SBI Clerk Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2023: State Bank of India releases recruitment for SBI Clerk every year. Candidates preparing for the SBI Clerk exam must have a clear idea about the exam syllabus to start the preparation. SBI Clerk exam will be conducted in three stages Prelims, Mains and Interview. Here we posted the detailed syllabus and pattern for SBI Clerk prelims and mains exam. Aspirants can refer to the below exam pattern and syllabus for the SBI Clerk exam 2023.
Note:
- The test will be of bilingual, i.e. English and Hindi.
- All questions will be of objective type with five options.
- For each wrong answer, there will be 0.25 marks detected from total marks.
- But unanswered questions will not carry any negative marks.
- There will be sectional as well as overall cut-off.
SBI Clerk Exam Pattern for Prelims:
| S. No | Name of Tests | No. of Questions | Marks | Duration |
| 1 | English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| 2 | Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 60 minutes | |
SBI Clerk Syllabus for Prelims (English Language):
Aspirants can check the SBI Clerk Syllabus for Prelims English Language in the below table.
| S. No | English Language (Syllabus) |
| 1 | Reading Comprehension (including questions on antonyms and synonyms) |
| 2 | Cloze Test |
| 3 | Phrases and Idioms |
| 4 | Fill in the Blanks |
| 5 | Spelling Error/Error Detection |
| 6 | One word Substitution |
| 7 | Sentence Correction |
| 8 | Error Detection |
| 9 | Para Jumbles/Sentence rearrangements |
| 10 | Irrelevant Statements |
SBI Clerk Syllabus for Prelims (Quantitative Aptitude):
Check SBI Clerk Syllabus for Prelims Quantitative Aptitude in the table below.
| S. No | Quantitative Aptitude (Syllabus) |
| 1 | Number System |
| 2 | Quadratic Equation |
| 3 | Simplification |
| 4 | Approximation |
| 5 | HCF and LCM of Numbers |
| 6 | Speed, Distance and Time |
| 7 | Simple Interest & Compound Interest |
| 8 | Averages |
| 9 | Percentage |
| 10 | Ratio and Proportion |
| 11 | Problems based on age |
| 12 | Time and Work |
| 13 | Problem on Ages |
| 14 | Data Interpretation (Pie charts, Table chart, Bar Graphs, Line charts) |
SBI Clerk Syllabus for Prelims (Reasoning):
SBI Clerk Syllabus for the Reasoning Section (Preliminary exam) is given below.
| S. No | Reasoning Ability (Syllabus) |
| 1 | Puzzles – Seating Arrangement, Circle-based, Box-based, Square-based |
| 2 | Alphanumeric/Numeric Series |
| 3 | Coding-Decoding |
| 4 | Word Formation |
| 5 | Venn Diagram |
| 6 | Analogy |
| 7 | Data Sufficiency |
| 8 | Direction and Distance |
| 9 | Blood Relations |
| 10 | Verbal reasoning |
| 11 | Non-Verbal Reasoning |
| 12 | Syllogism |
| 13 | Input-Output |
SBI Clerk Exam Pattern for Mains:
SBI Clerk Exam Pattern for Mains is given below.
| S. No | Name of Tests | No of Questions | Marks | Duration |
| 1 | General / Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | 35 minutes |
| 2 | General English | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| 3 | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 45 minutes |
| 4 | Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude | 50 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| Total | 190 | 200 | 2 hours 40 minutes |
SBI Clerk Syllabus for Mains (General / Financial Awareness):
SBI Clerk Syllabus for Mains General and Financial Awareness is Provided below.
| S. No | General / Financial Awareness |
| 1 | Current Affairs |
| 2 | Static General Awareness |
| 3 | Banking and Financial Terms |
| 4 | Important Abbreviations |
| 5 | Banking and Financial Awareness |
| 6 | Fiscal and Monetary Policy |
| 7 | Important Government schemes |
| 8 | Awards and Honours |
| 9 | Indian Constitution |
Syllabus for Mains (General English):
| S. No | General English |
| 1 | Reading Comprehension (including questions on antonyms and synonyms) |
| 2 | Cloze Test |
| 3 | Sentence Improvement |
| 4 | Para Jumbles/Sentence rearrangements |
| 5 | Spotting Errors |
| 6 | Double Fillers (Sentence Completion) |
| 7 | Phrase Replacement |
| 8 | Irrelevant Statements |
| 9 | Main Idea of Passage |
Syllabus for Mains (Quantitative Aptitude):
| S. No | Quantitative Aptitude |
| 1 | Data Interpretation( Pie charts, Table chart, Bar Graphs, Line charts) |
| 2 | Number system |
| 3 | Approximation |
| 4 | HCF and LCM of Numbers |
| 5 | Problems based on age |
| 6 | Percentages |
| 7 | Ratio and proportion |
| 8 | Average |
| 9 | Mixture and Allegations |
| 10 | Time and work |
| 11 | Pipe and Cistern |
| 12 | Speed, Distance and time |
| 13 | Partnership |
| 14 | Simple and compound interest |
| 15 | Permutation and Combination |
| 16 | Profit, Loss and Discount |
| 17 | Mensuration |
| 18 | Data Sufficiency |
Syllabus for Mains (Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude):
Here we have given SBI Clerk Syllabus for Mains Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude.
Reasoning Ability:
| S. No | Reasoning Ability |
| 1 | Seating arrangement (Circular+ Linear) |
| 2 | Logical Reasoning |
| 3 | Data Sufficiency |
| 4 | Alphanumeric Series |
| 5 | Puzzle |
| 6 | Coding-decoding |
| 7 | Inequalities |
| 8 | Input-Output |
| 9 | Blood Relation |
| 10 | Ranking |
| 11 | Direction and Sense |
| 12 | Series |
Computer Aptitude:
| S. No | Computer Aptitude |
| 1 | History of computers |
| 2 | Input and Output devices |
| 3 | Hardware and software |
| 4 | Windows operating system |
| 5 | Internet terms and services |
| 6 | Basic Functionalities of MS-Office( MS-word, MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint) |
| 7 | Computer Abbreviations |
| 8 | Logic gates |
| 9 | Networking and communication |
| 10 | Database Management system |
| 11 | Hacking, Security Tools and Viruses |
| 12 | Shorty Keys |
| 13 | Modern Day Technology |
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