(1) General Awareness
(2) General English
(3) Quantitative Aptitude
(4) Reasoning Ability
(5) Marketing Aptitude / Computer Knowledge.
The questions in objective tests, except for the test of
General English, will be printed bilingual i.e., English & Hindi.
The online objective
type test is of
200 marks consists of five sections.
Each section consists of 40 questions and
carries 40 marks. You should solve them in 2
hour and 15 minutes.
Now lets see the detailed sectional wise syllabus
Syllabus of SBI Clerks 2014
• Quantitative Aptitude :
This section tests your
basic calculation skills. The syllabus of this
section is almost similar to that of IBPS Clerks.
For this section, you should prepare the
following topics,
• Simplifications (Very Very important for
clerical level exam. You will get 15 to 20
questions from this area). This section consists
the following topics:
• Basic Mathematical Operations / BODMAS Rule
• Squares
• Cubes
• Square Roots
• Cube Roots
• Percentages
• Decimals
• Average
• LCM & HCF
• Ratio & Proportion
• Profit & Loss
• Partnership
• Time & Distance
• Speed & Distance
• Number Series
• Time & Work
• Mixture & Allegation
• Simple Interest
• Compound Interest
• Mensuration
• Permutation & Combinations (Basics)
• Probability (Basics)
• Data Interpretation (Basics)
• Reasoning Ability :
This section tests your
basic logical skills. The syllabus of this section
is also almost similar to IBPS Clerical level
exam. For this section, you should prepare the
following topics,
• Verbal Reasoning :
• Basics
• Completing the given series
• Classification
• Ranking Test
• Analogy
• Word Formation
• Series
• Directions
• Alphabets
• Coding & Decoding
• Blood Relations
• Statement & Conclusion
• Non Verbal Reasoning / Picture Questions
(Basic Level)
• Classification
• Series
• Analogy
• Finding the missing figure
• General Awareness :
First of all let us make
you clear one thing. As we have mentioned
above, there is no need to prepare Banking
Awareness for SBI exams. You hardly will get 2
to 3 questions on banking. Those questions too
from current happenings in banks (Current
Rates, Heads, Events etc.,). So don’t waste
your time by mugging up all the banking
awareness material which was provided for
IBPS exams. Now lets have a look at the
General Awareness syllabus of SBI Clerks
exam. You should prepare the following
topics,
• People in news (Deaths, Appointments,
Awards, Resignations, Visits, News Makers
etc.,)
• Important Dates
• Science & Technology
• Sports
• Current Events
• Politics
• Economy
• Places in News
• Sports
• General and Railway Budget 2014
• Assembly Elections
• General English :
This section is also similar
to IBPS and SSC Exams. You should prepare
the following topics,
• Reading Comprehension of basic level
• Common Errors
• Sentence Correction
• Sentence Improvement
• Fill in the blanks
• Cloze Test
• Paragraph Rearrangement
• Synonyms
• Antonyms
• One word Substitution
• Marketing Aptitude / Computer Knowledge :
If you are a graduate (the basic qualification of
SBI Clerks) and if you are reading this article
in your computer, then you can easily get 15
out of 20 marks from Computer Knowledge
section. You can expect questions from basics.
For marketing too you can score at least 8
marks by using your common sense. For these
two sections, our materials are enough. Now
lets have a look at the topics you have to
prepare,
• Computer Knowledge :
• Basic Computer Terminology
• Abbreviations
• Hard ware and Software basics
• Usage of Computer
• Basic Parts of the Computer
• Operating Systems
• Shortcut Keys
• Internet
• Information Security
• MS Office
• MS Word
• MS Excel
• MS Power Point
• Marketing Aptitude
:
• Marketing Basics
• Terminology and Abbreviations
• Marketing Concept
• Marketing Types
• Marketing Mix
• Concept of Buying & Selling
• SWOT Analysis
• CRM
• Market Research
• Market Information
• Market Segmentation
• Branding
• Marketing Research