SBI Clerk Mains- How to Revise General/Financial Awareness

SBI Clerk 2023 Prelims got over now and candidates have tied their seat belts for the SBI Clerk mains preparation journey. The SBI Clerk mains exam is just around the corner and is scheduled for the month of February 2024, thereby leaving very few days in the hands of the aspirants to finish their exam preparation.

We assume that by now the candidates must have been all set for the SBI Clerk mains 2023 exam, however revision must continue as even last minute preparation or revision can be beneficial at times. A free mock test of SBI Clerk mains 2023 is available for the candidates to last time check and analyze their performance in these exam like mocks. In this article we are here to update aspirants regarding the revision strategy of General/Financial awareness section for the upcoming SBI Clerk mains 2023 exam.

Let’s first take a look at the SBI Clerk 2023 Important Dates

SBI Clerk 2023 Important Dates

Events	New Dates
SBI Clerk Notification Date	16th November 2023
Start of Online Application Filling	17th November 2023
SBI Clerk End Date for Online Application Filling	7th December 2023
PET Call Letter	–
Admit Card for the Preliminary Exam	27th December 2023
Preliminary Examination Date	5, 6, 11, 12 January 2024 (Tentatively)
Result of Preliminary Examination	Jan-Feb 2024
Admit Card for Main Examination	15th February 2024
Main Examination Date	February 2024

Before moving further onto the SBI Clerk mains General/Financial awareness section let us take a sneak peak into the SBI Clerk 2023 mains exam pattern.

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SBI Clerk Mains 2023 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

Note:

• Note: *1/4th of mark assigned for a question will be deducted for each wrong answer

General/Financial Awareness section for SBI Clerk Mains 2023 is quite an important section that cannot be ignored and it is to prepared effectively. If this section is prepared well, aspirants will be able to attempt max questions in minimum time and unlike other sections this one is scoring. Thus, we are here to share with you some important revision tips and strategy so that candidates can prepare this section with ease. Firstly, let us understand that why General/Financial awareness section is important:

• Unlike other sections such as quantitative aptitude and reasoning ability there are no complicated calculations involved. Thus, time taken to answer these questions will be extremely less.
• Secondly, GA is relatively a scoring subject as compared to quant and reasoning where aspirants can lose marks due to small calculation mistakes. This is a scoring section as candidates only have to memorize the information and that can be easily done through repeated revision.

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SBI Clerk Mains 2023 – General/Financial Awareness Revision Tips and Strategy

• Current Affairs section for the last 6 months are to be revised thoroughly. As far as financial awareness goes candidates must know and revise everything related to finance.
• Pick and choose the most important current affairs and revise those properly. For example all recently conducted important events are to be remembered along with their facts and data.
• Download PracticeMock app and take current affairs quizzes on regular basis. This will help you to revise General/financial awareness section in a better way. Now free CA quizzes are available on the web as well.
• Practice mock tests especially the general/financial awareness section in SBI Clerk mains 2023 mock test. Practicing more and more mock tests will help you improve your overall performance in the actual exam.
• While revising, try and use the elimination method as in some questions it gets easy to answer the question if few options are eliminated. So, apply this technique wisely.
• As far as news articles are concerned, while revising these make sure that you are able to answer what? When? Where? How? And why?  for these.
• Learning and revision of abbreviations is extremely important as since these are huge in number so candidates may get confuse. All abbreviations relevant to the examination are to be revised thoroughly.
• Download our free Current affairs PDF and our monthly bulletin of Bazooka will surely help you prepare well for this section of SBI Clerk mains 2023 exam.
• Static GK is not to be ignored. This is something that aspirants will have to memorize the details. If revised well candidates can score well in this.
• Practice previous year question papers as it will give you an idea as what kind of questions are appearing in the examination.
• Even if its general/financial awareness section avoid guessing the answer randomly.

These are some of the important tips and revision strategy for General/Financial Awareness section of SBI Clerk mains 2023 exam. Keep giving mock tests and stay well prepared.