SBI Clerk 2017 : Selection Process, Eligibility, Exam Pattern, Cut-offs, Job Profile & Salary

The State Bank of India conducts the SBI Clerk Exam, every year for the posts of (i) Junior Associate (Customer Support & Sales) (ii) Junior Agricultural Associates in clerical cadre. This is one of the highly reputed exams of the country and is also one of the most competitive ones. The official notification of the SBI Clerk Exam – 2017 is expected to be released soon.

In this post, we bring to you all that you need to know about the SBI Clerk exam. Note that the data is as per last year’s official notification.

Note: This is tentative as there is still no clarity whether there will be a recruitment drive this year or not. We will update once there is confirmation.

SBI Clerk Exam 2017: Selection Process & Exam Pattern

The selection process consists of the following stages:-

• Preliminary Exam
• Main Exam
• Interview
• Test of Local Language: Those who produce 10th standard mark sheet/certificate evidencing having studied official (local) language will not be subjected to any Language test. Incase of others, language test is conducted at the time of interview (if the interview is held) /before final selection (if the interview is not held). Candidates not found to be proficient in official and/or local language would be disqualified. 

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The exam pattern for each stage is:-

SBI Clerk Exam: PRELIMS

SECTION	NO OF QUESTIONS	TOTAL MARKS	DURATION (IN MINS)
English Language	30	30	60 mins
Numerical Ability	35	35
Reasoning Ability	35	35
Total	100	100

 

SBI Clerk Exam: MAINS

SECTION	NO OF QUESTIONS	TOTAL MARKS	DURATION (IN MINS)
General / Financial Awareness	40	40	35
Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	45
Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude	50	60	45
General English	40	40	35
Total	190	200	160

• There will be negative marks for wrong answers in the Objective tests. 1/4th mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.
• Note that both sectional and overall cutoffs apply.

SBI Clerk Exam 2017: Eligibility Criteria

• Junior Associates: Graduation in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government. 
• Junior Agricultural Associates: Graduation in Agriculture or Agriculture allied activities from a Government recognized university/Institute.
• Age limit is 20 – 28 years. This is relaxed for various categories as per regulations.

SBI Clerk Exam 2017: Previous Year’s Cutoff Marks

SBI Clerk Prelims Sectional Cutoffs 

Subject	Total Marks	Cut Off for General	Cut off for SC/ST/OBC
English Language	30	6.75	3.25
Numerical Ability	35	5.5	2
Reasoning Ability	35	7.75	3.25

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SBI Clerk 2016 Mains Sectional Cutoffs

Sections	Total Marks	General	SC/ST/OBC
General/Financial Awareness	50	13.5	9.5
General English	40	14.25	10.25
Quantitative Aptitude	50	14.5	11.25
Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude	60	24	19

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SBI Clerk Mains 2016 Overall Cutoff Marks (Statewise)

States	Cut off marks (out of 200)
	SC	ST	OBC	Gen
Madhya Pradesh	100.8	76.25	122.8	130.3
Uttar Pradesh	103.00	81.5	120.5	132.3
West Bengal	105.5	86.75	110.8	131.00
Bihar	98.25	80.5	123	130.25
Uttarakhand	102.3	105.5	116.8	133.5
Delhi & Haryana	118.25	76.25	120.50	138.00
Gujarat	112.75	80.00	112.00	122.5
Telangana	102.00	99.5	119.00	123.25
Punjab	104.75		118.75	138.5
Maharashtra	123.50	117.25	82.50	115.25
Meghalaya	88.00		103.75	125.25
Andhra Pradesh				128.5
Arunachal Pradesh		87.00		119.25
Jharkhand				127.00
Himachal Pradesh	106.00	112.00	119.50	133.5
Nagaland				115.8
Karnataka	86.25	86.5	110.75	117.50
Kerala				135.8
Rajasthan	114.75	86.25	132.5	136.00
Tamil Nadu	101.50	89.00	117.00	120.25
Assam				124.5
Tripura	114.76	76.25	114.00	123.25
Chhattisgarh	90.00	72.25	117.25	121.75

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SBI Clerk Exam 2017: Job Profile and Responsibilities

A bank clerk is the first point of contact for any customer to address his inquiries and to provide guidance. As an SBI Clerk, you will have the following responsibilities:-

1. Customer Interaction: Handling doubts and queries
2. Verification and signing of documents, countersigning and clearing cheques and drafts
3. Back-office work like ledger maintenance, balance tallying, data entry

*Note that the above list is not exhaustive or definitive and is meant to give you an idea of what the job would be like.

SBI Clerk Exam 2017: Salary & Perks

The pay-scale of an SBI Clerk is:

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• The total starting emoluments of a Clerical Cadre employee payable at Metro like Mumbai will be around Rs.20950.00 per month inclusive of D.A. and other allowances at the current rate.
• These figures may depend as per the location of posting.
• The perks are: – Provident Fund, Gratuity, Pension under New Pension Scheme (Defined Contribution Benefit Scheme), Medical, Leave fare and other facilities

Hope this helps.

All the best!