A clerk is a person that is employed in order to look after the administrative works of the office. The SBI clerk work includes back office work like ledger maintenance, data entry, etc. The role of the clerk in a bank is very crucial. He is the one who addresses the queries and is the first person to-go for every customer in a bank. This exam facilitates the recruitment of junior associates who are placed in different branches of SBI all over the country. They facilitate client interaction. The designation that the candidates are recruited for are cashiers, depositors, and such other related posts that are placed in the Bank.
To appear for this exam, the candidates need to first fill an application form. This form is available online. The candidates then appear for a preliminary exam. On clearing this exam, the candidates will then proceed to appearing for the main exam. The official notification announcing the examination dates is posted on the official site of SBI.
The preliminary exam is conducted online and carries 100 marks. The duration of exam is 1 hour. The questions are objective type and a total of 100 questions are asked. The questions carry 1 mark each. There is a system of negative marking for every wrong answer. 0.25 mark is deducted for every incorrect answer.
The main exam is following the preliminary exam which is of 200 marks. This paper is for a duration of 2 hours and 40 minutes. There will be a local language test for the candidates who clear main exam. If the candidates have a 10th or 12th mark sheet certifying that they have studied the local language, they need not appear for the local language test.
SBI Clerk 2019 Exam Date
2.1 Short Description:
The SBI Clerk Exams are conducted once in a year. The examination is conducted every year. The notifications regarding the same are issued mostly in the months of January and February. The notification for announcement of the important dates for the year of 2019 has not been issued yet. However, tentative dates are made available to the students to ensure that they receive a rough idea of when to expect the examinations to be conducted. These dates will help the candidates to prepare themselves in advance and stay upgraded with the entire process.
2.2 Table of Important Dates:
| Sr. No. |
Event |
Expected Week/Month of Event |
| 1 |
Date of announcement of notification |
January 3rd Week, 2019 |
| 2 |
Date of Online Registration |
From the 3rd week of January |
| 3 |
Date of Online Registration |
1st or 2nd Week of February |
| 4 |
Release of Admit Card for SBI Clerk Examination |
First week of March |
| 5 |
Preliminary Examination |
March End or Beginning of April |
| 6 |
Preliminary Exam Result Announcement |
Between May 2019 to June 2019 |
| 7 |
Main Examination |
June 2019/ July 2019 |
| 8 |
Main Examination Result Announcement |
August 2019 |
SBI Clerk 2019 Eligibility Criteria
3.1 Short Description:
In order to be eligible to appear for the SBI Clerk examination, it is necessary you satisfy all the requirement of the eligibility criteria. The eligibility criteria is classified into the categories which are age, educational qualification, nationality,
3.2 Table for Eligibility Criteria
3.2.1. Nationality:
- The candidate willing to appear for SBI Clerk exam should be an Indian holding an Indian citizenship.
- If a candidate is a subject of Nepal, Bhutan, a refugee from Tibet who has migrated to India with the intention of settling in India permanently, on or before 1st of January 1962 is eligible to appear for this examination.
- Candidates who are persons of Indian origin and have migrated to India from Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Burma, Kenya, Burma, Vietnam with the intention of settling in India permanently are eligible to appear for SBI Clerk examination.
- Persons of Indian Origin, who have migrated from east African countries like Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Ethiopia, Malawi intending to settle in India permanently can also appear for SBI Clerk Exam.
The above candidates who are persons of Indian Origin need a certificate to that effect from the Government of India which they must present along with the list of documents.
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SBI Clerk 2019 Registration
4.1 Short Description:
The process of Registration of SBI Clerk Exam is very easy. The application form for registering for the examination is made available online. The form needs to be filled with the details that are asked for. The details must be true. In order to complete the process of application, a fee needs to be paid. The fee can be paid online, through net banking, credit card or debit card.
4.2 Application Process pointers:
In the official notification issued by SBI, the date of commencement of the application will be mentioned. The notification also contains the last date of application. The browsers that make the form available for download are as under:
- Internet Explorer Version 8 and above
- Google Chrome, latest version and
- Mozilla Firefox version 3.0 and above.
The form is made available on all the three above browsers on the official website of SBI. The candidate needs to be ready with the following details to fill in the form:
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SBI Clerk 2019 Exam Pattern
5.1 Short Description:
As mentioned above, the exam pattern consists of two rounds. The preliminary round and the Main Examination. Both the rounds are objective type. Each question carries one mark and there is negative marking system as well. 0.25 of a mark is deducted for every wrong answer. It is important to know the pattern of this examination well in advance so that that the candidates can prepare themselves well. It enhances the understanding of the aspirant candidate regarding the structure of exam and how the candidate can approach it.
5.2 Table for Exam Pattern:
The preliminary paper is divided into three subjects while the main exam paper is divided in four subjects. Each subject has a fixed number of questions each carrying one mark. There is time limit prescribed for each section and candidates must attempt the questions of the subjects within the time limit as prescribed. Below is a tabulation of the Exam Pattern of Preliminary as well as Main exams.
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SBI Clerk 2019 Syllabus
6.1. Short Description:
SBI Clerk Exam is conducted in order to recruit Junior Associates in the State Bank of India. This competitive exam is not an easy one. In order to secure merit in the examination, the aspirant candidate needs to acquire knowledge about the syllabus of each examination. Knowing the syllabus makes it easy for the student to prepare for the exam he/she may be appearing for. Below is detailed information of the syllabus in tabular form.
6.2. Table of Syllabus:
6.2.1. Preliminary Examination Syllabus Table:
The preliminary exam consists of three sections namely English Language, Numerical Ability and Reasoning as stated above. The three sections are further divided into the following subjects as mentioned in the table here under:
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SBI Clerk 2019 Admit Card
7.1. Short Description:
Candidates shall be allowed to appear for the examination only on producing the Admit Card. This card will be made available online. The candidate must log in with the email Id and personal password that is issued to them after registration. After Logging in, the candidate can download their admit cards. The admit card for preliminary exams will be issued first and then admit card for the main exams will follow.
7.2. Table (Important Dates, Exam Centres):
The SBI Clerk Examination is conducted all over the country n important cities of each state. This ensures that the students can have access to centres where the examination is conducted as nearest as possible.
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SBI Clerk 2019 Result
Once the preliminary and main examinations are conducted, the SBI Clerk Examination Results are declared. These are declared shortly after each exam. First, the result of preliminary examination is declared following which the results of main examination are put out. There is a system of sectional cut-off. This means that the candidate must secure the minimum marks in each section individually to make it to each cut-off list and then ultimately to the merit list.
The candidates are marked based on their performance. Each question carries one mark. The candidates are marked negatively for each wrong answer. The negative mark is 0.25 of a mark.
The minimum subject-wise cut-off FOR Preliminary Exam, in the year 2016 was as under:
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SBI Clerk Cutoff
9.1. Short Description:
Based on the above data, the cut-offs in a few states have been mentioned below. This shall give the candidates a rough idea as to how well they need to perform to keep up with the standards of the examination and secure a good place in merit list.
9.2. Previous Year Cut Offs for Preliminary Examination (Table):
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