Time speed distance	-Revise Syllogism	-Error Spotting
17	-Age	-Sitting Arrangement	-Subject-verb agreement
18	-Revise Mensuration      Age	-Statements & Assumptions	-Revise Para-jumble Sentence
19	-Revise Partnership	-Ranking	-Error Spotting
20	*Revise Everything	*Revise Everything	*Revise Everything

Note: Try to clear all the basic concepts and then only go for short tricks. Go through the previous years’ question paper to get an accurate idea of the expected topics, or must-do topics for SBI Clerk Exam 2021 for Prelims.

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20-Day Key Preparation Tips for SBI Clerk 2021 Exam

To accelerate your 20-Day-Study plan, you should keep in mind all the key preparation tips for the SBI Clerk exam. A dedicated study coupled with these tips will surely take you to the SBI Clerk Mains Exam 2021.

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Section-wise SBI Clerk Prelims Preparation Tips

English Language

The English section is getting tougher with every passing exam. So, don’t take this section lightly. To prepare it well, you should try to:

1.       Memorize the rules from Grammar books by solving the examples, and not just memorize them blindly. By doing so, you will be able to remember all the grammar rules very easily and naturally. And you will be able to solve related problems.

2.       Read English articles featured in newspapers like the Hindu or the economic times, daily. And do pen down the words you don’t know in a notebook or diary and revise them regularly. Try to build your world power from the newspapers and books.

3.       Focus on the topics you are weak in. If you are weak in, say, cloze tests or fillers or spotting errors, give more time to them.

How much can you score in English Section?

If everything goes right after good preparation, you can score about 25 Marks in the English Section.

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Reasoning Ability

The topics of this section are easy if you have thoroughly practiced the concepts. For good preparation, you should try to:

1. Practice about 2-3 puzzles every day. The best way to score more in this section is to thoroughly practice topics like Syllogism, Coding-Decoding, Circular & Linear Arrangement, Puzzles, and Coded Inequalities. These topics are some of the most important topics in this section.
2. Gain command over syllogism, order & ranking, inequality, coding-decoding, direction, distance, and blood relation chapters. Solving these topics is relatively easier than solving time-consuming puzzles.

How much can you score in this Section?

If everything goes well, you can score over 30+ Marks in the Reasoning Section.

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Quantitative Aptitude

On one hand, this section may be a bit difficult for some candidates, on the other it can be the most scoring for some candidates.

To prepare it well you should try to focus on:

1. Remembering squares, cubes, tables, fractions to a percentage, and percentage to fraction conversion.
2. Remembering squares, cubes, tables, fractions to a percentage, and percentage to fraction conversion.
3. Remembering tricks, rules, or shortcuts for faster calculation in the actual exam so that you can invest less time in solving easy questions and save that time for solving difficult questions.
4. Remembering to take Mock Tests and analyze the Mock Tests. And check out the questions you left, the questions you did not answer correctly, questions you attempted, but took too much time in attempting them. Then, check the answers and solve the entire paper again. Some questions need to be left out.
5. Remembering to learn the art of leaving time-consuming questions by attempting as many questions as possible. Every answer gets only one mark. Hence, there is no point in investing too much time in a single question. Mock Tests are said to decide your selection. So, hurry up and choose a good platform and Start giving Mock Tests to check your progress.

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Complete Syllabus and Good Books for SBI Clerk Exam 2021 are an Invitation to Success!

There are chunks and chunks of books on cracking the RBI Clerk Exam 2021 available in the market. Many of those don’t even cover the syllabus for SBI Clerk Exam 2021. So it’s better to avoid the habit of buying books without any research.

A complete syllabus coupled with good books results in good preparation. Good preparation is always needed for good results, just like a complete recipe is required for a good dish. A bad preparation with bad books and an incomplete syllabus always leads to failure.

In short, you need to have a good overview of the SBI Clerk exam to help yourself figure out how to properly start your preparation for the (SBI) State Bank of India Clerk exam.

And, for this purpose, you need to keep in mind all the little things that make a big difference in formulating a plan to beat the SBI Clerk exam 2021.

Top 3 books for Quantitative Aptitude Section        

1. Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations by R.S. Agarwal
2. Shortcuts in Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Exams by Disha Experts
3. Fast Track Objective Arithmetic by Arihant Publications

Top 3 books for Reasoning Ability Section

1. A Modern Approach to Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning by R.S Agarwal
2. How to Prepare For Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning by Arun Sharma
3. Analytical Reasoning by M.K. Pandey

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Top 3 Books for English Language Section

1. Objective General English by R.S. Agarwal
2. English Grammar and Composition by Wren and Martin
3. Word Power Made Easy By Norman Lewis.

Top 3 Books for General Awareness Section             

1. India Year Book by Publications Department, Government of India
2. Banking Awareness by B.K.Raut and S.R. Behera
3. Daily Newspaper for current affairs

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Practice & Stay Away From Stress during SBI Clerk Exam Prep!

Try to solve exercises regularly, without fail. As practice makes a man perfect, you can get a high score in the actual exam with practice. It will help you in having master of all the rules, formulas, structures, and concepts of the subjects. Try to practice the concepts of at least two sections every day. For instance, you can practice the reasoning section and English section one day, following the quantitative aptitude section the very next day.  And follow it with Mock Tests every day. Practice a lot of quizzes and Mock tests available on Practicemock.com. By it, you can accurately analyze your performance and can improve on your weaknesses, and can feel confident after knowing your strengths.

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