State Bank of India (SBI), the largest bank of India, had released the notification for 5000 Junior Associate (JA) Customer Sales & Support in Clerical cadre posts. Candidates will be selected through the process of Pre and Main exam. Pre exam is to be held in June 2022 and Main exam on 31 July 2022. Since the exam is near, so it is quite important for a candidate to prepare as per the syllabus of the exam as quickly as possible. So here we are providing you the detailed exam pattern and syllabus of SBI Clerk (JA) exam 2022. You can go through the details given below to check them.
SBI Clerk Syllabus 2022 with Exam Pattern
The online examination generally consists of Pre and Main tests to be conducted separately. First Prelims is to be held. Those who qualify it have to appear for Mains. Thereafter Specified Opted Language test is to be conducted.
Exam Pattern:
Here are the important details of this test.
Pre exam:
| SL. | Name of test | No. of Questions | Marks | Duration |
| 1 | English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes for each section, total 1 hour |
| 2 | Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
Every Question - 1 mark
Every section, except General English, will be bilingual i.e., English &Hindi.
To qualify, candidates will have to qualify in each section.
Main Exam Pattern:
| SL. | Name of test | No. of Questions | Marks | Duration |
| 1 | General/Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | 35 minutes |
| 3 | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 45 minutes |
| 2 | General English | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| 4 | Reasoning Ability& Computer Aptitude | 50 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| Total | 190 | 200 | 2 Hours 40 minutes |
SBI Junior Associate Syllabus 2022 for Pre and Mains Exam
Here is the details of all these sections.
Numerical Ability: This section includes basic mathematical calculations like LCM, HCF, finding missing no.,series completion etc, Fraction, Ratios, Average & Volume, profit & loss %, marks, Market / shares, prices & Expenditure problems. Time & Work, Distance / Speed problems, Mensuration, interest etc.
Quantitative Aptitude : Number system, simplifications, Roots, Averages, Surds & Indices, Percentages, Profit & Loss, Ratio& Proportion, Partnership, Chain rule, Time & work, Pipes & Cisterns, Time & Distance, Problems on trains, Boats & streams, Allegation & mixtures, Simple & Compound interest, clocks & algorithms, mensuration, Volume& surface area, Permutations & combinations, heights& distances, line graphs, Bar graphs, pie charts, Tabulation
Reasoning Ability :
Series completion, syllogisms, Decision making, Statements , Analogy, Coding & decoding, Blood relations, Sitting arrangements, Classification. SBI Jr. Associate Syllabus 2022
General English :
Deriving conclusions, Passage completion, Error detection, Passage correction, Sentence correction, Vocabulary, Spelling correction, Grammar, Idioms, Phrases, Synonyms, Word formation, Antonyms, Sentence completion, Comprehension, Theme detection.
General Awareness : Indian Constitution, News about technology and researches, News on India and its neighboring countries, Knowledge of current events, Sports , history, geography, culture.
Computer Awareness/Marketing Aptitude
Computer Awareness : Questions related to Computer software and hardware, operating system, shortcut keys, Microsoft word, PowerPoint, Excel, Internet & networks
Marketing Aptitude: Questions on economy of India, questions on Marketing, banking and finance.
The main difference between Pre and Main exam is the level of difficulty of questions asked in the online exam. While pre exam is for the screening of non serious candidates, Mains is totally focused on checking candidates knowledge.
Note: There will be Negative marking for wrong answers. For every wrong answer, ¼ marks will be deducted as a penalty.