Expected Reasoning Topics for SBI Clerk 2021 Prelims

Every year IBPS conducts recruitment exercises to fill the vacancies of SBI Clerk and this year is no exception. The notification of SBI Clerk 2021 was released with 5,000 vacancies and the application process has already started on April 27, 2021, and will end on May 17, 2021. If you haven’t registered yourself for this exam hitherto, we suggest you get this done as soon as possible. It’s been frequently observed that on the last day of the registration, aspirants face difficulties because of network congestion and because of various other reasons. If you want to check how well you perform in the SBI Clerk Prelims, you can take a free mock test by clicking here. And if you have any doubt on any aspect of the notification/application process, you can clear it with the help of these Frequently Asked Questions.

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SBI Clerk 2021 Important Dates

So, banking aspirants are already aware of the exam dates of SBI Clerk and if you are really serious to end up with a good job, you need to start your preparation right away. What you can do is to set SBI Clerk exam dates as goals and then put your full efforts towards their preparation. Most of the aspirants these days would be stuck inside their homes because of the near-lockdown situation. So it’s high time that you use this time wisely for clarifying concepts, practising mocks and revising general awareness. In this article, we have come up with the Important and Expected Topics for SBI Clerk for the Reasoning section. But before getting started, why don’t you sign up here & take a Free Mock Test to check your current preparation level. Once you sign up, you will also be notified of all the important updates related to banking exams.

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Some Important Points related to SBI Clerk Exam

• Please note that although the syllabus of SBI Clerk are similar, the exam level of both the exams (Prelims & Mains) are different.
• General Awareness appears only in the Mains exam of SBI Clerk and not in the Prelims exam.
• The preparation resources & books for both the exams can remain the same. However, you should take separate Mock Tests for Prelims as well as Mains. This is because the difficulty level varies for both the exams.
• Your speed is important but don’t compromise on your accuracy.

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Expected Topics for SBI Clerk- Reasoning Ability

The syllabus of this section will be the same for the Prelims as well as the Mains exam. But as mentioned earlier, it’s the difficulty level of the question which will be different. Please note that SBI Clerk Prelims is a speed-based exam and you need to practice very well for this exam while keeping your accuracy in check. On the other hand, Mains exam check your conceptual knowledge and the questions in Mains exam are complicated and time-consuming when compared to Prelims exam. So, be prepared for both types of questions. For the Reasoning Ability section, the list of Expected Topics for SBI Clerk is below:

• Seating Arrangements
• Puzzles
• Inequalities
• Syllogism
• Input-Output
• Data Sufficiency
• Blood Relations
• Order and Ranking
• Alphanumeric Series
• Distance and Direction
• Verbal Reasoning

We have also come up with tips for Expected Topics for SBI Clerk for Reasoning Ability. Have a look:

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Puzzles & Seating Arrangement

• Start your practice with simple questions of puzzles & seating arrangements and slowly move to the moderate & difficult ones.
• If any puzzle/ seating arrangement is taking too much time in the mock test, skip it and move to the next question.
• While practising these puzzles, don’t assume anything. Use the information given in the question.
• Start with a positive piece of information. Don’t start with a negative piece of information.
• Generally, the more number of variables a puzzle/ seating arrangement has, the more complicated & time taking it is.

Syllogism

Generally, Prelims exam has simple and direct questions. In some banking exams of 2019 Prelims, there were even questions related to ‘only’ & ‘if’. On the other hand, in the Mains exam, conclusions are given and you are supposed to find out the statement from the options, from which these conclusions can be drawn. This makes the questions difficult & time-consuming.

Inequalities

• In inequalities questions, you are supposed to figure out the correct relationship between two alphabets and choose the correct option accordingly.
• This relation could be greater than, smaller than, greater than equal to, smaller than equal to and equal to.
• In the Mains exam, to complicate & to increase the difficulty level, inequalities questions are either merged with coding-decoding or direction sense. So, practice all kinds of questions while solving mock tests.

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Coding-decoding

• For the Prelims exam, focus on basic coding-decoding questions where certain statements are coded in a certain pattern and you have to identify the pattern and answer accordingly.
• In the Mains exam, the difficulty level of coding-decoding questions can be increased by merging them with some other topic.
• Practice a lot of questions on coding-decoding while solving mock tests. The more questions you solve, quicker you will  be able to identify the pattern.

Blood Relations & Direction Sense

• Practice a lot of questions on both the topics: blood relations as well as direction sense.
• In blood relations questions, try to solve questions quickly by drawing family tree and by putting appropriate symbols.
• When it comes to direction sense questions, practice questions which are of moderate level difficulty.
• For the mains exam, questions on blood relations and direction sense

SBI Clerk 2021- New Pattern Questions

SBI is known to introduce new pattern questions in its exams. So don’t panic if you see a question of new pattern. All patterns on which questions are asked all this while were new at some point in time. Think about this; there can’t be any new rule developed overnight in Reasoning. Any question on a new pattern has to be developed on the existing topics. So panicking will not help when you encounter such a question. A question that looks new to you will be new for other aspirants as well. So stay calm, read the question carefully and try to understand what the question is trying to ask and what all concepts will be tested. You also need to ensure that you know all the concepts asked in such a question.

So, this is all from us in this article. We hope that you would have understood the importance of the topics of reasoning and will start practising accordingly. Remember: If you want to get a good score in the reasoning section, understand (all the concepts), practice (a lot of questions) & review (your attempts). Following this simple guide will definitely help you in improving your score.

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