SBI PO Syllabus 2017 - Complete Details
SBI PO Syllabus 2017
State bank of India has released the Probationary Officer recruitment to fill various vacancies in SBI branches in India. There are 2403 posts under this notification. A lot of graduates prepare for this examination by attending various coaching institutes to succeed in SBI PO examination. This article covers the SBI PO Exam Syllabus and Pattern.
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:
The candidates can check the complete SBI PO syllabus:
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 |
The article has covered the topic in detail, prepare well. All the best for SBI PO exam.
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