Exam Pattern, Syllabus and Important Books for SBI PO 2020
Published on Nov 18, 2020
The State Bank of India has released the SBI PO 2020 notification. The notification was released for around 2000 vacancies, the preliminary examination is scheduled for last week of December 2020 and January 2021. The candidates who will be applying for the recruitment process can check the SBI PO Exam Pattern, syllabus and books in the space below.
SBI PO Exam Pattern
Preliminary Exam
The preliminary examination will be conducted in a computer-based pattern. There will be 100 questions from 3 subjects which have to be solved in 60 minutes. There will be sectional time allotted to each section and the section has to be completed in the time allotted.
Section
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Maximum number Questions
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Total Marks
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Sectional Duration
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Maths
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35
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35
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20 minutes
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Reasoning
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35
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35
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20 minutes
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English Language
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30
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30
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20 minutes
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Total
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100 Question
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100 Marks
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60 minutes
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Mains Exam
Section
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Maximum number Questions
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Total Marks
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Sectional Duration
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Data Interpretation and Data Analysis
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35
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60
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45 minutes
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Reasoning and Computer Aptitude
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45
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60
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60 minutes
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English Language
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35
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35
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40 minutes
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General Awareness
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40
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40
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35 minutes
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Total
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155 Question
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200 Marks
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180 minutes
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SBI PO Syllabus
Subjects
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Important Topics
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Reasoning
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Advanced level Coding and Decoding
Syllogism based on 3 or more conclusions.
High-Level Input and Output
High level coded Inequality
High level and tricky logical puzzle
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English
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Reading Comprehension
Fillers
Finding the errors
Synonyms and Antonyms
Match the tables
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Data Interpretation and Data Analysis
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Logical Data Interpretation
High-Level Data Analysis based on recent events
Advanced-Data Sufficiency
Advanced Arithmetic questions
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General Awareness
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Current Affairs of up-to last 4 5 months with special emphasis on the banking industry.
Static Banking Topics
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Important Books and resources for SBI PO 2020
The candidates who are appearing for the SBI PO 2020 can check the name of the books and resources which are given in the space below.
Subjects
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Books name and resources
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English
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Word Power made easy by Normal Lewis
English Grammar by Wren and Martin
Objective English by R S Aggarwal
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Quantitative Aptitude and DI
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Objective Mathematics by R S Aggarwal
Quantam CAT by Sarvesh Verma
Online Mock tests by Livo-learn for Practicing high-level DI questions.
Previous year Papers of IBPS PO DI
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Reasoning Ability
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Verbal and Non-verbal Reasoning by R S Aggarwal
Non-Verbal Reasoning by Arihant Experts
Previous year Papers of IBPS PO Reasoning Ability
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General Awareness
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Daily Current Affairs by Livo-learn
The Hindu Daily Analysis
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Descriptive Paper
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The Hindu Daily Analysis
Descriptive English by S P Bakshi
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