- 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 into 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 the 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.
