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Probationary officer recruitment in SBI-
A preparation Guide
State Bank of India announced the notification for the recruitment of Probationary Officers for the year 2014. This time SBI is recruiting probationary officers for 1837 posts. The last date of application is 28th April, and the examination will be held in the month of June 2014.
For more details about SBI PO eligibility, application procedure and other details visit the SBI PO recruitment notification 2014
Syllabus and Question Pattern of SBI PO exam 2014
There are 2 papers in SBI PO examination The first one is Objective paper and the second one is Descriptive.
SBI PO Objective paper (Paper I) syllabus and pattern:
Total marks: 200
Time allotted: 2 hours
Syllabus of Objective Paper (Paper I of SBI PO exam):
The 200 questions are asked from the following areas:
1. English Language
2. Data Interpretation
3. Reasoning
4. The rest of the questions will be from General Awareness, Computer Awareness and Marketing awareness
English Language syllabus: A total of 50 questions are expected, Important areas are Reading comprehension, Vocabulary, Grammar Corrections, Identification of Errors in sentence constructions, Jumbled sentences etc. Expect High standard questions in Comprehension, rest of the questions will be in moderate difficulty.
Reasoning syllabus: 50 questions will be there in this section also. Expect the difficulty level to be on the higher side for this section. The important areas are Logical Reasoning, Arithmetical reasoning, Analytical reasoning, Series completion, finding missing figures, Completing number and alphabetical series, Analogies / decision making, Puzzle / Seating Arrangement
Data Analysis and Interpretation syllabus: 50 questions in this section will be in easy to moderate difficulty level. The following sections are considered important: Data Interpretation and manipulation questions from Charts, Graphs and Diagrams including Line charts, pie charts, bar charts and tabular data. Application level questions from probability and statistics, The data manipulation of these questions will contain of time and distance calculations, BODMAS rule, Calculation of speed and distance, calculation of area, volume, perimeter and application of formulas in algebra, geometry, functions etc.
Syllabus of General Awareness: In this section 10 questions each are expected from Marketing and computer awareness sections and 15 questions each are expected from Banking awareness and current affairs sections.
Negative Marking of SBI PO Paper I
For each incorrect answer a quarter (1/4th ) of marks are reduced
SBI PO Descriptive Paper (Paper II) Syllabus
In this section, expect questions relating to Letter writing (Usually official letters in connection with the normal functioning of a bank branch), Essay and Paragraph writing (Usually related to bank functioning and economy), Precis writing and Reading comprehension.
This paper will have 50 marks and the duration will be 1 hour.
Descriptive Test detailed pattern can be found here
SBI Specialist Officers exam previous year question papers:
To get an idea about the pattern and difficulty of the question papers practicing with the previous year question papers of SBI PO examination is a good idea. In the following links you can get the previous year question papers of SBI PO examination
SBI PO exam 2013 question paper
SBI PO exam 2011, 2010, 2008 and 2003 question papers
SBI PO previous year papers – Last 10 years
SBI PO Examination Model Question Papers.
Most of the Probationary Officers examination question papers are somewhat similar in syllabus and pattern to SBI PO examination. It makes an excellent opportunity to work with the previous year and model / sample question papers of other Bank PO examinations while preparing for SBI PO exam preparation.
SBI PO exam- 100 solved model question papers
Reasoning Ability model questions for SBI PO examination
Reasoning Ability Practice paper set 2 for SBI PO exam
SBI PO exam Reasoning model paper links
SBI PO Data Interpretation and Quantitative Aptitude model paper links
SBI PO Practice question papers for Quantitative Aptitude and DI
SBI PO exam Mock paper – English Language
English Language Model paper from previous year SBI PO question papers
SBI PO English Language Mock test paper
A compilation of English Language and Comprehension model questions
SBI PO Exam free books and study materials
We are providing you many free books and notes uploaded by our forum friends to help you in preparation of Reasoning, Data Interpretation and QA, and English language parts. This will make your study process easy, because all the required materials are available at a single source.
English Language and Comprehension free books and notes for SBI PO examination
Reasoning Ability Free books and study materials for SBI PO
SBI Probationary officer recruitment examination Data Interpretation and QA free notes and materials
Banking and Current Affairs material
SBI PO Exam online mock test papers
For practicing the English Language, Quantitative Aptitude and GK part of the Paper I of SBI PO examination, you can practice with the Free online mock tests available at www.exams.educationoberver.com
English language online mock test paper
Quantitative Aptitude mock test paper
SBI PO Computer Awareness online model exam
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