SBI IBPS Exam Syllabus

Can you tell me if the syllabus of Probationary Officer (PO) Pre Exam is same for State Bank of India (SBI) and IBPS (Institute of Banking Personnel Selection)?

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

The syllabus of Probationary Officer (PO) Pre Exam for State Bank of India (SBI) and IBPS (Institute of Banking Personnel Selection) is some what same. The detailed syllabus is as follows:

SBI PO Prelims 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.

Data Interpretation
Tables.
Pie – Charts.
Bar Graphs.
Data Analysis.
Line Graphs.
Case lets.
Combined data sets.
Probability/ Series.

English
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.
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IBPS PO Prelims Exam Syllabus

Quantitative Aptitude
Simplification
Number Series
Ratio & Proportion
Percentage & Averages
Profit & Loss
Mixtures & Allegations
Simple Interest & Compound Interest
Work & Time
Time & Distance
Sequence & Series
Permutation, Combination & Probability
Data Interpretation

Reasoning
Seating Arrangement
Syllogism
Input Output
Coding Decoding
Alphanumeric Series
Ranking/Direction/Alphabet test
Data sufficiency
Coded Inequalities
Puzzle
Logical Reasoning

English language
Reading Comprehension
Cloze test
Fill in the blanks
Error Spotting
Sentence Correction
Para Jumbles

General Awareness
Banking & Financial Awareness
Current Affairs
Static GK (Few questions)

Computer Knowledge
Fundamentals of Computer
History of Computer
Internet
MS Office – Word, Power point, Excel & Access
Memory
Input Output devices
Computer Shortcuts