Topper’s secrets of Scoring 80+ Marks in SBI Clerk Exam 2021

The SBI Clerk Exam 2021 is ready to knock at your door? And you’ve buckled up to face the Exam! And every dedicated candidate will be, along with you, targeting to score 80+ Marks in it. With millions of aspirants battling for 5,454 clerical posts, we know that the competition is going to be really hard.

Those aspirants who are aiming to Score 80+ Marks in the upcoming SBI Clerk Exam 2021 should be put in extra effort and follow the footsteps of the previous year’s toppers.

This article showcases the techniques and tips that the Toppers implemented for spell-binding results! These tips include some essential dos and don’ts of this SBI Clerk Exam 2021. This tips and tricks if perfected, would lead you to score 80 plus marks in the Exam.

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Tips to Score 80+ Marks

The tips and strategies we are about to discuss will not only help you in cracking SBI Clerk Prelims Exam 2021, but will also help you in scoring 80+ Marks in the Exam. But, the most important thing is to maintain a perfect preparation plan to manage your time to cover the entire syllabus as per the schedule. And for that, you should be fully aware of the latest SBI Clerk 2021 Exam Pattern and Syllabus. And, you can and you must attempt the SBI Clerk Mock Test to get an edge over other candidates.

Here are some of the section-wise tips that have been followed by Topper’s themselves to score 80+ score in the SBI Clerk Exam 2021:

1.     SBI Clerk Prelims English Language Section

English Language Section can prove to be a pretty scoring section in the SBI Clerk Prelims. To score good marks in it, you need to make sure that you have revised all the basics of English Grammar. To score good marks in it, you should:

Important Topics

Read major newspapers like The Hindu, The Indian Express, Economic Times, and Times of India on daily basis. Read the editorials, articles, and blogs. Pay heed to new words and note down all those new words in a separate notebook dedicated only to Vocabulary. Look up the dictionary for meaning and synonyms and antonyms. Revisit that word list every day to improve your vocabulary. Observe the structure of sentences and try to practice those structures by penning them down in your notebook. Grammatical structures are like Math formulas, the more you pen them you the more they become yours, and forever yours. You should know how the tense, verb, noun, pronoun, or adjective is used in different sentences, and how a verb converts to an adverb, and so on.

Along with other important topics of English Grammar, go through the basics of:

• Nouns
• Pronouns
• Adverbs
• Adjectives
• Prepositions
• Tenses
• Parts of speech
• Subject-verb agreement
• Conditional sentences

If you will master the basics mentioned above, you will surely and easily and quickly be able to solve the questions on Sentence Improvement, Sentence Correction, and Error Spotting.

Prioritize the important topics. Some of the most important, Expected topics for the SBI Clerk Prelims Exam 2021 are:

• Reading Comprehension,
• Fill in the blanks/double fillers
• Error Spotting (New type also)
• Sentence Correction
• Sentence Improvement
• Cloze Test and Para jumbles

Analyze your mistakes

Attempt English quizzes through Mock Tests, regularly. Pay attention to your mistakes and try to avoid those mistakes in the next test.

Note: In the previous year there was a sectional time limit of 20 minutes for each section. This pattern will remain the same this year too. So, you will have sufficient time for English Section to score 25+ marks in this Section by following the above-mentioned tips.

2. SBI Clerk Prelims Quantitative Aptitude Section

1. If you have clarity of concepts and possess good calculation skills, the Quantitative Aptitude Section is going to be the most scoring section for you.

Therefore, first of all, learn & revise tables up to 30, Squares up to 30, cubes up to 20

Master short tricks to find:

• Squares
• Cubes
• Square root
• Cube root

Practice time-saving tricks of:

• Addition,
• Subtraction,
• Multiplication
• Division, Etc.

Master the concepts of:

• Average
• Ratio Proportion
• Percentage

These three concepts are used in almost every topic in the quantitative aptitude section.

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The easiest trick to grasp 20 marks quickly in this section is to attempt Approximation/Simplification, Number Series, and Data Interpretation first, before going for other topics.

• Master the topics that are very important in the miscellaneous questions are:
• Time & work
• Work & wages,
• Partnership, Problems on Ages
• Profit & Loss are very important ones

Expected topics

The expected topics for SBI Clerk Prelims 2021 are:

• Data Interpretation
• Number Series
• Approximation
• Simplification
• Data Sufficiency
• Quadratic Equation
• Miscellaneous arithmetic questions

Practice Topics you are slow or weak in

You need to give enough time to practice those topics in which you are slow or weak. Avoid leaving any topic from the syllabus in the Quant section, as questions from any topic can become in the exam. Go for Mock Tests regularly to attempt Quantitative Aptitude Quizzes to increase your question-solving speed. When you will master concepts for Quantitative Aptitude, properties, tricks, formulas, and concepts, scoring 30 plus will become an attainable aim in this section.

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SBI Clerk Prelims Reasoning Ability Preparation

As we know, this section tests your logical and reasoning skills and that the concepts related to the Reasoning Ability sections are easy to understand. You can, in little time, master these concepts and enjoy a full score in the actual Exam.

Take these topic-wise quizzes and increses your chances of beating the upcoming SBI Clerk Exam!

1. Master the topics from the Reasoning Ability Section and with each and every concept of those, so that you can solve all sorts of questions from it.

You need to pay special attention to some important topics like:

• Inequality
• Syllogism
• Blood Relation
• Direction
• Order and Ranking
• Series Questions (Alphanumeric, Alphabet, Number Series)
• Puzzles
• Seating Arrangement

Keep in Mind

You will get 20 minutes for 35 Reasoning questions. So, you need to avoid time taking and lengthy questions. For instance, you should attempt questions like variables puzzles, seating arrangement at last. Implement quicker ways to solve them. It is always better to solve questions that you are best in first, and then go for further attempts after gaining confidence. And for that, you should always follow good study material and Mock Tests for the results you want.