Union Bank Clerical Exam Pattern, Sample Paper & Books

This blog post is written in sequel to my previous posts: Union Bank Clerical Recruitment-2009: Notification,Eligibility & Forms.

The focus of the blog post is on how to prepare for the Union Bank clerical exam: It at first tells you what is the selection process/exam pattern of the exam and than goes on to give you the sources where you can find the online sample papers/mock test for Union Bank clerical exam.

Selection process of Union Bank Clerical exam:

Union Bank clerical exam selection process consists of two stages:

1.0 Written test.

2.0 Interview.

Final merit list is decided on the basis of marks scored in above two stages taken together. The selection is state-wise, category-wise.

Union Bank Clerical written exam Pattern:

Written Test of Union Bank Clerical Exam consists of two papers, with section-wise mark distribution as below:

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As you can find from above:

1.0 Test of English language (with marks:50) is qualifying only and the mark you score here is not counted for the merit list. You just need to clear this exam - the cutoff for which is determined on the basis of performance of all candidates in the exam.

2.0 Test of Reasoning & Numerical Ability has the maximum weightage, with 1.5 marks per question. Hence you need to put emphasis on these.

3.0 There is negative marking -1/4th mark for each wrong answers in these Objective tests.

Cut-off mark for Union Bank Clerical exam:

You need to pass in each of the objective tests individually - the cut-off marks for which would be determined only after the exam is over, depending on the performance of the candidates.

On top of this, You need to score following minimum total marks in the two papers:

1.0 Objective Test Paper: Min. 40% marks (35% marks for Reserved Category).

2.0 Computer knowledge Paper: Min. 50% marks (45% marks for Reserved Category).

How many candidates would be selected in this Union Bank Clerical exam?

Candidates would be selected in the Union Bank Written exam in following ratio:

1.0 For Open categories: 1:3.

2.0 For Reserved categories: 1:5.

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Online sample/model/mock-test papers for Union Bank Clerical exam:

Your first study material for the Union Bank Clerical exam should be the online papers available in various websites. Since you may be having limited time, I searched in the net to find these free online papers for the Union Bank Clerical exam. The findings are as follows:

I found that Competition Master is an excellent resource which has good collection of online papers for Bank Clerical exams. You need to be a registered user (the registration is free) and should be logged-in to view these papers.

In the menu bar “Bank Recruitment Exams”, in option “Bank Clerk Grade Solved papers”, you would have the online solved papers as below:

Union Bank Clerical Exam Sample Paper: Test of Reasoning
Test of Reasoning Paper: United Bank of India Clerical Exam
Test of Reasoning Paper: SBI Clerical Exam-1
Test of Reasoning Paper: SBI Clerical Exam-2
Test of Reasoning Paper: Andhra Bank Clerical Exam

Union Bank Clerical Exam Sample Paper: Numerical Ability
Test of Quantitative Aptitude Paper: Union Bank of India Clerical Exam
Test of Quantitative Aptitude Paper: SBI Clerical Exam-1
Test of Quantitative Aptitude Paper: SBI Clerical Exam-2
Test of Quantitative Aptitude Paper: Vijaya Bank Clerical Exam
Test of Quantitative Aptitude Paper: Coop. Bank Clerical Exam
Test of Quantitative Aptitude Paper: UCO Bank Clerical Exam

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Union Bank Clerical Exam Sample Paper: Test of General Awareness
Test of General Awareness Paper: IOB & Andhra Bank PO Exam
Test of General Awareness Paper: Bank PO Exams

Union Bank Clerical Exam Sample Paper: Test of English`
Test of English Paper: Bank of Maharashtra Clerical Exam.
Test of English Paper: Dena Bank Clerical Exam.
Test of English Paper: Oriental Bank of Commerce Clerical Exam.
Test of English Paper: Vijaya Bank Clerical Exam.
Test of English Paper: SBI Clerical Exam.

Apart from Competition Master, I also found these websites offering sample papers for Bank Clerical exams:

Allinterview: It gives 130 model questions with answers.
Allexam: It gives 25 Union Bank Bank Clerk GK model questions with answers.
Upscportal: It gives you 20 Allahabad Bank model questions.
Upscportal: General Awareness sample Question Paper 2008: 40 Q
Competitionreview: Some 7 Vijaya bank model questions.
Edutalkindia: Numerical Ability/Maths samle Paper: 40 Q

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Sample papers for Union Bank Clerical exam: Computer knowledge test

UPSC Portal has a good collection of 100 sample questions for Computer General Knowledge For Bank Examination. You can view this sample paper here.

Way2Freshers has also a similar sample question paper on Union Bank Clerk computer knowledge. Click here to view the same.

Recommended Books or Union Bank Clerical exam:

While the above on-line Bank Clerical exam papers should be treated as eye-openers, you need to lay more emphasis on the preparatory books for the Bank Clerical exams. I found following list of books available on the net. These books are available in most of the good book shops. You can also order them online by clicking the book name through credit card as well as by Cash-On-Delivery (i.e. you pay when you get the book) from books4u.in, which is giving a good discount of 20%.

Ramesh Bank Clerical Practice Work Book by RPH Editorial Board (Rs. 190)
Ramesh Bank Clerical Exam Solved Papers by RPH Editorial Board (Rs. 110)
Ramesh Bank Clerical Test Guide (Big) by Anjani A Gupta (Rs. 195)
Ramesh Bank Clerks Exam Guide (Small) by Saurabh Sharma, Karan Dev (Rs. 140)
Upkars Banks Recruitment Tests by Khanna & Verma (Rs. 130)
Upkars Bank Competitions by T. S. Jain (Rs. 205)
Upkars New Banks Recruitment Tests by Dr. M. B. Lal & Bhatnagar (Rs. 140)
Upkars Quicker Numerical Test for Bank Clerical Cadre by Dr. M. B. Lal & Jain (Rs. 145)

With above, I am confident that you would be able to qualify in the Union Bank Clerical written exam. But how should you prepare for the Interview of the Union Bank Clerical written exam?

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Prep material for Interview of Union Bank Clerical exam:

For Interview, click here to visit this article, which tells you what are the requirements an interviewer looks for in you. It also gives you an interesting YouTube video telling you how you can also analyze an interviewer and hence be prepared for it. And than it gives you a list of 99 interview questions, which are most repeated in every other interview! These questions helps you prepare yourself.

At last, you may be asking me when and where would the results of Union Bank Clerical exam declared.

Results of Union Bank Clerical exam

Union Bank normally declares the results of bank exams approximately 1 month after the exam – this time range is very approximate and may vary. But the place where it is announced is always the same:Click here to see Union Bank result website.

Hope this blog post answers your all questions on the Union Bank Clerical exam. I would post more info on this Bank Clerical Exam. So just keep visiting. Also, you are requested to put your questions as comments below, so that another among you can answer it, if not I.

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Best wishes for the Union Bank Clerical exam!