Banking Examination: Scheme
Preliminary Exam | Subjects | Number of Questions | Marks | Duration |
Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes | |
Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes | |
English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes | |
Mains Examination | Data Analysis & Interpretation | 35 | 60 | 45 minutes |
Reasoning Ability | 45 | 60 | 60 minutes | |
English Language | 35 | 40 | 40 minutes | |
General & Banking Awareness | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes | |
English (Descriptive Test) | 2 | 50 | 30 minutes | |
Group Discussion | — | — | 20 | — |
Interview | — | — | 30 | — |
SBI PO Prelims Syllabus
SBI PO Quantitative Aptitude Syllabus | SBI PO Reasoning Syllabus | SBI PO English Syllabus |
Simplification/ Approximation Profit & Loss | Alphanumeric Series | Reading Comprehension |
Mixtures & Alligations | Logical Reasoning | Fill in the blanks |
Permutation, Combination & Probability | Data Sufficiency | Cloze Test |
Work & Time Sequence & Series | Ranking & Order Directions Alphabet Test | Para jumbles |
Simple Interest & Compound Interest Surds & Indices | Seating Arrangement | Vocabulary |
Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere | Coded Inequalities | Paragraph Completion |
Time & Distance Number Systems | Puzzle Coding-Decoding Tabulation | Multiple Meaning /Error Spotting |
Data Interpretation | Syllogism | Sentence Completion |
Ratio & Proportion Percentage | Blood Relations Input-Output | Tenses Rules |
SBI PO Mains Syllabus
Data Analysis & Interpretation | Reasoning | General/Economy/Banking Awareness | English Language |
Tabular Graph | Syllogism | Current Affairs | Reading Comprehension |
Line Graph | Verbal Reasoning | Financial Awareness | Grammar |
Bar Graph | Circular Seating Arrangement | General Knowledge | Verbal Ability |
Charts & Tables | Linear Seating Arrangement | Static Awareness | Vocabulary |
Missing Case DI | Double Lineup | Banking Terminologies Knowledge | Sentence Improvement |
Radar Graph Caselet | Scheduling | Banking Awareness | Word Association |
Probability | Blood Relations, Critical Reasoning | Principles of Insurance | Para Jumbles |
Data Sufficiency | Input-Output, Analytical and Decision Making | Error Spotting | |
Let it Case DI | Directions and Distances | Cloze Test | |
Permutation and Combination | Ordering and Ranking, Code Inequalities | Fill in the blanks | |
Pie Charts | Data Sufficiency | ||
Coding-Decoding, Course of Action |
