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The State Bank of India calls for eligible candidates every year for the post of junior associates. Students refer to these vacancies as SBI Clerk Notifications. This year also they have called for candidates who want to have a career in the banking sector. The candidates who are religiously in preparation must be aware that the SBI clerk exam has been scheduled for 22nd, 27th, 28th February and 1st March 2025. The admit card for the same has also been released at www.sbi.co.in. Now comes the time for last-minute preparation as the exam is approaching.
Is Reasoning the Most Scoring Section in SBI Clerk Exam?
The SBI Clerk Prelims Exam is divided into three sections – English Language, Numerical Ability and Reasoning. A candidate has to attempt 100 questions that are worth 100 marks within 60 minutes. Completing the exam within this time frame is a challenge in itself. Only the candidates who have practised well can do it within the time frame. Well! all the sections have almost equal weightage. So, even if a candidate scores more in one section, can balance the other sections. But the candidate must achieve the minimum sectional cut off. Then only it will benefit them in the overall cut off.
Prepare These 5 Topics to Score 30+ Marks in SBI Clerk Reasoning Section
When it comes to scoring more in a particular section, the candidates need to practise questions from those topics that cover a major portion of the syllabus of that particular section. So, to reduce your effort in sorting the important and scoring topics, we have got your back. Here is the list of important topics with their weightage in the reasoning section for the SBI Clerk exam.
| Topics | Details |
| Seating Arrangement | These hold a highly significant weightage when it comes to various banking sector exams including SBI Clerk. This topic can cover upto 15- 20 questions as per the trends. They are easy to solve if approached with the right strategy. No doubt practice can do wonders in your preparation. |
| Blood Relations | One can solve the questions from blood relations with the use of signs and symbols while identifying relations among different variables. |
| Coding Decoding | In this one has to understand the logic in the sample text and then reach a solution accordingly. |
| Series | Numeric and Alphanumeric are the two major types of series in the SBI Clerk exam. |
| Syllogism | A syllogism can be easily solved with the help of creating Venn diagrams. This again requires analytical skills which can be developed with time and a lot of practice. |
Weightage of the Most Scoring Topics in SBI Clerk Reasoning
The candidates should also know that how much more score will these topics get them in the exam. So here are the marks for every individual topic that will keep the candidate in a better position than many others.
| Topics | Marks |
| Seating Arrangement | 10-15 marks |
| Blood Relations & Direction Sense | 3-5 marks |
| Coding Decoding | 3-4 marks |
| Series | 3-4 marks |
| Syllogism | 4-5 marks |
| Inequality | 4-5 marks |
SBI Clerk Prelims Reasoning Syllabus
The reasoning section of the prelims exam is considered as a not-so-difficult one when the questions asked are of moderate level. So, below are some of those topics that are asked every year in the SBI Clerk exam. The candidates can practise questions from the below topics to gain confidence and prepare a major portion of the exam.
- Puzzle
- Syllogism
- Logical Reasoning
- Coding Decoding
- Seating Arrangement
- Alphanumeric Series
- Blood Relations
- Input Output
- Ranking
- Tabulation
- Seating Arrangement
Bonus Tips to Score 30+ Marks
As few days are left for the SBI Clerk Prelims exam, the candidates are suggested to take some short cuts and take note of the points below. It will help you solve the questions quickly and with higher accuracy.
- Take a quick look at all the questions and try to attempt questions from inequality and syllogism first as they have a quick and high accuracy.
- Use elimination techniques in solving question from puzzles and seating arrangements.
- To increase your speed give yourself lesser time while practising mocks, so that you can comfortably solve all the questions in the exam.
- Solve both previous year complete question papers as well as sectional mocks. It will improve your performance in every section equally.
Know the SBI Clerk Exam Pattern
The SBI Clerk exam pattern is different for the prelims, mains and the language proficiency test. We have detailed the prelims and mains exam pattern in the form of tables for the easy understanding of the candidates.
| SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern | ||||
| S. No. | Section | No. of questions | 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 | |
| Related Links | |
| SBI Clerk Exam Pattern | SBI Clerk Syllabus |
| SBI Clerk Previous Year Papers PDFs | SBI Clerk Cut Off [Previous Year] |
| SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Date 2025 | SBI Clerk Exam Preparation Tips |
