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SBI released huge vacancies for 2016 in Clerical cadre
State Bank of India has released a large number of vacancies in the clerical cadre for the recruitment of Junior associates (Customer Support and Sales) & Junior Agricultural Associates in SBI. The proposed released vacancies also include special recruitment drive for Tura (Meghalaya), Kashmir Valley & Ladakh. Also, SBI has brought a good news for the candidates from SC/ST/OBC, PWD & Ex-Servicemen by launching a special recruitment drive to cover up the backlog vacancies for these categories.
In this article we will discuss the SBI's notification, pattern of the exam and how to apply.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:
(A) Essential Academic Qualifications: (AS ON 30.06.2016) :
(i) For Junior Associates: Graduation in any discipline from a recognised University or any equivalent qualification recognised as such by the Central Government.
(ii) For Junior Agricultural Associates : Graduation in Agriculture or Agriculture allied activities from a Government recognised university/Institute
Note : Candidates who are in the final Semester/ year of Graduation may also apply for this exam. But, if they are called for interview/joining, they will have to produce proof of having passed the Graduation Examination on or before 30.06.2016.
(B) Maximum age limit (as on 01-04-2016) : Candidates should not be below 20 years and not above 28 years.
Age relaxation is provided OBC (3 years), SC/ST (5 years) & PWD candidates (10-15 years).
Remuneration (in Rs. per month) : 11,765 - 31,740/-
Selection Procedure : The exam has a three phased procedure of selection containing preliminary exam, Mains exam and an interview.
Phase-I - Preliminary Examination:
Preliminary Examination 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:
SBI will consider the overall cutoffs as well as sectional cutoffs for this phase. Also, as per the notification, Candidate should note that the Phase I of this exam is of qualifying nature. The marks obtained in the preliminary exam will not be considered for the final cutoffs.
SBI may shortlist people for mains around 20 times the numbers of vacancies subject to availability.
Phase II - Mains examination :
The structure of main examination (online objective type) would be as follows :
- Interestingly, from this year, SBI have introduced separate timings for every section in the Phase II test. Which means, Candidate can no more swap between sections during the exam. Once they start with any particular section, they have complete it within the stipulated time for that section.
- The total time allotted for mains exam has increased from 120 minutes to 160 minutes.
- Candidates will be shortlisted for interviews based on the overall as well as sectional cutoffs. Candidates have to pass in each objective tests.
- There will be negative marks for wrong answers in the Objective tests. 1/4th mark will be deducted for each wrong answer
Phase III - Interview :
Candidates qualified in the test (main examination) will be called for interviews by SBI. SBI may shortlist people for mains around 3 times the numbers of vacancies subject to availability.
How to Apply :
Candidates can apply for this post only through the Online mode of application at,
http://ibps.sifyitest.com/sbijacmar16/
Last date of application : 25th April, 2016
For further information, you can refer to the official notification here :
SBI Clerk 2016 prelims Day 1 Analysis
The State Bank of India has successfully conducted the SBI Clerk 2016 Prelims examination on 22nd of May, 2016. All four slots of yesterday's exam are over. Yesterday was day-1 of online SBI Clerk 2016 preliminary exam and the exam will continue to be held till the 5th of June, 2016. The online main exam will be conducted later in June 2016. Candidates are curious to know the intricacies of this exam as it is being held for the first time. In this article, we provide a detailed & topic-wise analysis for each section of the exam. We have kept in mind all the slots of the exam. Also, we will analyse the expected overall & sectional cut-offs of this exam.
The SBI Clerk Prelim had a total of 100 questions distributed among 3 sections and the time duration of the exam was 60 minutes. Let's take a look at topic wise analysis for each of these sections.
1) Reasoning Ability
Total marks : 35 marks
Topic Number of questions
Seating arrangements 5 (1 sets)
Puzzle 5 (1 set)
Alphanumerical series 5
Number series 5
Coding-decoding 5
Inequality 5
Miscellaneous 5
The difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate. The questions based on arrangements were of easy to moderate level and for well prepared candidates, these presented a good opportunity to score some easy marks in the exam. Surprisingly, there was not a single question on Syllogism. Questions based on most of the topics in this section were easy and did not require detailed effort. Among the three sections, this was the easiest and presented students with a good opportunity to score well.
2) Verbal aptitude
Total marks : 30
Topic Number of questions
Spotting error 05
Para jumbles 05
Spelling Mistakes 05
Cloze test 05
Reading comprehension 10
The difficulty level of Verbal Aptitude questions can be said to vary between easy to moderate. The passages given for the reading comprehension in all the slots were a story based passage and were quite easy to solve. Also, topics like 'cloze test' and 'para jumbles' were story based too. Because of this reason, the para-jumbles were easy to solve.
3) Quantitative Aptitude
Total marks : 35
Topic Number of questions
Data Interpretation 05 (1 set)
Number series 05
Simplification 10
Arithmetic 15
The difficulty level of this section can be once again said to vary between easy to moderate. But as per the reviews from few of the candidates, this section (specifically Arithmetic questions) did have some time-consuming problems which required extensive calculations. Also, one surprising aspect of the exam was that questions based on quadratic equations were missing. Also, there were 10 questions based on simplification. There was only one set of DI based on tabular graph and this did not pose any real challenge.
Overall Analysis :
Overall, the question paper was quite easy to solve. The questions were easy, straightforward & less time consuming. Story based Reading comprehension, para jumbles & cloze test reduced the time required to complete the Verbal Aptitude section. Candidates with strong basics & enough daily practice could have easily sailed through the exam.
Overall Cut-offs :
The overall cutoff for SBI Clerk 2016 Prelims exam will be state-wise. We are providing here an expected range of cutoff category wise.
Category Cut-off marks
General 45-47
OBC 40-45
SC 33-36
ST 23-26
Candidates should note that the above mentioned cut-offs may vary in the range of +/- 3 marks. (Further, there is a chance that the cutoffs may be lower than this - however, it is unlikely that the cutoffs would be higher than this.)
Sectional Cut-off :
Sectional cut-offs per section will be around 6-7 marks. So, do not worry about sectional cutoffs. Clearing sectional cutoff is an easy task.
Ideal number of attempts :
Let us now consider the minimum number of questions that candidates should have attempted to secure their chances of clearing SBI Clerk 2016 Prelims and get selected for Mains.
Based on the difficulty level of the questions, we can say candidates should have ideally solved around 55-60+ questions out of 100 questions (to be on safe side) with around 90% accuracy.
So, in conclusion, we can say that, the first ever SBI Clerk 2016 Preliminary exam paper was quite easy. But the introduction of some major changes in the expected topic wise pattern (no syllogism or quadratic equations) has meant that some candidates were challenged in the exam. Candidates who devoted a good amount of time for daily practice before the exam will not have to face any problem to clear prelims.
Best of luck!!!