SBI PO Exam Syllabus:

The State Bank of India conducts the SBI Prelims followed by PO Mains for the selection of candidates. SBI Prelims tests the candidates in English, Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Ability.

The topics in SBI PO Mains exam are Reasoning, Data Interpretation, English, General Awareness, Computer and Banking Awareness.  

Aptitude, Numeric ability, English, General Awareness, Marketing Syllabus, and Computer Knowledge. The Descriptive Examination Syllabus covers Letter writing (formal & Informal), Essay Writing, and Precise Writing.

SBI PO Exam Syllabus in detail:

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Reasoning:

Syllogism, Seating Arrangement – Circular table and Line (North & South), Puzzle, Blood Relation, Inequality or Decision Making, Data Sufficiency, Logical Reasoning, Input Output, Number series, Statement and Argument, Passage and conclusion, Coding and decoding, Order and ranking, making judgments.

Aptitude:

Coding-Decoding, Deriving Conclusions from Passages , Arithmetical Reasoning , Inserting The Missing Character , Statement – Conclusions, Number, Ranking & Time Sequence , Logic , Series Completion , Logical Venn Diagrams , Clocks & Calendars , Statement – Arguments , Mathematical Operations, Alphabet Test , Logical Sequence of Words , Eligibility Test , Alpha Numeric Sequence Puzzle , Direction Sense Test , Data Sufficiency , Theme Detection , Situation Reaction Test , Analogy, Tables , Pie – Charts, Bar Graphs , Data Analysis , Line Graphs , Case lets , Combined data sets , Probability/ Series.

English Syllabus:

Reading Comprehension, Spotting Error, Fill in the blank, Cloze test, Para-Jumbles.

General Awareness:

News related to Reserve Bank of India, Banking Awareness, Financial Awareness (Union Budget/ Railway Budget), Economics news, Current Affairs – Questions can be asked from various fields such as National, International, Awards, Sports, Defence, Summits, Appointment, Books & Authors, and Obituary, etc.

Marketing Syllabus

Basics of Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Market Segmentation, Marketing Management, Marketing Mix, Developing stage of organization, Brand, Advertising, Products Life Cycle, 4 P’s and 4 C’s of marketing.

Computer Knowledge:

Basics of Computer, Hardware and software, Operating system, MS Word and MS Excel, PowerPoint, Generation of Computer, The internet, Short forms (Eg. Jpeg, mp3, pdf), Android and Apple related news.

SBI PO Prelims Exam pattern 2017:

S.No.	Name of Section	No. Of Questions	Total Marks	Exam Duration
1.	English Language	30	30	1 Hour
2.	Quantitative Aptitude	35	35
3.	Reasoning Ability	35	35
	Total	100	100

SBI PO Mains Exam Pattern 2017:

S.No.	Name of Section	No. Of Questions	Total Marks	Time Duration	Exam Duration
1.	Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	45	60	60 minutes	3 Hours
2.	English Language	35	40	40 minutes
3.	Data Analysis & Interpretation	35	60	45 minutes
4.	General Awareness (with special reference to Banking Industry)	40	40	35 minutes
	Total	155	200
6.	Descriptive Test	1	50		30 Minute

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