Bank Recruitment 2018: Syllabus and Exam Pattern

Bank clerk examinations are held every year to select eligible candidates from across the country. The candidates who wish to clear the examination should prepare themselves based on the exam syllabus. Understanding the exam pattern is also important to secure good ranks in the examination.
In case you are applying for the post of bank clerk, following information may be helpful for you:
Bank Exams Syllabus can be divided into three main categories:
1) English: This can be further divided into
* Reading Comprehension
* Cloze Test
* Double Fillers
* Error Spotting
* Sentence Correction
* Para Jumbles
* Paragraph Completion
* Para Summary
* Sentence Connector
* Vocabulary
2) Reasoning Ability: It includes question related to following topics
* Sitting Arrangements
* Tabulation
* Logical Reasoning
* Syllogism
* Input-Output
* Coding-Decoding
* Alphanumeric Series
* Blood Relations
* Ranking
* Data Sufficiency
* Distance & Direction
* Coded Inequalities
* Verbal Reasoning
3) Quantitative Aptitude: Topics covered under this section includes
* Simplification & Approximation
* Data Interpretation
* Data Sufficiency
* Number Series
* Ratio & Proportion
* Quadratic Equations
* Averages
* Boats & Streams
* Simple Interest & Compound Interest
* Percentage
* Profit & Loss
* Mixtures & Allegation
* Permutation & Combination
* Time & Distance
* Probability
* Partnership
* Pipes & Cistern
Apart from the topics mentioned above, there another section of General Awareness questions that is important for bank clerk job aspirants:
Topics covered under general awareness includes:
1) Current Affairs: Important bank news, economic affairs, national and international news, recent state affairs, agreements, visits, awards and honours, summits & conferences and obituaries.
2) Banking & Financial Awareness: Financial news, Banking Abbreviations, Banking Regulation Act 1949, About & Functions of RBI Policy Rates, Types of Accounts, Negotiable instruments act 1881, Money market instruments, priority sector lending, financial inclusion, Money market instruments, Banking Ombudsman scheme 2006 & more.
3) Static Awareness: International Organisations, Important Days, Capital & Currency, Agreement & Deals, Books & Authors, Honours & Awards, National & International Appointments, Famous Obituaries etc.
The candidates who wish to work as bank clerk should have sound knowledge of computers as well. In the Bank Clerk Exam, the candidates are asked questions related to Computer Aptitude, Binary Conversions, flowchart etc.
Some of the question are also related to professional knowledge of the candidates. These questions are different for various posts such as IT Officer, HR Officer, Rajbhasha Adhikari, Marketing Officer, Finance Officer, Law Officer, Agriculture Officer etc.