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State bank of India Probationary officer (PO) exam consists of 2 sections namely:
1. Objective type paper-I - 200 Marks
( Total Time : 2 hours)
2. Descriptive type Paper-II - 50 marks
( Total Time : 1 hour )
Note: Negative Marking : 1/4th of Marks
AREA
NUMBER OF QUESTION
DIFFICULTY LEVEL
Reading Comprehension
10+10
Moderate to Difficult
Faulty Construction
15
Easy to Moderate
Jumbled Sentences
Easy to Moderate
Close Passages
10
Easy
Note: According to the analysis of previous year question paper there were two Reading Comprehensions.
B). REASONING (High Level)
NAME
NUMBER OF QUESTION
DIFFICULTY LEVEL
Input - output
Difficult
Sentence coding
Easy
Logical Reasoning
15
Easy to Moderate
Syllogism
Moderate
10
Moderate
Data Sufficiency
Moderate
Easy to Moderate
Area
NUMBER OF QUESTION
DIFFICULTY LEVEL
Banking Awareness
14
Moderate to Difficult
Current Affairs
16
Easy to Moderate
Computer Awareness
10
Easy to Moderate
Marketing
10
Easy
AREA
NUMBER OF QUESTION
DIFFICULTY LEVEL
Probability
Easy to Moderate
Line Graph
Moderate
Pie Charts
10
Moderate to Difficult
Bar Charts
15
Easy
Tables
15
Moderate to Difficult
AREA
NUMBER OF QUESTION
TOPICS
Letter Writing
10
Paragraph Writing
Essay Writing
12
Precise Writing
10
Reading Comprehension
10