Exam Pattern and Syllabus for SBI Clerk 2017 Recruitment Exam

Are you looking for a clerical job in State Bank of India? If yes, then it is the right time to start planning for the effective preparation of SBI Clerk Exam 2017. SBI will announce the recruitment of clerical cadre for the year 2017-18 probably in the month of July. There are going to be more than17,000 vacancies to be notified. Since the competition is high, there is a dire need for 3-4 months preparation to qualify the exam with good score or rank. Hence, this is the right time to pull up your socks and start your preparation for SBI Clerk Exam 2017-18.

SBI Clerk 2017 Exam Pattern
To prepare for the exam in the right direction it is important to understand the syllabus and exam pattern of SBI Clerk Exam 2017-18.

Examination Details:

• The applicant will have to sit for an online examination. to solve the question papers.
• The duration for the online written test in the preliminary examination is 1 hour.
• While the duration for the online test in the main examination is 2 hour 40 minutes.
• Keeping in mind the time duration, the candidates will have to solve their papers accordingly.

Preliminary Examination:

• SBI Clerk Exam Pattern for Preliminary exam consists of 100 objective questions which need to be solved within 1 hour time duration.
• The exam carries a total of 100 marks. The questions will be asked from various sections, including English Language, Numerical Ability and Reasoning Ability.
• The Candidates will have to qualify in each section.

Main Examination:

• The time duration for SBI Clerk Main Examination is 2 hour 40 minutes.
• The exam pattern for SBI Clerk for main examination will consist of 190 objective-type questions of 200 marks.
• The questions will be divided into various sections – General / Financial Awareness, General English, Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude.

Preliminary Exam Pattern

Name of the Test       No. of Questions      Marks      Duration

English Language              30                    30           1 Hour
Numerical Ability               35                    35
Reasoning Ability              35                   35
Total                               100                100 

Mains Exam Pattern

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

Date of the SBI Clerk Interview will be released soon after the Main Exam.

Negative Marking:

An aspirant should always remember that there is a negative marking for every wrong answer.

There will be a deduction of 1/4th of marks for each wrong answer.

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