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Central Bank of India CBI Clerical Exam Pattern

7 May 2010 13 Comments


Central Bank of India was established in 1911. It is the first commercial bank to establish. It has numerous branches all over the world. Also there are 237 extensions in almost every state of India. It has now broken the record of largest account being made in a year. CBI recruits clerks for various work.

CBI Clerical Exam Pattern : The selection of candidates is on the basis of written exam, group discussion & interview. A candidate has to clear all this in order to get selected.
Written Exam – There is 2 tests, objective test & descriptive test.

  1. Objective test : In this test, there will be 4 answers to a question & you have to choose the correct one & mark it accordingly. The test is divided into 4 sections. Each section contains 50 questions. One has to qualify in each section individually to get selected for the next round. The total time allotted will be 95 mins. The sections are-
    a. Reasoning Ability
    b. Clerical Aptitude
    c. English Ability
    d. Numerical Ability
    Also, the objective test will contain the negative marking. For each wrong attempt, marks will be deducted.
  2. Descriptive Test : This is a essay type exam. You will be given 5 questions on Socio- Economic Developments & Communication skills. All the questions is compulsory. This is a type of qualifying test as its marks will not be added in the merit but passing in this is important to get selected.

Group Discussion / Interview : Those gets selected in the written test will be called for the interview. Based on both of this, selection is made.



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13 Comments »

  • arunima said:

    dear sir
    pls send me the ques related with the socio economic developments.

  • swethanjali said:

    sir,i dint get it what type of questions we may get for the exam in descriptive and also clerical aptitude.so kindly send me the questions related to those

  • Mahesh said:

    Respected sir,

    What type of question we may get for descriptive exam. please send me the questions related to that.

    Thanking you.

  • Deepa C O said:

    Dear sir
    pls send me the topics related to the socio economic developments and general awarness.

  • parsaant said:

    hello sir,
    saala ye descriptive paper mai question kaa puchhega??hamri to smajh nhi aa rha…. jaldi btaiye,time bahut kam reh gya h humre paas.

  • gaurav said:

    Dear sir
    pls send me the topics related to the socio economic developments and general awarness.

  • Rajesh pattnaik. said:

    Dear Sir -please send me some questions related to Numerical Ability , Clerical Aptitude and Descriptive Test.

  • suresh said:

    sir pls infirm to me previous question paper models because this is the first time going to attend the exam , i don’t have any idea regarding that exam pls forward my mobile number 9952536575

  • KRISHNA KANT said:

    PLEASE SEND ME SYLLABUS OF 2011 CLERK EXAM

  • Shaistah said:

    please give a detailed information regarding clerical aptitude & the descriptive section. if u have sample papers i will be obliged if u can send some as this is my first time for this type of competion.

  • rashi said:

    sir/mam
    i want to know that in the descriptive exam is that compulsory to give the answers in english or we can give the answers in hindi…plz tell me

  • vasu said:

    respected sir,
    i want to know about the descriptive paper,am not qualifying in this particular paper.please send me the material r topics under socio economy developments as soon as possible.

  • sarika said:

    please give a detailed information regarding clerical aptitude & the descriptive section. if u have sample papers i will be obliged if u can send some as this is my first time for this type of competion.

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