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How to crack SBI Clerk Mains in just 20 Days?

SBI Clerk Mains Exam 2022: Particularly for those who were just focused on prelims and found themselves helpless during mains preparation, the SBI Clerk Mains tentative dates may be the upcoming month of January. Candidates must understand the mains exam format before they can learn how to prepare for the SBI Clerk mains test. The General/Financial Awareness, General English, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, and Computer Aptitude topics are covered in questions according to the SBI Clerk exam format. In order to properly prepare for each section, Learn more about the SBI Clerk mains exam preparation here.

SBI Clerk Mains Exam Pattern 2022

Section Number of Questions Marks Duration
English Language 40 40 35 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude 50 50 45 minutes
Computer and Reasoning Ability 50 60 45 minutes
General/ Financial Awareness 50 50 35 minutes
Total 190 200 2 hours 40 minutes

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SBI Clerk Mains Exam Strategy 2022

Computer and Reasoning Section Approach

  • If you are done with your concepts and topics now, you should start taking sectional mocks to evaluate your sectional performance. You can take them bi-weekly. Try to finish the sectional test in 45 minutes as you progress.
  • Don’t leave any topics of puzzle or seating arrangement. These two are going to carry the maximum marks in this section. However, this doesn’t mean you should be easy on another topic. Practice a few puzzle related questions daily to boost your confidence.
  • Critical reasoning isn’t as hard as you think. All you need is proper guidance. A step-based protocol for attempting such questions. You can read our detailed blog on – Critical Reasoning Tips and Tricks (Bank Exams)
  • Computer Aptitude can act as a decider between aspirants who qualify and the ones who don’t. It is not wise to undermine the computer aptitude questions. You can read our detailed blog on– Frequently asked Computer awareness questions

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English Language Mains Strategy

  • We hope you haven’t stopped with the regular reading practice.
  • For many aspirants, the clerk exam would have given them a reality check about English that it matters. You might crack the prelims without doing good in English, but the mains exam will not be that kind. You will have to give time to the English section.
  • 2-3 Reading Comprehensions will improve your overall English preparation
  • Error detection questions are a must. You should practice 10-15 questions daily.
  • Practice cloze test questions as they may come with a good weightage of marks. They can be hard to understand conceptually, but enough practice will make you comfortable.
  • Other topics, including sentence arrangement, para jumbles, etc., are also important.

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Quantitative Aptitude Strategy

  • Divide your attempt strategy on the basis of the category of questions
  • Approach the Quant section with the mindset of reasonable attempts
  • Practice Speed Maths tricks and methods religiously
  • Divide your time as per the category of questions

General Awareness Strategy

The top 10 GK Topics you need to cover at any cost  

  • Banking GK
  • Economics GK
  • Funds allotted
  • State news
  • Appointments (Special designations of banks and Government of India)
  • Schemes
  • Books and Authors – You can easily cover them because hardly 4-5 books are released every month. Don’t miss out on this topic.
  • Awards
  • Committees – Bank related
  • Rankings and reports

Other Tips for GA: 

  1. Look for a 6-month window of February/March – August /September
  2. Refer to PracticeMock’s Monthly GA PDFs – Download monthly GA PDFs
  3. Look for the previous year GA Questions
  4. Choose the Relevant Reference Books as per the Syllabus

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SBI Clerk 2022 books

Subject Preferred Books by toppers
Quantitative Aptitude Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations by RS Agarwal
Fast Track Objective Arithmetic by Rajesh Verma
Magical Book on Quicker Mathematics by M Tyra
Reasoning and Computer Aptitude A Modern Approach to Verbal and non-verbal Reasoning by RS Agarwal.
New Approach to Reasoning Verbal and Non-Verbal by BS Sijwali, Indu Sijwali
Analytical Reasoning by MK Pandey
English Language High School English Grammar and Composition by Wren & Martin
Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis
General Banking Awareness Manorama Year BookLucent General Knowledge
Abhishek Tiwari

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