SBI PO 2024 Syllabus and Exam Pattern, Eligibility, Selection Procedure Topic wise Weightage, Cut off etc.
OVERVIEW
| Name of Organization | State Bank of India |
| Post | Probationary Officers |
| Eligibility | Graduation in any discipline or any equivalent qualification from a recognised University |
| Age Limit | 21 – 30 Year |
| Exam Level | National |
| Application Mode | Online (https://bank.sbi/careers or https://www.sbi.co.in/careers) |
| Application Fee | Rs. 750/- for General/ EWS/ OBC candidates Nil’ for SC/ ST/ PwBD candidates |
| Exam Mode | Online (CBT) |
| Scheme of Examination | Preliminary + Main + Psychometric Test |
| Job Location | All over India |
| Salary | Rs 65,000- 68,000 Per Month |
| Official Website | www.sbi.co.in |
Scheme of Examination
The selection for Probationary Officers will be done through a three-Phase process:
Phase-I: Preliminary Examination:
| Name of test | No. of Questions | Duration |
| English Language | 30 | 20 minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 1 hour |
Selection criteria for Main Examination:
Category wise merit list will be drawn on the basis of the aggregate marks scored in the Preliminary Examination. There will be no sectional cut-off.
Candidates numbering 10 times (approx.) the numbers of vacancies in each category will be short listed for Main Examination from the top of above merit list.
Phase-II: Main Examination:
Main Examination will be conducted online and will consist of Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test for 50 marks. The Descriptive Test will be administered immediately after conclusion of the Objective Test and candidates will have to type their Descriptive Test answers on the computer.
Objective Test
| Test | Name of the test | No. of Qs | Marks | Duration |
| I | Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 40 | 50 | 50 minutes |
| II | Data Analysis & Interpretation | 30 | 50 | 45 minutes |
| III | General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness | 50 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| IV | English Language | 35 | 40 | 40 minutes |
| Total | 155 | 200 | 3 hours |
Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Preliminary & Main Examination):
For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, 1/4th of marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score.
If a question is left blank, i.e. if no answer is marked by candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.
Sectional Marks will not be maintained for both Preliminary & Main Examinations.
| Objective Test | Descriptive Paper | Grand Total |
| 200 | 50 | 250 |
Selection criteria for Phase-III:
Category wise merit list will be drawn on the basis of the aggregate marks scored in Phase-II (Main Exam). There will be no sectional cut-off.
Candidates numbering up to 3 times (approx.) of the category wise vacancies will be shortlisted for Phase-III from the top of the category wise merit list subject to a candidate scoring the minimum aggregate qualifying score, as decided by the Bank.
Phase-III: Psychometric Test
| TEST STRUCTURE | GROUP EXERCISE | INTERVIEW | TOTAL |
| Maximum Marks | 20 | 30 | 50 |
The minimum qualifying marks will be decided by the Bank.
FINAL SELECTION
The candidates will have to qualify both in Phase-II and Phase-III separately. The marks obtained in Main Examination (Phase-II), both in the Objective Test and the Descriptive Test, will be added to the marks obtained in Phase-III for preparing the final merit list.
The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) will not be added for preparing the final merit list for selection.
The marks obtained by the candidates in Phase-II (Main Examination both Objective & Descriptive Tests) and Phase-III (Group Exercise & Interview) will be normalised to 100 marks as detailed below.
| Test | Main Exam | Group Exercise & Interview | Total |
| Maximum Marks | 250 | 50 | 300 |
| Normalized Marks | 75 | 25 | 100 |
SBI PO Pre 2024 Syllabus
Quantitative Aptitude
- Data Interpretation
- Sequence & Series
- Simplification / Approximation
- Caselets
- Data Sufficiency
- Percentage
- Profit and Loss & Discount
- Mixture and Alligation
- Time and Work
- Time and Distance
- Simple and Compound Interest
- Quadratic Equation
- Number System
- Mensuration
- Permutation &Combination
- Probability
Reasoning Ability
- Puzzle
- Data Sufficiency
- Input – Output
- Coding Decoding
- Alpha-numeric Series
- Direction and Distance
- Logical Reasoning
- Rank and Order
- Seating Arrangement
- Syllogism
- Blood Relation
English Language
- Reading Comprehension
- Cloze Test
- Paragraph Completion
- Para jumbles
- Spot the Error / Multiple Meaning
- Fill in the Blanks
- Sentence Completion
- Vocabulary
- Tense and its Use
General / Economy / Banking Awareness (For Main Exam)
- Current Affairs
- Banking Awareness
- Important Days
- Important Places
- Book and Authors
- Award and Honours
- International Organization
- Govt. Schemes
SBI PO Pre Topic wise Weightage
Quantitative Aptitude
| Topics | No. of Questions |
|---|---|
| Data Interpretation | 10 |
| Caselet | 5 |
| Missing / Wrong Number Series or Approximation / Simplification | 5 |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 |
| Arithmetic | 10 |
Reasoning Ability
| Topic | No. of Questions |
|---|---|
| Puzzles | 10 |
| Seating Arrangement | 10 |
| Syllogism | 3 |
| Coding Decoding | 4 |
| Word Pair formation | 1 |
| Meaningful word | 1 |
| Order & Ranking | 3 |
| Blood Relation | 3 |
| Total | 35 |
English Language
| Topics | No. of Questions |
|---|---|
| Error Detection | 3 – 5 |
| Match the Column | 2 |
| Fill in the Blanks | 3 – 4 |
| Word Swap | 2 – 4 |
| Para Jumble | 4 – 5 |
| Reading Comprehension | 10 |
| Cloze Test | 5 |
| Total | 30 |