SBI Clerk Exam Pattern 2021: The recruitment department of the State Bank of India will release the SBI Clerk 2021 examination pattern. Generally, the examination pattern remains the same for the clerical exam from past years. However, candidates must prepare as per the exam pattern prescribed for the current year exam. The applicants must know that the SBI clerk exam consists of the preliminary and main exam where both the exams have different exam pattern. Candidates have to qualify the preliminary exam in order to appear in the main exam. We recommended the aspirants to prepare for both exam as per the prescribed syllabus, subjects, number of questions, marks and exam duration etc. The number of questions and duration of the exam will be different for both the exams. Here candidates can check detailed information regarding SBI Clerk Exam Pattern 2021 below including preliminary and main exam pattern.
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SBI Clerk Exam Pattern 2021
The candidates must be conversant with the prescribed exam pattern and syllabus for the preparation of the SBI Clerk 2021 exam. Candidates should know that the exam pattern both preliminary and main exam will be different with regard to the syllabus, the number of questions, exam duration etc. Check more details below about the SBI Clerk exam scheme.
SBI Clerk 2021 Exam Pattern: Preliminary Exam Scheme
| Particulars | Details |
| Mode of the Exam | Online i.e. Computer Based Test |
| Duration of the Test | 1 hour (20 minutes/each section) |
| Subject Sections | English Language, Numerical Ability
Reasoning Ability |
| Number of Questions | 100 |
| Type of Questions | Objective Type Questions |
| Maximum marks | 100 |
| Section-wise distribution of questions | English Language – 30
Numerical Ability – 35 Reasoning Ability – 35 |
| Marking Scheme | Each question will carry one mark. |
| Negative Marking | Applicable |
SBI Clerk Exam Pattern 2021: Mains Exam Scheme
| Particulars | Details |
| Mode of the Exam | Online i.e. Computer Based Test |
| Test Duration | 2.40 hours |
| Subject Sections | General /Financial Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude, General English |
| Number of Questions | 190 |
| Type of Questions | Objective Type Questions |
| Maximum marks | 200 |
| Section-wise distribution of questions | General /Financial Awareness – 50
General English – 40 Quantitative Aptitude – 50 Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude – 50 |
| Section-wise distribution of marks | General /Financial Awareness – 50
General English – 40 Quantitative Aptitude – 50 Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude – 60 |
| Section-wise timings | General /Financial Awareness – 35 minutes
General English – 35 minutes Quantitative Aptitude – 45 minutes Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude – 45 minutes |
| Negative Marking | Applicable |
SBI Clerk Exam Pattern 2021: Marking Scheme
- There is a uniform marking scheme in both the stages of the SBI Clerk exam.
- One mark will be awarded for every correct answer while an incorrect answer will be penalized by the deduction of 1/4th marks.
- No marks will be granted for multiple attempts and more than one answer will not be considered.
SBI Clerk Local Language Test
The candidates must be aware that there will local language test also before final selection. Candidates must be proficient in the official as well as the local language so that he/she can serve the general public with more ease. Those who have local language at 10th standard and have passed the exam with local langue need not appear in local language test.
SBI Clerk 2021 Exam: Highlights
- The question paper will be available in both Hindi and English. However, the English section of the paper will be available in English only.
- All the questions will be multiple choices in nature except General English Paper which will be a descriptive paper.
- There will be various set of question booklet and it will be distributed randomly to the candidates.
- Candidates must check the SBI Clerk syllabus carefully and prepare accordingly.
- You should focus on the weak subject so that practice daily.
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