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SBI Clerk 2020: Prelims - One Month Study Plan

All the aspirants who want to pursue their career in banking sector must check the recent notification released by SBI as the bank is about to recruit 8000+ candidates for the post of Junior Associate. So, get up and fill the registration form before the last date is over.

SBI Clerk 2020 Preliminary Exam Pattern

Preliminary Exam Pattern: SBI Clerk 2020 preliminary exam has 100 objective questions which need to be solved within 1 hour. The exam is of 100 marks. The various sections of the exam are the English Language, Numerical Ability, and Reasoning Ability. 

S.No.	Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	English Language	30	30	20 minutes
2	Quantitative Aptitude	35	35	20 minutes
3	Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 minutes
Total		100	100	60 minutes

SBI Clerk 2020 Prelims Study Plan

For cracking SBI Clerk exam, one needs to have a proper strategy and study plan. To help you in clearing the exam, we have come up with a 30 Days study plan. 

Date	Numerical Ability	Reasoning Ability	English Language
January-10	Simplification, Number Series, Quadratic Inequalities	Direction and Inequality	Sentence Rearrangement, Cloze Test
January-11	Revision	Revision	Revision
January-12	Approximation, Wrong Series	Coding-decoding Miscellaneous	Reading Comprehension Error Detection
January-13	Revision	Revision	Revision
January 14	Percentage, Ratio & Proportion, Average, Ages, Table DI	Alphanumeric series  order-ranking	Sentence Improvement Double Filler
January 15	Revision	Revision	Revision
January 16	Mock test	Mock test	Mock test
January 17	Mensuration, Time & Work, Bar DI	Inequality Blood relation	Column Sentence Vocabulary
January 18	Revision	Revision	Revision
January 19	Boat & Stream, Trains, Wrong series	Number series and miscellaneous	Phrase Replacement Sentence Rearrangement
January 20	Mock test	Mock test	Mock test
January 21	Partnership, Profit & Loss, Simplification	Square puzzle, order ranking, Miscellaneous	Cloze Test Word Swap
January 22	Revision	Revision	Revision
January 23	Line DI, Caselet, Quadratic Inequalities	Mix Puzzle, Coding-decoding, Inequality	Column Based Filler Error Detection
January 24	Revision	Revision	Revision
January 25	Pipes & Cistern, Mixture & Allegation, Approximation	Month based puzzle , Syllogism, Direction	Word Rearrangement Paragraph Completion
January 26	Revision	Revision	Revision
January 27	Speed Time Distance, Simple Interest & Compound Interest, Missing Series	Linear Puzzle, Alphanumeric series, Miscellaneous	Starters Coherent Paragraph
January 28	Mock test	Mock test	Mock test
January 29	Probabilities, Permutation & Combination, Pie DI	Floor Puzzle, Syllogism, Direction	Para-Jumble Idioms Fillers
January 30	Revision	Revision	Revision
January 31	Partnership, Profit & Loss, Line DI	Linear puzzle, number series, short puzzle	Reading Comprehension Word Swap
February 01	Mock test	Mock test	Mock test
February 02	Mensuration, Data Sufficiency, Missing Series	mix puzzle, Blood relation, miscellaneous	Word Rearrangement Error Detection
February 03	Time & Work, Pipes & Cistern, Table DI	circular puzzle, coding decoding, Distance and Direction	Sentence Improvement, Single Filler
February 04	Revision	Revision	Revision
February 05	Time & Work, Pipes & Cistern, Table DI	Box Puzzle, Blood relation, Inequality	Word Replacement, Error Detection, Cloze Test, Para-Jumble
February 06	Mock test	Mock test	Mock test
February 07	Mock test	Mock test	Mock test
February 08	Mock test	Mock test	Mock test
February 10	Mock test	Mock test	Mock test

Quantitative Aptitude:

• You cannot pass this exam without solving Quantitative aptitude.
• Practice makes a man perfect.
• Know the Syllabus and Paper Pattern Well.
• Prepare your own strategies to solve this section.
• Go by a time limit to solve this section as this Quant is a time-consuming section.
• Learn to solve both difficult and easy questions alike.
• Regularly Solve Mock Tests.
• Keep track of your time to solve this section.
• Quantitative Aptitude is the most important section of this exam

Reasoning:

• Classification: Easiest to solve.
• Arrange words in Logical Order: It is easy to solve if your basics are strong.
• Syllogism: Draw Venn Diagrams to make it easier to solve questions.
• Verbal Analogies: A Good vocabulary will help you solve this section with ease.
• Analysis and Judge: Questions of the topics like blood relation, Direction, Height, and Sequence.
• Numerical Operations: Learn all formula so that you have them at your fingertips.
• Coding-Decoding: Coding-Decoding are tricky, so practice this section well.
• Non- Verbal Reasoning: Spatial Reasoning, mirror image, Pictorial Analogies, Symbol series, symbolic operations, numeric patterns, spatial relations, space visualizations, and space image are examples of questions.
• Matrix and puzzles: The sections tests creative way of thinking.

 English Section:

• Just like Rome was not built in a day, English too cannot be learned in a day.
• Read Books, Magazines, and newspapers regularly.
• Use grammar books to improve grammar.
• Reading is helpful for solving cloze test.
• Write an essay and one letter every day.
• Solve more Reading Comprehension questions to score good in English section.

Also, students are advised to go through the previous year’s paper, and  attempt SBI Clerk Video Course from MakeMyExam to make a grip in cracking the examination.

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