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SBI Clerk Exam Date 2016: Following the release of SBI Clerk Admit Card, the State Bank of India Website confirmed the Exam Dates for Prelims and Mains Examination. There has been a few changes in the selection pattern for Junior Associate (JA) and Junior Agriculture Associate (JAA), which has been covered extensively in our previous articles.
SBI Clerk Exam Date 2016 for JA JAA Recruitment
The Written Examination for the recruitment of Junior Associate (JA) and Junior Agriculture Associate (JAA) will be conducted on the following exam dates.
| Exam Name | Date of Examination |
| SBI Clerk Prelims (1) | May 22, 2016 |
| SBI Clerk Prelims (2) | May 28, 2016 |
| SBI Clerk Prelims (3) | May 29, 2016 |
| SBI Clerk Prelims (4) | June 4, 2016 |
| SBI Clerk Prelims (5) | June 5, 2016 |
| SBI Clerk Mains (1) | June 25, 2016 |
| SBI Clerk Mains (2) | June 26, 2016 |
Must Read: Last Week Study Plan for SBI Clerk Prelims 2016
Hence, the first exam date for SBI Clerk Prelims has been set for 22 May, 2016. If you are an aspirant for the upcoming JA JAA Examination, here is the exam pattern for both Pre and Mains SBI Clerk Examination.
SBI Clerk 2016: Exam Pattern for JA & JAA
The Written Exam will be conducted online. The first paper, SBI Clerk Prelims, will be objective MCQ based. There will be 100 questions of 1 mark each, making the total marks to be 100. There will be 3 sections – English Language, Numerical Ability and Reasoning Ability.
Phase I: SBI Clerk Prelims
| Name of the Section | Questions | Marks |
| English Language | 30 | 30 |
| Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
The total time allotted will be 60 minutes and there will be 1/4th mark negative marking for each incorrect answer. Sectional and Overall Cutoff will also be there.
Phase II: SBI Clerk Mains
The candidates who qualify Prelims will be called for the Mains Examination. This will be a 2 hour 40 minute long paper with 5 individual sections and 200 marks in total.
| Name of the Section | Questions | Marks | Time (in mins.) |
| General/ Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | 35 |
| General English | 40 | 40 | 35 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 45 |
| Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude | 50 | 60 | 45 |
| Total | 190 | 200 | 160 |
There will be 190 questions and each section has a separate time slot. Again, there will be sectional and overall cutoff marks.
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Will there be any interview or not??
Yes there will be a phase III that is interview for the final selection to the SBI Clerk Post
What this sepearte time limit funda is? Will the window be get locked for particular section for a specific time limit?
There will be a time limit for each section.
what will b approx overall cut off n sectional cut off this year sbi clerk exam considering last year exams… pls reply