SBI PO EXAM PAPER PATTERN

Every year State Bank of India conducts a recruitment process for hiring eligible candidates for the post of Probationary Officers. The selection process will be conducted through 3 stages namely Prelims, Mains, and Interview. The candidates have to qualify for all three stages to be selected as a PO in SBI branches. SBI is a prestigious bank providing handsome salary and job security to its employees which is one of the reason lakhs of candidates rush for these recruitments. The interested candidates must go through the details of SBI PO 2021 including exam pattern, syllabus, selection process provided in the article.  

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SBI Exam is also conducted in three stages.

1)Pre(phase 1)

2)Mains(phase 2)

3)Interview 

Pre Exam Pattern

S.No.	Name of Tests(Objective)	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	English Language	30	30	Composite time of 1 Hour
2	Numerical Ability	35	35
3	Reasoning Ability	35	35
Total		100	100

 Mains Exam Pattern 

I. Objective Test: The objective test of 3 hours duration consists of 4 Sections for a total of 200 marks. The objective test will have separate timing for every section. 

S.No.	Name of Tests (Objective)	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	Reasoning and Computer Aptitude	45	60	60 minutes
2	Data Analysis & Interpretation	35	60	45 minutes
3	General/Economy/ Banking Awareness	40	40	35 minutes
4	English Language	35	40	40 minutes
	Total	155	200	180 minutes

 II. Descriptive Test: The Descriptive Test of 30 minutes duration with 50 marks will be a Test of English Language (Letter Writing & Essay). 

Interview Round

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

Study Material For Exam

Sub	BOOKS
Reasoning	1)  A Modern Approach to                                        Verba & Non-Verbal Reasoning   Revised Edition)   2) Verbal Reasoning by MK Pandey
English	1)  Objective General English by S P Bakshi. 2)   High School English Grammar &Composition
General Awareness	1) IBPS /SBI PO Solved Question Papers 1)  Business Standard General              Awareness for IBPS & Bank PO           by business standard.
Quantitative Aptitude	1) Objective IBPS /SBI PO      Solved Question Paper  2) Quantum CAT by survesh verma
Data analysis and interpretation	1 ) data analysis and interpretation by arihant
Economics	1)NCERT 11 Ind Eco Dev 2)NCERT 12 Mic and Macro Eco 3)Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh