General Awareness: Preparation Tips for SBI Clerk

Time to Prepare for General Awareness

SBI Clerk Prelims is just around the corner. And you must be wondering when there is no GA section in the Prelims why to get started with its preparation? Please note: there is generally not much time between Prelims and Mains exams. So, once the Prelims gets over, you may not have sufficient time to prepare for the GA section. SBI Clerk Prelims and Mains dates are not released yet, making this a perfect time for you to get started with the preparation of GA study material. We have come up with some preparation tips which would definitely come handy in your general awareness preparation. There will be 50 questions of 1 mark each to be solved in 35 minutes.

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SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern

Serial No.	Section	No. of Question	Total Marks	Duration
1	English Language	30	30	20 minutes
2	Numerical Ability	35	35	20 minutes
3	Reasoning	35	35	20 minutes
Total		100	100	60 minutes

Note: 

• 1/4th of the mark assigned for the question will be deducted for each wrong answer.
• No minimum qualifying marks for the individual subjects as well as for aggregate (overall) are prescribed.

SBI Clerk Mains Exam Pattern

Serial Number	Section	No. of Question	Total Marks	Duration
1.	General English	40	40	35 minutes
2.	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	45 minutes
3.	Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude	50	60	45 minutes
4.	General/Financial Awareness	50	50	35 minutes
Total		190	200	2 hours 40 minutes

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Note:

• 1/4th of the mark assigned for the question will be deducted for each wrong answer.
• Candidates are required to score minimum percentage marks on aggregate (For SC/ST/OBC/PWD/XS candidates, 5% relaxation available thereon).
• Minimum qualifying marks on aggregate will be decided by the bank.
• No minimum qualifying marks for individual subjects are prescribed.

Advantages of this section

Please note this is the most scoring section in the sense that unlike reasoning and quantitative aptitude sections, you don’t have to solve each and every question and therefore the time taken to answer a question is relatively less. Just by having a glance at the questions in this section, you get to know whether you know the answer or you don’t know it.

Also, the fact that unlike other sections you don’t answer incorrectly because of mistakes in calculation. At the maximum, you can get confused between different choices and now is the time to prepare enough to avoid this scenario. Scoring well in this section increases your total score and increases your chances of selection.

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SBI Clerk GA Syllabus

Current Affairs

• News on the banking industry
• Awards and honours
• Books and authors
• Latest appointments
• Obituaries
• New schemes of central and state governments
• Sports, etc.

Static GK

• Country-capital
• Country-currency
• Headquarters of financial organizations (of insurance companies)
• Constituencies of ministers
• Dance forms
• Nuclear and thermal power stations, etc.
• Banking/Financial terms
• Static Awareness
• Banking and Financial Awareness

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Preparation Tips

• While preparing general awareness, you must ensure you can answer these 5 questions about the article you read. The questions can relate to What, When, Where, How and Why of the article. Make your own notes and keep revising them until one day before the exam. For eg. if you are studying the topic Bank Recapitalization you should be able to answer the below questions:
  • What is Bank Recapitalization?
  • When was the last Bank Recapitalization done?
  • How is Bank Recapitalization done?
  • Why is Bank Recapitalization done?
• Don’t forget to revise abbreviations as well.
• It’s the right time to revise static GK. The benefit of static GK over current affairs is that there isn’t much variation in their scope and answers when compared to current affairs.
• Have a look at the past years’ papers to get an idea of questions asked in the past years. Ensure that you are updated on the below topics:
  • Important Articles in the Indian Constitution
  • Bharat Ratna Award Winners
  • Chief Ministers, Governors, and CJIs
  • Important Acts of the Banking Sector
  • Indian Missiles
  • Stadiums in India
  • Indian Nobel Prize Winners
  • State Symbols of India
  • Bird Sanctuaries in India

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You should start your revision with static GK and then move towards current affairs. That’s all for now! We hope these tips will put you on an informed platform and help you crack SBI Prelims & Mains. All the best for your exam!