SBI Clerk Exam Pattern 2016: Aspirants appearing for SBI Clerk 2016 must go through the exam pattern in order to get themselves acquainted with the pattern of the paper of the online exam. This article has described elaborately the SBI Clerk Exam Pattern 2016. Candidates can click on this page to know every aspect related to the exam pattern. By thoroughly checking the exam pattern, the candidates will come to know regarding all the sections, number of questions and total marks of the exam. Knowing the exam pattern beforehand will guide the banking aspirants to prepare well in the exam.

Structure of SBI Clerk Exam Pattern 2016:

For the perusal of the candidates appearing in the SBI Clerk 2016 examination, the structure of the exam pattern has been described in the below write-up –

• Online Examination: The candidates will have to sit for an online examination in SBI Clerk 2016. They will be provided a system to solve the question papers. The duration for the online written test in the preliminary examination is 1 hour. While the duration for the online test in the main examination is 2 hour 40 minutes. Keeping in mind the time duration, the candidates will have to solve their papers accordingly. It is advised that the candidates should go for the online speed test regularly to boost up their speed.

• Preliminary Examination: SBI Clerk Exam Pattern 2016 for Preliminary exam consists of 100 objective questions which need to be solved within 1 hour time duration. The exam carries a total of 100 marks. The questions will be asked from various sections, including English Language, Numerical Ability and Reasoning Ability. The Candidates will have to qualify in each section.

• Main Examination: The time duration for SBI Clerk Main Examination is 2 hour 40 minutes. The exam pattern for SBI Clerk 2016 for main examination will consist of 190 objective-type questions of 200 marks. The questions will be divided in various sections – General / Financial Awareness, General English, Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude.

• Negative Marking: The candidate should remember that there is a negative marking for wrong answer in the SBI Clerk Exam Pattern 2016. 1/4th mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.

• Objective type questions: There will be objective type questions in the SBI Clerk Exam Pattern. There will be objective type questions in each section and the candidates will have to pass in each of the objective tests.

• Interview (subject to Govt. of India approval): Candidates who will qualify in the main examination will be placed according to their marks in descending order in respective categories. Candidates are required to score a minimum percentage mark as decided by the bank to be considered for final selection.

• Test of knowledge of official/ local language in SBI Clerk exam pattern 2016: Candidates who have studied official (local) language and have produced 10th standard mark sheet/certificate having evidence for the same, will be exempted from the language test. For others, language test will be conducted at the time of interview.

Important Note: The scores obtained by the candidates in the Preliminary exam will not be considered for the preparation of the final merit list. Only the scores obtained in the Main and Interview will be added for the same.

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