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SBI Clerk Exam Pattern 2024, Check Prelims and Mains Exam Pattern

The SBI Clerk is an important exam that every aspirant wants to clear and enter into the Banking Industry. Every year lakhs of candidates register for this competitive exam. The SBI Clerk Exam Pattern is going to help candidates prepare well for the upcoming SBI Clerk Examination.

SBI Clerk is conducted by the State Bank Of India to select eligible candidates for the post of Clerk. Here to provide a better understanding to the students of the SBI Clerk 2024 exam, in this article, we have discussed the SBI Clerk Exam Pattern in detail, follow the article till the end to get all the important information.

SBI Clerk Exam Pattern 2024

SBI conducts the SBI Clerk 2024 every year to recruit eligible and qualified candidates for Junior Associates (Customer Support and Sales) posts in its various branches across the country. Check the highlights of the SBI Clerk Exam 2024 from the table given below.

SBI Clerk Exam 2024- Highlights
Conducting Authority State Bank of India
Exam Category National Level Exam/Recruitment
Vacancies TBA
Mode Online
Stage Prelims, Mains, and Language Proficiency
Maximum marks in Prelims 100
Maximum marks in Mains 200
Negative marking -0.25
Website https://sbi.co.in/

SBI Clerk Selection Process 2024

SBI Clerk 2024 is going to be conducted by the State Bank of India to select eligible candidates for Junior Associates (Customer Support and Sales). The notification for the same will be released shortly by SBI. With the release of the SBI Official Notification, the vacancy details, eligibility, and online application dates will also be released. The recruitment process to select Junior Associates (Customer Support and Sales) through SBI Clerk 2024 is done in three phases:

  • Online Preliminary Exam,
  • Online Mains Exam and
  • Language Proficiency

A candidate must qualify for both the preliminary exam and mains exam to proceed to the Language Proficiency round. The candidates selected after the Language Proficiency round are given the appointment letter.

SBI Clerk Exam Pattern 2024 for Prelims

The SBI Clerk Prelims Exam is a Screening exam. It is to weed out not serious candidates from the competition. There is sectional timing for each section i.e., English, Reasoning, and Mathematics. Candidates need to clear the sectional cutoff as well as the overall cutoff to qualify for the SBI Clerk Prelims. Candidates can check the SBI Clerk Exam Pattern 2024 for the Prelims exam in the table below.

Name of Tests
(Objective)
No. of
Questions
Maximum
Marks
Total Time
English Language 30 30 20 minutes
Numerical Ability 35 35 20 minutes
Reasoning Ability 35 35 20 minutes
Total 100 100 60 minutes

SBI Clerk Exam Pattern 2024 for Mains

The SBI Clerk Mains Exam is a Scoring as well as Merit-deciding exam. There is sectional timing for each section i.e., General/ Financial Awareness, General English, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude. The final merit list of candidates will be made based on marks obtained by the candidates in the SBI Clerk Mains exam. Candidates can check the SBI Clerk Mains Exam Pattern in the table below.

Name of Test (Objective) No. of Questions Maximum Marks Duration
General/ Financial Awareness 50 50 35 Minutes
Test of English Language 40 40 35 Minutes
Test of Quantitative Aptitude 50 50 45 Minutes
Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude 50 60 45 Minutes
Total 190 200 2 Hrs 40 Min.

Important Note:

  1. Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Online Preliminary and Online Main examinations). There will be a penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as a penalty to arrive at a corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.
  2. The questions in objective tests, except for the test of General English, will be bilingual i.e., English & Hindi.

Those who qualify for the SBI Clerk Mains Exam will be called for the Language Proficiency Test. The State Wise Language Proficiency Language is given below.

SBI Clerk Exam Pattern Language Proficiency

Those who qualify for selection and produce a 10th or 12th standard mark sheet/ certificate evidencing having studied the specified opted local language will not be subjected to any Language test. In the case of others (qualified for selection), specified opted local language tests will be conducted after provisional selection but before joining. Candidates not found proficient in the specified opted local language would be disqualified.

SBI Clerk Exam Pattern Important Points

Candidates can check important points of the SBI Clerk Exam Pattern of Prelims & Mains.

  1. There will be no Interview.
  2. Candidates will have to pass each of the objective tests of the online examinations.
  3. Both the Prelims and Mains exams will be conducted online.
  4. A candidate has to qualify in the Preliminary Examination to appear in the Main Examination.
  5. The main exam will be conducted for the final selection.
  6. The question paper will be bilingual i.e. available in Hindi as well as English language.
  7. The Cutoff of the SBI Clerk of prelims and mains exam will be decided by SBI.
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FAQs

Is there any sectional cut-off for SBI Clerk Exam?

No, there will be no sectional cut-off in Prelims or Mains Exam of SBI Clerk.

How many questions will be asked according to SBI Clerk Exam Pattern?

There will be 100 questions for the Prelims Exam and 190 questions for the Mains Exam will be asked as per SBI Clerk Exam Pattern 2024.

Q. What will be the difficulty level of the SBI Clerk 2024 Exam?

Ans. The difficulty level for SBI Clerk prelims will be from Easy to Moderate and for Mains will be Moderate to Difficult.

Q. What is the selection process for SBI Clerk Notification 2024?

Ans. The selection process for SBI Clerk Notification 2024 will be consisting of Prelims, Mains, Language Proficiency.