SBI PO RACE

Syllabus for SBI Probationary Officer

The selection procedure will be based on two stages:
Written test
Group discussion & interview
Phase-I: The written test consists of two kinds of test. Those are objective test and
descriptive test. The objective test will be held for 200 marks with 2 hours duration. The
objective test consists of sections.
English language - 50 marks
General awareness, Marketing and computers - 50 marks
Data analysis and interpretation - 50 marks
Reasoning - 50 marks
The !escriptive test will be held for "0 marks with one hour to test the #nglish language. $n this
test candidates need to write comprehension% short precis% letter writing and essa& for a given
topic.
Phase-II: The group discussion will be held for 20 marks after the interview will be held for
'0 marks. The candidates who get pass mark in the written test will be called for group
discussion and interview.
General Awareness: (urrent )ffairs with a special emphasis on *anking industr&.
+uestions are also been asked from geograph&% histor&% science% economics% sports% awards%
constitution% politics% histor&% culture etc.
Computers: *asic ,uestions in -. /ffice suite% Windows% internet% operating s&stems%
computer networks% internet% #0commerce% the basic computer architecture% terminolog&% #1T
s&stems% acron&ms. Take a look at current affairs on (omputer area.
Marketing: *asics of -arketing% different t&pes of marketing% 2roduct% 2roduct life c&cle%
2roduct mi3% consumer behaviour% -arket segmentation% -arketing mi3% )dvertisement% *rand
etc.
English Language: 4eading comprehension% 1ill in the blanks% 1inding grammatical errors%
.entence completion% 4earrangement of .entences% (lo5e Test% 2ara jumbles % .&non&ms and
)nton&ms% word formation etc
Data Analysis & Interpretation: -ost of the ,uestions are from graphs like 6ine graph% bar
diagram% pie chart% mi3ed graphs and tables. To solve these ,uestions candidate needs to be
perfect of simplifications an arithmetic topics )verage% 4atio & 2roportion% 2artnership%
2ercentage% 2rofit & loss% .imple & (ompound $nterest% Time & Work% Time & !istance%
-ensuration. +uestions will come from 2ermutation & (ombination% 2robabilit& .
Reasoning!igh le"el#: (an be verbal and non verbal. 7erbal includes classification%
analog&% decision making% word formation% series% decoding & coding% blood relation% s&mbol &
notation% $nput & output% .&llogism% 2u55le Test% .tatement & )ssumptions% .tatements &
(onclusion% .tatements & (ourses of actions% sitting arrangement and problem solving%. 8on
7erbal includes .eries (ompletion% 1inding an& missing figure and (lassification.