State Bank of India Recruitment Clerk 2021: Notification, Online Application for 5454 Junior Associates Posts

State Bank of India Recruitment Clerk 2021: Notification, Online Application for 5454 Junior Associates Posts

SBI Clerk Exam is conducted by State Bank of India to recruit candidates for the post of Junior Associates (Customer Support and Sales) in its different branches across the country. SBI Clerk is one of the most sought after bank exams today and a huge number of candidates appear for the same every year.

A SBI Clerk (Junior Associate) is responsible for all the client interactions and related operations. Candidates who are recruited as SBI clerks are designated as cashiers, depositors and other posts that form the face of a particular SBI Bank branch. 

State Bank of India Recruitment Clerk

SBI Clerk 2021 Notification

The SBI Clerk Notification 2021 for Junior Associates (Customer Support and Sales) has been released by State Bank of India on April 26, 2021. The notification is updated below post the release of official notification at the official website of SBI i.e. http://sbi.co.in. Let’s have a look at the SBI PO notification PDF.

SBI Clerk 2021 Exam Date

The exam date for SBI Clerk 2021 exam has released by State Bank of India (SBI) along with its official notification on April 26, 2021. The Preliminary examination is scheduled to be held in the month of June 2021, while the main examination will be conducted on July 31, 2021. Candidates must keep visiting this page regularly to stay updated about the important updates for SBI Clerk 2021 Exam. Let’s have a look at the important dates for SBI Clerk 2021 examination.

Events

New Dates

SBI Clerk Notification

April 26, 2021

Start of

SBI Clerk Online Application

April 27, 2021

SBI Clerk Online Application Closes

May 20, 2021

SBI Clerk Prelims Admit Card

June 2021

SBI Clerk Exam Date (Preliminary)

June 2021

SBI Clerk Prelims Result

July 2021

SBI Clerk Mains Admit Card

June 2021

SBI Clerk Exam Date (Mains)

July 31, 2021

SBI Clerk Recruitment 2021 Apply Online

The SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) 2021 recruitment process has begun post the release of official notification. Candidates are required to visit the official page of SBI to fill in the online application forms as the entire process to apply online for SBI Clerk 2021 exam from April 27 to May 20, 2021. The direct link to apply online for SBI Clerk 2021 exam is given below.

SBI Clerk 2021 Prelims Capsule, Download for Free Now

SBI Clerk 2021 Application Fee

The category wise fee structure for SBI Clerk online application is given below. The application fee for SBI Exam is Rs. 750/- for General category and NIL for candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC/PWD category. Fee/Intimation charges once paid will NOT be refunded on any account nor can it be held in reserve for any other examination or selection. The application fee must be paid online itself.

Sr. No.

Category

Application Fee

1

SC/ST/PWD

NIL

2

General/OBC/EWS

Rs. 750/- (App. Fee including intimation charges)

SBI Clerk Vacancy

The vacancies for SBI Clerk 2021 exam has been announced with its official notification. SBI has introduced 5454 vacancies for SBI Clerk 2021 exam, out of which 5000 vacancies have been announced for regular posts and 237 for Backlog posts. Last Year, State Bank of India had introduced 8000 Vacancies. Check Circle wise & State/UT wise vacancy details for SBI Clerk 2021 exam are mentioned below.

SBI Clerk Vacancy: Regular Vacancies

SBI Clerk 2021: Regular Vacancies


Junior Associates (Customer Support & Sales)
Vacancy

State

Language

SC

ST

OBC

EWS

GEN

Total

Gujarat

Gujarati

63

135

243

90

371

902

Daman & Diu

Gujarati

0

0

0

0

0

0

Andhra Pradesh

Telugu/ Urdu

0

0

0

0

0

0

Karnataka

Kannada

64

28

108

40

160

400

Madhya Pradesh

Hindi

11

15

11

07

34

78

Chhattisgarh

Hindi

14

38

7

12

49

120

West Bengal

Bengali/ Nepali

62

13

60

27

111

273

A&N Islands

Hindi/ English

0

1

4

1

9

15

Sikkim

Nepali/ English

0

2

2

1

7

12

Odisha

Odia

12

16

9

7

31

75

Jammu & Kashmir

Urdu/ Hindi

0

1

3

1

7

12

Ladakh

Ladakhi/ Urdu/ Dogri

0

0

2

0

6

8

Himachal Pradesh

Hindi

45

7

36

18

74

180

Chandigarh

Punjabi/ Hindi

2

0

4

1

8

15

Punjab

Punjabi/ Hindi

85

0

61

29

120

295

Tamil Nadu

Tamil

89

4

127

47

206

473

Pondicherry

Tamil

0

0

0

0

2

2

Delhi

Hindi

12

6

21

8

33

80

Uttarakhand

Hindi

12

2

9

7

40

70

Haryana

Hindi/ Punjabi

20

0

29

11

50

110

Telangana

Telgu/ Urdu

44

19

74

27

111

275

Rajasthan

Hindi

29

22

35

17

72

175

Kerala

Malyalam

9

0

26

9

53

97

Lakshadweep

Malyalam

0

1

0

0

2

3

Uttar Pradesh

Hindi/ Urdu

73

3

94

35

145

350

Maharashtra

Marathi

63

56

172

63

286

640

Goa

Konkani

0

1

1

1

7

10

Assam

Assamese /Bengali/ Bodo

10

17

40

14

68

149

Arunachal Pradesh

English

0

6

0

1

8

15

Manipur

Manipuri

0

6

2

1

9

18

Meghalaya

English/Garo/ Khasi

0

6

0

1

7

14

Mizoram

Mizo

0

9

1

2

8

20

Nagaland

English

0

1

0

1

5

10

Tripura

Bengali/ Kokboro k

3

5

0

1

10

19

Bihar

Hindi/ Urdu

0

0

0

0

0

0

Jharkhand

Hindi/ Santhali

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

722

423

1181

480

2109

4915

SBI Clerk Vacancy: Special Recruitment Drive

State

Language

SC

ST

OBC

EWS

GEN

Total

Kashmir Valley

Urdu/Ka shmiri/Dogri

3

4

10

4

19

40

Leh & Kargil Valley

Urdu/ Ladakhi/ Dogri

1

1

4

1

8

15

Dibang Valley,Tawang etc.

English

0

4

0

1

5

10

Tura

Garo

0

4

0

1

5

10

Mokokchung

Ao (Naga)

0

4

0

1

5

10

Total

726

440

1195

488

2151

5000

SBI Clerk Vacancy: Backlog

SC/ST/OBC

121

PwD

96

Xs

237

Total

454

SBI Clerk Salary & Pay Scale
11765-655/3-13730-815/3-16175-980/4-20095-1145/7-28110- 2120/1- 30230-1310/1-31450. The starting Basic Pay is `13075.00 (`11765.00 plus two advance increments admissible to graduates.
SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) 2021 Selection Procedure

For the selection to the post of Clerical Cadre through SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) 2021 exam, candidates are selected through two phases of exams- SBI Clerk Prelims and SBI Clerk Mains exam. It is compulsory for all candidates to clear both the phases to secure the appointment letter from SBI.
SBI Clerk Exam Pattern 2021
To crack SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) 2021 exam it is very important to know the exam pattern in and out. Here is the exam pattern of SBI Clerk Prelims and SBI Clerk Mains exam:
As per the official notification released by SBI “No minimum qualifying marks for individual subjects are prescribed”. Thus, there will not be any sectional cut off for this year’s SBI Junior Associates Recruitment’s Online Examination. However, the criteria solely lies within the hands of the organisation.
SBI Junior Associates Preliminary Exam Pattern

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

SBI Clerk 2021 Syllabus

Although, the preliminary and main examination are both conducted on same pattern and syllabus. The difficulty level of the exam would be higher for the main examination. The preliminary examination of SBI Clerk exam 2021 will comprise of Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude and English Language. Here is the detailed syllabus for SBI Clerk 2021 Prelims & Mains Exam:

Reasoning

Quantitative Ability

English Language

Logical Reasoning

Simplification

Reading Comprehension

Alphanumeric Series

Profit & Loss

Cloze Test

Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test

Mixtures &Alligations

Para jumbles

Data Sufficiency

Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds &
Indices

Miscellaneous

Coded Inequalities

Work & Time

Fill in the blanks

Seating Arrangement

Time & Distance

Multiple Meaning /Error Spotting

Puzzle

Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere

Paragraph Completion

Tabulation

Data Interpretation

Syllogism

Ratio & Proportion, Percentage

Blood Relations

Number Systems

Input Output

Sequence & Series

Coding Decoding

Permutation, Combination &Probability

SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria of SBI Clerk 2021 exam is mainly about two pre-requisites:

Educational Qualifications: (As on 16.08.2021) He/shemust hold a valid degree in any discipline from a recognized university.

Age Limit: (As on 01.04.2021) Not below 20 years and not above 28 years as on 01.04.2021, i.e candidates must have been born not earlier than 02.04.1993 and not later than 01.04.2001 (both days inclusive).

Serial No.

Category

Upper Age Limit

1

SC / ST

33 years

2

OBC

31 years

3

Person with disabilities (General)

38 years

4

Person with disabilities(SC /ST)

43 years

5

Person with disabilities(OBC)

41 years

6

Jammu & Kashmir Migrants

33 Years

7

Ex-Servicemen/Disabled Ex-Servicemen

Actual period of service rendered in defence services + 3
years, (8 years for Disabled Ex-servicemen belonging to
SC/ST) subject to max. age of 50 years

8

Widows, Divorced women( No remarried)

GEN- 35 years

OBC- 38 years

SC/ST- 40 years

SBI Clerk Exam Analysis

State Bank of India (SBI) conducts objective type exams every year for the recruitment of clerical cadre. Students must be waiting for the analysis and review to prepare for the upcoming banking exams. Career Power has covered every minute detail of the SBI Clerk exam to help the banking aspirants to make their career. Here, we will provide you with the types of questions asked, level of difficulty and if there was any change introduced in the exam. Last year’s SBI Clerk Prelims Analysis & Review Summary is here. The Difficulty level of the SBI Clerk Prelims 2020 was ‘Easy to Moderate’. Check here the Overall, Shift-wise and Section-wise analysis and review of SBI Clerk Prelims exam. This analysis will help you for upcoming SBI Clerk 2021 exam.

SBI Clerk Exam Analysis: English Language

Topic

No. of Questions

Level

Reading Comprehension

08

Moderate

Sentence Rearrangement

05

Easy

Spelling Error

05

Easy

Error Detection

07

Easy

Single Fillers (word)

05

Easy-Moderate

Total

30

Easy

SBI Clerk Exam Analysis: Reasoning Ability

Topics

No. of Questions

Level

Puzzles and Seating Arrangement

19

Easy-Moderate

Alpha-numeric-symbol Series

05

Easy-Moderate

Direction Sense

03

Easy-Moderate

Syllogism

04

Easy

Inequality

03

Easy

Alphabet Based

01

Easy

Total

35

Easy

SBI Clerk Exam Analysis: Numerical Ability

Topics

No. of Questions

Level

Number Series (Missing)

05

Easy

Data Interpretation

05

Moderate

Quadratic Equations

05

Easy-Moderate

Simplification

10

Easy

Arithmetic Word Problem

10

Easy-Moderate

Total

35

Easy-Moderate

SBI Clerk 2021 Admit Card

Registered candidates will be required to download SBI Clerk Admit Card from the official website of State Bank of India. The hard copy of the SBI Clerk admit card won’t be couriered to applicants. The admit card for SBI Clerk Exam will be released in two stages – admit card for preliminary exam, the admit card for mains exam.
One must login to his/her account created while filling in the online application form and download the admit card.
To login on the official website of SBI, a candidate is supposed to have:
  • Registration Number/Roll Number
  • Date of Birth/Password
The admit card for SBI Clerk 2021 exam will be issued to candidates in two phases:
  • For Preliminary Exam
  • For Mains Exam
All candidates must go through the guidelines provided on the official website of SBI before downloading his/her admit card.
SBI Clerk Result & Cut Offs 2021

SBI Clerk Result 2021 will be declared once the both phases are concluded. SBI will publish results individually for both preliminary and mains exam. SBI releases sectional cut-offs for both – SBI Clerk Preliminary Exam and SBI Clerk Mains Exam. Aspirants are required to meet the cut-offs for all the sections to make it to the merit list.
When will the Official Notification of SBI Clerk 2021 Exam be released?
  • The Official Notification for SBI Clerk 2021 has been released on April 26, 2021.
When will the SBI Clerk 2021 Exam be conducted?
  • SBI Clerk 2021 Prelims examination is scheduled to be held in June 2021 and Mains examination will be conducted on July 31, 2021.
What is the last date to apply online for SBI Clerk 2021 Exam?
  • The last date to apply online for SBI Clerk 2021 Exam is May 20, 2021.
How many vacancies are there in SBI Clerk 2021 Exam?
  • SBI has announced 5454 vacancies this year for SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) 2021 Exam.
Is the SBI Clerk exam Bilingual?
  • All tests of SBI Clerk 2021 exam are bilingual, i.e. available in both English and Hindi.
Is there Any Negative Marking?
  • Yes, there is a negative marking in SBI Clerk exam for wrong answers in both preliminary and mains exam. One-fourth of the total marks will be deducted for the question marked wrong by the candidate.
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