SBI Clerk 2021 notification will be released online on the official website. The candidates who are looking career in the banking sector as clerical staff must go for SBI clerical exam. The State Bank of India is leading Government sector bank in India which has its branches throughout the Country. The bank conducts entrances test each year to select eligible candidates for filling up the vacant post of clerical staff. A huge number of participants appeared in this exam. The applicant has to clear all the stages of examination including preliminary exam, main exam, and personal interview. The SBI Clerk 2021 recruitment exam notification is likely to be published in the month of April 2021. Interested candidates can find here relevant information with regard to SBI Clerk 2021 application form, eligibility criteria, registration guide, exam pattern, syllabus, and important dates etc.
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The tentative dates with regard to the SBI Clerk 2021 exam is given in the table below. Actual dates will be updated later after release of official notification:
Exam Event | Dates (Tentative) |
The registration process will commence from | April 2021 |
Last date to register online | May 2021 |
E-admit card for Preliminary exam | June 2021 |
Preliminary Exam will be held on | June 2021 |
Result for Preliminary Exam | July 2021 |
E-admit card for Main Exam | July 2021 |
Main exam will be held on | August 2021 |
Main exam result | August 2021 |
E-admit card for the interview will be available | August 2021 |
Date of Interview | August 2021 |
Final Result | September 2021 |
In order to appear in the SBI Clerk exam, candidates must fulfill the eligibility criteria prescribed by the SBI. The SBI Clerk eligibility criteria include following parameters which should be met by the applicants. Check the details:
Category | Age Relaxation |
SC/ST | 5 years |
OBC | 3 years |
PH (General) | 10 years |
PH(OBC) | 13 years |
PH (SC/ST) | 15 Years |
Candidates belonging to J&K from 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989 | 5 years |
Ex-servicemen | The actual service period + 3 years 8 year for SC/ST disabled Ex-servicemen upto maximum 50 years of age. |
Women candidates who are widows, Divorced & Separated from their husbands and not remarried | 7 years upto the age of 35 years for General candidates, 38 years for OBC and 40 years for SC/ST candidates. |
Eligible and interested candidates must submit their application form through online mode. The SBI Clerk application form 2021 will be available on the official website from 2nd week of April 2021. Interested candidates can submit their application before the last date. Candidates need to provide all the details including personal, educational and correspondence address etc. in the online application form. All the entries should be correct and true in the application form. If anyone found misleading the authority, then his/her candidature is liable to be cancelled.
Applicants have to upload the recent scanned photograph and signature in the prescribed manner. Candidates also need to pay the requisite application fee which is mandatory in nature. They can pay the application fee through net banking and Debit/Credit card etc. We advise everyone not to apply without ensuring eligibility criteria.
Images | Format | Dimensions | File Size |
Photograph | JPEG | 200 x 230 pixels | 20 kb – 50 kb |
Signature | JPEG | 140 x 60 pixels | 10 kb – 20 KB |
The payment of application fee is an essential part of the online application form as without fee payment registration cannot be done. The candidates must pay the requisite fee whatever applicable as per the category. However, the General/OBC candidates have to pay Rs.600/- as application fee while reserved category candidates need to pay Rs.100/- only. The payment can be done through online mode only such as net banking, debit card, and credit card. After making payment, candidates should take the receipt for future reference.
The SBI Clerk exam consist of two stages i.e. Preliminary Exam followed by Main Exam. Candidates should have basic information about examination pattern and syllabus of the exam. Check the following information with regard to SBI Clerk Exam Pattern:
Section | No. of Questions | Max Marks | Direction (in Minutes) |
Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 |
Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 |
English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 |
Total | 100 | 100 | 60 |
Section | No. of Questions | Max Marks | Direction (in Minutes) |
General/Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | 35 |
Reasoning Ability & Computer Science | 50 | 60 | 45 |
Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 45 |
General English | 40 | 40 | 35 |
Total | 190 | 200 | 2 hours 40 minutes |
Note: There is a provision of negative marking in both the exam of SBI Clerk, hence, 1/4th marks will be deducted as a penalty for each wrong attempt.
The aspirants must go through the SBI Clerk syllabus 2021 before starting preparation of the exam. It is very important to have the basic information about the syllabus. Candidates can check previous year question paper and sample paper books to know the syllabus of SBI Clerk exam. Generally, the syllabus contains General Knowledge & Current Affairs, English, Reasoning, Mathematics, and Computer Knowledge etc. In this regard, previous year questions papers will help you to understand the pattern of questions, important topics and difficulty level of the questions. Hence, everyone recommended to start the preparation as per SBI Clerk Syllabus.
The competent authority will issue admit card to the eligible candidates one or two weeks prior to the examination date. SBI PO admit card 2021 will be available online on the official website. Candidates have to download the admit card from the website. Enter the registration number and date of birth for downloading the admit card.
Check the particulars of the admit card such as name, address, exam date and venue etc. carefully. If there is any discrepancy, then report it to the concerned authority without any delay. Candidates should take the printout of the admit card and keep it safe for future reference.
The selection of the SBI Clerk is purely a merit-based process. The competent authority will prepare the merit list of the candidates based on their preference in the exam. It is important to mention here that the preliminary exam is qualifying in nature. Candidates’ main exam marks will be considered for final selection. Eligible candidates will also go through a test of local language as specified in the application form. Candidates’ original documents will also be verified before final selection.
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