SBI PO is one of the most prestigious jobs in Banking sector. Even though it is an exquisite and lucrative job opportunity but it also considered on of the toughest exams in India. Without proper planning and understanding of SBI PO exam pattern it is almost Impossible to crack the exam.

SBI PO Prelims exam pattern

The State Bank Of India PO Exam Pattern consist of 3 subjects English, Quantitative aptitude and Reasoning. There will a total of 100 questions to solve in 60 minutes. If yo do the the math you can see you have to solve 5 questions in every 3 minutes. Check this article for the tips and trick for SBI PO Prelims. Table below gives the details of SBI PO exam pattern in terms of marks allocated for each subject

All the questions will be of objective type and only one option will be correct. However before you start the exam please read the instructions carefully for any pattern updates.

It important to know that candidates will have pass all three subjects, on an average individual cut off lies between 10-30% for each subject depending upon category. Once you clear individual cut offs you have to clear total cut off also in pre exams. In 2015 cut off for different subjects was following for different categories

However passing the individual cut off is not enough, you have to pass the total cut off also, In 2015 total cut off for general category was 47.5 marks, For OBC SBI PO cut off was 42.25 marks, for SC category SBI PO pre cut off was 37.25 marks and for ST category SBI PO pre cut off was 19.25 marks..

sbi po total cut off for 2015

Now you have an idea about how much you should score in prelims but you should try to score at least 50% more than PO cut off marks in each section and 60-65 marks in total for safe selection.

Syllabus for SBI PO:

Reasoning syllabus for SBI PO –

Reasoning syllabus for SBI PO includes Syllogism, Seating Arrangement – Circular table and straight Line, Coding and decoding, Puzzles, Inequality or Decision Making, Data Sufficiency, Blood Relation, Logical Reasoning, Input Output, Number series, Order and ranking, Statement and Arguments and Statement – Conclusions. The details of the section are as follows:

Quantitative Aptitude syllabus for SBI PO –

Mathematics or Quantitative aptitude includes following topics in syllabus for SBI PO-

Arithmetical Reasoning, Inserting The Missing Character, Ranking & Time Sequence, Series Completion, Logical Venn Diagrams, Clocks & Calendars, Mathematical Operations, Eligibility Test, Alpha Numeric Sequence Puzzle, Direction Sense Test, Data Sufficiency, Probability Series and Theme Detection

Data Interpretation Syllabus

• Tables.
• Pie – Charts.
• Bar Graphs.
• Data Analysis.
• Line Graphs.
• Case lets.
• Combined data sets.

, The details of question paper are following:

English language syllabus for SBI PO –

Following questions came in SBI PO English language in 2015 :

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