The wait of banking aspirants has ended. SBI Clerk 2021 Notification has been released. And therefore, in this article we will be collating all the important details for you. SBI (State Bank of India) is an Indian multinational, public sector banking and financial services statutory body headquartered in Mumbai. SBI is the 43rd largest bank in the world and ranked 221st in the Fortune Global 500 list of the world’s biggest corporations of 2020. It is the largest in India with a 23% market share by assets and a 25% share of the total loan and deposits market. SBI conducts clerical recruitment on an annual basis. Let’s have a look at all the important details of SBI Clerk 2021 Notification.
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SBI Clerk 2021 Vacancies
There are 5000 vacancies this year. Details will be updated soon.
| Year | Number of Vacancies |
| SBI Clerk 2021 Notification | 5000 |
| SBI Clerk 2020 Notification | 8,000 |
| SBI Clerk 2019 Notification | 8,653 |
| SBI Clerk 2018 Notification | 7,200 |
SBI Clerk 2021- Important Dates
| SBI Clerk 2021 Prelims | June 2021 |
| SBI Clerk 2021 Prelims | July 31, 2021 |
SBI Clerk 2021- Who Can Apply
Age Limit
As on April 1, 2021:
- Minimum: 20 years
- Maximum: 28 years
Relaxation in Upper Age Limit:
| Category | Age Relaxation |
| SC/ST | 5 years |
| OBC | 3 years |
Educational Qualification
Graduation in any discipline from a recognised University or any equivalent qualification
Note: Those who are in the final year/ semester of their graduation may also apply subject to the condition that, if provisionally selected, they will have to produce proof of having passed the graduation examination on or before August 16, 2021.
SBI Clerk 2021- Selection Procedure
Prelims => Mains
Phase-I: Preliminary Exam Pattern
| S. No. | Name of Test | No. of Questions | Max. Marks | Duration |
| 1 | English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 mins |
| 2 | Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 mins |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 mins |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 1 hour |
Note:
- Negative marking of 0.25 mark will be there.
- No minimum qualifying marks are prescribed for individual test OR for aggregate score.
- Approximately 10 times the number of vacancies will be shortlisted for the Mains exam (in each category).
Phase-II: Mains Exam Pattern
| S. No. | Name of Test | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| 1 | General/ Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | 35 mins |
| 2 | General English | 40 | 40 | 35 mins |
| 3 | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 45 mins |
| 4 | Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude | 50 | 60 | 45 mins |
| Total | 190 | 200 | 2 hours 40 mins |
Note:
- The questions in objective tests, except for the test of General English, will be bilingual i.e., English & Hindi
- Negative marking of 0.25 mark will be there.
- Minimum qualifying marks on aggregate will be decided by the bank. No minimum qualifying marks for individual subject are prescribed.
- Merit list will be drawn State wise, category wise. Candidates qualified in the test (main examination) will be placed according to their aggregate marks in descending order in respective States and Categories.
Test of specified opted local language
Those who qualify for selection and produce 10th or 12th standard mark sheet/ certificate evidencing having studied the specified opted local language will not be subjected to any Language test. In case of others (qualified for selection), specified opted local language test will be conducted after provisional selection but before joining. Candidates not found proficient in specified opted local language would be disqualified.
SBI CLERK 2021- How to Apply
Candidates can only apply online. Please visit the official website once the official 2021 notification is released.
Application Fee
- For SC/ ST/ PWD/ XS: Nil
- For General/ OBC/ EWS: Rs 750
SBI CLERK 2021- Tentative List of Centers
| State Code | State/ UT | Exam Centre |
| 11 | Andaman & Nicobar Island | Port Blair |
| 12 | Andhra Pradesh | Chirala, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Rajahmundry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram |
| 13 | Arunachal Pradesh | Naharlagun |
| 14 | Assam | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur |
| 15 | Bihar | Arrah, Aurangabad (Bihar), Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea |
| 16 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh – Mohali |
| 17 | Chhattisgarh | Bhilai Nagar, Bilaspur, Raipur |
| 18 | Goa | Panaji |
| 19 | Gujarat | Ahmedabad – Gandhinagar, Anand, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara |
| 20 | Haryana | Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram, Hisar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Sonipat, Yamuna Nagar |
| 21 | Himachal Pradesh | Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Solan, Una |
| 22 | Jammu & Kashmir | Jammu, Samba, Srinagar |
| 23 | Jharkhand | Bokaro Steel City, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi |
| 24 | Karnataka | Bengaluru, Belgaum, Davangere, Gulbarga, Hassan, Hubli – Dharwad, Mandya, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi |
| 25 | Kerala | Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur |
| 26 | Lakshadweep | Kavaratti |
| 27 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain |
| 28 | Maharashtra | Amravati, Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Solapur |
| 29 | Manipur | Imphal |
| 30 | Meghalaya | Shilong |
| 31 | Mizoram | Aizawl |
| 32 | Nagaland | Kohima |
| 33 | Delhi NCR | Delhi NCR (All NCR cities) |
| 34 | Odisha | Balasore, Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur |
| 35 | Puducherry | Puducherry |
| 36 | Punjab | Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala, Sangrur |
| 37 | Rajasthan | Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur |
| 38 | Sikkim | Bardang – Gangtok |
| 39 | Tamilnadu | Chennai, Coimbatore, Erode, Madurai, Nagercoil, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelvelli, Vellore, Virudhunagar |
| 40 | Telangana | Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal |
| 41 | Tripura | Agartala |
| 42 | Uttar Pradesh | Agra, Aligarh, Prayagraj (Allahabad), Bareilly, Faizabad, Ghaziabad, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida & Gr. Noida, Varanasi |
| 43 | Uttarakhand | Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee |
| 44 | West Bengal | Asansol, Durgapur, Greater Kolkata, Hooghly, Kalyani, Siliguri |
SBI CLERK 2021- Official Notification
Download the official notification here.
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