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SBI Clerk is one of the most popular banking exams in India. Amongst all the Public Sector Banks of India, SBI is
the largest and one of the best banks in India. Every year, SBI releases vacancies for Junior Associates/Clerk
recruitment in branches across various states of India. 

Table of Contents

1. SBI Clerk Preparation Strategy

2. Subject-wise Preparation Tips
3. SBI Clerk Exam Pattern

3.1 Prelims

3.2 Mains
4. SBI Clerk Study Timetable
5. SBI Clerk Prelims Plan
6. SBI Clerk Mains Plan
7. SBI Clerk Conclusion
8. SBI Clerk FAQs
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SBI Clerk preparation requires a proper strategy and a well-thought-out study plan to ensure selection. In this
article, students will learn the best SBI Clerk preparation strategy, a 30-day Daily Study plan for SBI Clerk
preparation, SBI Clerk preparation material and much more.

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SBI Clerk 2022: Preparation Strategy and Study Tips

SBI Clerk will be one of the easiest exams to crack if students follow a proper preparation strategy. Following is a
good working strategy and tips that students can follow and optimize to crack the SBI Clerk 2022 exam:

Understand the exam pattern and syllabus well: SBI Clerk preparation starts with going through the exam
pattern and syllabus. Students should prepare each topic and sub-topic well to best prepare for the exam. 
Improve your question-solving speed: Most Banking exams are a race against time. Each section has a
fixed time, marks and number of questions. Students can only lessen their problem-solving time and improve
their accuracy through regular practice.
Solve as many varieties of questions as possible: It’s best to solve a variety of questions on each topic. It
will help students be more confident about their preparation for each topic. For example, solve as many
varieties of questions on DI to strengthen your preparation.
Study the current affairs daily: For the SBI Clerk, Mains exam, current affairs form a part of the General
Awareness section. Students should cover at least the last 6 months of banking current affairs for the SBI
Clerk exam.
Analyze the cutoffs: Students should go through the cutoffs for the past year's SBI Clerk exams to
understand how much they need to score to ensure their selection in the SBI Clerk exam. It will help
students monitor and grade their performance.
Understand the techniques and tricks of solving questions: The essence of scoring high in SBI Clerk is
understanding the techniques and tricks of solving questions. Various techniques to be learnt are-
elimination techniques, Vedic maths, multiplication techniques, puzzle techniques, etc.

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SBI Clerk 2022: Subject-wise Preparation Tips

The subject-wise preparation strategy for SBI Clerk is as follows:

1. Quantitative Aptitude: It is one of the most challenging sections of the SBI Clerk exam. Students can score
high marks in Quant through regular practice and learning the techniques. Solve at least 20 to 30 quant
questions to improve your speed.
2. Reasoning Ability: The puzzle is the most crucial topic in the reasoning section. Solve at least 2 to 3 puzzles
to improve your problem-solving speed. It’s to solve easier questions first and then move to puzzles in the
reasoning section.
3. English language: English is one of the most scoring sections of the SBI Clerk exam. The best way to
prepare for the English language section is to solve as many questions as possible. It will help students
improve their vocabulary as well.
4. General/ Financial Awareness: The best way to prepare for General is to start with current affairs. Students
can watch current affairs videos or go through Daily Current Affairs articles. After that, students should go
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SBI Clerk 2022: Exam Pattern
The SBI Clerk exam pattern is clearly outlined in the SBI Clerk notification. To properly prepare for the SBI Clerk
exam, students should go through SBI Clerk Prelims Syllabus 2022. The SBI Clerk Prelims and Mains exam
patterns are as follows:

SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern 

The detailed SBI Clerk Prelims exam pattern is as follows:

Section Name Total Questions Total Marks Duration Language medium

English Language 30 questions 30  20 minutes English

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Numerical Ability 35 questions 35  20 minutes English and Hindi

Reasoning Ability 35 questions 35  20 minutes

Total 100 Questions 100  60 minutes -

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SBI Clerk Mains Exam Pattern 2022

The detailed SBI Clerk Mains exam pattern is as follows:

SBI Clerk Mains Section  Total Time Total Type Language

Questions Marks medium

English Language 40 35 minutes 40 Objective English

Test
Quantitative Aptitude 50 45 minutes 50 English and
Hindi
Reasoning and Computer 50 45 minutes 60
Aptitude

General/ Economy/ Banking 50 35 minutes 50

Awareness

Total 190 2 hours 40 200 - -

minutes

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The Final merit (state-wise and category-wise) list is prepared on the basis of the marks obtained in the SBI Clerk
Mains exam. The selected candidates have to appear for the language test of the local language of the state they
have opted for. Passing which students are allocated their joining letters.
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SBI Clerk 2022: Study Timetable

Students should study at least 6 hours daily for the next 30 days for the SBI Clerk 2022 prelims exam. It is best to
give 1 to 2 hours for each subject and at least 2 hours for practising questions. It will take about 30 days of hard
work to cover all the relevant topics for SBI Clerk prelims, along with the necessary practice. 

After covering the syllabus, students should focus on General Awareness (GA) and give as many full-length
mocks as possible. Students should daily study GA for 3 hours, give at least 2 or 3 full-length mocks, and analyze
them to identify and correct the mistakes

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SBI Clerk Prelims 2022: 30-Day Daily Study Plan for Preparation
30 days is good enough even for average students to prepare for the SBI Clerk 2022 Prelims exam. Below is a
30-day daily Study plan for preparing for all the subjects of the SBI Clerk 2022 prelims exam:

SBI Clerk 2022 Preparation: 30 Days Study Plan

Day  Reasoning  Quantitative Aptitude English

Day 1 Inequality Algebra, Number System Rules of Tenses,

Day 2 Syllogism  Calculation techniques, Rules of Tenses

Vedic Math
Average
Day 3 Rules of Verb, Adverb, Adjectives

Day 4 Data Sufficiency Square Root, Cube Root Rules of Noun, Pronoun, Articles
Ratio & Proportion
Percentage
Day 5 Reasoning Synonyms and Antonyms
Analogy

Day 6 Simplification Idioms and Phrases

Day 7  Revision and Practice Questions

Day 8 Direction Pipes and cisterns Rules of the preposition,

Problems on Ages and conjunction, etc.
trains
Day 9 Order and
Ranking

Day 10 Number Series Error Spotting

Probability 
Day 11 Seating
Arrangement
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Day 13

Day 14 Revision and Practice Questions

Day 15 Input- Mixture and allegation Para Jumbles

Output
Mirror
Day 16 Image

Day 17 Linear Seating  Profit and Loss Sentence Improvement,

errors
Sentence formation
Day 18  Simple Interest and Compound
Interest

Day 19 Circular Sentence rearrangement

arrangement
Day 20 Time, distance and speed

Day 21 Revision and Practice Questions

Day 22 Blood relation Data interpretation Fillers

Charts
Day 23 Coding- Caselet DI Reading Comprehension
Decoding Vocabulary

Day 24 Puzzle

Day 25 

Day 26

Day 27

Day 28 Revision and Practise questions

Day 29 Full Revision Full Revision Full Revision

Day 30

Till Prelims Practise at least 2-3 full-length mock daily.

exam Study General Awareness daily for at least 2 - 3 hours.

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SBI Clerk Mains 2022: Preparation Strategy
After the SBI Clerk Prelims exam, students will have around a month for the SBI Clerk Mains exam. The syllabus
for Prelims and Mains is the same; only General Awareness and computer aptitude are extra in the SBI Clerk
Mains exam. 

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Students should give at least 3 hours daily for General Awareness and Computer Aptitude preparation. Questions
on topics like DI, Caselet DI, Puzzles and comprehension should be regularly practised.

At least 3 hours should be dedicated daily for full-length mock practice and analysis. The more the students
practise full-length mocks, the better will be their performance in the SBI Clerk Mains exam.

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SBI Clerk 2022: General Awareness

Below are important General Awareness topics and PDFs for SBI Clerk 2022 Mains:

SBI Clerk General Awareness Topic SBI Clerk Study Material PDF

Current Affairs  Current Affairs of Banking Exam

Daily current Affairs Videos

Important Abbreviations - Banking & Finance Abbreviations of Banking and Finance

Indian Economy and Banking Sector  Economics NCERT for UPSC

Indian Economy Notes
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Banking Sector
 History of banking in India
Banking Sector in India
Types of Banks
Regional Rural Banks
RBI Act 1935
State Cooperative banks
Primary Agricultural Credit Societies
Nationalisation of Banks

Schemes Government Schemes in India

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SBI Clerk Computer Aptitude 2022

Below is the important topics and PDFs for the Computer Aptitude section of SBI Clerk 2022 Mains:

SBI Clerk Computer Aptitude Topic SBI Clerk Study Material PDF

Windows operating system basics Fundamentals of Computer

Basic Functionalities of MS Office MS Office Application & its Functions

Database Basics Types, History, Functions of DBMS

Security Tools Security Tools, Types of Attack

Basics of Hardware Meaning, Types of Hardware

Basics of software Meaning, Types of Software

Internet Terms Different Internet Terms

Basics of Hacking Hacking, Types of Hackers

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Conclusion
SBI Clerk is one of the most awaited banking exams. With only limited time in hand, students should best use the
above study to easily clear SBI Clerk 2022 exam.

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