SBI Clerk 2020 Notification,Application Form, Dates, Pattern, Syllabus

SBI Clerk Exam 2020: The official notification for SBI Clerk was out on January 2, 2020 and the registrations had started from January 3rd, 2020. The registrations were open until 26th January 2020. The exam facilitates the recruitment of the posts of- Junior Associates (JA).

State Bank of India is one of the largest public sector banks in India and is also one of the finest banks in the country. Lakhs of aspirants appear every year for the SBI Clerk exam. In this article, we will be discussing everything from the notification to Pattern to Books.

SBI Clerk 2020 Important Highlight

SBI Clerk Notification

The State Bank of India had released the official notification for SBI Clerk Exam on 2nd January 2020. The application form was active from January 3rd to January 26th. There are two phases of this exam- the Prelims and Mains examination. The Preliminary exam will be conducted on 22nd and 29th February and 1st and 8th March 2020. Whereas, the Mains exam will be conducted on 19th April 2020. It is to be noted that, candidates who clear both the exams are called for an interview and it is only after the interview SBI  gives a Job Offer.

SBI Clerk 2020 Important Events

SBI Clerk Examination will be held every year, lakhs of the candidates appear in this examination, Check SBI Clerk important dates.

Events	New Dates
SBI Clerk 2020 Notification	2nd January 2020
Start of SBI Clerk 2020 Online Application	3rd January 2020
SBI Clerk 2020 Application Form Closes	26th January 2020
Download of call letter for Preliminary Examination	11th February 2020
SBI Clerk 2020 Preliminary Exam Date	22nd and 29th February 2020 1st and 8th March 2020
Download of call letter for Main Examination	April 2020
SBI Clerk 2020 Mains Exam Date	19th April 2020

SBI Clerk 2020 Application Form

After the official notification released, the  SBI Clerk Application Form was available from 3rd-26th January 2020. The application form was available in online mode on the official website. Check below for some important highlights of the application form.

• The Application Form will be available in the online mode only
• The Online Application form available from 3rd-26th January 2020
• Candidates may visit the official website of SBI to fill the online Application form.

SBI Clerk 2020 Application Fee

Category	Application Fee
General	Rs. 750/-
SC	Rs. 125/-
ST	Rs. 125/-
OBC	Rs. 750/-
Backlog	–

• The Application Fee will be Paid in Only Online Mode.
• Candidates can Pay the SBI Clerk Application Fee either by Credit/Debit Card or by Internet banking.

SBI Clerk 2020 Vacancies

As per the official notification, there are nearly 8000+ vacancies this year across the various branches in different states.

Category	Vacancies
General	3646
EWS	847
SC	1357
ST	739
OBC	1950

SBI Clerk 2020 Eligibility Criteria

The Candidates must fulfill the SBI Clerk 2020 Eligibility Criteria in order to Apply for the examination.

• The candidate is required to be a citizen of India.
• A candidate is required to be between 20-28 years to be eligible for SBI Clerk 2020 exam.
• He/she must hold a valid graduation degree in any discipline from a recognized university.

Serial No.	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

SBI Clerk 2020 Exam Pattern

The State Bank Exam will be conducted  in 2 phases,

• Prelims.
• Mains Examination.

It is very important to know the exam pattern for both the exam- Prelims and Mains before writing the exam. In the Prelims, there are three sections – Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, and English Language. Whereas, in the Mains exam there is an additional section – General/Financial Awareness. The candidates should also know that there are sectional timings applicable in both of these exams. However, there is no sectional cutoff applicable.

 

SBI Clerk Preliminary Exam

	Name Of Test	No. Of Questions	Marks	Duration
1	English Language	30	30	20 Minutes
2	Numerical Ability	35	35	20 Minutes
3	Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 Minutes
	Total	100	100	1 hour

• The SBI Clerk Prelims Examination will be conducted on February 22nd and 29th and March 1st and 8th 2020
• There are three sections in the Prelims examination- English Language, Numerical Ability and Reasoning Ability
• Each section will have separate timing of 20 Minutes
• There are a total number of 100 questions in the Prelims examination
• There are 30 questions in the English section and 35 each in the other two sections
• All the Candidates must clear the Cutoff in order to appear for Mains examination
• Negative marking is applicable

SBI Clerk  Mains Exam

S.N	Name Of Test	No. Of Questions	Marks	Duration
1	General/ Finance Awareness	50	50	35 Minutes
2	General English	40	40	35 Minutes
3	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	45 Minutes
4	Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude	50	60	45 Minutes
	Total	190	200	2 hours 40 minutes

• Those Candidates who clear the Prelims examination can appear in the Mains Examination
• The Mains Examination will have 4 Sections- General/ Finance Awareness, General English, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude.
• The number of questions for Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude, General/ Finance Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude is 50 and the Number of questions for General English is 40.
• The Total Time duration for the Mains Examination is 2 Hrs 40 Minutes.

 

SBI Clerk Salary: Pay Scale

11765-655/13730-815/3-16175-980/4-20095-1145/7-28110-2120/1-30230-1310/1-31450

This indicated that the starting salary for a fresher will be Rs 11,765 with year on increment Rs 665. Whereas the maximum basic pay is Rs 31,450.

There are allowances along with the basic pay. The allowances for SBI employees are,

• House Rent Allowances
• Furniture Allowances
• Medical Allowances
• City Allowances
• Transport Allowances
• Newspaper Allowances
• Special Allowances

There are perks included too- few of the perks are,

• Provident Fund
• Medical Leaves
• Pension
• Leave fare
• Medical Insurance
• Financial Security

SBI Clerk 2020 Syllabus

The Syllabus for SBI Clerk 2020 is the same as in previous years. However, the candidates must note that the syllabus for the Preliminary and Mains exam isn’t the same. It is very important to not confuse both of these syllabus.

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
Quadratic Equations	Inequalities	MS Office and Shortcuts used in MS Officers	Fillers
Time and Work	Puzzles – Seating Arrangement, Floor puzzle, etc.	Input/output Devices, their types	Cloze Test
Partnership	Coding Decoding	Important abbreviations
Profit and Loss	Ranking
Mensuration	Statement and Assumptions/Conclusions
Time, Distance and Speed – Trains, Boats n Streams
Simple and Compound interest
Mixture and Alligation
Ratio and Proportion, Percentages, Averages

Click here for Quantitative Aptitude Study Notes

SBI Clerk 2020 Admit Card

Those candidates who have successfully registered for the SBI Clerk preliminary exam can download their admit card on 11th February 2020.  The admit card is released via online mode only. The candidates must note that there are separate Admit cards for the Preliminary and Mains exam. The admit card for the Prelims will be released 15 days prior to the exam.

However, it is only those candidates who clear Preliminary examination who will be able to download the Mains admit card. The admit card for the Mains exam will be released in April.

SBI Clerk 2020 Result

The candidates can check their results online. The results will be declared on the offical SBI site. The result for Prelims will be released in the second week of March. However, the results for the Mains exam will be released in the fourth week of April.

Candidates can Check SBI Clerk 2020 Result by following the below steps;

• Visit the official website of SBI (Link will provide above).
• Go to SBI Clerk Result Link.
• The Link will open in the new tab.
• Enter Registration No., Password and Security Pin and press Submit button.
• The Result will display on the Candidates computer screen.

SBI Clerk 2020 Cutoff

The State Bank of India also releases the separate cutoff for both prelims and mains examination. the SBI Clerk 2020 Cutoff will be release with the SBI Clerk Result. The Cutoff will be different for the different states, check below previous years cut off.

SBI Clerk 2018 Cutoff

Here we discuss the SBI Clerk 2018 Cutoff for different states;

SBI Clerk Category wise cutoff;

SBI Clerk Cut off 2018 (Category Wise)

SBI Clerk Cut off 2018 (State Wise)

State	Cut-off
Uttar Pradesh	96.00
Haryana	99.00
Madhya Pradesh	92.60
Punjab	100.65
Rajasthan	96.75
Bihar	96.00
Gujarat	85.00
Chhattisgarh	91.50
Maharashtra	85.65
Jharkhand	86.00
Tamil Nadu	93.75
Karnataka	83.90
Himachal Pradesh	98.25
Delhi	104.80
West Bengal	95.30
Odisha	88.80

SBI Clerk 2019 Important Topis

In Banking Examination, some of the topics are which will give high marks in the less time, check below some of the topics are;

Reasoning

S. No.	Topic Details
1.	Inequality
2.	Syllogism
3.	Coding-Decoding
4.	Puzzle
5.	Seating Arrangement
6.	Input-Output

Maths/Quantitative Aptitude

S. No.	Topic Details
1.	Number Series
2.	Simplification/ Approximation
3.	Quadratic Equation
4.	Data Interpretation (Basics, Pie chart, Bar chart, Tabulation, Missing DI, Caselet DI, Line chart, Mixed DI

English

S. No.	Topic Details
1.	Reading Comprehension
2.	Cloze Test
3.	Spotting Error
4.	Sentence Correction
5.	Fill in the Blanks
6.	Parajumbles

 

Best Books for SBI Clerk 2020

Books are the most important part of every exam preparation. it gives about the brief knowledge about each and every topic. So it’s important to choose the best books for every examination. Here we discuss some of the Best books for SBI Clerk 2020 Candidates which helps all the candidates to boost their preparation and make the high chances to crack the examination.

English Books for SBI Clerk 2018

Name of Book	Author	Buy Now
Topic-Wise Solved Papers for IBPS/ SBI Bank PO/ Clerk Prelim & Mains	Disha	Click Here
Word Power Made Easy	Norman Lewis	Click Here
Objective General English 2nd Edition	S.P Bakshi	Click Here

Quantitative Aptitude Books for SBI Clerk 2018

Name of Book	Author	Buy Now
Practice Book on Quicker Maths, 2nd Edition	M.Tyra, K.Kundan	Click Here
Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations 17th Edition	R.S Aggarwal	Click Here
Fast Track Objective Arithmetic	Rajesh Varma	Click Here

 

SBI Clerk 2020 Preparation 

Aspirants need to know the syllabus of the exam and make a proper strategy for each and every topic, candidates must know their strong and weak areas.

• Try to solve previous years’ papers.
• Need to know the exam pattern.
• Try to the practice of Mock Test and make a proper analysis of the test.
• Be aware of the current syllabus.

Stages	3 (Preliminary, Main, and Test of Opted Local Language)
Mode of Exam	Online
Level of Difficulty	Easy-moderate
Negative Marking	0.25 marks
Time Duration	1 hour for Prelims and 2 hours 40 minutes for Mains (Both separately timed)
Maximum Marks	100 for Prelims and 200 for Mains