SBI Probationary Officer Exam Syllabus

Will you please provide the Syllabus of SBI Probationary Officer Exam?

[Raman Vij]

Syllabus and Question Pattern of SBI PO exam is given below which you are looking for .

There are 2 papers in SBI PO examination The first one is Objective paper and the second one is Descriptive.

SBI PO Objective paper (Paper I) syllabus and pattern:
Time allotted: 2 hours
Total marks: 200

Syllabus of Objective Paper (Paper I of SBI PO exam):

The 200 questions are asked from the following areas:

1. Reasoning
2. Data Interpretation
3. English Language
4. The rest of the questions will be from General Awareness, Computer Awareness and Marketing awareness

English Language syllabus: A total of 50 questions are expected, Important areas are Reading comprehension, Vocabulary, Grammar Corrections, Identification of Errors in sentence constructions, Jumbled sentences etc. Expect High standard questions in Comprehension, rest of the questions will be in moderate difficulty.

Reasoning syllabus: 50 questions will be there in this section also. Expect the difficulty level to be on the higher side for this section. The important areas are Logical Reasoning, Arithmetical reasoning, Analytical reasoning, Series completion, finding missing figures, Completing number and alphabetical series, Analogies / decision making, Puzzle / Seating Arrangement

Data Analysis and Interpretation syllabus: 50 questions in this section will be in easy to moderate difficulty level. The following sections are considered important: Data Interpretation and manipulation questions from Charts, Graphs and Diagrams including Line charts, pie charts, bar charts and tabular data. Application level questions from probability and statistics, The data manipulation of these questions will contain of time and distance calculations, BODMAS rule, Calculation of speed and distance, calculation of area, volume, perimeter and application of formulas in algebra, geometry, functions etc.

Syllabus of General Awareness: In this section 10 questions each are expected from Marketing and computer awareness sections and 15 questions each are expected from Banking awareness and current affairs sections.

Negative Marking of SBI PO Paper I
For each incorrect answer a quarter (1/4th ) of marks are reduced

SBI PO Descriptive Paper (Paper II) Syllabus
In this section, expect questions relating to Letter writing (Usually official letters in connection with the normal functioning of a bank branch), Essay and Paragraph writing (Usually related to bank functioning and economy), Precis writing and Reading comprehension.

This paper will have 50 marks and the duration will be 1 hour.

I want to get government job so I am preparing for the SBI PO exam, Would you like to share the syllabus of the SBI PO exam?

[Kiran Chandar]

State bank of India (SBI) conducts the written exam to hire the Probationary Officer, the exam contains following sections.

Objective Type Test : (Time : 2 Hours & Marks - 200)

English Language (Grammer, Vocabulary, Comprehension etc.)
General Awareness, Marketing & Computers
Data Analysis & Interpretation
Reasoning (High Level)

Descriptive Test: (Time 1 Hours & Marks - 50)
English Language (comprehension, short précis, letter writing & essay)

SBI does not offers the syllabus for the exam, but Here, I am giving you name of the topics which you need to cover for the exam.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE:

1 Reading Comprehension
2 Faulty Construction
3 Jumbled Sentences
4 Close Passages

REASONING (High Level):

1 Input – output
2 Sentence coding
3 Logical Reasoning
4 Syllogism
5 Puzzle / Seating Arrangement
6 Data Sufficiency
7 Direction &other problem

GENERAL AWARENESS:

1 Banking Awareness
2 Current Affairs
3 Computer Awareness
4 Marketing

DATA ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION:

1 Probability
2 Line Graph
3 Pie Charts
4 Bar Charts
5 Tables

DESCRIPTIVE SECTION SYLLABUS OF SBI PO:
Letter Writing
Paragraph Writing
Essay Writing
Precise Writing
Reading Comprehension