SBI CLERK EXAM 2018 : Previous Year Exam CUTOFF MARKS

Dear Bankersdaily Aspirants,

The good news of SBI CLERK exam was released in the previous week and as you all know this brings the much needed enthusiasm to the candidates and this notification and the exam will become the benchmark for the forthcoming exams too. As you all know the exam pattern is changed and also the sectional timing has been introduced in the Prelims Exam of the SBI CLERK EXAM 2018.

The normal preparations for the SBI Clerk Exam 2018 will not help because the exams these days don’t fall in the easier category and aspirants need to change the focus and also the preparation strategy. Till the last SBI Clerk exam and even in the recently held (in December, 2017) IBPS Clerk Exam 2017, the pattern of the prelims exam was the same and aspirants have to attend 100 Questions in 60 minutes. The entire scenario is now changed and the prelims pattern is new now and aspirants have to get accustomed to the new pattern of the SBI CLERK Prelims Exam 2018.

Apart from the sectional timing for the various sections in the SBI CLERK Preliminary Examination 2018, the individual cutoff marks for the preliminary examination is also not there. It has been clearly mentioned in the SBI CLERK EXAM 2018 that the individual sectional cutoff marks has been removed and it mentions “no minimum qualifying marks for individual subject”.

We have already posted the Notification of the SBI Clerk Exam 2018 in our website and if you haven’t read the whole notification yet, please check the notification of the SBI Clerk Exam 2018 from the link provided below.

CHECK – SBI CLERK EXAM 2018 OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION

The Exam pattern has also been changed and as said both the Preliminary and the mains examination have the Sectional timing for the SBI CLERK EXAM 2018. Since , the SBI CLERK EXAM happen once in 2 years , the pattern for some of the exams is also changed entirely and SBI has set the benchmark for the forthcoming exams, making the First phase of the exam still more complex.

According to the present Exam pattern of SBI CLERK EXAM 2018, candidates don’t have the liberty to attend the preferred section to the fullest. So if a candidate/aspirant is good in solving the reasoning section and can attend all the 35 questions in the previous exam pattern , this exam pattern limits the aspirant to attend the questions in a section within a time period of 20 minutes. We cannot expect the same cutoff marks for the SBI CLERK PRELIMS EXAM 2018 but the previous year cutoff marks of SBI CLERK PPRELIMS Exam 2016 will give you the much needed insights to ace the SBI CLERK EXAM 2018.

So even in this pattern , scoring more in one section is a distant reality and the candidates has to attend all the sections in order to score more. If not , alternately the candidate has to prepare in such a way that , he/she should attend maximum questions within the given 20 minutes. So solving more questions play a vital role in the SBI CLERK EXAM 2018.

SBI CLERK PRELIMS EXAM 2016 – CUTOFF MARKS

SBI CLERK PRELIMS EXAM 2017 CUTOFF MARKS
STATE / CATEGORY	General	OBC
Tamil Nadu	21.25	21.25
Kerala	61.5	61.5
Karnataka	45.5	45.5
Telangana	27	27
Andhra Pradesh	39.25	39.25
Rajasthan	64.5	64.5
Madhya Pradesh	54.75	54.75
Uttar Pradesh	59	56.25
Uttarakhand	59.25	48.25
Delhi/Haryana	66.25	50.75
Jammu & Kashmir	21.25	10.25
Gujarat	42	42
West Bengal	51.25	35.25
Assam	42.25	43.25
Arunachal Pradesh	–	–
Nagaland	–	–
Tripura	–	–
Meghalaya	37.25	30.75
Jharkhand	38.5	38.5
Bihar	51.5	51.5
Chhattisgarh	22.5	22.5
Maharashtra	51.5	51.5
Himachal Pradesh	57.5	57
Punjab	67.5	56.5
Haryana	60.75	55
Orissa	52	52
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	51.75	48.25

As you can clearly see , the cutoff marks for some of the states is really high and for some of the states (Yes , including TamilNadu), cutoff marks is low. Clearly the cutoff marks is decided by the Difficulty level of the Questions asked in the SBI CLERK EXAM and also the number of vacancies available for each state.

Aspirants can also download the Cutoff marks of SBI CLERK Prelims Exam 2016 from the link Provided below and additionally we have also added the vacancy list of the SBI CLERK EXAM 2016, this will help you to decode, how cutoff marks are finalized for the exams. Click the Below Link to download the PDF.

DOWNLOAD – SBI CLERK PRELIMS EXAM 2016 – CUTOFF MARKS & VACANCIES

EXAM PATTERN OF SBI CLERK PRELIMS EXAM 2018

SL.	Name of test	No. of Questions	Marks	Duration
1.	English Language	30	30	20 Minutes
2.	Numerical Ability	35	35	20 Minutes
3.	Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 Minutes
	Total	100	100	1 Hour

EXAM PATTERN OF SBI CLERK MAINS EXAM 2018

SL.	Name of test	No. of Questions	Marks	Duration
1.	General/FinancialAwareness	50	50	35 minutes
2.	General English	40	40	35 minutes
3.	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	45 minutes
4.	Reasoning Ability& Computer Aptitude	50	60	45 minutes
	Total	190	200	2 Hours 40 minutes

Aspirants can apply for the SBI CLERK EXAM 2018 from the links provided below and please apply for the exam before the last date which is 10th February, 2018.