The State Bank of India calls for eligible candidates every year for the post of junior associates. Students refer to these vacancies as SBI Clerk Notifications. This year also they have called for candidates who want to have a career in the banking sector. The candidates who are religiously in preparation must be aware that the SBI clerk exam has been scheduled for 22nd, 27th, 28th February and 1st March 2025. The admit card for the same has also been released @sbi.co.in. Now comes the time for rigorous preparation at the end of students.
Is Reasoning the Most Scoring Section of SBI Clerk Exam?
The SBI Clerk Prelims Exam is divided into three sections – English Language, Numerical Ability and Reasoning. A candidate has to attempt 100 questions that are worth 100 marks within 60 minutes. Completing the exam within this time frame is a challenge in itself. Only the candidates who have practised well can do it within the time frame.
Well! all the sections have almost equal weightage. So, even if a candidate scores more in one section, can balance the other sections. But the candidate must achieve the minimum sectional cut off. Then only it will benefit in the overall cut off.
SBI Clerk Prelims Reasoning Syllabus
The reasoning section of the prelims exam is considered as a not-so-difficult one when the question asked are of moderate level. So, below are some of those topics that are asked every year in the SBI Clerk exam. The candidates can practise questions from the below topics to gain confidence and prepare a major portion of the exam.
- Puzzle
- Syllogism
- Logical Reasoning
- Coding Decoding
- Seating Arrangement
- Alphanumeric Series
- Blood Relations
- Input Output
- Ranking
- Tabulation
- Seating Arrangement
Prepare These 5 Topics to Score 30+ in SBI Clerk Reasoning section
| Topics | Details |
| Seating Arrangement | These holds a highly significant weightage when it comes to various banking sector exams including SBI Clerk. This topic can cover upto 15- 20 questions as per the trends. They are easy to solve if approached with right strategy. No doubt practise can do wonders in your preparation. |
| Blood Relations | One can solve the questions from blood relations with the use of signs and symbols while identifying relations among different variables. |
| Coding Decoding | In this one has to understand the logic in the sample text and then reach a solution accordingly. |
| Series | Numeric and Alphanumeric are the two major types of series in the SBI Clerk exam. |
| Syllogism | Syllogism can be easily solved with the help of creating venn diagrams. This again requires analytical skills which can be developed with time and a lot of practise. |
Know the SBI Clerk Exam Pattern
The SBI Clerk exam pattern is different for the prelims, mains and the language proficiency test. We have detailed the prelims and mains exam pattern in the form of tables for the easy understanding of the candidates.
| SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern | ||||
| S. No. | Section | No. of questions | 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 | |
