SBI Clerk 2019: Notification, Exam Date, Syllabus & Pattern




SBI Clerk Recruitment is one of the most sought-after recruitments in the banking sector. It provides one with an excellent job in India's largest Public Sector Bank with a handsome salary and other perks & benefits. Before going for a competitive examination, one must always have an adequate knowledge of the eligibility criteria, application process, syllabus, examination pattern, the changes introduced in the pattern of examination, so that, she knows how she should plan her preparations in a way to do with the syllabus and its revision before the examination takes place.

SBI releases notification for the vacancies of Clerks in alternate years. As the recruitment process was last carried out in the year 2018, we can expect the next notification in 2020. In case the bank brings out vacancies in the year 2019, we will update the information as soon as the official notification is out.


SBI Clerk 2019 Notification

The notification for the recruitment of Clerks in the State Bank of India is expected to be released in the year 2020. We will update the link to the official notification as soon as it is updated on the official website of the State Bank of India. For the details of this recruitment process, you can refer to SBI Clerk 2018 notification, here is the link to it:

SBI Clerk 2019 Apply Online


The link to apply online for SBI Clerk 2020 Exam will be made available here as soon as the official notification is out. The registrations and mode of payment for SBI PO 2019 Application will be both online.


SBI Clerk 2019 Application Fees

1. Rs. 100 for SC/ ST/ PWD Candidates.
2. Rs. 600 for all others.

SBI Clerk 2019 Vacancies


The vacancies for the post of SBI Clerk will be revealed in the official notification by the State Bank of India. The total number of vacancies, as the SBI Clerk Notification 2018 says, was 8301.


SBI Clerk 2019 Exam Dates


SBI Clerk Prelims and Main exam dates will be announced when the official notification for the recruitment process is released. Following is the schedule for the recruitment process of SBI Clerk 2018:


EventsDates
SBI Clerk 2018 Notification19th January 2018
Start of SBI Clerk 2018 Online Application20th Jan
SBI Clerk 2018 Application Form Closes10th February
SBI Clerk 2018 Admit Card Available from6th June
SBI Clerk 2018 Preliminary Exam23rd, 24th, and 30th of June 2018
SBI Clerk 2018 Mains Exam5 August 2018

SBI Clerk 2019 Exam Pattern

The examination for SBI Clerk recruitment process is carried out in two phases i.e. Preliminary Exam and Main Exam. As SBI's propensity to change the face of exam pattern is very well known, we may get to see a revised pattern for SBI Clerk 2020 Exam. Following is the expected pattern of SBI Clerk 2020 Exam if there is no change in the pattern this year and it remains the same as last year's:

For the first time, SBI introduced Sectional Timing in Prelims Exam.

Phase-IPreliminary Examination

Preliminary Examination consisting of Objective Tests for 100 marks is conducted online. This test is of 1-hour duration consisting of 3 Sections with each section having sectional timing of 20 minutes each.

Serial No.SectionNo. of QuestionTotal MarksDuration
1English Language303020 minutes
2Numerical Ability353520 minutes
3Reasoning353520 minutes
Total10010060 minutes


Phase – IIMain Examination

The structure of main examination (online objective type) would be as follows:

Serial NumberSectionNo. of QuestionTotal MarksDuration
1.General English404035 minutes
2.Quantitative Aptitude505045 minutes
3.Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude506045 minutes
4.General/Financial Awareness505035 minutes
Total1902002 hours 40 minutes


As per the official notification released by SBI "No minimum qualifying marks for individual subjects are prescribed". Thus, there wasn't any sectional cut off for this year's SBI Junior Associates Recruitment's Online Examinations. There are negative marks for wrong answers in the Objective tests.

A Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Preliminary and Main examination): There is a penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question on which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one-fourth of the marks assigned to that question is deducted as penalty to arrive at final scores. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate, there is no penalty on that question.

SBI Clerk 2019 Eligibility Criteria

The Eligibility Criteria for the SBI Clerk 2018 Recruitment Process was as follows:

1. Essential Academic Qualifications: (As on 01.01.2018)
Graduation in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government. Those who were in the final Semester/ year of Graduation could also apply provisionally subject to the condition that, if called for interview/joining, they had to produce proof of having passed the Graduation Examination on or before 01.01.2018. Candidates having integrated dual degree (IDD) certificate had to ensure that the date of passing the IDD was on or before 01.01.2018.

2. Age Limit: (As on 01.01.2018)
Not below 20 years and not above 28 years.

SBI Clerk 2019 Syllabus

S. No.SubjectSyllabus
1.English Language
Reading comprehension, Cloze test, Double fillers/ sentence/ multiple sentence fillers , Sentence correction/ improvement, Vocabulary based questions, Odd one out cum para jumbles, Paragraph Based Questions (Paragraph 1, 2, 3..., Paragraph Fillers, Paragraph Conclusion, Paragraph /Sentences Restatement).
2.Reasoning and Computer Aptitude
Puzzles & Seating Arrangements, Direction Sense, Blood, Relation, Syllogism, Order and Ranking, Coding-Decoding, Machine Input-Output, Inequalities, Alpha-Numeric-Symbol, Series, Data Sufficiency, Logical Reasoning (Passage Inference, Statement and Assumption, Conclusion, Argument), History and Generation of Computers, Introduction to Computer Organisation, Computer Memory, Computer Hardware and I/O Devices, Computer Software, Computer Languages, Operating System, Computer Network, Internet, MS Office Suit and Shortcut keys, Basics of DBMS, Number System and Conversions, Computer and Network Security.
3.Quantitative Aptitude
Data Interpretation (Bar Graph, Line Chart, Tabular, Caselet, Radar/Web, Pie Chart), Inequalities (Quadratic Equations, Quantity 1, Quantity 2), Number Series, Approximation and Simplification, Data Sufficiency, Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems (HCF and LCM, Profit and Loss, SI & CI, Problem on Ages, Work and Time, Speed Distance and Time, Probability, Mensuration, Permutation and Combination, Average, Ratio and Proportion, Partnership, Problems on Boats and Stream, Problems on Trains, Mixture and Allegation, Pipes and Cisterns).
4.General Awareness (with special reference to Banking Industry)Banking and Insurance Awareness, Financial Awareness, Govt. Schemes and Policies, Current Affairs, Static Awareness.

SBI Clerk 2019 Admit Card/ Call Letter

The admit cards for the Prelims Exam and Main Exam will be released 10-15 days before they are held. We will update the links to download them as soon as they are made available on the official website of the State Bank of India.

SBI Clerk 2019 Final Result

The State Bank of India releases the results for different phases of examinations separately. The results are usually declared within a month after the examinations are conducted. We will provide the links to them as soon as they are available on the official website.

SBI Clerk 2019 Cut Off Scores

The cut-off scores released by SBI depend on the number of vacancies announced in that particular year, number of candidates who appear for the examination as well as the level of the examination that is conducted in order to carry out the recruitment process. So, one cannot predict the cut-off score of future SBI Clerk Examination by simply relying on the previous year cut-off scores. To get you acquainted with the previous year cut off scores of SBI Clerk Examination, here is the analysis of previous years' SBI Clerk 2016 Cut-off:


The State-wise Cut-offs (UR) for SBI Clerk 2018 are:

StateCut-off
Uttar Pradesh96.00
Haryana99.00
Madhya Pradesh92.60
Punjab100.65
Rajasthan96.75
Bihar96.00
Gujarat85.00
Chhattisgarh91.50
Maharashtra85.65
Jharkhand86.00
Tamil Nadu93.75
Karnataka 83.90
Himachal Pradesh 98.25
Delhi104.80
West Bengal95.30
Odisha88.80



The Cut off for Mains exam of SBI Clerk for the state Uttar Pradesh in 2016 was:

SL.TestTotal MarksSC/ST/OBCGeneral
1General/Financial Awareness509.5013.50
2General English4010.2514.25
3Quantitative Aptitude5011.2514.50
4Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude6019.0024.00
Total/OverallFor General - 132.25

Overall State-wise Cut off - SBI Clerk 2016 (out of 100)

SL.StateGENOBCSCST
1Rajasthan64.564.553.523.25
2Gujrat42424228
3West Bengal51.2535.253720.75
4Madhya Pradesh54.7554.7536.59
5Jharkhand38.538.531.2529.25
6Bihar51.551.533.527.25
7Chhatisgarh22.522.59.59.25
8Tamil Nadu21.2521.2521.2521
9Andhra Pradesh39.2539.2539.2510
10Maharashtra51.551.551.524.5
11Himachal Pradesh57.55742.7548.25
12Punjab67.556.54545
13Haryana60.755544.2544.25
14Delhi/Haryana66.2550.755610
15Kerela61.561.54828
16Uttar Pradesh5956.2542.7531.5
17Orissa525237.7517
18Telangana27272727
19Meghalya37.2530.7530.7531.5
20Assam42.2543.254848
21Andaman & Nicobar51.7548.2513.2513.25

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