SBI Clerk Syllabus 2018 and Important Topics Section Wise

• Tables.
• Pie – Charts.
• Bar Graphs.
• Data Analysis.
• Line Graphs.
• Case lets.
• Combined data sets.
• Probability/ Series.
• Roots.
• Average.
• Ratio.
• Time & work.
• Time & separation.
• Rate.
• Benefit & loss.
• Mixture.
• Stocks & shares.
• Partnership.
• Clocks.
• Volume.
• Surface area.
• Height & distances.
• Permutation & combination.
• Simple & compound interest.
• Equations and probability.
• Number System
• Simplification
• Surds & Indices
• Percentages
• Partnership
• Chain rule
• Pipes & Cisterns
• Time & Distances
• Problems on trains
• Boats & streams
• Allegation & mixtures
• mensuration
• permutations& combinations

• Syllogism.
• Seating Arrangement – Circular table and Line (North & South).
• Puzzle.
• Blood Relation.
• Inequality or Decision Making.
• Data Sufficiency.
• Logical Reasoning.
• Input-Output.
• Number series.
• Statement and Argument.
• Passage and conclusion.
• Coding and decoding.
• Order and ranking.
• Making Judgments.

• Reading Comprehension
• Scoring, easy to solve, high accuracy possible
• Weightage: 10-15 (likely 1 passage of 10 questions, including 4-5 questions on vocabulary)

Topics to focus on: Moral Stories in Indian Context or otherwise, Banking and Economy, Business, Social Issues. Vocabulary based questions include synonyms, antonyms and meanings of phrases. Theme and main idea based questions like tone/ style/ title/ theme of the passage.

• Fill in the Blanks
• Scoring, easy to solve, high accuracy possible
• Weightage: 5 questions

Focus: Double blanks (Two blanks in one sentence). Could be grammar based or vocabulary based. Vocab based tests knowledge of words. Grammar based tests knowledge of tenses, prepositions, conjunctions, verbs to mention a few.

• Para Jumbles
• Scoring, moderately time consuming, high accuracy possible
• Weightage: 5 questions

Focus: Usually 6 Sentences to be rearranged, Questions based on this single set. Options will tell you if you’re on the right track. The passage is usually a story in the Indian context.

• Cloze Test
• Scoring, moderately time consuming, high accuracy possible
• Weightage: 5-10 (1 passage with 5 or 10 blanks)

Focus: Passage could be on any topic, but special emphasis is given on stories. Words are usually easy to moderate but keep your eyes open for that tough word. Understanding of the context will help you score easily. Sometimes the blank might require a word that will test the knowledge of grammar.

• Error Spotting
• Moderately scoring, moderate accuracy possible, moderately time Consuming
• Weightage: 5 questions

Focus: Could be either grammar or vocabulary based. Avoid guessing too much in these questions.

Important Topics: Tenses, Subject-Verb Agreement, Article-Noun Agreement, Correct Part of Speech, Correct use of Prepositions, Parallelism, Phrasal Verbs, Easily Confusable Words, Contextual Usage, Sentence Construction, Degree of Comparison

• Phrase Replacement/Sentence Correction
• Moderately scoring, moderate accuracy possible, moderately time Consuming
• Weightage: 5 questions

Focus: Mostly grammar based. Avoid guessing too much in these questions.

• Numerical Ability
• Simplification
• Scoring, easy to solve, less time consuming, high accuracy possible
• Weightage: 5-10 Questions

Focus: Questions on BODMAS Rule, Approximate Rule, Fractions, Decimals, Surds & Indices, Percentages.

• Number Series
• Scoring, easy to solve, less time consuming, high accuracy possible
• Weightage: 3-5 Questions

Focus: Problems on completing the series, finding the missing Term, finding the wrong term.

• Average
• Scoring, easy to solve, less time consuming, high accuracy possible
• Weightage: 1-2 Questions

Focus: Problems on Average Weight/Height/Age/Marks etc.

• Interest
• Scoring, easy to solve, less time consuming, high accuracy possible
• Weightage: 1-2 Questions

Focus: Simple Interest, Compound Interest and Mixed problems of simple and compound interest.

• Mensuration
• Scoring, easy to solve, less time consuming, high accuracy possible
• Weightage: 1-2 Questions

Focus: Questions on areas of square, rectangle, circle, semicircle and parallelogram, Cone, Cylinder asked in the past.

• Percentage
• Scoring, easy to solve, less time consuming, high accuracy possible
• Weightage: 1-2 Questions

Focus: Calculation oriented basic percentage problems.

• Ratio and Proportion
• Scoring, easy to solve, less time consuming, high accuracy possible
• Weightage: 1-2 Questions

Focus: Problems on Simple Ratios, Componendo and Dividendo, Compound Ratio etc.

• Algebra
• Scoring, Easy if concepts clear and steps followed, Could be Tricky, Time Consuming
• Weightage: 3-5 Questions

Focus: Problems with 2-3 statements and 2-3 conclusions. Questions could be asked on whether the conclusions follow or not. Or Linear Equations questions based on ages may be asked.

• Profit and Loss
• Scoring, easy if concepts clear and steps followed, Could be Tricky, Time Consuming
• Weightage: 0-2 Questions

Focus: Questions on Successive Selling, Partnerships, Discount & MP. Problems can also be asked on Dishonest Dealings.

• Time, Speed and Distance
• Scoring, easy if concepts clear and steps followed, Could be Tricky, Time Consuming
• Weightage: 1-2 Questions

Focus: Problems on Relative Speed, Average Speed and Crossing Trains. Questions can also be asked about Boat and Stream.

• Data Interpretation
• Scoring, easy if concepts clear and steps followed, Could be Tricky, Time Consuming
• Weightage: 0-5 Questions

Focus: Can include questions involving Line Graphs, Bar Graphs, Pie Charts, Tables and other miscellaneous info graphics.

• Time and Work
• Tricky or Tough, More Time Consuming, Lesser Chance of Accurate Solving
• Weightage: 1-2 Questions

Focus: Problems on Work Efficiency, Pipe & Cistern, Work and Wages.

• Permutation and Combination
• Tricky or tough, more time consuming, lesser chance of accurate solving
• Weightage: 1-2 Questions

Focus: Basic Selection and Arrangement Problems.

• Mixture Problems
• Very Tricky/Tough, More Time Consuming, Less likely to appear in the paper
• Weightage: 0-1 Questions

Focus: Problems on making a mixture of two or more entities/mixtures.

• Probability
• Very Tricky/Tough, more time consuming, less likely to appear in the paper
• Weightage: 0-1 Questions

Focus: Very basic problems on probability.

• Number System
• Very Tricky/Tough, more time consuming, less likely to appear in the paper
• Weightage: 0-1 Questions

Focus: Problems on Divisibility & Remainder, Multiples & Factors, Integers, LCM & HCF.

• Data Sufficiency
• Very Tricky/Tough, more time consuming, less likely to appear in the paper
• Weightage: 0-5 Questions

Focus: Data sufficiency problems on almost all the topics mentioned above.

• Reasoning Ability
• Arrangement & Pattern
• Scoring, Easy to Solve, Less Time Consuming, High Accuracy Possible
• Weightage: 2-6 Questions

Focus: Questions on Random Sequence of Alphabets, Number Arrangements, Mixed Series Dictionary or Alphabet based Arrangements etc.

• Analogy
• Scoring, easy to solve, less time consuming, high accuracy possible
• Weightage: 0-2 Questions

Focus: Includes meaning based, letter based and number based questions.

• Classification
• Scoring, easy to solve, less time consuming, high accuracy possible
• Weightage: 0-3 Questions

Focus: Includes Letter based and Meaningful Words based questions. Less frequently, GK based and number based questions can be asked.

• Mathematical Inequalities
• Scoring, Easy to Solve, Less Time Consuming, High Accuracy Possible
• Weightage: 0-5 Questions

Focus:Non-coded problems on solving inequalities. Either this or coded inequalities asked.

• Directions & Distances
• Scoring, Easy to Solve, Less Time Consuming, High Accuracy Possible
• Weightage: 0-2 Questions

Focus: Simple problems that can be solved by just drawing all information on paper.

• Coding & Decoding
• Scoring, Easy to Solve, Less Time Consuming, High Accuracy Possible
• Weightage: 1-5 Questions

Focus:Mostly questions on Coding-Decoding in Fictitious Language and Coding by Analogy. Possible questions could also include Coding-Decoding by Letter Shifting, and Coding Letters of a Word.

• Blood Relations
• Scoring, Easy if concepts clear and steps followed, Could be Tricky, Not very Time Consuming
• Weightage: 1-5 Questions

Focus: Family Tree and General Blood Relation Problems.

• Ordering and Ranking
• Scoring, Easy if concepts clear and steps followed, Could be Tricky, Not very Time Consuming
• Weightage: 2-3 Questions

Focus:Questions on arranging by age, floor, rank, order in row etc.

• Coded Inequalities
• Scoring, Easy if concepts clear and steps followed, Could be Tricky, Not very Time Consuming
• Weightage: 0-5 Questions

Focus: Can be asked instead of mathematical inequalities

• Syllogisms
• Scoring, Easy if concepts clear and steps followed, Could be Tricky, Not very Time Consuming
• Weightage: 3-5 Questions

Focus: Problems with 2-3 statements and 2-3 conclusions. Questions could be asked on whether the conclusions follow or not. Possibility based questions can also be asked.

• Input-Output
• Scoring, Easy if concepts clear and steps followed, Could be Tricky, Not very Time Consuming
• Weightage: 0-5 Questions

Focus: Appears less frequently. Use the method shown here.

• Data Sufficiency
• Scoring, Easy if concepts clear and steps followed, Could be Tricky, Not very Time Consuming
• Weightage: 0-2 Questions

Focus: Questions on various topics including Ordering & Ranking, Blood Relations, Coding in Fictitious Language, Circular Arrangements, Directions & Distances, Ages & Birthdates.

• Series
• Scoring, Easy if concepts clear and steps followed, Could be Tricky, Not very Time Consuming
• Weightage: 0-2 Questions

Focus:Complete the Alphabet Series problems asked in the past. But Number Series and Mixed Series questions can also be asked.

• Circular Seating Arrangement
• Tricky or Tough, More Time Consuming, Lesser Chance of Accurate Solving
• Weightage: 5 Questions

Focus: Includes Uni-Directional and Bi-Directional problems. Tough Square/Rectangular/Triangular problems also possible.

• Linear Seating Arrangement
• Tricky or Tough, More Time Consuming, Lesser Chance of Accurate Solving
• Weightage: 5-8 Questions

Focus: Problems involving 2-3 rows facing each other. Can include Double Line-up type problems with information sorting.

• Double Line Up
• Tricky or Tough, More Time Consuming, Lesser Chance of Accurate Solving
• Weightage: 0-5 Questions

Focus: Requires clean charting, proper technique and step-by-step solving.

• Scheduling
• Tricky or Tough, More Time Consuming, Lesser Chance of Accurate Solving
• Weightage: 0-5 Questions

Verbal Reasoning

• Tricky or Tough, More Time Consuming, Lesser Chance of Accurate Solving
• Weightage: 0-2 Questions

Focus: Statement & Assumptions problems asked in the past. But questions on Statement & Arguments, Statement & Inferences, Statement & Conclusions, Critical Reasoning, Course of Action and Cause & Effect also possible.

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