Syllabus of SBI Clerk 2018

Hello Aspirants, After the release of SBI Clerk 2018 notification every aspirant wants to know , What is the syllabus of SBI Clerk 2018. So we are providing Syllabus in details both for Prelims and Main Exam.

Before describing Syllabus of SBI Clerk 2018 let’s look at the Selection procedure and Exam pattern of SBI Clerk 2018.

Selection Procedure:

There will two exams

1. Preliminary Exam
2. Main Exam

Selection will be based solely on the marks of Main Examination. Preliminary Exam is of qualifying nature only. So even if you get 100 out 100 in prelims, it will not be counted for final selection.
Note that there will be no Interview for this post.

Examination Pattern:

Preliminary Exam: 

As you know in Prelims there will test of 3 sections/subject namely: English Language, Numerical Ability and Reasoning Ability. In the table below you can the see the marks, sectional time and no. of questions for each section.

Name of the Test	No. of Questions	Marks	Duration
English Language	30	30	20 Minutes
Numerical Ability	35	35	20 Minutes
Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 Minutes
Total	100	100	60 Min. (1 hours)

Note:

• This time there is sectional Timing in Prelims also.
• No sectional cutoff in Prelims exam of SBI Clerk 2018.
• There will be negative marking of 1/4 marks for each wrong answer.
• It is of qualifying nature only.

Main Examination:

In the main Examination there will be test of 4 sections namely: General / Financial Awareness, General English, Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude and Quantitative Aptitude. In the table below you can see breakup of no. of questions, Marks and sectional time for each section/ subject.

Name of the Test	No. of Questions	Marks	Duration
General / Financial Awareness	50	50	35 Minutes
General English	40	40	35 Minutes
Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude	50	60	45 Minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	45 Minutes
Total	190	200	2 hr 40 Min.

Note:

• No sectional cutoff in Main exam also and no minimum qualifying mark criteria.
• There will be negative marking of 1/4 marks for each wrong answer.
• The final merit will be according to your aggregate marks of all subjects.
• The merit list will be drawn in descending order of aggregate marks. ( State wise and Category wise)

There will be a Language test before appointment. It is applicable to only those candidates who did not study Local language in 10th or 12th.

Lets see what is the Syllabus

Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability:

For Quantitative Aptitude or Numerical Ability section you should prepare these topics thoroughly.

• Data Interpretation
• Simplification and Approximation
• Number Series
• Quadratic Equation
• Profit & Loss
• Simple and Compound Interest
• Percentage
• Time and Work (Including Pipe & Cisterns)
• Time, Speed and Distance (Including Problems on Train and Boat & Stream)
• Ratio and Proportion
• Mixture and Allegation
• Partnership
• Average
• Permutation and Combination
• Probability
• Problems of Ages
• Mensuration
• Geometry
• Data Sufficiency

Reasoning Ability:

• Inequality
• Coding and decoding
• Syllogism.
• Data Sufficiency.
• Input Output.
• Seating Arrangement – Circular table and Line (North & South).
• Puzzle.
• Direction Sense
• Alpha-numeric Series
• Logical Reasoning.
• Order and ranking.
• Making judgments.
• Blood Relation

English Language:

• Reading Comprehension (Including Vocabulary )
• Spotting Errors
• Cloze Test
• Fillers / Double Fillers
• Parajumbled Sentences
• Sentence Improvement
• Para Completion

General Awareness / Current Affairs / Banking Awareness:

• Current Affairs for Past 4 Months ( From the date of Main Exam)
• Static GK ( Country-Capital, Currency, National Park etc. )
• Banking and Financial Awareness (Including Economics)

Computer Aptitude:

• Basic working of Computer ( Hardware and software )
• Computer History and Terminologies
• Coding Decoding ( Binary to decimal, Decimal to Binary conversion etc.)
• Computer Network and I/o Devices
• Database ( Basics )
• MS-Office

If you have any doubt regarding notification then you should watch this video 

 

SBI CLERK 2018 NOTIFICATION

OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION