Eligibility for SBI PO exam
Nationality / Citizenship
A candidate must be either:
A Citizen of India orA subject of Nepal orA subject of Bhutan orA Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India orA person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India,Provided that a candidate belonging to categories 2, 3, 4 and 5 shall be a person n whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
Age limit for SBI PO Exam
The minimum and the maximum limit of the age of candidates who can apply for the SBI PO Exam is: 21-30 years of age.Relaxation of Upper age limit
Code NoCategory
Age relaxation permissible beyond the upper age limit
01
SC/ST
5 years
02
OBC
3 years
03
PwD (SC/ST)
15 years
04
PwD (OBC)
13 years
05
PwD (Gen/EWS)
10 years
06
Ex-Servicemen (ESM)
05 years
07
Person domiciled in Jammu & Kashmir
05 years
Educational Qualification for SBI PO Exam
The minimum qualification for SBI PO exam is: GraduationThose who are in the Final Year/Semester of their Graduation may also apply provisionally for SBI PO Exam subject to the condition that, if called for interview, they have to produce proof of having passed the graduation examination.SBI PO Pre-Exam Training
Bank may arrange pre-examination training at certain centres for SC/ST/Religious Minority Community candidates in consonance with the guidelines issued by Government of India.Candidates belonging to the above categories who desire to avail themselves of such training at their own cost may indicate to that effect against relevant column while applying on-line.
SBI PO Exam Pattern
The SBI PO examination is conducted in three stages:
Preliminary ExaminationMain ExaminationCommon InterviewThe scheme of SBI PO exam are:
Preliminary Examination SBI PO
It is an objective online mode examination:
S. NoSubject
Number of Questions/ Maximum Marks
Time Duration
1.
English Language
30/30
20 minutes
2.
Reasoning
35/35
20 minutes
3.
Quantitative Aptitude
35/35
20 minutes
Total
100/100
Main Examination SBI PO
Main Examination consists of Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test for 50 marks.Both the Objective and Descriptive Tests will be online.Candidates will have to answer the Descriptive Test by typing on the computer.Objective Test
S. NoSubject
Number of Questions/ Maximum Marks
Time Duration
1.
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude
45/60
60 minutes
2.
Data Analysis & Interpretation
35/60
45 minutes
3.
General/ Economy/ Banking Awarenes
40/40
35 minutes
4.
English Language
35/40
40 minutes
Total
155/200
3 hours
Descriptive Test:
The Descriptive Test of duration: 30 minutesTwo questions for 50 marks will be a Test of English Language (Letter Writing & Essay).Group Exercises: 20 marksInterview: 30 marksNote:
Candidates qualifying for GE& Interview under 'OBC' category would be required to submit OBC certificate containing the 'Non-Creamy layer' clause. Candidates who have registered themselves as OBC but do not submit OBC 'Non-Creamy layer' certificate and request to be interviewed under General category will not be entertained.
Important things to remember
A penalty for wrong answers: 1/4thof marks assigned to the questionOnly the marks obtained in Main Examination, both in the Objective Test and the Descriptive Test, will be added to the marks obtained in GE & Interview for preparing the final merit list.Marks secured by the candidates in the Main Examination (out of 250marks) are converted to out of 75 marks.Group Exercises & Interview scores of candidates (out of 50 marks) are converted to out of 25 marks.The final merit list is arrived at after aggregating (out of 100) converted marks of Main Examination and Group Exercises & Interview.Number of Attempts for different categories to appear for the exam:
General: 4General (PwD): 7OBC/ OBC (PwD): 7SC/SC(PwD)/ST/ST(PwD): No restrictionsThe maximum number of chances are fixed for each category.Candidates who have used up all the chances are not eligible to apply.Appearing in Preliminary Exam is not counted as an attempt but appearing in Mains Exam is counted.Quantitative Aptitude for SBI PO
SimplificationAverageRatio and PercentageMixture & AlligationProfit & LossMensurationGeometryNumber SystemQuadratic EquationsPermutation & CombinationProbabilityGeneral Awareness for SBI PO
Current EventsIndian EconomyBanking AwarenessFinancial AwarenessIndian HistoryIndian CultureIndian GeographyReasoning Aptitude for SBI PO
Verbal and Non- Verbal ReasoningSyllogismSeating ArrangementDirectionsOrdering and RankingData SufficiencyBlood RelationsComputer Aptitude for SBI PO
InternetMemoryKeyboard ShortcutsComputer AbbreviationMicrosoft OfficeComputer HardwareOperating SystemComputer TerminologiesEnglish Language for SBI PO
Reading ComprehensionVocabularyVerbal AwarenessCloze testError Correction