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Exam Pattern of SBI PO:
SBI PO Exam Pattern is of Three Phases – 1. Phase I, 2. Phase II, 3. Phase III.

A. Phase I: Preliminary Examination consisting of Objective Tests for 100 marks will be conducted online. This test would be of 1 hour duration consisting of 3 Sections as follows…

S.No. Name of test No. of Questions Marks Duration
1. English Language 30 30 Composite Time of
2. Quantitative Aptitude 35 35 1 hour
3. Reasoning Ability 35 35
Total 100 100

B. Phase- II:Written Examination (250 marks) consisting of Objective Tests and Descriptive Test.

(i). Objective Tests (200 marks): The Objective Tests with 2 hour duration will consists of 4 Sections with 50 marks each as follows:

(a) Test of English Language (Grammer, Vocabulary, Comprehension etc)

(b) Test of General Awareness, Marketing and Computers

(c) Test of Data Analysis and Interpretation

(d) Test of Reasoning (High Level)

(ii). Descriptive Test (50 marks): The Descriptive Test with 1 hour duration will be of “Test of English Language (letter writing & essay)”.

Syllabus of SBI PO:
1. English Language:
This section will have problems on
1. Reading Comprehension (10+10) - Moderate to difficult - It takes lot of time to find answers from these.
2. Jumbled Sentences (5) - Moderate - Practice is the key to these types of questions.
3. Close Passages (10) - Moderate
4. Errors Correction (15) - Easy to Moderate - You need to know all the english grammar rules to get better marks from these questions.

2. SBI PO Syllabus of Reasoning Section:
The reasoning section is of high level and have problems on
1. Input – output (machine coding and decoding) (5) - Difficult
2. Sentence coding (5) - easy to moderate
3. Logical Reasoning (15) - Moderate
4. Syllogism (5) - Moderate
5. Puzzle / Seating Arrangement (10) - Difficult - Time consuming questions
6. Data Sufficiency (5) - Moderate level
7. Directions etc. (5) - easy

3. General Awareness + Marketing Awareness + Computer
Problems on following topics are asked. This section have ques. which are of easy, moderate level. Only better preparation of this section's topics can make a candidate to score more.
1. Current Affairs (15) - easy to moderate
2. Banking Awareness (15) - easy
3. Computer Awareness (10) - easy
4. Marketing (10) - easy to mod.

4. DATA ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION:
Ques. on
1. Line graphs (5) - easy
2. Bar chart (15) - easy to moderate
3. Pie chart (10) - moderate - difficult
4. Tables (15) - mod.-diff.
5. Probability (5) - Easy-moderate are asked.

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1. Which of the following is/are India’s strength/s in
terms of higher education?
I. Its system of higher education allows variations.
II. Medium of instruction for most higher learning
is English.
III. It has the paraphernalia, albeit small in the
number, to build a high quality education sector.
(1) Only II (2) Only I & II (3) Only III
(4) Only II & III (5) All I, II & III
2. What does the phrase ‘Achilles Heel’ mean as used in this passage?
(1) Weakness (2) Quickness
(3) Low quality (4) Nimbleness
(5) Advantage
3. Which of the following are Asian countries, other
than India, doing to head towards knowledge
based economy?
I. Building highly competitive research based
universities.
II. Investing in diverse higher education system
III. Providing access to higher education to a select
few students.
(1) Only I (2) Only I & II
(3) Only II & III (4) Only II
(5) All I, II & III
4. Which of the following is/are India’s weakness/es
when it comes to higher education?
I. Indian universities do not have the requisite
teaching faculty to cater to the needs of the higher
education.
II. Only five Indian universities occupy the top
position very strongly, in the academic pyramid,
when it comes to higher education.
III. India has the least percentage of young
population taking to higher education as compared
to the rest of the comparable countries.
(1) Only I & II (2) Only II
(3) Only III (4) Only I & III
(5) All I, II & III
5. What did India agree to do at the behest of the
World Trade Organisation?
(1) It would stop manufacturing all types of
pharmaceuticals.
(2) It would ask its domestic pharmaceuticals
companies to compete with the international ones.
(3) It would buy only license drugs from USA
(4) It would not manufacture cheap common
medicines without a license.
(5) None of these
Directions (6 – 8) Choose the word/ group of words
which is most similar in meaning to the word/group
of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
6. FOSTERING
(1) safeguarding (2) neglecting (3) sidelining
(4) nurturing (5) ignoring
7. PROPEL
(1) drive (2) jettison (3) burst
(4) acclimatize (5) modify
8. STUMLING BLOCK
(1) argument (2) frustration (3) advantage
(4) hurdle (5) fallout
Directions (9 – 10): Choose the word/ group of words
which is most opposite in meaning to the word/group
of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
9. CUMBERSOME
(1) handy
(3) breathtaking (4) awkward
(5) difficult
10. RESEMBLE
(1) against (2) similar to
(3) mirror (4) differ from
(5) unfavourable to
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