SBI PO syllabus and Exam Pattern

SBI PO SYLLABUS

SBI PO Syllabus is the major factor to get success in the exam. Here we are providing the detailed knowledge of the syllabus. You will get to know the section and the topic under that section. SBI PO Syllabus is different for Prelims and for Mains.

Here we provide the weightage of each topic. . The SBI PO Exam Syllabus includes General English, General Knowledge, General Aptitude & Reasoning subjects.

Important Highlights of SBI PO Exam Syllabus

1.Bilingual Test

Except English Language other sections are available in Hindi and English and you can choose as per your comfort.

2.Negative Marks:

Each wrong answer takes quarter of the marks assigned to that question from your total marks. Negative marks are small enough so you can take a risk if you are partially sure but be careful not to overdo it with Guesses.

3.Cut – Offs:

Each section has an individual cut-offs. But there is also overall cut off decided by the SBI which you need to cross to get into the next level.

SBI PO 2017: Exam Pattern

SBI PO 2017 – Phase – I Preliminary Examination

Sr.No.	Name of the Test	No. of Questions	Marks	Duration
1.	English Language	30	30	Composite Time of 1 hour
2.	Quantitative Aptitude	35	35
3.	Reasoning Ability	35	35
	Total	100	100

 

SBI PO 2017 – Phase – II Main Examination

Sr.No.	Name of the Test	No. of Questions	Marks	Duration
1.	Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	45	60	60 minutes
2.	Data Analysis & Interpretation	35	60	45 minutes
3.	General Awareness about Economics & Banking	40	40	35 minutes
4.	English  language	35	40	40 minutes
	Total	155	200	3 hours

 

1. Objective Test consist of following

• Reasoning and Computer Aptitude
• Data analysis and Interpretation
• General awareness
• English Language

 

2. Descriptive Test

Syllabus of SBI PO contain Descriptive test which is of 30 minutes duration with 25 marks will be a test of English language (Letter writing & Essay). Candidate need to score the passing marks to clear the phase II.

Syllabus for SBI PO Objective questions

Reasoning and Computer Aptitude	Data analysis and Interpretation/Quantitative Aptitude	General awareness	English Language
Puzzles	Data Interpretation [ Bar Graph, Pie Chart, Table, Line Graph, Radar, Mixed Graph]	Current Affairs- covers every current news including related to the banking	Reading comprehension
Machine Input/output	Miscellaneous- Time work, Partnership, Profit & Loss, Speed and Distance, Streams, Simple and Compound, Ratio and Proportion, Percentages, Averages, Age, Problem based on Numbers.	Current Affairs- Latest appointments, obituaries, awards and honors, books and authors	Sentences Arrangement or Para jumble
Blood Relation		Current Affairs- New Schemes of central and state governments, sports, etc.	Sentence correction
Direction Sense	Number Series	Statics- Topics like headquarters of financial organizations, country-capital, country-currency, constituencies of ministers, dance forms, nuclear and thermal power stations, first in India & world, rivers, wildlife sanctuary etc.	Spell Checks
Inequalities	Data Sufficiency		Filler(sentence/word)
Logical Reasoning	Quadratic Equations		Cloze Test
Coding Decoding
Ranking
Statement and Assumptions/ Conclusion
Analytics Reasoning
Syllogism
Flow Chart based questions

 

SBI PO – Phase III Interview

Sr. No.	Name of the test	Marks
1.	Group Discussion	20
2.	Interview	30
	Total	50

 

SBI PO- Final selection

Sr. No.	Name of the test	Maximum Marks	Normalized to
1.	Main Examination (Phase II)	225	75
2.	GD & Interview (Phase III)	50	25
	Total	275	100

 

• Marks obtained in Preliminary exam (Phase I) will not be considered in the final evaluation
• Candidate must qualify both the Phase that is II and III separately.
• Marks scored in Phase II converted to out of 75 marks and marks scored in Phase III converted to out of 25 marks.
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