Important Topics & Questions for General English-SBI Clerk Mains 2021

The SBI Clerk 2021 prelims exam has gone, and you may have performed well in the Exam. And that’s the reason you may be curiously looking for the important topics and questions for the Mains Exam to taste similar or better results.

As a matter of fact, there are several important chapters and questions that appear in the mains Exams very often. Therefore, it is crucial to know the topics and prepare them well before the Exam rings your doorbell.

In this article, you will throw light on the information about all those important topics which can hugely help you in beating the upcoming SBI Clerk 2021 mains exam!

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Important Topics & Questions for General English-SBI Clerk Mains 2021

Before we jump to the important topics, let’s take a look at the Exam pattern for SBI Clerk Mains 2021, to have an idea of the Exam, given below:

General English Exam Pattern for SBI Clerk Mains 2021

Here is the Exam pattern of General English:

Section Name	No. of Questions	Total Marks	Duration
General English	40	40	35 minutes

Note:

• There will be a total of 40 questions in SBI Clerk Mains 2021 in the English section.
• There will be a sectional timing 35 minutes to complete this section.
• Each question will carry one mark each and 0.25 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer marked.
• You can expect some changes with regard to old pattern questions or the examiner may tweak the questions to give it a new form as IBPS does.
• The difficulty level of the English section would be from Moderate to difficult in the mains exam.

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English Language: Total Questions – 40 (Level Moderate) 

Let’s now take a look at the No. of Questions Asked from topics from the English Section in previous Exams:

Topics	No. of Questions Asked	Difficulty Level
(1) Reading Comprehension	10 (1 set)	Moderate
(2) Cloze Test	10	Moderate
(3) Para jumbles/Sentence Rearrangement	5	Moderate
(4) Sentence Improvement/Sentence Correction	5	Easy
(5) Spotting Error	5	Tough
(6) Fill in the blanks	5	Easy to moderate
(7) Sentence Connector	5	Easy to moderate
(8) Odd one out	3-5	Moderate

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Most Important Topics for General English-SBI Mains 2021

English is one of the most important sections of the SBI Clerk Mains Exam. You can easily fetch good marks in it if you have regularly polished your grammar skills and have been regularly enhancing your vocabulary. Given below are some very important topics that you need to focus on to succeed in the upcoming SBI Mains Exam 2021:

1. Reading Comprehensions

In RC questions, be ready to solve around 10-15 questions. You should ace your reading speed if you want to gain command over comprehending a given passage in the actual Exam. The aspirant should be ready to comprehend a comprehension coming from various fields like literature, politics, history, economics, science, and other important subjects. The best way to ace your preparation for RC is by reading the newspaper, articles, and Practice Reading Comprehensions asked in previous years’ Exams. To understand a text, you must have sufficient knowledge of Vocabulary. The questions in the RCs as seen by the previous year’s questions are inference-based. That is to say, these questions are not direct questions, but you’ll have to infer from the given passage. There will be one or more conclusions given in the question to choose one.

2. Spotting the Errors or Error detection

You can expect 5 questions on this topic. In spotting the Error, a sentence is usually given, which is divided into four or five parts marked ‘a’ to ‘e.’ ‘e’ refers to no Error. You will be required to find out the part having an Error. The Error may be related to the use of the article, Tense of verb, noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb, conjunction, subject-verb-agreement, etc. You can also find, an error that of un-English expression or superfluous use of the same word. There is no shortcut to answering Error related questions. You should have good command over Grammar rules and their usage. So, you need to practice questions from the previous year’s question papers, to successfully counter such questions.

3. Para Jumbles

You can simply fail to form the correct sequence if you haven’t practiced this topic well. You can face a question on Para Jumbles, where you will be required to arrange and rearrange the statements incorrect order. You can solve Para-jumbles with 5 tricks. You can do this by Identifying the opening sentence, Identifying the closing sentence, Identifying the mandatory pairs (generally groupings that occur in defined order), or by Identifying transition words. The most commonly used transition words are, ‘also, again, as well as, besides, likewise, moreover, furthermore, in addition, similarly, Etc. Practice via Mock Tests to get a command over it.

4. Match the Following

In Match the Following or Match the Columns questions you will be asked questions on Idiom and phrases, connecting the sentences or no grammatical error type questions, etc. To counter this topic, you will have to polish your basic grammar skills. This can easily be done by attempting as many Mock Tests as you can.

Get Success in SBI Mains 2021 via Mock Tests

You can make maximum utilization of Mock tests and boost your SBI Mains 2021 preparation. Give at least 1 Mock Test every day, if you have taken 2 months to complete the syllabus. And after attempting every Mock Test, analyze it properly and work on your weaknesses and practice more. Then compare the results and analysis of this Mock Test with the other one you are going to take after it. Therefore, the more you invest in it, the more will the chances of getting an edge over other aspirants.