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SBI PO ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA :

Candidates had to meet the education qualification and age eligibility criteria in order to apply for SBI PO Recruitment. The following are the details of SBI PO Eligibility Criteria
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS :
Graduation in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by
the Central Government.
Basic knowledge of computers is a must.
The date of passing the eligibility examination will be the date appearing on the mark-sheet or provisional
certificate issued by the University/Institute.
SBI PO AGE CRITERIA :
• Minimum Age Limit : 21 Years
• Maximum Age Limit : 30 Years

LEVEL OF EXAMS :

PHASE-I : PRELIMINARY (OBJECTIVE) :

SBI PO is a three-tier exam i.e. preliminary exam, main exam followed by Group Discussion & Personal Interview. Following is the expected exam pattern of SBI PO according to the previous year’s noti cation.

Phase-I : Preliminary (OBJECTIVE) :

Sr No.	Subjects	No.of.Questions	Max Marks	Duration
1.	English Language	30	30	Each section 20 minutes
2.	Quantitative Aptitude	35	35
3.	Reasoning Ability	35	35
	Total	100	100	60 Minutes

Candidates have to qualify for the test by securing passing marks to be decided by the Bank. There will be no sectional cutoff. An adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by the Bank (approximately 10 times the numbers of vacancies subject to availability) are shortlisted for the Main Examination.

PHASE-II : MAINS EXAMINATION PATTERN (OBJECTIVE) :

Main Examination consists of Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test for 50 marks. Both the Objective and Descriptive Tests is online. Candidates have to answer the Descriptive test by typing on the computer.

Immediately after completion of the Objective Test, Descriptive Test is administered.

S. No.	Name of test (Not by Sequence)	No. of Questions	Max. Marks	Durstion
1.	Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	45	60	60 minutes
2.	English Language	35	40	40 minutes

3.	Data Analysis and Interpretation	35	60	45 minutes
4.	General, Economy/Banking Awareness	40	40	35 minutes
	Total	155	200	3 Hours

OBJECTIVE TEST

The objective test of 3 hours duration consists of 4 Sections for total 200 marks. The objective test has separate timing for every section. The candidates are required to qualify in each of the Tests by securing passing marks, to be decided by the Bank.

DESCRIPTIVE TEST :

The Descriptive Test of 30 minutes duration with 50 marks is a Test of English Language (Letter Writing & Essay). The candidates are required to qualify in the Descriptive Test by securing passing marks, to be decided by the Bank. Descriptive Test paper of only those candidates will be evaluated who have scored qualifying marks in the Objective Tests and are placed adequately high as per total marks in the objective test.

A Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Preliminary and Main examination): There will be a penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one-fourth of the marks assigned  to that question  will be deducted  as penalty to arrive at corrected  score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.

PHASE – III : GROUP EXERCISES (20 MARKS) & INTERVIEW (30 MARKS)

The aggregate marks of candidates qualifying in both the Objective Tests and Descriptive Test are arranged in descending order in each category. The adequate number of candidates in each category, as decided by the Bank are called for Group Exercises and Interview. The qualifying marks in Group Exercises & Interview are decided by the Bank.

Detailed SBI PO Syllabus

The three-tier process in the SBI PO exam was introduced in the year 2015. Generally, the syllabus of SBI PO remains the same. Click below to view SBI PO Syllabus. The SBI PO syllabus mentioned below is according to previous years. The syllabus is subject to change.

SBI PO SYLLABUS PRELIMINARY EXAM :

Given below is the syllabus of the Prelims examination.

English Language :	Reading Comprehension Cloze Test Jumbled         Paragraph Multiple Meaning / Error Spotting Fill in the blanks Miscellaneous Paragraph Completion
Reasoning Ability :	Logical  Reasoning Alphanumeric Series Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test Data Suf ciency Coded Inequalities Seating Arrangement Puzzle Tabulation Syllogism Blood Relations Input-Output Coding-Decoding
Quantitative Aptitude :	Simpli cation Pro t & Loss Mixtures & Allegations Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices Time & Work Time & Distance Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere Data Interpretation Ratio & Proportion, Percentage Number Systems Sequence        &         Series Permutation, Combination & Probability

Given below is the syllabus of the Mains examination of SBI PO

Reasoning :	Verbal Reasoning Syllogism Circular Seating Arrangement Linear Seating Arrangement Double Lineup Scheduling Input-Output Blood Relations Directions & Distances Ordering & Ranking Data Suf ciency Coding & Decoding Code Inequalities Course of Action Critical Reasoning Analytical & Decision Making
Data Analysis and Interpretation	Tabular Graph Line  Graph Pie Chart Bar Graph Radar Graph Case let Missing DI Case let DI Data Suf ciency Probability Permutation & Combination
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 Of ce Computer Hardware Computer Software Operating System Networking Computer – Fundamentals / Terminologies

SBI PO Number of Attempts

Given below are the number of attempts for each category that are allowed in SBI PO

Geral ews	4
General (PwD)	7
OBC	7
OBC (PwD)	7
SC/ST (PwD)	No Restriction

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