Introduction:
SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) Exam is held by SBI or State Bank of India to recruit candidates for Clerical Cadre in its different branches across the country. SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) 2018 facilitates the recruitment for the
post of Junior Associates (JA). SBI Clerk is one of the most sought after bank exams today and a huge number of candidates appear for the same every year.
SBI Clerks (Junior Associates) are responsible for all the client interactions and related operations. Candidates who are recruited as SBI clerks are designated as cashiers, depositors and other posts that form the face of a particular SBI Bank branch. Here, in this article we talk about SBI Clerk 2018 Notification, Exam Dates, Pattern, Syllabus & more.
SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) 2018 Selection Procedure
For the selection to the post of Clerical Cadre through SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) 2018 exam, candidates are selected through two phases of exams- SBI Clerk Prelims and SBI Clerk Mains exam. It is compulsory for all candidates to clear both the phases to secure the appointment letter from SBI.
Exam Pattern
To crack SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) 2018 exam it is very important to know the exam pattern in and out. Here is the exam pattern of SBI Clerk Prelims and SBI Clerk Mains exam:
SBI Junior Associates Preliminary Exam Pattern
| SL. |
Section |
No. of Questions |
Total Marks |
Duration |
| 1. |
English Language |
30 |
30 |
20 min |
| 2. |
Numerical Ability |
35 |
35 |
20 min |
| 3. |
Reasoning Ability |
35 |
35 |
20 min |
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Total |
100 |
100 |
60 min |
SBI Junior Associates Mains Exam Pattern
| SL. |
Section |
No. of Questions |
Total Marks |
Duration |
| 1. |
General English |
40 |
40 |
35 min |
| 2. |
Quantitative Aptitude |
50 |
50 |
45 min |
| 3. |
Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude |
50 |
60 |
45 min |
| 4. |
General/Financial Awareness |
50 |
50 |
25 min |
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Total |
190 |
200 |
2 hours 40 minutes |
The eligibility criteria of SBI Clerk 2018 exam is mainly about two pre-requisites:
- 1. A candidate is required to be between 20-28 years to be eligible for SBI Clerk 2018 exam.
- 2. He/she must hold a valid degree in any discipline from a recognized university.
- 3. A candidate is required to be: A citizen of India, A subject of Nepal, A subject of Bhutan, A Tibetan Refugee who came to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of settling permanently in India or a person of Indian origin who migrated to India from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, Vietnam and have the intention of settling permanently in India.
| SL. |
Category |
Upper Age Limit |
| 1. |
SC / ST |
33 years |
| 2. |
OBC |
31 years |
| 3. |
Person with disabilities (General) |
38 years |
| 4. |
Person with disabilities(SC /ST) |
43 years |
| 5. |
Person with disabilities(OBC) |
41 years |
| 6. |
Jammu & Kashmir Migrants |
33 Years |
| 7. |
Ex-Servicemen/Disabled Ex-Servicemen |
Actual period of service rendered in defence services + 3 years, (8 years for Disabled Ex-servicemen belonging to SC/ST) subject to max. age of 50 years |
| 8. |
Widows, Divorced women( No remarried) |
GEN- 35 years
OBC- 38 years
SC/ST- 40 years
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The syllabus for SBI Preliminary Exam and SBI Mains Exam is more or less the same with minute variation for SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) 2018 Exam. Candidates should have strong understanding of concepts in English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning, Computer Knowledge and General Awareness.
| Quantitative Aptitude |
Reasoning |
Computer Knowledge |
English |
General Awareness |
| Simplification |
Machine Input/Output |
Basics of computer, different generations, hardware/software, etc. |
Reading comprehension including Synonyms and Antonyms |
Current Affairs – news on banking industry, awards and honors, books and authors,latest appointments, obituaries, new schemes of central and state governments, sports, etc. |
| Number Series |
Syllogism |
DBMS |
Sentence rearrangement or Para jumbles |
Static GK - country-capital, country-currency, headquarters of financial organizations (of insurance companies), constituencies of ministers, dance forms, nuclear and thermal power stations, etc. |
| Data Sufficiency |
Blood Relation |
Networking |
Sentence Correction/ Error Finding |
Banking/Financial terms |
| Data Interpretation |
Direction Sense |
Internet |
Spell Checks |
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| Quadratic Equations |
Inequalities |
MS Office and Shortcuts used in MS Officers |
Fillers |
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| Time and Work |
Puzzles – Seating Arrangement, Floor puzzle, etc. |
Input/output Devices, their types |
Cloze Test |
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| Partnership |
Coding Decoding |
Important abbreviations |
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| Profit and Loss |
Ranking |
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| Mensuration |
Statement and Assumptions /Conclusions |
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| Time, Distance and Speed – Trains, Boats n Streams |
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| Simple and Compound interest |
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| Mixture and Alligation |
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| Ratio and Proportion, Percentages, Averages |
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