The notification for the exam date of the Main Exams for SBI Clerk 2021 can came soon, you need to prepare every section of the Exam properly to score maximum marks in order to accomplish your goal of becoming an SBI Clerk. As Reasoning section can surprise you with tricky questions, you need to practice every topic and all types of questions to tackle it and fetch maximum marks in it.
For that, you need to be aware of complete syllabus, cover every topic, especially all the important topics that often get repeated in the Exam. In this article we will discuss all those important topics for Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude and more to speed up your SBI Clerk 2021 preparation.
Before jumping on to the important topics, let us delve into the marking scheme of the SBI Clerk 2021 Exam to get an idea of the SBI Clerk Mains Reasoning and Computer Ability section.
SBI Clerk 2021 Syllabus for Mains Exam
SBI Clerk syllabus for mains exam is divided into four sections:
- General/Financial Awareness
- General English
- Quantitative Aptitude
- Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude
The question paper will ask you a total of 190 questions worth 200 marks. The total duration of the Exam is 2 hours 40 minutes.
SBI Clerk Mains Exam Pattern 2021
| 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 | 35 minutes |
| Total | 190 | 200 | 2 hours 40 minutes |
The above Exam Pattern exhibits that the reasoning and computer ability section has maximum weightage of 60 marks where you will have to solve 50 questions in 45 minutes. Therefore, it will test your time management skill, your ability to pick the right question, your subject knowledge, and lastly, your ability to handle and solve new type/pattern questions.
Given below is the table with the topics that make up the SBI Clerk syllabus 2021 for the mains exam.
| Quantitative Aptitude Syllabus | General English Syllabus | General/Financial Awareness Syllabus | Reasoning Ability Syllabus | Computer Awareness Syllabus |
| Simplification | 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. | Internet | Basics of Computer: Hardware, Software, Generation of Computers |
| Number Series | 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. | Machine Input/Output | DBMS |
| Data Sufficiency | Sentence Correction/ Error Finding | Banking/Financial terms | Syllogism | Networking |
| Data Interpretation | Spell Checks | Static Awareness | Blood Relation | Internet |
| Quadratic Equation | Fillers | Banking and Financial Awareness | Direction Sense | MS Office |
| Time & Distance, Work | Cloze Test | Inequalities | Input-Output Devices | |
| Partnership | Puzzles | Important Abbreviations | ||
| Profit & Loss | Coding-Decoding | |||
| Simple and Compound Interest | Ranking | |||
| Mixture and Allegations | Statement and Assumptions | |||
| Ratio & Proportion, Averages, Percentages | – |
Most Important topics to cover in Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude Section
Given below are the most important topics which have been repeatedly appearing in the SBI Clerk Exams in the past few years:
1. Puzzle and Seating arrangement
2. Coding decoding
- Coded direction sense
- Coded inequality
- Comparison based coding decoding etc.
3. Input output
4. Logical reasoning
- Statement conclusion
- Cause effect
- Statement argument etc.
5. Miscellaneous topics
Note: A big chunk of the questions is covered by puzzles and seating arrangements. Practice the questions on these topics keeping the time in mind. Practice using the stopwatch and try to increase your speed with accuracy. Give daily Mock Tests to make it easy.
Topic wise preparation tips for SBI clerk mains reasoning
The Reasoning and Computer Section can be divided into three parts:
- Puzzle and seating arrangement
- Miscellaneous and others
- Computer aptitude
1. Puzzle and seating arrangement
The exam can invite a lot of questions on Puzzle and seating arrangement. To fetch maximum marks in it, you need to practice it well. Solve at least one set of questions every day. Solve new pattern puzzles to become confident of attempting new or tricky puzzles in exam. Make a habit of quickly but carefully reading the conditions in the questions and pay heed to the type of arrangement, position, and direction faced by the different persons/variables, etc in it. Practice it by attempting Mock Tests on regular basis!
2. Miscellaneous and others
Attempt at least 4 miscellaneous topics, like blood relations, inequalities, etc., Keep changing these topics every day. Practice the topics with questions on puzzles.
3. Computer aptitude
The previous paper trends say, theoretical questions of computer are not asked in this section. Mostly questions related to Reasoning are asked on Computer Aptitude in Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude Section. Like questions on flow chart or input-output based questions. Solve previous year questions to get an idea of the type of question Computer aptitude invites and prepare accordingly. Again, the best way to cover this part is by giving Mock Tests. Mock Tests will supply you with the type of questions that you may find in the actual exam.
SBI Clerks Mains 2020-Reasoning Topic wise weightage:
Let’s take a look at the topic-wise weightage to get an idea of the important topics that formed the Reasoning section last year. Given below is a table with topics and the number of questions:
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Comparison | 0-3 |
| Order & ranking | 0-3 |
| Coded Direction Sense | 0-3 |
| Blood Relations | 3-4 |
| Coded Inequality | 3-4 |
| Alpha Numeric Series | 2-3 |
| Puzzles | 5-6 |
| Data sufficiency | 4-6 |
| Coding decoding new pattern | 0-5 |
| Input Output | 0-5 |
| Coded Syllogism | 0-5 |
| New type Syllogism | 0-5 |
| Conclusion based syllogism | 0-5 |
| Word formation | 0-1 |
| Pairs of letters | 0-1 |
| Critical Reasoning | 5-6 |
| Resultant Number | 0-4 |
| Five 3-digit numbers | 2-3 |
| Five 4 letter words | 0-3 |
| Mathematical Operations | 0-3 |
| Conditions based | 0-5 |
Accuracy and Speed
Besides the above-mentioned important topics, you should always bear in mind that SBI Clerk Exam is all about testing your accuracy and speed. So, you need to first focus on accuracy, then work on speed. First learn and master the basic concepts and then learn to perfectly apply those concepts to solve the questions. Practicing regularly, use shortcut tricks, and you will automatically gain speed.
Attempt Mock Test Regularly
Begin with attempting one Mock Test in a week and then analyze it thoroughly. And then you should increase the number of Mock Tests to 2 in a week. When you have only 20 or 15 days left for your exam, start attempting one Mock Test daily and remember analysis of the taken tests to eliminate you flaws and make any improvements in your strategy. This practice will also help you to tackle the stress in the actual SBI Clerk exam. This way, you can point out your own mistakes in the Mock Test, and get a chance to correct them after every Mock Test given, as by making mistakes in the actual exam will only be corrected in the next one next year. So better eliminate your flaws this year, and beat this year’s SBI Clerk exam.
SBI Clerk Syllabus 2021- FAQs
Q1. What is the syllabus of clerk?
SBI Clerk Syllabus has sections like, English Language, Numerical Ability & Reasoning for Prelims Exam, whereas the mains Exam has Quantitative Aptitude, General English, General/Financial Awareness, Reasoning Ability & Computer Awareness.
Q2. Is SBI Clerk easy to crack?
No competitive exam is Easy, unless you prepare it well by covering the entire syllabus. Last Year, the overall difficulty level of the SBI Clerk prelims exam was easy to moderate and the mains exam was moderate.
Q3. Does SBI Clerk 2021 have interview?
No, there is no interview required in the SBI Clerk Exam 2021. The selection will entirely be based on the marks obtained in Mains Examination.
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