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SBI Apprentice Exam 2019 – Strategy To Crack In First Attempt

SBI has released the notification for the recruitment of apprentices in Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. SBI released the Apprentice Recruitment program under the Skill India Mission to train youth in the banking operations. Candidates or fresher who wants to enter or take training for banking sector can apply. This is a good chance for graduate students as this internship recruitment will provide them the exposure and platform to enter into banking industry. SBI Apprentice Recruitment 2019 Start Your Internship

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This year SBI trained 700+ youths in Haryana, Punjab, and Himanchal. The seats were the district-wise distributed in which Haryana has a (150), Punjab(400) and Himachal Pradesh(150). The apprentices are eligible for stipend of 70% of semi-skilled labor wages as applicable in the respective states as per the Apprentices Act or Rs.8000 per month whichever is higher.

SBI Apprentice examination pattern:

SBI Apprentice is a single online examination that includes 100 questions. The pattern for the exam is 100 questions of 100 marks and there is sectional timing of 20 minutes in each section. The pattern of the exam is similar to the bank exam. Also, there is no interview for this exam. A candidate is provisionally allotted after clearing the examination.

Sr. No. Subjects No. of Question Maximum Marks Duration
1. Quantitative Aptitude 25 25 15 minutes
2. Reasoning Ability & Computer Knowledge 25 25 15 minutes
3. General English 25 25 15 minutes
4. General/ Financial Awareness 25 25 15 minutes
  Total 100 100 60 minutes

SBI Apprentice syllabus 2019:

As the exam pattern is similar to the mains exam of IBPS PO /Clerk, SBI PO/Clerk examination. It includes sections like Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability and Computer Knowledge, General English, General/Financial Awareness. A candidate who wants to ace this examination in the first attempt must go through the pattern and syllabus of the IBPS PO /Clerk, SBI PO/Clerk examination to plan a perfect strategy. You can look into this article to know more IBPS Clerk syllabus 2019.

Preparation Strategy for SBI Apprentice Exam 2019:

1. Go through the syllabus and pattern: When you are going to plan a strategy or even thinking about attempting banking examinations, the first and foremost thing you can do is understanding the syllabus and pattern of the bank exam. This will make you analyze the topics and the type of question asked in the exam. Click here to know all about IBPS Clerk 2019

2. Practice mocks and previous year’s paper: Practice is the key to success especially when the duration of exam is less. Solve as many mock test as possible. SBI taking apprentice exam first time so solve the previous papers of IBPS, SBI Clerk papers. Go through all the previous years paper and solve them religiously. Focus on your weak as well as strong areas.

3. Try to learn the Current affairs of 4-5 months, static awareness, and computer concepts for all-round preparation. Read a newspaper and general economics-related information as they are helpful in mains. 

4. Assign study hours:
Assign the study hours to the different subjects that will be asked in the examination equally. Remember not to prioritize a single subject in your study schedule, thereby giving the cold shoulder to other equivalently grave subjects. So, even if you are a dab hand at Quant, practice it daily like any other subject you are not so good at.

5. Be wise and revise:
You must be getting new information from all around you. People trying to help you by pitching new ideas and topics to ease your preparation are actually making it more challenging. Any new data you try to feed your brain as a booster is going to jam it. So, whatever you have learned till now, trust it and revise it thoroughly.

Important Topics for SBI Apprentice 

Important Topics for for Quantitative Aptitude:

Data Interpretation
Quadratic Equations
Number Series
Mensuration
Profit & Loss and Time & Work
Simplification/ Approximation
Ratio and Proportion
Percentage
Data Sufficiency
Mixture Problems
Patnership

Important Topics for Reasoning:

Seating arrangements and puzzles
Coding-Decoding (old and new pattern)
Inequalities
Blood relations
Syllogism
Direction and Distance
Alphabetical-numerical-symbol Series
Ordering and ranking
Alphabet based (Jumbled)

Important Topics for English:

Reading Comprehension
Cloze Test
Sentence Correction
Spot the error
Fill in the blanks
Para jumbles

Important topics for Computer Knowledge

History of Computer
MS Office
DBMS
OSI Model

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