Mohan Kumawat: March 2018

SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) Exam is held by SBI or State Bank of India to recruit candidates for Clerical Cadre in its different branches across the country. SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) 2018 facilitates the recruitment for the post of Junior Associates (JA). SBI Clerk is one of the most sought after bank exams today and a huge number of candidates appear for the same every year.

SBI Clerks (Junior Associates) are responsible for all the client interactions and related operations. Candidates who are recruited as SBI clerks are designated as cashiers, depositors and other posts that form the face of a particular SBI Bank branch. Here, in this article we talk about SBI Clerk 2018 Notification, Exam Dates, Pattern, Syllabus & more.

SBI Clerk 2018 Exam Postponed

State Bank of India (SBI) has Postponed the exam dates of SBI Clerical Exam 2018. SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) 2018 Preliminary Examination is Re-scheduled in the month of June-July 2018, while SBI Mains will be conducted on 5th August 2018.

SBI Clerk New Exam Dates 2018

SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) 2018 Preliminary Examination is Re-scheduled in the month of June-July 2018, while SBI Mains will be conducted on 5th August 2018. Candidates must keep visiting this website regularly to stay updated about the important dates for SBI Clerk 2018 Exam.

Events	New Dates	Existing 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 06.06.2018 onwards (tentatively)	From 01.03.2018 onwards
SBI Clerk 2018 Preliminary Exam	June - July 2018 (tentatively)	March-April 2018
Download of call letter for Main Examination	From 23.07.2018 onwards (tentatively)	From 26.04.2018
SBI Clerk 2018 Mains Exam	05.08.2018 (tentatively)	12 May 2018

SBI Clerk 2018 Notification

The SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) 2018 Notification has been finally released by State Bank of India. Candidates can check the official notification by clicking on the link mentioned below. The online registration for SBI Clerk 2018 exam has started from 20th January 2018. The Online Application window closes on 10th February 2018.

Total number of vacancies updated in the official notification for SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) 2018 is 8301.

Changes for SBI Junior Associates 2018:

As per the official notification released by SBI "No minimum qualifying marks for individual subjects are prescribed". Thus, there will not be any sectional cut off for this year's SBI Junior Associates Recruitment's Online Examination. However, the criteria solely lies within the hands of the organisation.

SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) 2018 Application

The SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) 2018 application process has commenced from 20th January 2018. Candidates are required to visit the official page of SBI to fill in the online application forms as the entire process to apply for SBI Clerk 2018 exam will be online. The application fee for SBI Exam is Rs. 600/- for General category and Rs. 100/- for candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC/PWD category.

SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) 2018 Selection Procedure

For the selection to the post of Clerical Cadre through SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) 2018 exam, candidates are selected through two phases of exams- SBI Clerk Prelims and SBI Clerk Mains exam. It is compulsory for all candidates to clear both the phases to secure the appointment letter from SBI.

SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria of SBI Clerk 2018 exam is mainly about two pre-requisites:

A candidate is required to be between 20-28 years to be eligible for SBI Clerk 2018 exam.
He/shemust hold a valid degree in any discipline from a recognized university.
A candidate is required to be: A citizen of India, A subject of Nepal, A subject of Bhutan, A Tibetan Refugee who came to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of settling permanently in India or a person of Indian origin who migrated to India from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, Vietnam and have the intention of settling permanently in India.

Serial No.	Category	Upper Age Limit
1	SC / ST	33 years
2	OBC	31 years
3	Person with disabilities (General)	38 years
4	Person with disabilities(SC /ST)	43 years
5	Person with disabilities(OBC)	41 years
6	Jammu & Kashmir Migrants	33 Years
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( No remarried)	GEN- 35 years OBC- 38 years SC/ST- 40 years

SBI Clerk Exam Pattern 2018

To crack SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) 2018 exam it is very important to know the exam pattern in and out. Here is the exam pattern of SBI Clerk Prelims and SBI Clerk Mains exam:

SBI Junior Associates Preliminary Exam Pattern

Serial No.	Section	No. of Question	Total Marks	Duration
1	English Language	30	30	20 minutes
2	Numerical Ability	35	35	20 minutes
3	Reasoning	35	35	20 minutes
	Total	100	100	60 minutes

SBI Junior Associates Mains Exam Pattern

Serial Number	Section	No. of Question	Total Marks	Duration
1.	General English	40	40	35 minutes
2.	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	45 minutes
3.	Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude	50	60	45 minutes
4.	General/Financial Awareness	50	50	25 minutes
	Total	190	200	2 hours 40 minutes

SBI Clerk Syllabus 2018

The syllabus for SBI Preliminary Exam and SBI Mains Exam is more or less the same with minute variation for SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) 2018 Exam. Candidates should have strong understanding of concepts in English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning, Computer Knowledge and General Awareness.

Quantitative Aptitude	Reasoning	Computer Knowledge	English	General Awareness
Simplification	Machine Input/Output	Basics of computer, different generations, hardware/software, etc.	Reading comprehension including Synonyms and Antonyms	Current Affairs – news on banking industry, awards and honors, books and authors,latest appointments, obituaries, new schemes of central and state governments, sports, etc.
Number Series	Syllogism	DBMS	Sentence rearrangement or Para jumbles	Static GK - country-capital, country-currency, headquarters of financial organizations (of insurance companies), constituencies of ministers, dance forms, nuclear and thermal power stations, etc.
Data Sufficiency	Blood Relation	Networking	Sentence Correction/ Error Finding	Banking/Financial terms
Data Interpretation	Direction Sense	Internet	Spell Checks
Quadratic Equations	Inequalities	MS Office and Shortcuts used in MS Officers	Fillers
Time and Work	Puzzles – Seating Arrangement, Floor puzzle, etc.	Input/output Devices, their types	Cloze Test
Partnership	Coding Decoding	Important abbreviations
Profit and Loss	Ranking
Mensuration	Statement and Assumptions /Conclusions
Time, Distance and Speed – Trains, Boats n Streams
Simple and Compound interest
Mixture and Alligation
Ratio and Proportion, Percentages, Averages

SBI Clerk 2018 Admit Card

Registered candidates will be required to download BI Clerk Admit Card 2018 from the official website of State Bank of India. The hard copy of the SBI Clerk admit card won’t be couriered to applicants. The admit card for SBI Clerk Exam 2018 will be released in two stages - admit card for preliminary exam, the admit card for mains exam.
One must login to his/her account created while filling in the online application form and download the admit card.
To login on the official website of SBI, a candidate is supposed to have:

Registration Number/Roll Number
Date of Birth/Password

The admit card for SBI Clerk 2018 exam will be issued to candidates in two phases:

For Preliminary Exam (available tentatively from 1st March 2018)
For Mains Exam (available tentatively from 26th April 2018)

All candidates must go through the guidelines provided on the official website of SBI before downloading his/her admit card.

SBI Clerk Result & Cut offs 2018

SBI Clerk Result 2018 will be declared once the both phases are concluded. SBI will publish results individually for both preliminary and mains exam. SBI Clerk 2018 releases sectional cut-offs for both – SBI Clerk Preliminary Exam and SBI Clerk Mains Exam. Aspirants are required to meet the cut-offs for all the sections to make it to the merit list.

SBI Clerk 2016 Prelims Cut-Off

SBI Clerk Cut off 2016 (Category Wise)

Subjects	Total Marks	General	OBC/ST/SC/OH/VI/HI/DXS
Reasoning Ability	35	7.75	3.25
Numerical Ability	35	5.5	2
English Language	30	6.75	3.25

SBI Clerk Cut off 2016 (State Wise)
Candidate’s Category & Total Marks obtained in SBI Clerk 2016 exam out of 100

States	Gen	OBC	SC	ST	OH	VI	HI	XS	DXS
Madhya Pradesh	54.75	54.75	36.5	9	36	12.75	14.25	11.75	19
Rajasthan	64.5	64.5	53.5	25.5	41.25	15.75	20.5	10.5	14.25
Uttar Pradesh	59	56.25	42.75	31.5	47.25	10.75	11.75	9.5	11.75
Himachal Pradesh	57.5	57	42.75	48.25	22.75	17.25	22.25	9.25	36.25
West Bengal	51.25	35.25	32	20.75	11	14.25	11.25	11.5	18.5
Maharashtra	51.5	51.5	51.5	24.5	39.5	55.75	14	11.25	23.75
Delhi /Haryana	66.25	50.75	56	10
Bihar	51.5	51.5	33.5	57.25	37	14.25	12	10.75	25.5
Punjab	67.5	56.5	45	45
Chhattisgarh	22.5	22.5	9.5	9.25	13	15	2.5	1.25	28.5
Gujarat	42	42	42	28
Uttarakhand	59.25	48.25	37.5	45.25	36.25	25.25	13.5	10.75	33.75
Tamil Nadu	21.25	21.25	21.25	21	11.75	15	9.5	9.75	15.25
NAGALAND	21.75	21.75	21.75	21.75	N/A	24.5	25	26.5	19.5
Andhra Pradesh	39.25	39.25	39.25	10	45.25	34	12.25	9	27.5
Jharkhand	38.5	38.5	31.5	29.25	11.25	11.75	10.5	11.25	31.75

SBI Clerk 2016 Mains Cut-off