SBI Clerks Exam SyllabusJunior Assistants (JA) &

Junior Agricultural Assistants (JAA)

17000 Vacancies

SBI will conduct online exam in two phases :

• Phase I: Preliminary exam: SBI Preliminary Exam contains 100 objective type questionsasked for 100 marks under 3 different sections - English, Numerical Ability and Reasoningand Reasoning ability.

• The candidate must have to qualify the cutt-off marks decided by the bank. Those who arebank. Those who are qualified in prelims exam shall be shortlisted for the main examination.

Syllabus for SBI Clerks Exam 2016:

In the official advertisement published by the SBI Clerks may not have the

information about the detailed syllabus for the SBI Exam. But we can formulate

expected syllabus by analyzing the questions of previous question papers of SBI

Exams. We discuss the subject-wise syllabus of SBI Clerks based on memory on

type of questions asked in previous exams.

English Language:

Under this section, 30 questions will be asked from the following topics.• Comprehension.

• Common Errors.

• Sentence Improvement.

• Fill in the Blanks.

• Paragraph Re-arrangement.

• Close Test.

• Antonyms and Synonyms.

Reasoning:

Under the section of Reasoning Ability, 35 questions are asked in

objective type from the following topics.

• Analogy.

• Classification.

• Word Formation.

• Coding & Decoding.

• Series.

• Ranking/Re- arrangement.

• Distance and Direction.

• Symbols & Notations.

• Syllogism.

• Data Sufficiency.

• Input and Output Problems.

• Statement and Conclusion.

Numerical Ability:

• In the Test of Numerical Ability, 35 questions would be asked in the

form multiple choice questions.

• Mostly In SBI Clerical Cadre Exams 50% of the questions are asked

on simplifications and remaining

• 50% questions are asked from the following topics.

• HCF & LCM.

• Averages

• Percentages

• Ages

• Time & Work

• Time and Distance

• Trains

• Pipes & Cisterns

• Partnership

• Simple Interest

• Compound Interest

• Probability

• Quadratic Equations &

Inequalities.

• Number Series.

• Mensuration.

• Profit & Loss.

• Alligations

Numerical Ability