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SBI Clerk Prelims & Mains 2021 Syllabus & Preparation Tips

The SBI Clerk 2021 recruitment notification is released featuring 5000 vacancies. We in this article will be updating the SBI Clerk 2021 prelims and mains syllabus along with the SBI Clerk prelims 2021 preparation tips. The SBI Clerk Prelims exam comprises of 100 marks and the SBI Clerk mains 2021 will be of 200 marks in total. For those who will be preparing for this exam for the very first time must know that in order to clear the SBI Clerk examination it is important to know the syllabus thoroughly. In this article we are giving a list of detailed topics of the SBI Clerk preliminary 2021 examination.

SBI Clerk Prelims 2021 Exam Pattern

S. No.	Name of Test	No. of Questions	Max Marks	Duration
1	English Language	30	30	20 mins
2	Numerical Ability	35	35	20 mins
3	Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 mins
	Total	100	100	1 hour

Note:

Negative marking of 0.25 mark will be there.
No minimum qualifying marks are prescribed for individual test OR for aggregate score.
Approximately 10 times the number of vacancies will be shortlisted for the Mains exam (in each category).

SBI Clerk Prelims 2021 Syllabus

SBI Clerk syllabus for Preliminary Examination comprises of 3 sections:

Reasoning Ability
English Language
Numerical Ability

SBI Clerk Prelims 2021 – Reasoning Ability Syllabus

Seating Arrangement
Blood Relation
Puzzles
Coding Decoding
Inequalities
Alphanumeric Series
Syllogism
Logical Reasoning
Direction Test
Statement and Assumptions
Ranking

SBI Clerk Prelims 2021 – Numerical Ability Syllabus

Simple Interest
Compound Interest
Percentage
Speed, Time and Distance
Number series
Approximation
Partnership
Average
Profit and Loss
Time and Work
Quadratic Equations
Ratio and Proportion
Mixture and Allegations
Data Interpretation

SBI Clerk Prelims 2021 – English Language Syllabus

Reading Comprehension
Fill in the Blanks
Sentence Rearrangement
Sentence Connector
Odd one out
Error
Antonyms and Synonyms
Match the Following
Para Jumble
Cloze Test

SBI Clerk Mains 2021 Exam Pattern

The structure of the SBI Clerk Mains exam pattern is mentioned below:

S. No.	Name of Test	No. of Questions	Max Marks	Duration
1	General/ Financial Awareness	50	50	20 mins
2	General English	40	40	20 mins
3	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	20 mins
4	Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude	50	60	1 hour
	Total	190	200

Important Points to Note for SBI Clerk Mains are:

The questions in objective tests, except for the test of General English, will be bilingual i.e., English & Hindi.
There will be negative marks for wrong answers in the Objective tests. 1/4th of mark assigned for question will be deducted for each wrong answer.

SBI Clerk Mains 2021 Syllabus

As far as the SBI Clerk Mains examination is concerned, it will be Objective in nature. As far as the syllabus goes, below mentioned will be the four subjects:

General/Financial Awareness
General English
Quantitative Aptitude
Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude

SBI Clerk 2021 Exam Preparation Tips

SBI will soon release the recruitment notification for the year 2021 and thus, we are here with some general SBI Clerk 2021 exam preparation tips. For those who have plans to give and clear this examination must start working on the same. To start with candidates can take a free mock test and prepare a proper study schedule accordingly.

Before start preparing it is very important to do proper analysis of the exam pattern and syllabus. This will give you a clear understanding as what all sections to give weightage to and which are more important. This will help you achieve success in better planning of the preparation strategy. Ensure that you know the syllabus thoroughly as then only you will be able to divided it properly.

Plan a proper study schedule and work accordingly. Create a schedule in a way that you will be able to cover each and every topic well.
Reading and knowing current affairs on a daily basis is very important. Though current affairs is not a part of the SBI Clerk Prelims, but still preparation from the very start will help you in a positive way ahead. Moreover, current affairs is something which you cannot neglect.
Practice as many SBI Clerk Prelims mocks as possible. Mock tests are one of the best ways to know that what and how you are preparing for the actual exam. It gives you a grip over the actual SBI Clerk Prelims and Mains examination.
Revise concepts and topics which you have done before regularly and start maintaining notes.
Also, try and increase your speed of solving questions. The more different types of questions you will solve the better speed and accuracy you will gain.

This brings us to the end of the article. Make sure that you start preparing for the SBI Clerk Prelims 2021 exam starting now. Stay tuned for SBI Clerk 2021 recruitment notification.

Cheena Sawhney