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 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 |
- There will be a section-wise time limit.
- There will be negative marking for wrong answers in the Objective tests. 1/4th marks will be deducted for every wrong answer.
- There is no sectional cutoff.
|
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 |
- The online test will be bilingual, available in both English and Hindi languages except for the English section.
- There will be negative marking for wrong answers (1/4th mark will be deducted).
- Vocabulary
- Grammar
- Reading Comprehension
- Verbal Ability
- There are questions on the following topics in the prelims exam.
- Error Spotting
- Phrase Replacement
- 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.
- Reading Comprehension is scoring, easy to Solve topic. High Accuracy Possible if you prepare well.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Practice one comprehension question daily. Constant practice will help you achieve accuracy and minimize the time required.
- 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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