The State Bank of India (SBI) has released the notification for the recruitment of Junior Associates (Customer Support & Sales). SBI has made 8000 vacancies available for the recruitment of clerks in 2020 recruitment cycle. In this blog, SBI Clerk 2020 notification, we will be discussing the important dates related to exams and the application process. The dates mentioned here will be tentative as indicated by the authorities in the official notification. We will update the accurate date once they are officially out. Let’s start with the blog to know further details:
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SBI Clerk 2020 Notification – Important Dates
| IMPORTANT EVENT | DATE (TENTATIVE) |
| SBI Clerk 2020 Online registration starts | 03rd Jan 2020 |
| SBI Clerk 2020 Online registration ends | 26th Jan 2020 |
| SBI Clerk Prelims Admit Card | 11th Feb 2020 |
| Preliminary exam | 22nd Feb, 23rd Feb, 29th Feb, 1st March and 8th March 2020 |
| Preliminary exam results | March 2020 |
| The release of the Main exam admit card | April 2020 |
| Main exam | 19th April 2020 |
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SBI Clerk 2020 Notification – Vacancy
SBI has announced a total of 8000 vacancies for the post of Junior Associate, out of these 7870 are for the regular recruitment and 130 are for Special Recruitment Drive for Chandigarh and North-East circle.
| Category | No. of Vacancies |
| General | 3447 |
| EWS | 790 |
| OBC | 1803 |
| SC | 1214 |
| ST | 746 |
| Total | 8000 |
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SBI Clerk 2020 Notification – Eligibility Criteria
- Essential Academic Qualifications: (As on 01.01.2020) Graduation in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by Central Government. Candidates having integrated dual degree (IDD) certificate should ensure that the date of passing the IDD is on or before 01.01.2020.
- Those who are in the final year/ semester of their Graduation may also apply provisionally subject to the condition that, if provisionally selected, they will have to produce proof of having passed the graduation examination on or before 01.01.2020.
- Age: 20-28 Years (born not earlier than 02/01/1992 and not later than 01/01/2000)
SBI Junior Associate Recruitment 2020 – Exam Pattern
The Selection Process for the SBI Clerk includes 2 stages as mentioned below:
- Preliminary Round
- Mains Round
These 2 rounds will be followed by a local language test which is to be held prior to selection. We have discussed this in our blog, further.
SBI Clerk 2020 Prelims Exam Pattern
| SECTION | NUMBER OF QUESTIONS | MARKS | DURATION |
| English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 60 minutes |
*1/4th of mark assigned for question will be deducted for each wrong answer
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SBI Clerk 2020 Mains Exam Pattern
| SECTION | NUMBER OF QUESTIONS | MARKS | DURATION |
| English Language | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 45 minutes |
| Computer and Reasoning Ability | 50 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| General/ Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | 35 minutes |
| Total | 190 | 200 | 2 hours 40 minutes |
*1/4th of mark assigned for question will be deducted for each wrong answer
SBI Clerk 2020 – Local Language Test
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 the 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.
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SBI Clerk 2020 Recruitment – Salary Details
PAY SCALE: Rs.11765-655/ 3-13730-815/ 3-16175-980/ 4-20095-1145/ 7-28110-2120/ 1-30230-1310/1-31450. The starting Basic Pay is Rs.13075/- (Rs11765/- plus two advance increments admissible to graduates)
EMOLUMENTS: The total starting emoluments of a Clerical Cadre employee payable at Metro like Mumbai will be around Rs.26,000/- per month inclusive of D.A., other allowances at the current rate and two additional increments for newly recruited graduate junior associates. Allowances may vary depending upon the place of posting. They will be eligible for reimbursement of various perquisites, provident fund, Pension under New Pension Scheme (Defined Contribution Benefit), Medical, Leave-Fare, and other facilities, as per instructions of the Bank as may be issued from time to time.
SBI Clerk 2020 Notification – Application Fees
The application fees for the recruitment of clerk in SBI in 2020, will be as mentioned below for different categories:
| Category | Fee Intimation Charges |
| SC/ST/PWD/XS | Nil |
| General/OBC/EWS | 750/- |
SBI Clerk 2020 – Exam Centres
SBI Clerk exam will be held in one of the below centres for the choices as filled by the candidates for their respective regions. Candidates will have to choose one of the below centres while filling up the form. The admit card will be made available accordingly.
| 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 |
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SBI Clerk 2020 Recruitment – Check Official Notification Here
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That is all from us in this blog, SBI Clerk 2020 recruitment. Please keep checking the space for more updates and exam related contents. We will keep updating the blog with more details and information as soon as they are officially announced by the SBI.
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