SBI Clerk 2023: Eligibility, Application Form, Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Admit Card & Result

Highlights

Dates

• SBI Clerk Exam Date (Preliminary)

  January 2024

• SBI Clerk Prelims Result

  February 2024

• SBI Clerk Exam Date (Mains) February 2024

Vacancy

SBI has introduced 5454 vacancies for SBI Clerk 2023 exam, out of which 5000 vacancies have been announced for regular posts and 237 for Backlog posts.

Eligibility Criteria 2023

Educational Qualifications: (As on 16.08.2023) He/she must hold a valid degree in any discipline from a recognized university.

Age Limit: (As on 01.04.2023) Not below 20 years and not above 28 years as on 01.04.2023, i.e candidates must have been born not earlier than 02.04.1993 and not later than 01.04.2001 (both days inclusive).

2023 Online Application

SBI Clerk Online Application Form was available till 20th May 2023.

The application fee for SBI Exam is Rs. 750/- for the General category and NIL for candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC/PWD category.

Exam Pattern

Prelims Exam Pattern

• No of Questions- 100: English- 30, Numerical ability- 35, Reasoning- 35
• Total Marks- 100: Each question 1 marks, Negative Marking- 1/4 or 0.25 marks
• Duration of SBI Clerk Exam- 60 Minutes: 20 minutes each section

Mains Exam Pattern

Syllabus

Prelims Syllabus 2023

Reasoning Syllabus– Logical Reasoning | Alphanumeric Series | Ranking/ Direction/ Alphabet Test | Data Sufficiency | Coded Inequalities | Seating Arrangement | Puzzle | Tabulation | Syllogism | Blood Relations | Input-Output | Coding-Decoding

Numerical Ability Syllabus– Simplification | Profit & Loss | Mixtures & Alligations | Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices | Work & Time | Time & Distance | Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere | Data Interpretation | Ratio & Proportion, Percentage | Number Systems | Sequence & Series | Permutation, Combination &Probability

English Language Syllabus– Reading Comprehension | Cloze Test | Para jumbles | Miscellaneous | Fill in the blanks | Multiple Meaning /Error Spotting | Paragraph Completion

Mains Syllabus 2023

General/Financial Awareness Syllabus

Current Affairs – news on the banking industry, awards, and honours, books and authors, latest appointments, obituaries, new schemes of central and state governments, sports, etc. | Static GK – country-capital, country-currency, headquarters of financial organizations (of insurance companies), constituencies of ministers, dance forms, nuclear and thermal power stations, etc | Banking/Financial terms | Static Awareness | Banking and Financial Awareness

Reasoning Ability Syllabus

Internet | Machine Input/Output | Syllogism | Blood Relation | Direction Sense | Inequalities | Puzzles | Coding-Decoding | Ranking | Statement and Assumptions

Computer Awareness Syllabus

Basics of Computer: Hardware | Software | Generation of Computers | DBMS | Networking |Internet | MS Office | Input-Output Devices |Important Abbreviations

Job Profile

• Functions as a Single Window Operator

  -Day to day bank functions such as opening accounts, amount transfers through cheque/ NEFT/ RTGS; Issuance of Demand Drafts(DD), Cheque clearance, Cheque book requests, receiving inward emails

• Functions as Head Cashier

  - The clerk also functions as a cashier. This involves handling cash transactions of the concerned branch, clearing, and transfer of cheques

• The Junior associates may also function as special assistants or universe tellers.
• The clerks are liable for addressing the customer concerns and resolving them.

Salary

The pay scale is as follows: Rs.17900-1000/3-20900-1230/3-24590-1490/4-30550-1730/7-42600-3270/1-45930-1990/1-47920. The starting Basic Pay is Rs.19900/- (Rs.17900/- plus two advance increments admissible to graduates).

Cutoff

Prelims Subject Wise Expected Cut Off Marks 2023

Admit Card

Steps to Download

• Step 1 – Go to the offical website to download the Admit card.
• Step 2 – Here you will have to enter your “Registration ID” and “Date of Birth/Password”.
• Step 3 – Enter the Captcha.
• Step 4 – Click the Login button.
• Step 5 – The call letter will appear on the screen
• Step 6 – Click the print/ download button to save the SBI Clerk Call Letter for your future reference.

Preparation

• SBI Clerk Study Plan

  A candidate should create a timetable or study plan for the preparation of the exam. Bifurcate the topics that you are comfortable in and the topics which are tough for you. Spend more time on the tough topics and practice as much as you can on those specific topics specifically if the weightage is high for those topics.

• Read regularly

  One should read on a regular basis, this will assist not only in the general awareness section of the written exam but also help in the group discussion and personal interview part. One should read at least one newspaper daily and should also develop a habit of reading a financial magazine.

• Understand the concepts and basics

  One should focus on understanding the concepts and learning the basics, this will help in solving any type of question. The study material or the coaching institute should also be chosen in a way that it helps in developing understanding of the topics.

• Practice diligently

  There is no shortcut to hard work, thus one should practice as much as possible. Start with the easier questions and slowly increase the level and practice difficult questions as well.

• Time management

  If you get stuck with a particular question, simply skip that question and move ahead to the next question to save time. In the SBI clerk online test or any of the objective tests, the qualification is dependent on time. Thus a candidate should time the questions and try to solve the questions as fast as possible with utmost accuracy.

  • A Candidate should spend an ideal time on 1 particular question and in case the person is not able to solve the question, one should move ahead. Even during the exam, one should answer the easy questions first at a glance and then come back to the slightly tougher questions.
• Practice Mock tests

  Practicing online mock test papers in real time conditions will also help the candidate prepare better for the SBI clerk exam. Candidates can also join a coaching institute or buy good sample papers and practice them on real exam-like conditions.

• Accuracy

  There is negative marking of 0.25 mark for each wrong answer applicable in both the SBI clerk prelims and mains exams. So while attempting the question in the online test make sure to maintain accuracy and balance the number of questions to attempt with the right option.

Results

Check the steps to check results

• Go to the official website on the results option
• Download the PDF file (File contains the shortlisted data of selected students).
• Candidate can use CTRL+F to search the Roll number from the Merit list.
• Roll no. present in the merit list will be selected for the post of Clerk.

FAQ's