SBI has announced openings for 8,301 clerk positions. Candidates can apply online between January 20th and February 10th. The preliminary exam will take place in March/April, and will consist of tests in English, numerical ability, and reasoning with a 1 hour time limit. Shortlisted candidates will then take the main exam on May 12th, consisting of tests in English, quantitative aptitude, reasoning, general awareness, and computer knowledge with a 2 hour 45 minute time limit. The syllabus covers topics like quantitative reasoning, English, general awareness, marketing and computers. Candidates are advised to practice with mock tests to prepare for the exam pattern and improve speed and accuracy.

1. SBI Clerk 2018
SBI has released SBI Clerk 2018 notification a total of 8301
Vacancies which include both regular vacancies and backlog vacancies
for the post of SBI Clerk. Candidates can appear for the test only once
under this recruitment project. Candidates can apply for vacancies in one
State only. Surprisingly unlike traditional clerk vacancies, this year SBI
has released notification for SBI Clerk or Junior Associate in Customer
support and Salesas part of clerical cadre.
Important Dates for SBI Clerk 2018:
Events Date
Commencement of on-line registration of application 20/01/2018
Closure of registration of application 10/02/2018
Preliminary Exam for SBI Clerk March/April 2018
Mains Exam for SBI Clerk 2018 12th
May 2018 (Tentative)

2. Selection process
for SBI Clerk 2018:
1.Preliminary examination
2.Online main examination
3.Document Verification

3. SBI Clerk 2018 Preliminary Exam
Pattern: Sectional Time Limit Introduced
SL Name of test
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 1 hour

4. SBI Clerk 2018 Mains Exam Pattern:
Serial
Numbe
r
Section
No. of
Questio
n
Total
Mark
s
Duration
1. General English 40 40
35
minutes
2. Quantitative Aptitude 50 50
45
minutes
3.
Reasoning Ability
and Computer
Aptitude
50 60
45
minutes
4.
General/Financial
Awareness 50 50
35
minutes
Total 190 200 2 hours 45
minutes
Negative Marking: Candidate will lose 0.25 marks as negative marking for
every wrong exam.
Objective type Questions: The test is an objective type of questionnaire
and will have all objective type of questions

5. Candidates who produce mark sheet of 10th
Standard or SSC with official
language will not be subjected to any language test.
Test of Knowledge of official language or local
language:
Candidates who produce mark sheet of Class 10 or Class 12 Mark Sheet
with official language will not be subjected to any language test. If the
applicant has not studied local language in class 10 or 12, then he/ she will
be subjected to local language test.
The state-wise local languages are as follows :
 Karnataka – Kannada
 Gujarat – Gujarati
 Madhya Pradesh – Hindi
 Punjab – Punjabi / Hindi
 Tamilnadu – Tamil
 Assam – Assamese
 Andhra Pradesh – Telugu
 Jammu – Urdu / Hindi
 Uttar Pradesh – Hindi
 West Bengal – Bengali
 Mumbai – Marathi /Hindi
 Maharashtra – Marathi / Hindi
 New Delhi – Hindi
 Kerala – Malayalam
Description of SBI Clerk Syllabus 2018:

6. SBI clerk syllabus is split into the following sections:
 Quantitative Aptitude – Maths of Class 10 level
 Logical Reasoning: Comprises of Verbal and Non-verbal Reasoning
 Marketing – Concepts in Marketing, Banking and Finance
 Computers – General Knowledge of Software, Hardware
 Current Affairs – Static GK, Current Affairs and General Knowledge
 English Language – Reasoning Comprehension, skills of reading,
writing, language, Grammar.

7. Numerical Ability Syllabus (Prelims and Mains)
Time & work, Time & separation, Rate, Benefit & loss, Mixture,
Stocks & shares, Partnership, Clocks, Volume, Surface area,
Tables, Pie – Charts, Bar Graphs, Data Analysis, Line Graphs,
Case lets, Combined data sets, Probability/ Series, Roots,
Average, Ratio, Height & distances, Permutation & combination,
Simple & compound interest, Equations and probability, Number
System, Simplification, Surds & Indices, Percentages,
Partnership, Chain rule, Pipes & Cisterns, Time & Distances,
Problems on trains, Boats & streams, Allegation & mixtures,
Mensuration, Permutations& combinations
English Language Syllabus (Prelims and Mains)
Grammar, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary, Brief writing,
Sentence structure, Series completion, Sentence Completion,
Grammar, Idioms and Phrases, Passage Completion,
Deriving Conclusions, Theme Detection, Deriving
Conclusions, Error Detection or Error Spotting, Deriving
Conclusions

8. Reasoning Syllabus (Prelims and Mains)
Analogies (meaning based and logical), Seating
Arrangement, Rectangular seating Arrangement
Quiz, Circular seating Arrangement Quiz, Puzzle, Data
sufficiency, Blood Relational, Sequential output tracing,Visual
reasoning, Directions and arrangements (circular
arrangements), Codes (sentence coding), Critical reasoning,
Syllogism, Inequality or Decision Making, Input Output,
Passage and Arguments, Coding and Decoding, Order and
Ranking, Making Judgments
SBI Clerk Syllabus for General Awareness for Mains Exam
Knowledge of current affairs, History, Geography, Sports, Culture,
Indian constitution, Technology and research, Economics
SBI Clerk Syllabus Marketing Aptitude for Mains Exam:
Basics of Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Market Segmentation,
Marketing Management, Marketing Mix, Developing stage of
organization, Brands and Branding, Advertising, B2B and B2C
marketing, Brand Equity, Products Life Cycle, 4 P’s and 4 C’s of
marketing.

9. SBI Clerk Syllabus Computer Awareness for Mains Exam:
Computer Hardware and Software, Input-output, Operating
System Concepts, Shortcut keys, MS Office, Microsoft
Windows, Internet and Networking, Security Concepts,
Abbreviations, News on Major Tech giants and IT companies
SBI Clerk Syllabus General Awareness for Mains Exam:
Banking and Financial Awareness, Static Awareness, Current
Affairs, Indian Constitution, Economic News, Sports, History,
Geography, Current Affairs on National and International
events, Defense, Summits, Appointments, Books, and Authors

10. Name of Book Author and Publisher
Practice Book on
Quicker Maths, 2nd Edition
M.Tyra, K.Kundan, Magical
Book Series
Fast Track Objective
Arithmetic
Rajesh
Varma, Arihant Publishers
Useful Books for SBI Clerk Exam Preparation:
Reasonin
g:
Name of Book Author, Publisher
Test of Reasoning Edgar Thorpe, Pearson
English :
Name of Book
Author and
Publisher
Objective English 4th Edition
Edgar Thorpe
Pearson (2011)
Word Power Made Easy
Norman Lewis
Penguin
Objective General English 2nd
Edition
S.P Bakshi
Arihant
General Awareness:
Quantitative Aptitude :
Computer Awareness:
Name of Book Publisher /Author
Objective Computer
Awareness for General
Competitive Exams
Arihant Publishers
Computer Fundamentals P.K Sinha
Computer Awareness :
Name of Book Author, Publisher
Completion Success
Review
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11. Online SBI Clerk Mock Tests
Online Mock test will help candidates improve their
speed and accuracy. Practice as many mock tests
as possible as per the latest exam pattern and
syllabus. Below are the given SBI Clerk prelims and
mains practice test links which are available in
Hindi also.
SBI Clerk Prelims Mock Test
SBI Clerk Mains Mock Test
SBI Clerk Live Video Classes