How to Prepare English for SBI Clerk 2021- Tricks


 SBI Clerk 2021 has released its notification online for the post for Junior Associates or Clerk in the month of April. SBI Clerk Recruitment was released on its official website for a total of 5237 vacancies. If you are appearing for the SBI Clerk Exam, thorough preparation is the key to stay ahead in the competition. You need to focus more on the English Section so that it will be easy to manage within the given time. This article will be helpful for you in preparation for English for SBI Clerk 2021 . Read this article to get the expert strategy for the preparation of Vocabulary, Grammar, Reading Comprehension, Verbal Ability, and other topics in English.

SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern 2021
SBI successfully is expected to conduct the Preliminary exam for the post of Clerk in June 2021. Prelims is an online exam consisting of Objective questions for 100 marks. It has a duration of 1 hour duration and has 3 Sections as follows:

Serial No.

Section

No. of Question

Total Marks

Duration

1

English Language

30

30

20 minutes

2

Numerical Ability

35

35

20 minutes

3

Reasoning

35

35

20 minutes

 

Total

100

100

60 minutes

  1. There will be a section-wise time limit.
  2. There will be negative marking for wrong answers in the Objective tests. 1/4th marks will be deducted for every wrong answer.
  3. There is no sectional cutoff.
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern 2021
No. of candidates equal to approximately 10 times the numbers of vacancies will be called for the Mains exam. The SBI Clerk Main exam will consist of an online objective test consisting of 200 questions. Each section will be allocated a time duration if the time gets over then you will be automatically directed to the next section. There is no sectional Cut Off for the SBI Clerk Mains.

Name of Section

No. of Qs          

Marks

Duration

General/ Financial Awareness

50

50

35 minutes

General English

40

40

35 minutes

Quantitative Aptitude

50

50

45 minutes

Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude

50

60

45 minutes

TOTAL

190

200

2 hours 40 min


Point to be Remembered:
  1. The online test will be bilingual, available in both English and Hindi languages except for the English section.
  2. There will be negative marking for wrong answers (1/4th mark will be deducted).
Topics of English for SBI Clerk Exam 2021
The English section for the SBI Clerk exam can be broadly divided into 4 parts:
  1. Vocabulary
  2. Grammar
  3. Reading Comprehension
  4. Verbal Ability
There are 40 questions in the English section of the Prelims Exam.
So in the time leading up to the SBI Clerk Prelims exam, make sure you practice Vocabulary, Grammar thoroughly. Also, familiarize yourself with how to solve Reading Comprehension and Verbal Ability question
How to Practice Grammar in English for SBI Clerk?
  • There are questions on the following topics in the prelims exam.
  1. Error Spotting
  2. Phrase Replacement
  3. Fill in the Blanks (double blanks type)
  • Around 5-10 questions in the paper will be from Grammar. The topics include basic grammar ones like Tenses, Articles, Prepositions, Degrees of Comparison, Subject-Verb Agreement, Conjunctions, Parts of Speech etc.
  • Most questions will test you on basic grammar rules so these need to be revised.
How to Tackle Reading Comprehension in SBI Clerk?
  1. Reading Comprehension is scoring, easy to Solve topic. High Accuracy Possible if you prepare well.
  2. The passage can either be based on a (moral) story or on topics like banking and economy, social issues, business, etc. The questions will be directly based on the content of the passage. But you must be alert while choosing the correct option as the options sometimes are very similar.
  3. The questions will be mainly fact-based and vocabulary-based. Some questions can also be asked on the main idea while some will ask you to draw inferences.
  4. Though the passages are short, the habit of reading fast and understanding the intent of the passage needs to be developed to minimize the time and maximize the output.
  5. Practice one comprehension question daily. Constant practice will help you achieve accuracy and minimize the time required.
  6. Previous year’s papers will give you a fair idea about the difficulty level of questions. So be sure to solve the grammar section from these papers and evaluate your performance.
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