General Information about SBI Clerk Exam 2018
SBI conducts annual SBI Clerk exam for appointment of eligible Indian Citizens as Junior Associate (Customer Support & Sales) in clerical cadre in State Bank of India. Candidates can apply for vacancies in one State only. The candidates applying for vacancies of a particular State, should be proficient (reading, writing, speaking and understanding) in the specified opted local language of that State (mentioned in the under given vacancy table against each state/UT).The test for knowledge of specified opted local language will be conducted as a part of selection process.
SBI Clerk Exam Dates | SBI Clerk Result Date | SBI Clerk Admit Card Date
| Events | New Dates |
| SBI Clerk 2018 Notification | 19th January 2018 |
| Start of SBI Clerk 2018 Online Application | 20th January 2018 |
| SBI Clerk 2018 Application Form Closes | 10th February 2018 |
| Download of call letter for Preliminary Examination | From 6th June 2018 |
| SBI Clerk 2018 Preliminary Exam | 23rd, 24th, and 30th of June 2018 |
| SBI Clerk 2018 Preliminary Exam Result | 20th July (expected) |
| Download of call letter for Main Examination | From 23 July 2018 |
| SBI Clerk 2018 Mains Exam | 05th August 2018 |
SBI Clerk 2018 Notification
Vacancies for SBI Clerk 2018
| Junior Associate (Customer Support & Sales) | Regular Vacancies | ||||||||||||
| Circle | State | Language* |
Category wise
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PWD | Ex-service men |
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| GEN | SC | ST | OBC | Total | LD (OH) | VI | HI | XS | DXS | ||||
| Ahmed abad |
Gujarat | Gujarati | 255 | 35 | 75 | 135 | 500 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 50 | 23 | |
| Amarawati | Andhra Pradesh | Telugu/ Urdu/ Hindi |
200 | 64 | 28 | 108 | 400 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 18 | |
| Bangalore | Karnataka | Kannada | 51 | 15 | 7 | 27 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | |
| Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh | Hindi | 258 | 76 | 102 | 76 | 512 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 51 | 23 | |
| Chattis- garh |
Hindi | 145 | 34 | 92 | 17 | 288 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 13 | ||
| Bengal | West Bengal |
Bengali/ Nepali | 308 | 140 | 30 | 134 | 612 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 61 | 28 | |
| A&N Islands |
Hindi / English | 9 | – | – | 2 | 11 | – | – | – | 1 | – | ||
| Sikkim | Nepali/ English | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | 7 | – | – | – | 1 | – | ||
| Bhuba neswar |
Odisha | Odia | 275 | 88 | 121 | 66 | 550 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 55 | 25 | |
| Chandi garh |
Jammu & Kashmir | Urdu/ Hindi |
16 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 27 | – | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | |
| Himachal Pradesh | Hindi | 76 | 36 | 5 | 29 | 146 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | ||
| Haryana | Hindi/ Punjabi | 85 | 29 | – | 42 | 156 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | ||
| Chandi- garh |
Hindi/ Punjabi | 7 | 1 | – | 2 | 10 | – | – | – | 1 | – | ||
| Punjab | Punjabi/ Hindi | 132 | 75 | – | 54 | 261 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 12 | ||
| Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
Tamil | 185 | 65 | 3 | 93 | 346 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 16 | |
| Pondi- cherry |
Tamil | 3 | – | – | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Delhi | Delhi | Hindi | 67 | 19 | 9 | 35 | 130 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | |
| Uttara- khand |
Hindi | 38 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 55 | – | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Hyder abad |
Telangana | Telegu/ Urdu/ Hindi |
57 | 17 | 7 | 29 | 110 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | |
| Jaipur | Rajasthan | Hindi | 100 | 34 | 26 | 40 | 200 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 9 | |
| Kerala | Kerala | Malayalam | 155 | 24 | 2 | 66 | 247 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 11 | |
| Laksha dweep |
Malayalam | 2 | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Lucknow/ Delhi |
Uttar Pradesh | Hindi/ Urdu |
454 | 185 | 8 | 238 | 885 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 88 | 40 | |
| Mumbai | Maharashtra | Marathi | 395 | 73 | 65 | 197 | 730 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 73 | 33 | |
| Goa | Konkani | 15 | – | 2 | 3 | 20 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | ||
| North Eastern | Assam | Assamese/ Bengali/ Bodo | 135 | 17 | 29 | 66 | 247 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 11 | |
| Arunachal Pradesh | English | 30 | – | 23 | – | 53 | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Manipur | Manipuri | 6 | – | 3 | 1 | 10 | – | – | – | 1 | – | ||
| Meghalaya | English/ Garo | 28 | – | 23 | 2 | 53 | 1 | 1 | – | 5 | 2 | ||
| Mizoram | Mizo | 14 | – | 12 | 1 | 27 | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Nagaland | English | 19 | – | 14 | – | 33 | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Tripura | Bengali/ Kokborok | 20 | 6 | 11 | – | 37 | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Patna | Bihar | Hindi/ Urdu |
229 | 65 | 4 | 109 | 407 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 18 | |
| Jharkhand | Hindi/ Santhali | 14 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 23 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | ||
| TOTAL | 3788 | 1111 | 711 | 1590 | 7200 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 720 | 324 | |||
Eligibility
(A) Essential Academic Qualifications: (AS ON 01.01.2018)
Graduation in any discipline from a recognised University or any equivalent qualification recognised as such by the Central Government. Candidates having integrated dual degree (IDD) certificate should ensure that the date of passing the IDD is on or before 01.01.2018.
Note:
(a) The date of passing eligibility examination will be the date appearing on the mark sheet/certificate or provisional certificate issued by the University/Institute. In case the result of a particular examination is posted on the website of the University/ Institute, a certificate issued by the appropriate authority of the University/Institute indicating the date on which the result was posted on the website will be taken as the date of passing.
(b) Matriculate Ex-servicemen, who have obtained the Indian Army Special Certificate of Education or corresponding certificate in the Navy or Air Force, after having completed not less than 15 years of service in Armed Forces of the Union are also eligible for the post. Such certificates should be dated on or before 01.01.2018.
(B) Age Limit: (As on 01.01.2018)
Not below 20 years and not above 28 years as on 01.01.2018 i.e candidates must have been born not earlier than 02.01.1990 and not later than 01.01.1998 (both days inclusive)
Relaxation of Upper age limit:
| Sr. No. | Category | Age Relaxation |
| 1. | SC/ST | 5 years |
| 2. | Other Backward Classes (OBC) | 3 years |
| 3. | PWD (Gen) | 10 years |
| 4. | PWD (SC/ST) | 15 years |
| 5. | PWD (OBC) | 13 years |
| 6. | Persons domiciled in Jammu & Kashmir State during the period from 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989 | 5 years |
| Sr. No. | Category | Age Relaxation |
| 7. | Ex-Servicemen/ Disabled Ex- Servicemen | Actual period of service rendered in defence services + 3 years,
(8 years for Disabled Ex- Servicemen belonging to SC/ST) subject to max. age of 50 years |
| 8. | Widows, Divorced women and women judicially separated from their husbands & who are not remarried | 7 years (subject to maximum age limit of
35 years for General, 38 years for OBC & 40 years for SC/ST candidates) |
NOTE (i) Candidates seeking age relaxation are required to submit copies of necessary certificate(s) at the time of joining, if qualified. No change in the category of any candidate is permitted after registration of online application. No correspondence/ email/phone will be entertained in this regard
(ii) Cumulative age relaxation will not be available.
SBI Clerk Exam Pattern
The selection process will consist of on-line test (preliminary & main examination) and test of specified opted local language.
Phase-I : Preliminary Examination: Preliminary Examination (online) consisting of Objective Tests for 100 marks will be conducted online. This test would be of 1 hour duration consisting of 3 Sections as follows:
| SL. | Name of test | No. of Questions | Marks | Duration |
| 1. | English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 Minutes |
| 2. | Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 Minutes |
| 3. | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 Minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 1 Hour |
Each test will have a separate timing as mentioned above.
Adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by the Bank (approximately 10 times the numbers of vacancies. subject to availability) will be short listed for the Main Examination from the list of all candidates arranged in descending order of aggregate marks scored.
Cutoff: No minimum qualifying marks for individual subject as well as for aggregate (overall) are prescribed.
Download SBI Clerk Prelim 2018 Result Here: link to be updated
Phase – II: Main Examination:
The structure of main examination (online objective type) would be as follows.
| SL. | Name of test | No. of Questions | Marks | Duration |
| 1. | General/Financial
Awareness |
50 | 50 | 35 minutes |
| 2. | General English | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| 3. | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 45 minutes |
| 4. | Reasoning Ability& Computer Aptitude | 50 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| Total | 190 | 200 | 2 Hours
40 minutes |
Each test will have a separate timing as mentioned above.
The questions in objective tests, except for the test of General English, will be bilingual i.e., English & Hindi. There will be negative marks for wrong answers in the Objective tests. 1/4th of mark assigned for question will be deducted for each wrong answer.
Cutoff: Candidates are required to score a minimum percentage marks on aggregate (For SC/ST/OBC/PWD/XS candidates, 5% relaxation available thereon). Minimum percentage marks on aggregate will be decided by the bank. No minimum qualifying marks for individual subject are prescribed.
Merit list will be drawn State wise, category wise. Candidates qualified in the test (main examination) will be placed according to their aggregate marks in descending order in respective States and Categories.
Test of specified opted local language:
Those who qualify for selection and produce 10th or 12th standard mark sheet/ certificate evidencing having studied the specified opted local language will not be subjected to any Language test.
In case of others (qualified for selection), specified opted local language test will be conducted after provisional selection but before joining. Candidates not found to be proficient in specified opted local language would be disqualified.
SBI Clerk Syllabus
SBI Prelim and Clerk syllabus will see an overlap in English, Quant and Reasoning but for the Mains syllabus there are 2 additional sections – General/Financial Awareness and Computer Awareness.
The brief syllabus for all the section based of off previous paper and other banking exam trends is as given below:
| Reasoning | Quantitative Aptitude | English Language | General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness |
Computer Awareness |
| Logical Reasoning | Simplification | Reading Comprehension | Financial Awareness | Internet |
| Alphanumeric Series | Profit & Loss | Grammar | Current Affairs | Memory |
| Ranking/ Direction/ Alphabet Test |
Mixtures &Alligations | Vocabulary | General Knowledge | Keyboard Shortcuts |
| Data Sufficiency | Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices | Verbal Ability | Static Awareness | Computer Abbreviation |
| Coded Inequalities | Work & Time | Word Association | Banking and Financial Awareness | Microsoft Office |
| Seating Arrangement | Time & Distance | Sentence Improvement | Computer Hardware | |
| Puzzle | Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere | Para Jumbles | Computer Software | |
| Tabulation | Data Interpretation | Cloze Test | Operating System | |
| Syllogism | Ratio & Proportion, Percentage | Error Spotting | Networking | |
| Blood Relations | Number Systems | Fill in the blanks | Computer Fundamentals /Terminologies | |
| Input-Output | Sequence & Series | |||
| Coding Decoding | Permutation, Combination &Probability |
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