| Name of the Organization | State Bank of India |
| Job Role | Probationary Officer (PO) |
| No. of Vacancies | 2000 |
| Job Location | Across India |
| Online Application Start Date | 02nd April 2019 |
| Application Closing Date | 22nd April 2019 |
| Official Notification | SBI PO Recruitment |
SBI PO Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2019 | SBI PO
SBI PO Recruitment Process:
SBI PO 2019 Authorities will recruit the individuals based on their performance of the Written exam, Group Discussion and Personal Interview. It is also notable that, aspirants have to clear the initial rounds to get qualify to appear for the next rounds. Here, the step-wise recruitment process is given below. Further applicants can also find the rules and regulations are given below.
- Phase I: Preliminary Examination
- Phase II: Main Examination
- Group Discussion
- Interview
SBI PO Exam Pattern
Phase I – Preliminary Examination
- Updated SBI PO Exam Pattern has been provided below.
- The Preliminary Exam will be conducted for 100 marks
- The time duration of the exam will be 60 minutes.
- There is no sectional cut-off for getting selected.
- SO, aspirants can focus on their strongest part to explore themselves.
- 1/4 of the marks shall be deducted for each wrong answer.
| Name of the Subject | No. of Questions | Marks | Duration |
| English Language | 30 | 30 Marks | 20 Minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 Marks | 20 Minutes |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 Marks | 20 Minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 Marks | 1 Hour |
SBI PO Phase II – Main Examination
All the candidates who are appeared and cleared the SBI PO Prelims Exam are eligible to appear for the SBI PO Mains Exam. Here, the SBI PO Exam Pattern 2019 are given below. All the applicants have to check the exam pattern and detailed timing details to crack the SBI PO Mains Examination.
- Main Examination consists of
- Objective Tests for 200 marks
- Descriptive Test for 50 marks.
- The time duration of the exam will be 3 hours for Objective type and 30 minutes for the descriptive type.
- 1/4 of the marks shall be deducted for each wrong answer.
| Objective Type |
| Name of the Subject | No. of Questions | Marks | Duration |
| Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 45 | 60 Marks | 60 Minutes |
| Data Analysis & Interpretation | 35 | 60 Marks | 45 Minutes |
| General / Economy / Banking Awareness | 40 | 40 Marks | 35 Minutes |
| English Language | 35 | 40 Marks | 40 Minutes |
| Total | 155 | 200 Marks | 3 Hours |
All the aspirants who are appearing for the SBI PO Mains Exam have to write the Descriptive Type exam. But, the part will be considered only if aspirants clear all the Sectional and Overall cutoff marks in the SBI PO Mains Examination.
| SBI PO 2019 – Descriptive Type |
| Letter Writing & Essay | 02 | 50 marks | 30 minutes |
SBI PO Syllabus 2019 – Preliminary Examination
| Name of the Subject | Topics |
| Reasoning | - Logical Reasoning
- Alphanumeric Series
- Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test
- Data Sufficiency
- Coded Inequalities
- Seating Arrangement
- Puzzle
- Tabulation
- Syllogism
- Blood Relations
- Input Output
- Coding Decoding
|
| Quantitative Ability | - Simplification
- Profit & Loss
- Mixtures &Alligations
- Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices
- Work & Time
- Time & Distance
- Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere
- Data Interpretation
- Ratio & Proportion, Percentage
- Number Systems
- Sequence & Series
- Permutation, Combination &Probability
|
| English Language | - Reading Comprehension
- Cloze Test
- Para jumbles
- Miscellaneous
- Fill in the blanks
- Multiple Meaning /Error Spotting
- Paragraph Completion
|
SBI PO Syllabus 2019 – Preliminary Examination
| Name of the Subject | Topics |
| Data Analysis | - Tabular Graph
- Line Graph
- Pie Chart
- Bar Graph
- Radar Graph Caselet
- Missing Case DI
- Let it Case DI
- Data Sufficiency
- Probability
- Permutation and Combination
|
| Reasoning | - Verbal Reasoning
- Syllogism
- Circular Seating Arrangement
- Linear Seating Arrangement
- Double Lineup
- Scheduling
- Input Output
- Blood Relations
- Directions and Distances
- Ordering and Ranking
- Data Sufficiency
- Coding and Decoding
- Code Inequalities
- Course of Action
- Critical Reasoning
- Analytical and Decision Making
|
| English Language | - Reading Comprehension
- Grammar
- Vocabulary
- Verbal Ability
- Word Association
- Sentence Improvement
- Para Jumbles
- Cloze Test
- Error Spotting
- Fill in the blanks
|
| General/Economy/ Banking Awareness | - Financial Awareness
- Current Affairs
- General Knowledge
- Static Awareness
- Banking and Financial Awareness
|
| Computer Awareness | - Internet
- Memory
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Computer Abbreviation
- Microsoft Office
- Computer Hardware
- Computer Software
- Operating System
- Networking
- Computer Fundamentals /Terminologies
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The Final decision is made by the SBI PO Authorities based on the average cut-off marks from the Main Examination and the Interview process.
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