Is It Difficult To Crack SBI Clerk Mains Exam?

The competitive written examination of SBI Clerk Mains exam will comprise of 200 marks and will have four sections - English, General/Financial Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning and Computer Ability. The candidates who qualify for SBI Clerk Prelims exam will be entitled to appear in SBI Clerk Mains exam. 

The syllabus for SBI Clerk Mains Exam will be similar to that of SBI Clerk Prelims Exam. The students might face challenges in recently introduced sections like Computer Knowledge and General Awareness. The syllabus of Financial Awareness can be primarily divided into two sections- Current Affairs (National/ International Current Affairs, Economy current affairs) and Static Affairs (Banking Theory, Banking Awareness)

Therefore, it is presumed that candidates should be competently knowledgeable about all aspects of banking and financial world. To attain utmost proficiency, students should become regular reader of financial newspapers like “The Economic Times”, where they can read and learn significant facts of Indian and World financial world through various articles and blogs. In addition, the students should be well-versed with important financial terms like GDP, Repo Rate, Reverse Repo Rate, inflation etc. and news related to them.

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 In this fluctuating business scenario, students should lay stress on topics or news related to RBI & It’s Role, RBI’s Main Function, Banks in India, Policy Rates, Currency in India, Nationalization of Banks, NBFC, Accounts in Banks, ATMs, Non Performing Assets & SARFAESI Act, about DICGC, Financial Inclusion, Types of Money/ Notes, Priority Sector Lending, Important Banking Terms, Important Codes in Banking, Taglines of Banks, Head Quarters of Banks etc.

Furthermore, they can also take help of informative magazines like “Competition Success Review” and Android Apps and websites like “Money Control” or “Value Research Online”. It will update you about every minute details related to banking and financial world.

It should be carefully noted that Computer Aptitude section is connected with Reasoning Section. The total marks of this section are 50. For a promising score in the exam, students should work hard on topics like basic knowledge of Computer and its history, Operating Systems, Input- output Devices, Software hardware devices, MS Office and its various features like Word, Excel, Power point etc., various latest technologies in Computer related to banking and insurance industry, Networks like LAN, MAN and WAN, Security Terminologies like Antivirus, firewall, hackers etc.

In Quantitative Aptitude Section, candidate’s analytical and logical abilities will be tried and tested. In last few years, it has become “toughest section” of all as examiners have challenged aspirants with varied exam patterns where difficulty level of questions has been raised substantially. For effective preparation, students should sincerely prepare topics like Decimal and Fractions, Simplification, Percentages, Ratio and Proportion, Averages, Interest (Simple and Compound), Profit and Loss, Time and distance, Problems on Sharing, Number Series, Frequency polygon, Bar-diagram, Pie-chart. To score well in this section, students are supposed to work hard on speed of answering and accuracy. It is because they will be given a time limit of only 20 minutes to solve questions of this section. Besides learning shortcuts and tricks, the students should work hard on learning basics of every topic to solve complex questions.

In English section, students should enhance their grammatical, reading and vocabulary skills to perfection. The students will be challenged in questions from topics like Errors, Comprehension, Cloze Test, Phrase Replacement, Spot the Error, Fill in the Blanks, Sentence Correction, Cloze Passage, Comprehension Passage, Sentence Rearrangement etc.

For promising results, students are highly advised to join any of the reputed SBI Clerk Online Coaching institutes. It is because they deliver a well compiled package of study material, effective online video classes and above all set of mock tests, which are best source of self-analysis and improvement. Do prepare a strategy and work accordingly to score well in the exam.

All the Best!!!