State Bank of India(SBI) Clerk 2018 Recruitment

State Bank of India(SBI) has released  SBI Clerk Junior Associate 2018 Official Notification on 29th January 2018. All Aspirants can check the SBI Clerk official notification by clicking on the link mentioned below. The online registration for SBI Clerk 2018 exam will commence from 20th January 2018 & will end on 10th February 2018.

SBI Clerk Junior Associate 2018 Official Notification

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SBI Clerk 2018 Exam Dates:

Events	Dates
SBI Clerk 2018 Notification	19th January 2018
Start of SBI Clerk 2018 Online Application	20th Jan
SBI Clerk 2017 Application Form Closes	10th February
SBI Clerk 2017 Preliminary Exam	March-April 2018
SBI Clerk 2017 Mains Exam	12 May 2018

SBI Clerk 2018 Vacancies

SBI has introduced 8301 vacancies for SBI Clerk Junior Associates 2018 Exam.

SBI Clerk Selection Procedure

Usually, SBI conducts the examination in two phases in order to carry out the complete recruitment process. The three steps that SBI follows for the recruitment are as follows:

1. Online Preliminary Examination (Objective Test).

2. Online Mains Examination (Objective Test).

The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) are not added for the selection and only the marks obtained in Main Examination (Phase-II) are added for the preparation of the final merit list. Final selection will be made on the basis of candidate's performance in the main examination. 

SBI Clerk Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria for the SBI Clerk 2018 Recruitment Process was as follows:

1. Essential Academic Qualifications:

Graduation in any discipline from a recognised University or any equivalent qualification recognised as such by the Central Government. Those who were in the final Semester/ year of Graduation could also apply provisionally subject to the condition that, if called for interview/joining, they had to produce proof of having passed the Graduation Examination on or before 30.06.2016. Candidates having integrated dual degree (IDD) certificate had to ensure that the date of passing the IDD was on or before 30.06.2016.

2. Age Limit:

Not below 20 years and not above 28 years.

One can expect the Eligibility Criteria for the Recruitment of SBI Clerk 2018 to be similar to that of 2016's with a few changes. 

SBI Clerk 2018 Examination Pattern

Here is the Exam pattern of SBI Clerk (junior associates) 2018 Exam. SBI Clerk 2018 exam will be conducted online in two parts: Tier 1 or SBI Clerk Preliminary Exam and Tier 2 or SBI Clerk Mains Exam.

Phase-I: Preliminary Exam Pattern

Section	Subject	No. of Questions	Max. Marks	Exam Duration
1	English Language	30	30	1 hour
2	Numerical ability	35	35
3	Reasoning ability	35	35
Total		100	100

Phase-II: SBI Clerk 2018 Main Exam Pattern

Section	Subject	No. of Questions	Max. Marks	Exam Duration
1	General/Financial Awareness	50	50	2 hours 40 minutes
2	General English	40	40
3	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50
4	Reasoning Ability &Computer Aptitude	50	60
Total		190	200

A Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Preliminary and Main examination): There will be a penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one-fourth of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.

SBI Clerk Syllabus, 2018

S. No.	Subject	Syllabus
1.	English Language	Reading comprehension, Cloze test, Double fillers/ sentence/ multiple sentence fillers , Sentence correction/ improvement, Vocabulary based questions, Odd one out cum para jumbles, Paragraph Based Questions (Paragraph 1, 2, 3..., Paragraph Fillers, Paragraph Conclusion, Paragraph /Sentences Restatement).
2.	Reasoning and Computer Aptitude	Puzzles & Seating Arrangements, Direction Sense, Blood, Relation, Syllogism, Order and Ranking, Coding-Decoding, Machine Input-Output, Inequalities, Alpha-Numeric-Symbol, Series, Data Sufficiency, Logical Reasoning (Passage Inference, Statement and Assumption, Conclusion, Argument), History and Generation of Computers, Introduction to Computer Organisation, Computer Memory, Computer Hardware and I/O Devices, Computer Software, Computer Languages, Operating System, Computer Network, Internet, MS Office Suit and Short cut keys, Basics of DBMS, Number System and Conversions, Computer and Network Security.
3.	Quantitative Aptitude	Data Interpretation (Bar Graph, Line Chart, Tabular, Caselet, Radar/Web, Pie Chart), Inequalities (Quadratic Equations, Quantity 1, Quantity 2), Number Series, Approximation and Simplification, Data Sufficiency, Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems (HCF and LCM, Profit and Loss, SI & CI, Problem on Ages, Work and Time, Speed Distance and Time, Probability, Mensuration, Permutation and Combination, Average, Ratio and Proportion, Partnership, Problems on Boats and Stream, Problems on Trains, Mixture and Allegation, Pipes and Cisterns).
4.	General Awareness (with special reference to Banking Industry)	Banking and Insurance Awareness, Financial Awareness, Govt. Schemes and Policies, Current Affairs, Static Awareness.

SBI Clerk Application Fees

1. Rs. 100 for SC/ ST/ PWD Candidates.

2. Rs. 600 for all others.

SBI Clerk Admit Card/ Call letter

The Admit Cards for Prelims and Mains Exam will be released 15 days before the date of conduction of examination.

SBI Clerk Result, 2018

The results of SBI Clerk Prelims and Mains Exam will be released 15-20 days post the conduction of examination.