SBI Clerk & PO & Exam Syllabus 1) SBI Clerk Exam has 5 sections and each section has 40 Questions . The total no. of questions is 200, with each question carrying 1 mark. The total duration of exam is 2 hours and 15 minutes 2) Sectional Cut Off: There is sectional cut off in the SBI Clerk exam, this means you have to pass all the sections individually, and must also secure the minimum marks in each sections. Along with this, you should also score the Minimum aggregate marks, as decided by the bank, to be shortlisted for Interview. 3) Negative Marking: Unlike SSC CGL Exam, In SBI clerk exam, there is negative marking of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer . So attempt only those questions, for which you are sure. 1) Reasoning 2) Quantitative Aptitude 3) General Awareness 4) General English 5) Computer / Marketing Aptitude.
(I) Reasoning Section: I guess, most of you are familiar with this section. as this section is now a days, part of every competitive exam. Commons questions from this section includes 1) Series Completion 2) Statement Conclusion / Statement Assumption Questions 3) Syllogism 4) Direction Sense 5) Coding-Decoding 6) Blood relations etc.
(II) Quantitative Aptitude : This is maths OR Arithmetic part of the syllabus. In this section numerical questions are asked upto 10th standard. Some of the possible questions from this section includes. 1) Profit or Loss 2) Time, Work and Distance 3) Problem on Ages, 4) Geometry OR Mensuration 5) Numerical Aptitude 6) Simple Interest & compound Interest etc.
(III) General Awareness: This can be the most easiest Or most diffuclt section, and this varies by person to person. If you are good at cramming If you can learn a lot of thing, then this is the section for you. The Questions from this section comprises of 1) Last 6 months Current Affairs: The major part of this section, comprises of Current affairs questions of Last 6 months viz Appointments, Resignations, Obituaries, Person in News, Places in News, Committees etc. 2) Static Gk Questions: These questions may be asked from Counties, Currencies, Capitals, UNO, SAARC etc. If you study well, then this section will be turning point as this section is less time consuming and at the same time high scoring too.
(IV) General English: If you have good English skills, then this section, will not trouble you much. The Questions from this section includes : Comprehension, Synonyms / Antonyms, Correction, Narration, Use of Articles, Verb, Adjective, Noun, Pronoun etc.
(V) Computer / Marketing Aptitude: If you have computers OR Marketing background, then this section, will be high scoring for you. The questions in this section are max from the Basic Computers and Marketing Aptitude. Computer Knowledge : This section has questions from 1) Shortcuts 2) MS Office 3) Email and Internet 4) Computer Generations 5) Input / Output Devices 6) Parts of Computers etc __________________________________________________________
SBI PO Exam Syllabus SBI PO Pre and Main PO Pre Syllabus A total of 100 questions will be asked from the following sections as shown in the table. The time duration of SBI PO prelims online test is 1 hour. English language section having a weight age of 30 marks with 30 questions. A total of 70 marks are allotted in quantitative aptitude and reasoning ability sections. There is a penalty of 0.25 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer in the online test. Eng – Ques 30
Quant – Ques 35 Reas – Ques 35
SBI PO Mains Syllabus In the SBI PO mains syllabus 2016, a total of 155 questions will be asked for 200 marks from 4 sections . In addition there is a descriptive type test also will take place for 50 marks. Total 200 – 3 hours Reasoning & Comp – 45 questn Data Analysis & Inter – 35 questn GK – 40 questn Eng – 35 questn Essay Writing – 30 marks Letter Writing – 20 marks
Group Discussion and InterviewThe final phase in SBI PO exam was group discussion for 20 marks and interview for 30 marks. SBI will prepare the final merit list based on the marks obtained in the Main Exam and GD & Interview . Marks secured by the candidates in the Written Test (out of 250 marks) are converted to out of 75 and marks secured in Group Discussion & Interview (out of 50 marks) are converted to out of 25