SBI PO Exam Pattern & Syllabus

SBI PO Exam Pattern & Syllabus

State Bank of India Probationary Officer Exam Pattern & Syllabus is given below go, through the
topics, to have an idea of the difficult subjects. Then candidates can plan a schedule for your preparation as
per the syllabus. Here is the Exam Pattern & Syllabus for Probationary Officers.

Selection Process:

The recruitment process will be held in three phases i.e. Preliminary Examination, Main
Examination and Group Exercise & Interview. Candidates who are shortlisted after Preliminary
Examination will have to appear for Main Examination. Candidates who are shortlisted after the Main
Examination will be subsequently called for Group Exercises & Interview.

Phase-I: Preliminary Examination: (Objective Type)

The Preliminary Examination will have 3 sections with separate timing for each as given below.

S.NO Name of No of Marks Duration

the test Questions
1 English 30 Total 20
Language Maximum Minutes
2 Quantitative 35 Marks 20
Aptitude 100 Minutes
3 Reasoning 35 20
Ability Minutes
Total 100 1 hour

Phase-II: Main Examination:

The Main Examination will have Objective type and Descriptive type. Objective type for 200 marks and
Descriptive type for 50 marks.

(i) Objective Test: The objective test of 3 hours duration consists of 4 Sections for total
200 marks. The objective test will have separate timing for every section.

S.No Name of the Test No.of Maximum Duration

Questions Marks
1 Reasoning & Computer 45 60 60
Aptitude Minutes
2 Data Analysis & 35 60 45
Interpretation Minutes
3 General/Economy/Banking 40 40 35
Awareness Minutes
4 English Language 35 40 40
Minutes
Total 155 200 3 Hours

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(ii) Descriptive Test: The Descriptive Test of 30 minutes duration with two questions for 50 marks will be
a Test of English Language (Letter Writing & Essay).

S.No Name of No.of Maximum Duration

the Test Questions Marks
1 English 2 50 Marks 30
Language Questions Minutes
(Letter
Writing
& Essay)

Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both - Preliminary and Main Exam):
There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong
answer has been given by the candidate, 1/4th of marks assigned to that question will be deducted as
penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. if no answer is marked by candidate, there
will be no penalty for that question.

Phase-III: Group Exercises (20 marks) & Interview (30 marks)

Candidates qualifying for GE & Interview under 'OBC' category would be required to submit OBC
certificate containing the 'Non Creamy layer' clause. Candidates who have registered themselves as OBC but
do not submit OBC 'Non Creamy layer' certificate and request to be interviewed under General category will
not be entertained.

FinalSelection:
The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) will not be added for preparing the final merit
list for selection. Only the marks obtained in Main Examination (Phase-II), both in the Objective Test and
the Descriptive Test, will be added to the marks obtained in GE & Interview (Phase-III) for preparing the
final merit list. The candidates will have to qualify both in Phase-II and Phase-III separately. Marks secured
by the candidates in the Main Examination (out of 250 marks) are converted to out of 75 marks and Group
Exercises & Interview scores of candidate (out of 50 marks) are converted to out of 25 marks. The final
merit list is arrived at after aggregating (out of 100) converted marks of Main Examination and Group
Exercises & Interview. Selection will be made from the top merit ranked candidates in each category.

Syllabus:

English Language Study Materials:

1. Phrase Replacement
2. Sentence Improvement
3. Fill in the Blanks
4. Wrong Spelt
5. One Word Substitution
6. Error Spotting
7. Direct and Indirect Speech
8. Alliteration
9. Allusion
10. Jumbled Sentence
11. Simile
12. Reading Comprehension
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13. Metaphor
14. Personification
15. Cloze Test
16. Oxymoron
17. Active Voice and Passive Voice
18. Onomatopoeia
19. Anaphora
20. Ellipsis
21. Repetition
22. Apostrophe
23. British English – American English

Quantitative Aptitude Study Materials:

• HCF & LCM

• Algebraic Expressions and in Equalities
• Average
• Percentage
• Profit and Loss
• Number System & Simplification
• Probability
• Simple & Compound interest
• Ratio and Proportion & Partnership
• Time and Work & Pipes and Cisterns
• Speed, time & Distance (Train, Boats & Stream)
• Mensuration
• Trigonometry
• Geometry
• Mixture & Allegations
• Data Interpretation
• Number Series
• Speed, Distance and Time
• Time and Work
• Number System

General Intelligence & Reasoning Study Materials:

• Classification
• Coding and Decoding
• Series
• Direction and Distance
• Time Sequence, Number and Ranking Test
• Number Puzzle
• Logical Sequence of Words
• Venn Diagrams
• Blood Relation
• Analogy
• Syllogism
• Mathematical Operation
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• Arithmetical Reasoning
• Clock and Calendar
• Matrix Reasoning
• Statement and Reasoning
• Completion of Figure
• Visual Reasoning
• Cube and Dice
• Paper Cutting and Folding

General Awareness Study Material:

1. March 2019 Current Affairs PDF Download

2. February 2019 Current Affairs PDF Download
3. January 2019 Current Affairs PDF Download
4. December 2018 Current Affairs PDF Download
5. November 2018 Current Affairs PDF Download
6. October 2018 Current Affairs PDF Download
7. September 2018 Current Affairs PDF Download
8. August 2018 Current Affairs PDF Download
9. July 2018 Current Affairs PDF Download
10. June 2018 Current Affairs PDF Download
11. April 2018 Current Affairs PDF Download

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