Syllabus
An exam preparation is incomplete if you do not first collect all the required information pertaining to it. As the State Bank of Sikkim has released the official notification for the recruitment of Assistant Managers, all the eligible candidates need to gear up with all the necessary information on their tips. SBS exam syllabus forms an important part of the preparation and all the candidates should be well aware of the same. The SBS Assistant Manager exam syllabus includes 5 sections: English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, Data Analysis and Interpretation, General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness, Reasoning & Computer Aptitude.
Securing pass marks in all of these is compulsory and thus you need to focus on all of them equally. The following table provides you with the complete syllabus for all the subjects of the SBS Assistant Manager exam.
| Section | Topics |
|---|---|
| English Language | Reading comprehension, Grammar, Vocabulary, Verbal Ability, Word Association, Sentence Improvement, Para Jumbles, Cloze test, Error Spotting, Fill in the blanks, Multiple meaning, Paragraph completion. |
| Quantitative Aptitude | Simplification, Profit & Loss, Mixtures & Alligations, Simple interest, Compound interest, surds & indices, Work & time, Time & Distance, Mensuration-Cylinder, Cone, Sphere, Data interpretation, Ratio & Proportion, Percentage, Number Systems, Sequence & series, permutation, Combination & Probability. |
| Data Analysis & Interpretation | Tabular Graph, Line Graph, Pie Graph, Bar Graph, Radar Graph Caselet, Missing case DI, Let it Case DI, Data sufficiency, Probability, Permutation & Combination |
| General/Economy/Banking Awareness | Financial Awareness, Current Affairs, General Knowledge, Static Awareness, Banking Awareness, Economic Affairs. |
| Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | Verbal reasoning, Syllogism, Circular Seating Arrangement, Double Lineup, Scheduling, Input Output, Blood Relations, Directions & Distances, Ordering & Ranking, Data Sufficiency, Coding & Decoding, Code Inequalities, Course of Action, Critical Reasoning, Analytical & decision Making, Internet, Memory, Keyboard Shortcuts, Computer Abbreviations, Microsoft Office, Computer Hardware, Computer Software, Computer Fundamentals/Terminologies, Networking, Number System, Operating System, Basic of Logic Gates. |
Books 2024
To score good marks in the State Bank of Sikkim Assistant Manager examination, gathering good information is not enough. A good strategy should always be accompanied by good quality study material. There are a lot of resources available in the market in the form of blogs, videos and books, so it is very important to choose the right one. Some good books for the SBS Assistant Manager exam are given below.
| Subject | Books | Author/Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| English Language | Objective General English | SP Bakshi |
| Descriptive General English | SP Bakshi and Richa Sharma | |
| High School English Grammar and Composition | Wren and Martin | |
| Word Power Made Easy | Normal Lewis | |
| Quantitative Aptitude | Quantum CAT | Sarvesh Kumar Verma |
| Magical book on Quicker Maths | M Tyra | |
| Fast Track Objective Arithmetic | Rajesh Verma | |
| Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Exams | RS Aggarwal | |
| Data Analysis & Interpretation | Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency | Ananta Ashisha (Arihant) |
| Data Interpretation | BSC Publication | |
| Data Interpretation | Magical Book Series | |
| Data Interpretation for CAT | Arun Sharma | |
| General/Economy/Banking Awareness | Banking Awareness Handbook of Banking Information | N.S.Toor |
| Banking Awareness | Arihant Publication | |
| Static GK General Knowledge | Arihant | |
| Lucent General Knowledge | - | |
| Pratiyogita Darpan | SQ Sachdeva Mahendra Jain | |
| Reasoning Aptitude | A New Approach to Reasoning Verbal and Non-Verbal | B.S. Sijwali and Indu Sijwali |
| Analytical Reasoning | MK Pandey (For the chapters required for analytical reasoning) | |
| A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning | R.S. Aggarwal | |
| Computer Aptitude | Objective Computer Awareness for General Competitive Exams | Arihant Publishers |
| Computer Fundamentals | P.K Sinha |