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S.B.I. (P.O.)

SBI PO exam follows a three-stage selection process.

1. Preliminary Exam

2. Main Exam

3. Group Exercises and Interview

Preliminary Exam

The SBI PO Preliminary exam is an objective type test and is conducted for one-hour duration. For each wrong answer, there is a negative marking of 0.25. There is sectional as well as overall cut off in SBI PO prelims exam.

Sections Total no. of question Maximum Marks Time Duration
English Language 30 30 20 minutes
Numerical Ability 35 35 20 minutes
Reasoning Ability 35 35 20 minutes
Total 100 questions 100 marks 60 minutes

Main Exam

SBI PO Mains has two sections- Objective and Descriptive. Objective section is of 200 marks and Descriptive section carries 50 marks. Both of these tests are taken online. A descriptive test will take place right after the completion of the objective test on the same day.

Section Total no. question Maximum Marks Total Time Duration
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude 45 60 60 minutes
Data Analysis & Interpretation 35 60 45 minutes
General Awareness (Economy & banking) 40 40 35 minutes
English Language 35 40 40 minutes
TOTAL 155 200 180 minutes

Descriptive Test

This is Level 2 in the Mains Exam. It will commence immediately after the objective test.

The exam is conducted in online mode i.e. candidates are allotted a desktop in which they are supposed to type their answers.

Candidates are given 30 minutes to the complete descriptive paper

There are a total of 2 questions in this section namely Letter writing and Essay Writing

Each question is of 25 marks.

Group Exercise/Personal Interview Pattern

Candidates who qualify SBI PO mains exam are eligible to appear for GD and interview.

Marks for Group Exercise/ Group Discussions round are 20.

Marks for Personal Interview round are 30.

Post conduction of the interview, a combined score is generated which includes the sum of marks obtained in main examination and interview.

Exam Pattern for Descriptive Test

This is Level 2 in the Mains Exam. It will commence immediately after the objective test. Listed below are the highlights for SBI PO descriptive test.

Reasoning syllabus
  • Logical Reasoning contains (Inference, Assumption, Conclusion, Cause and Effect, Cause and Effect, Argument,)
  • Alphabet Test
  • Blood Relation
  • Sitting arrangement
  • Puzzle
  • Input - Output
  • Direction and Distance
  • Coding-Decoding
  • Making Series (Number Series, Alphabet, Letter Series )
  • Syllogism
  • Analogy
  • Classification
Math
  • Number system
  • HCF & LCM
  • Number series
  • Problems based on numbers. Approximation Wrong Number
  • Decimal Fractions, Square root and cube root
  • Inequalities
  • Simplifications
  • Partnerships
  • Percentage
  • Ratio and proportions
  • Mixture and Alligation
  • Average & Ages
  • Profit and Loss
  • Simple Interest and compound interest
  • Time and Work
  • Time and Distance
  • Average
  • Mensuration
  • Permutation and combination
  • Probability
  • Data interpretation (Pie Charts, Bar Graphs, Line Graphs, Mixed graphs, Case study.)
  • Data sufficiency
English
It is the first paper of basic English knowledge. It has General English, Comprehension & Spelling sections which given below.
  • General English
  • Vocabulary
  • Synonyms,
  • Antonyms
  • Word formation and Sentence rearrangement.
  • Comprehension: Theme detection
  • Deriving conclusions
  • Passage completion
  • Error detection
  • Passage Correction
  • Sentence correction
  • Spelling: Grammar
  • Idioms, and Phrases
  • Cloze test

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