SBI Clerk exam notification has been released recently and according to it the SBI Clerk exam 2019 Prelims exam is going to be held in the month of June. Candidates who are applying for SBI Clerk exam this year must start seriously preparing for it from now onwards since there’s hardly 2 months left for the exam to take place. The SBI Clerk vacancies for this year is more than 8000 which means there is a huge scope for a huge number of candidates to crack the exam.
SBI Clerk Notification 2019
| Name of the Organization | State Bank Of India |
| Job Role | Junior Associate |
| Job Category | Clerical Cadre Officer |
| Vacancies | 8593 |
| Job Location | Across India |
| Start Date | 12th Apr 2019 |
| Last date | 3rd May 2019 |
| Apply Mode | Online |
| Official Website | www.sbi.co.in |
| SBI Clerk Exam Date | June 2019 |
SBI Clerk 2019 Official Notification PDF
SBI Clerk 2019 – Eligibility Criteria
Educational Qualification
Candidates applying for SBI Clerk recruitment should be a graduate from a recognized university / Board.
Age Limit
The candidate should not below 20 years and not above 28 years at the date of 01st Apr 2019
Age Relaxation
| Sr. No. | Category | Age Relaxation |
| 1 | SC/ST | 5 years |
| 2 | OBC | 3 years |
| 3 | PWD (Gen/EWS) | 10 years |
| 4 | PWD (SC/ST) | 15 years |
| 5 | PWD (OBC) | 13 years |
SBI Clerk Exam 2019 Application Process
SBI Clerk Exam Centres
| North India | South India | East India | West India |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agra | Bengaluru | Agartala | Ahmedabad |
| Allahabad | Chennai | Balasore | Aurangabad |
| Amritsar | Coimbatore | Behrampur (Ganjam) | Bhopal |
| Bareilly | Gulbarga | Bhubaneshwar | Indore |
| Chandigarh | Hyderabad | Dhanbad | Jabalpur |
| Dehradun | Kavaratti | Guwahati | Jaipur |
| Gorakhpur | Kochi | Hubli | Jodhpur |
| Jammu | Madurai | Kolkata | Mumbai |
| Kanpur | Mangalore | Muzaffarpur | Nagpur |
| Karnal | Mysore | Patna | Panaji (Goa) |
| Lucknow | Port Blair | Ranchi | Pune |
| Ludhiana | Puducherry | Sambalpur | Raipur |
| New Delhi | Thiruchirapalli | Shillong | Rajkot |
| Patiala | Thiruvananthapuram | Siliguri | Vadodara |
| Rohtak | Vijaywada | Tirupati | |
| Shimla | Vishakhapatnam | ||
| Varanasi |
SBI Clerk Exam Pattern
Prelims Exam Pattern
| Section | Total Questions | Max. Marks | Duration |
| English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| Numerical ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Reasoning ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 1 hour |
Main Exam Pattern
| Section | No. of Questions | Max. Marks | Duration |
| General/Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | 35 minutes |
| General English | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 45 minutes |
| Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude | 50 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| Total | 190 | 200 | 2 Hours 40 Minutes |
SBI Clerk Preparation Books
The SBI Clerk exam pattern explains that you need to prepare for 3 sections for the SBI Clerk Prelims Test. The sections are English Language, Numeric Ability and Reasoning Ability. To prepare for these sections, candidates need to get hold of good books that will help them cover the entire Prelims exam syllabus.
So, here are a few books suggested to cover each section of the SBI Prelims exams. Candidates can prepare for their exam using these books and score well to qualify for the SBI Clerk Main exam.
| Sr. No. | Sections | Books | Author | Publisher |
| 1 | English Language | Objective English 4th Edition | Edgar Thorpe | Pearson |
| Word Power Made East | Norman Lewis | Penguin | ||
| 2 | Numeric Ability | Fast Track Objective Arithmetic | Rajesh Verma | Arihant |
| Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examination 17th Edition | R.S. Aggarwal | S.Chand | ||
| 3 | Reasoning Ability | Test of Reasoning | Edgar Thorpe | Pearson |
| A Modern Approach to Verbal and Nonverbal Reasoning | R.S. Aggarwal | S.Chand |
In addition to studying these books for SBI Clerk Prelims exam preparation, candidates should also practice mock tests to boost the preparation process and improve their time management skills.
SBI Clerk Mock Test Combo | SBI Clerk Prelim Mock Test |
SBI Clerk Main Mock Test
