SBI Clerk Exam 2015- Pattern and Syllabus

A Clerk is a white-collar worker who conducts general office tasks, or a worker who performs similar sales-related tasks in a retail environment (a retail clerk). The responsibilities of clerical workers commonly include record keeping, filing, staffing service counters, screening solicitors, and other administrative tasks.

SBI Clerk Exam 2015- Pattern and Syllabus

Name of Organization: State Bank of India (SBI)

Name of Post: Clerk

SBI clerk online exam generally consists of 5 sections:

• Reasoning Ability
• Quantitative Aptitude
• General English
• General Awareness
• Computer Awareness /Marketing Aptitude.

SBI Written Exam Pattern 2015:

1. Total marks – 200
2. No. of Questions – 200
3. Number of Sections – 5  (Every section 40 marks – 40 ques.)
4. The sections are Reasoning Ability, Data Interpretation / Quantitative aptitude, English, Computer / marketing aptitude, General awareness.
5. Every Question – 1 mark
6. Time allowed: Composite time of 2 Hours 15minutes
7. Negative marks – 1/4th mark will be deducted for each
8. Every section, except General English, will be bilingual i.e., English &Hindi.
9. To qualify, candidates will have to qualify in each section.

SBI Clerk Syllabus 2015:

Here is the detailed syllabus of all these sections:-

1. Quantitative Aptitude : Number system, simplifications, Roots, Averages, Surds & Indices, Percentages, Profit & Loss, Ratio& Proportion, Partnership, Chain rule, Time & work, Pipes & Cisterns, Time & Distance, Problems on trains, Boats & streams, Allegation & mixtures, Simple & Compound interest, clocks & algorithms, mensuration, Volume& surface area, Permutations &  combinations, heights& distances, line graphs, Bar graphs, pie charts, Tabulation.
2. Reasoning Ability: Series completion, syllogisms, Decision making, Statements , Analogy, Coding & decoding, Blood relations, Sitting arrangements, Classification.
3. General English: Deriving conclusions, Passage completion, Error detection, Passage correction, Sentence correction, Vocabulary, Spelling correction, Grammar, Idioms, Phrases, Synonyms, Word formation, Antonyms, Sentence completion, Comprehension,  Theme detection.
4. General Awareness: Indian Constitution, News about technology and researches, News on India and its neighboring countries, Knowledge of current events, Sports , history, geography, culture.
5. Computer Awareness/Marketing Aptitude:-Computer Awareness: Questions related to Computer software and hardware, operating system, shortcut keys, Microsoft word, PowerPoint, Excel, Internet & networks

   Marketing Aptitude: Questions on economy of India, questions on Marketing, banking and finance

Note:- There will be Negative marking for wrong answers. For every wrong answer given by the candidate, 0.25 marks or ¼ marks will be deducted as a penalty for that wrong answer.

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