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SBI Pharmacist Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2021
The State Bank of India (SBI) has released all the official information about the latest SBI Pharmacist Syllabus and
Exam Pattern 2021 in the official notification of the SBI Pharmacist Recruitment Examination. Candidates can easily
get all the relevant information about both the SBI Pharmacist Syllabus and the SBI Pharmacist Exam Pattern either
from the official website of the State Bank of India or from this article itself.
The latest SBI Pharmacis| Recruitment Notification has been released to fill up the required 67 posts of
Pharmacist in SBI under the Clerical Cadre.
As per the latest SBI Pharmacist Selection Process, all the applicants who filled the online application
form need to go through two stages of recruitment, that is, online written examination and the interview.
The official notification clearly states that only those candidates who will pass the initial stage of the
exam, that is, the online written examination will qualify further for the interview stage.
The official SBI Pharmacist Results and the final merit list will be prepared on the basis of the marks
scored by the candidates in both stages of the recruitment process.
Hence, itis very important for all the applicants to have complete knowledge about the official SBI
Pharmacist Syllabus and Exam Pattern.
In this article, we have mentioned all the relevant information about the SBI Pharmacist Syllabus and Exam Pattern,
All the serious applicants are strongly suggested to go through each section of this article to avoid any confusion in
the future.
Download SBI Pharmacist Syllabus and Exam Pattern PDF here.
SBI Pharmacist Syllabus 2021
As per the official notification, the SBI Pharmacist online recruitment examination will include only one paper. The
scheduled online written test will include questions from different subjects like General English, General Awareness,
Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, and Professional Knowledge. The complete topic wise SBI Pharmacist
Syllabus for each subject is mentioned in detail in the following table:
Sr | Subject SBI Pharmacist Syllabus (Topic Wise)
No.General English
Reading comprehension
Fillers (Double fillers, Multiple Sentence Fillers, Sentence Fillers)
New Pattern Cloze Test
Phrase Replacement
(Odd Sentence Out cum Para Jumbles
Inference
Sentence Completion
Connectors
Paragraph Conclusion
Phrasal Verb Related Questions
Error Detection Questions
Word usage/ Vocabulary Based Questions.
General
Awareness
Banking and Insurance Awareness
Financial Awareness
Government Schemes and Policies
Current Affairs
Static AwarenessQuantitative
Aptitude
Data Interpretation (Bar Graph, Line Chart, Tabular, Case let, Radar / Web,
Pie Chart)
Inequalities (Quadratic Equations, Quantity 1 / Quantity 2)
Number Series
Approximation and Simplification
Data Sufficiency
Arithmetic Topics:
HCF and LCM
Profit and Loss
SI&CI
Problem on Ages
Work and Time
Speed Distance and Time
Probability
Mensuration
Permutation and Combination
Average
Ratio and Proportion
Partnership
Problems on Boats and Stream
Problems on Trains
Mixture and Alligation
Pipes and Cistemns, ete.4 Reasoning
Ability
Direction Sense
Coded Direction
Blood Relation
Syllogism
Order and Ranking
Coding-Decoding
Machine Input - Output
Inequalities
Coded Inequality
Alpha-Numerie Symbol Series
Alphabet Related Questions
Coded Coding-Decoding
Resultant and Coded Series
Data - Sufliciency
Input-Output or Coded Input - Output
Circular /Triangular /Rectangular / Square Seating Arrangement
Linear or Direction with Linear Seating Arrangement
Box Based Puzzles
Floor or Floor - Flat Based Puzzles
Comparison’ Categorized’ Uncertain’ Blood-Relation based Puzzles
Day/ Month’ Year’ Age Based Puzzle
i Professional
Knowledge
Pharmaceutical Chemistry: Acids, Bases, and Buffers, Antimicrobials, and
astringents, Pharmaceuticals organic compounds, Anaesthetics, Drugs, ete.
Pharmaceutics Section: Metrology, Prescriptions, Sterilization, Processing
of Tablets, Processing of Capsules
Pharmacognosy Section: Adulteration and Drug Evaluation, Pharmaceutical
Aids
Miscellaneous Drugs
Other Important Sections:
Human Anatomy and Physiology.
Health Education and Community Pharmacy
Toxicology and Pharmacology
Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence
Drug Store and Business Management
Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy.
Patient Compliance
Pharmacist Oath
SBI Pharmacist Exam Pattern 2021
As per the official notification, the SBI Pharmacist Selection Process includes two phases:Online Written Exam
Interview
Candidates who will outscore the required SP Pharmacist Cat O£" Marks of the initial online written test will
proceed further for the Interview phase. The final merit list of the selected candidates will be prepared on the basis of
the total marks gained by them in both Online Written Examination and Interview and their respective marks
weightage will be 40% and 60% for final selection. The complete details about the SBI Pharmacist Exam Pattem are
mentioned below:
e Written Examination
Sr.No. | Subjects Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Time Allotted
1 General Awareness 25 25 2 Hours
2 General English 25 25
3. General Aptitude 25 25
4. Reasoning Ability 25 2s
5 Professional knowledge | 50 100
Total 150 200
Alll the questions will be objective-based (Multiple Choice Questions Type)
Each question in the Professional Knowledge section will be of 2 marks and for the remaining sections,
each question will carry | mark.
‘There is no mention of negative marking criteria for the wrong attempted answers in the official
notification of the SBI Pharmacist Recruitment.
The time allotted for attempting all 150 questions will be 2 Hours.
Stage 2: Interview
As per the official notification, an adequate number of candidates who will pass the online written test will be called
further for the interview stage as decided by the SBI. The qualifying marks in the Interview stage will also be
determined by the SBL
How to Prepare for the SBI Pharmacist Recruitment Exam 2021?Candidates who have already filled the online application form and are waiting for further updates regarding the SBI
Pharmacist Online Written Exam must carry on their preparation and should utilize this time with full efficiency.
Applicants can follow these SEI Pharmacist Preparation Tips to score better in the upcoming exam:
Get complete knowledge about the official SBI Pharmacist Syllabus and Exam Pattern
Start preparing each topic from the syllabus and make self notes of it wherever required.
Go through some previous year's question papers to get a fair idea about the demands of the exam.
Do regular revision of everything you read.
Attempt multiple mock tests and practice questions set to check your preparation standards.
Analyze your performance in mock tests very carefully, identify your weak topics and work on them.
Do multiple revisions of all the topics you have prepared to gain more confidence in your preparation.
‘Along with the preparation for the online written exam, candidates must also keep preparing for the
Interview Stage.
Candidates must not wait for the SBI Pharmacist Results of the Online written examination and must
keep themselves mentally prepared for the Interview stage, as it has more weightage for selection in the
final merit list as compared to the online test.
Best Books for the SBI Pharmacist Recruitment Exam 2021
The selection of the relevant SBI Pharmacist Books and study materials is a must to score well in the upcoming SBI
Pharmacist Recruitment Examination. Candidates who have filled the online application form can opt for the top-
rated SBI Pharmacist Books mentioned in the following table:
Sr.No. Subjects | SBI Description of
Pharmacist | the Book
Books and
Authors /
Publications
1 General Objective This isa must-
English General read book for
English by S. | any aspirant
P. Bakshi who is having
issues with
grammar rules
and vocabulary.
General This book can
English for All | help aspirants
Competitive | enhance their
Exams by proficiency in
Arihant’s the English,
Publications | language.
English ‘This book is
Grammar and | written whileLampose
by S.C. Gupta
keeping in
mind the
requirements of
all competitive
exam aspirants,
Quantitative Quantitative | This book
Aptitude Aptitude for | covers all the
Competitive | basic
Exams by | mathematical
RS. concepts ina
Aggarwal | very fluent
way.
Quantitative The content of
Aptitude for this book is
CAT by very
Arun qualitative, it
Sharma covers many
mathematical
concepts in an
understandable
flow.
Fast Track This book is
Objective for those
‘Mathematics aspirants who
by Arihant's want to revisit
Publication all the
mathematical
concepts and
understand
each topic
from the
basics.
Logical
ReasoningHow to This book
Crack Test covers each
of chapter of
Reasoning logical
by Arihant reasoning in
Experts two sections,
that is, base
level and
expert level.
How to This book is
Prepare for helpful for
Logical those
Reasoning applicants who
for CAT by already have
Arn some basie
Sharma knowledge of
logical
reasoning and
are looking for
higher level
questions.
A Modern
Approach to
Logical
Reasoning
byR.S
Aggarwal
This book
can help
applicants
understand
different
concepts,
of logical
reasoning
in an easy
way.General
Awareness
Daily Current
Affairs
This alone can
cover all the
Articles of current affairs
Testbook and general
knowledge
sections for
most of the
competitive
exams if
followed
persistently.
Daily Regular
Newspaper reading of
Reading (The | newspapers
Hindu, The will not only
Indian help applicants
Express, in getting along
Economic with regular
Times, etc.) | current affairs
but also with
English
Comprehension
and
Vocabulary.
Any Monthly | This is
Current recommended
Affairs mainly for all
Magazine those
applicants who
cannot follow
the daily
current affairs
articles.3 Professional | Essentials of | This book
Knowledge | Medical covers all the
Pharmacology | topics related
byK.D to Medical
Tripathi Pharmacy that
can be asked in
the competitive
exams.
Piyush Drug | This book
Inspector and | extensively
Pharmacist covers all the
Entrance expected
Exam by questions,
Dhawan related to most
Publications. | of the
pharmacy-
related
competitive
exams.
Advanced This book has a
Entrance special
Guide for classification
Pharmacist for all
Exams by pharmacy
Birla related topics
Publications. | and covers all
the important
chapters with
relevant
questions.
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