SBI Clerk Prelims- Syllabus & List of Books (1)
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The much-awaited SBI Clerk Notification is out now. This is one good opportunity to get a government job in the banking sector. If you’re aware of the competition around, there were around lakhs of applicants who had applied for SBI Clerk last year. You need to outshine all of your competitors and this is the perfect time to start your preparation especially now when 30+ days are left for the exam. 4-5 hours of studying for more than a month is enough to clear SBI Clerk Prelims.

Assess Your Preparation Level

First things first, Take a Free Mock Test of SBI Clerk Prelims Now and get an overview of your preparation level. The Mock’s analysis will give you a frank assessment of the areas where you need to improve. It will also show you your rank & percentile so that you will have an idea of how much more improvement you need to make to be in the top slot. Talking about the preparation, use the first 1 month to strengthen your concepts coupled with a lot of practice. Come up with your own shortcuts & tricks in all the sections.  And as highlighted by the Mock Test’s analysis, put extra effort into improving on your weak areas.

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Practice, Practice & Practice

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Going this way, by the last week of December, all the concepts of the three sections would be clear for you and you would be ready with your own shortcuts. This would be exactly the right time to start taking Sectional & Mock Tests in a controlled environment so that you get to know how do you fare when you need to answer questions in a limited time.

Surprises! Are You Ready for Them?

Do you like surprises? Well! Like them or not, if they appear to you in the SBI Clerk Prelims, you need to make the most of it. Please be informed that if any question if of a new pattern to you, the same will be the case for other candidates as well. At this point in time, you should possess a calm composure and check what concept is the question trying to check. Having a cool mind and not getting overwhelmed in this situation will definitely help you. Keep practicing through Sectional & Mock Tests- sometimes they have questions of new patterns.

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Start Reading the Newspaper too

If you would have noticed, there’s hardly a difference of one and a half months between the dates of Prelims and Mains. We would strongly suggest you start reading an English newspaper for 45 minutes to 1 hour on a daily basis. This will not only increase your reading speed and vocabulary but will also subtly prepare you for the Mains Gen Awareness section.

SBI Clerk Prelims- Syllabus

For your convenience, we have listed the topics which need to be compulsorily prepared for this exam. Have a look:

English LanguageReasoning  AbilityNumerical  Ability
Cloze TestAlpha-numeric/ Alphabetical SeriesAge Problems
Correct UsageAnalogyAverage
Error SpottingAnalytical ReasoningBoats and Stream
Fillers – Single, DoubleBlood RelationsClock and Calendar Problems
Idioms and PhrasesCoded InequalitiesData Interpretation – Charts and Graphs: Line Graph, Bar Graph, Pie Chart; Tabular; Caselet; Mixed DI
Odd One OutCoding and DecodingData Sufficiency
One Word SubstitutionData SufficiencyDecimal and Fractions
Para  JumblesDirections and DistancesIndices and  Surds
Paragraph CompletionDouble Line-upLCM and H.C.F
Reading ComprehensionInequalityMensuration
Sentence ImprovementInput OutputMixture and Allegations
Synonyms/ AntonymsOrder and Ranking/DirectionNumber Series
Vocabulary based questionsPuzzles – Box based, Floor, Calendar, Day/Months based, etc.Number System
Word/Phrase ReplacementSchedulingPartnership
Seating Arrangement– Linear, Circular, Facing Inside/Outside, MixedPercentage
Statement and ConclusionPermutation and Combination
Statement-Course of ActionPipes and Cisterns
SyllogismProbability
Profit, Loss and Discount
Quadratic Equations
Simple and Compound Interest
Simplification & Approximation

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SBI Clerk Prelims- List of Books

Quantitative Aptitude Section

Name of BookAuthor/ Publisher
Quicker MathsM.Tyra, K.Kundan (Magical Book Series)
Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive ExaminationsR.S Aggarwal (S.Chand Publisher)
Data InterpretationArun Sharma (TMH Publication)
Topic-wise Solved Papers for IBPS/SBI PO/Clerk Prelims/Mains Quantitative AptitudeDisha Experts

Reasoning Ability Section

Name of BookAuthor/ Publisher
Test of ReasoningEdgar Thorpe
A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal ReasoningR.S Aggarwal (S.Chand Publisher)
Bank Clerk Reasoning Chapter-wise Solved Papers 2003 – Till DateKiran Prakashan
Analytical ReasoningMK Pandey

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English Language Section

Name of BookAuthor/ Publisher
Objective English 6th EditionEdgar Thorpe (Pearson)
Word Power Made EasyNorman Lewis (Penguin)
Objective General EnglishS.P Bakshi (Arihant)
From Plinth to ParamountNeetu Singh (KD Publication)

We hope that this article will be of help to you during your SBI Clerk Prelims preparation. Remember, there is no substitute for practice. Keep practising via Sectional & Mock Tests and keep track of your performance along with putting extra effort into your weak areas.

Wishing you all the best for your preparation!

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