SBI Clerk Syllabus & Pattern 2016 for Junior Associate & Junior Agricultural Associates Exam

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Today we are sharing the complete syllabus of SBI Clerk (Junior Associate (Customer Support & Sales)  and Junior Agricultural Associates) Exam 2016.

The candidates, looking to appear in the SBI Clerk 2016 exam, must go through the SBI Clerk Exam Pattern 2016 in order to get accustomed of the paper pattern of the online exam. SBI Clerk 2016 Exam Pattern & Syllabus has been thoroughly described on this page. Candidates can also check the table provided below on this page to know every aspect of the exam pattern.

Online application and payment of fees date - 05.04.2016 to 25.04.2016

1. Total number of vacancies - 10726 + 1509 +188 = 12423 Posts
2. Qualification - Gradation as on 30.06.2016)
3. Age - Not below 20 years and not above 28 years as on 01.04.2016

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SBI Clerk Examination Pattern 2016-17

The structure of the Examinations which will be conducted online are as follows:The selection process will consist of on-line test (preliminary & main examinations), test of official and/or local language and subject to Government of India approval, interview

A. 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:

S.No	Name of Tests	No. of Qs	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	English Language	30	30	Composite Time of 1 Hour
2	Numerical Aptitude	35	35
3	Reasoning Ability	35	35
	Total	100	100

The candidates shall be required to qualify in each test as per cut-off marks determined in each test. Each candidate will have to secure a minimum score on each of the tests as well as on the Total to be considered to be shortlisted for Main Examination.

B. Main Examination

The structure of the main examination (online objective type) would be as follows:

S.No	Name of Tests	No. of Qs	Maximum 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

SBI Clerk 2016-2017 Complete Syllabus

General English Language Syllabus

• Grammar (Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions) 
• Sentence Rearrangements
• Synonyms
• Antonyms
• Cloze Test 
• Fill in the Blanks (with modals, articles and etc)
• Sentences Errors / Common / Spotting Errors
• Vocabulary
• Reading Comprehensions.
• Download Complete Book of English Language by RS Aggarwal - From Here

Reasoning Ability Syllabus

• Blood Relations - Click Here
• Coding and Decoding - Click Here
• Syllogisms
• Number and Ranking Test - Click Here
• Direction Sense - Click Here
• Series Completion - Click Here
• Machine Input - Click Here
• Data Sufficiency
• Statement and Argument.
• Sitting Arrangements - Click Here
• Puzzles (Rank based, floor based, Seating & circular arrangement based) - Click Here
• Inequalities - Click Here
• For Reasoning Study Material - Click Here

Quantitative/Numerical Aptitude Syllabus

• Simplification
• Approximations
• Percentage - Click Here
• Profit & Loss - Click Here
• Average - Click Here
• Ratio & Proportion
• Partnership
• Time & Distance - Click Here
• Problems on Trains
• Boat and Streams
• Time and Work
• Simple & Compound Interest
• Problems on Age
• Pipes & Cisterns - Click Here
• Data Interpretation (Click here to DI Questions) (Bar diagrams, Pie charts, Table charts, Line Graphs)
• Download Free Book of Quants - Quicker Maths by M Tyra

Computer Aptitude Syllabus 

• Computer Basics & History
• Types of Computers
• Parts of Computer
• Computer Generations
• Components of Computer (Input, Control Unit, Memory Unit, Arithmetic Logic Unit, Output)
• Peripheral Devices (Input devices & Output devices)
• Software (System & Application Software) & Hardware
• Computer Memory (Cache Memory, Primary Memory/Main Memory & Secondary Memory)
• Data Processing
• Operating system (Windows XP, Windows 7 and etc)
• Basic MS Office (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PPT, MS Outlook),
• Internet
• Computer Networks
• Data Communication 
• Security (VIRUS & Antivirus) - For Computer Study Material - Click Here

General/Financial Awareness (Must Read last 3 Months G.K)

• Sports
• Books and Authors 
• Award Winners
• Famous Personality in News
• Business news
• Politics
• Bank CMD/CEO & Taglines
• Organisations Head & headquarters
• Cabinet Ministers of India
• C.M & Governors of States of India
• Capital & Currency of Countries
• Finance & Banking News
• New Appointment in India & World
• Summit & Meeting
• Obituary
• Important Dates
• Schemes & Yojanas Launched
• Bill Passed
• Miscellaneous
• General Terms of Banking and Insurance.
• General Science-Inventions and Discoveries
• For Banking/Financial Current Affairs PDF 2016- Click Here
• To Banking Awareness E-Book - Click Here

SBI Clerk Previous Year Questions Papers (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) With Solution and Answer Key in PDF download form and Exam Pattern Structure.  Click Here