SBI Clerk Prelims- Syllabus & List of Books

The much-awaited SBI Clerk Notification is out now. This is one good opportunity to get a government job in the banking sector. If you’re aware of the competition around, there were around lakhs of applicants who had applied for SBI Clerk last year. You need to outshine all of your competitors and this is the perfect time to start your preparation especially now when 30+ days are left for the exam. 4-5 hours of studying for more than a month is enough to clear SBI Clerk Prelims.

Assess Your Preparation Level

First things first, Take a Free Mock Test of SBI Clerk Prelims Now and get an overview of your preparation level. The Mock’s analysis will give you a frank assessment of the areas where you need to improve. It will also show you your rank & percentile so that you will have an idea of how much more improvement you need to make to be in the top slot. Talking about the preparation, use the first 1 month to strengthen your concepts coupled with a lot of practice. Come up with your own shortcuts & tricks in all the sections.  And as highlighted by the Mock Test’s analysis, put extra effort into improving on your weak areas.

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Practice, Practice & Practice

For practice, you can buy the SBI Clerk Prelims Mock and Sectional Tests Package. You can also take Free Mini Mocks and free Topic-Tests on our platform.

Going this way, by the last week of December, all the concepts of the three sections would be clear for you and you would be ready with your own shortcuts. This would be exactly the right time to start taking Sectional & Mock Tests in a controlled environment so that you get to know how do you fare when you need to answer questions in a limited time.

Surprises! Are You Ready for Them?

Do you like surprises? Well! Like them or not, if they appear to you in the SBI Clerk Prelims, you need to make the most of it. Please be informed that if any question if of a new pattern to you, the same will be the case for other candidates as well. At this point in time, you should possess a calm composure and check what concept is the question trying to check. Having a cool mind and not getting overwhelmed in this situation will definitely help you. Keep practicing through Sectional & Mock Tests- sometimes they have questions of new patterns.

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Start Reading the Newspaper too

If you would have noticed, there’s hardly a difference of one and a half months between the dates of Prelims and Mains. We would strongly suggest you start reading an English newspaper for 45 minutes to 1 hour on a daily basis. This will not only increase your reading speed and vocabulary but will also subtly prepare you for the Mains Gen Awareness section.

SBI Clerk Prelims- Syllabus

For your convenience, we have listed the topics which need to be compulsorily prepared for this exam. Have a look:

English Language	Reasoning  Ability	Numerical  Ability
Cloze Test	Alpha-numeric/ Alphabetical Series	Age Problems
Correct Usage	Analogy	Average
Error Spotting	Analytical Reasoning	Boats and Stream
Fillers – Single, Double	Blood Relations	Clock and Calendar Problems
Idioms and Phrases	Coded Inequalities	Data Interpretation – Charts and Graphs: Line Graph, Bar Graph, Pie Chart; Tabular; Caselet; Mixed DI
Odd One Out	Coding and Decoding	Data Sufficiency
One Word Substitution	Data Sufficiency	Decimal and Fractions
Para  Jumbles	Directions and Distances	Indices and  Surds
Paragraph Completion	Double Line-up	LCM and H.C.F
Reading Comprehension	Inequality	Mensuration
Sentence Improvement	Input Output	Mixture and Allegations
Synonyms/ Antonyms	Order and Ranking/Direction	Number Series
Vocabulary based questions	Puzzles – Box based, Floor, Calendar, Day/Months based, etc.	Number System
Word/Phrase Replacement	Scheduling	Partnership
	Seating Arrangement– Linear, Circular, Facing Inside/Outside, Mixed	Percentage
	Statement and Conclusion	Permutation and Combination
	Statement-Course of Action	Pipes and Cisterns
	Syllogism	Probability
		Profit, Loss and Discount
		Quadratic Equations
		Simple and Compound Interest
		Simplification & Approximation

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SBI Clerk Prelims- List of Books

Quantitative Aptitude Section

Name of Book	Author/ Publisher
Quicker Maths	M.Tyra, K.Kundan (Magical Book Series)
Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations	R.S Aggarwal (S.Chand Publisher)
Data Interpretation	Arun Sharma (TMH Publication)
Topic-wise Solved Papers for IBPS/SBI PO/Clerk Prelims/Mains Quantitative Aptitude	Disha Experts

Reasoning Ability Section

Name of Book	Author/ Publisher
Test of Reasoning	Edgar Thorpe
A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning	R.S Aggarwal (S.Chand Publisher)
Bank Clerk Reasoning Chapter-wise Solved Papers 2003 – Till Date	Kiran Prakashan
Analytical Reasoning	MK Pandey

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English Language Section

Name of Book	Author/ Publisher
Objective English 6th Edition	Edgar Thorpe (Pearson)
Word Power Made Easy	Norman Lewis (Penguin)
Objective General English	S.P Bakshi (Arihant)
From Plinth to Paramount	Neetu Singh (KD Publication)

We hope that this article will be of help to you during your SBI Clerk Prelims preparation. Remember, there is no substitute for practice. Keep practising via Sectional & Mock Tests and keep track of your performance along with putting extra effort into your weak areas.

Wishing you all the best for your preparation!