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SBI PO Eligibility

SBI PO 2024 Eligibility Criteria

Candidates who wish to apply online for SBI PO Exam 2024 need to fulfill the under-mentioned eligibility criteria. We have mentioned below the official SBI PO Eligibility Criteria for you, take a look:

  • The candidates must hold Indian Citizenship
  • A Subject of  Nepal or  Bhutan
  • A Tibetan Refugee who came to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanent settlement
  • A Person of Indian Origin (PIO) who has migrated from Burma, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam or East African countries of Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Ethiopia, Malawi, with the intention of permanent settlement in India.

SBI PO Age Limit

  • The candidate must be 21 Years to 30 Years i.e. candidates must be below 21 years and should be below 30 Years.

SBI PO Eligibility: Number of Attempts

  • The SBI has established certain guidelines regarding the number of attempts allowed for the SBI PO 2024 examination. These guidelines are designed to ensure fairness in the selection process and to give candidates a reasonable number of opportunities to compete for the prestigious role of a Probationary Officer. Here’s an overview of the SBI PO number of attempts:
  • General/EWS Category Candidates: Generally, candidates belonging to the general category are allowed 4 number of attempts to appear for the SBI PO examination.
  • Reserved Category Candidates: For Candidates belonging to reserved categories, such as SC (Scheduled Castes), ST (Scheduled Tribes), there is no attempt limit.
  • OBC/PwBD (Persons with Benchmark Disabilities) Candidates: PwBD candidates have 7 attempts and age relaxation as per the government guidelines and the specific provisions outlined in the official SBI PO notification.

SBI PO Eligibility 2024, Points to Remember

  • Educational certificates will be required for submission at the document verification stage and even the application stage to verify particular details.
  • Proof of age is mandatory to be provided by each candidate at the time of application, it can be a birth certificate or an educational certificate.
  • Certificates for candidates applying under certain categories like OBC/ST/SC etc. will also be required for the application.
  • All SBI PO Eligibility Criteria must be checked before filling the application form, and all documents must be kept ready with the candidate before hand. Each detail will be verified thoroughly ;

 

SBI PO prelim Syllabus

SBI PO Preliminary Exam Syllabus

The preliminary examination of SBI PO 2024 exam will comprise of Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude and English Language. Here is the detailed syllabus:

Reasoning

Quantitative Aptitude

English Language

Logical Reasoning

Simplification

Reading Comprehension

Alphanumeric Series

Profit & Loss

Cloze Test

Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test

Mixtures &Alligations

Para jumbles

Data Sufficiency

Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices

Miscellaneous

Coded Inequalities

Work & Time

Fill in the blanks

Seating Arrangement

Time & Distance

Multiple Meaning /Error Spotting

Puzzle

Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere

Paragraph Completion

Tabulation

Data Interpretation

 

Syllogism

Ratio & Proportion, Percentage

 

Blood Relations

Number Systems

 

Input Output

Sequence & Series

 

Coding Decoding

Permutation, Combination &Probability


 

 

SBI PO Important Dates

SBI PO Recruitment 2024: Important Dates

Event Name

Important Dates

SBI PO Notification 2024

 

August/September 2024

Online Registration Starts From

------

Last date for SBI PO Apply Online

-------

Last Date to Pay Fee

--------

Conduct of Pre- Examination Training

to be notified

SBI PO Exam Date 2024

November -2024

Conduct of Online Main Examination -2024 

December 2024 

 

 

Download of Call Letter for Group Exercises & Interview

 

 

 

 

 

 

SBI PO Vacancies

SBI PO 2024 Vacancies

Will be announced in notification . 

SBI PO Exam Pattern -2024

SBI PO 2024 Selection Process

SBI PO Exam 2019 will be conducted in the following three phases -

Phase 1: Preliminary exam

S. No.

     Section

    No. of Questions

Sectional Time

Marks

1.

English Language

30

20 minutes

Total Maximum

Marks 100

 

 

 

2.

Reasoning Ability

35

20 minutes

3.

Quantitative Aptitude

35

20 minutes

Total

100

1 hour

Phase 2: Mains Exam (Objective + Descriptive)

SBI PO Mains Exam Pattern - Objective

S. No.

Name of Test

Number of Questions

Maximum Marks

Duration

1.

Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude

40

50

50 minutes

2.

Data Analysis and Interpretation

30

50

45 minutes

3.

General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness

50

60

45 minutes

4.

English Language

35

40

40 minutes

 

Total

155

200

3 hours

 

SBI PO Mains Exam Pattern - Descriptive

The Descriptive Test of 30 minutes duration with two questions for 50 marks will be a Test of English Language (Letter Writing & Essay)

  • Objective Test: The objective test of 3 hours duration consists of 4 Sections for total 200 marks. The objective test will have separate timing for every section.
  • Descriptive Test: The Descriptive Test of 30 minutes duration with two questions for 50 marks will be a Test of English Language (Letter Writing & Essay).

 

Interview Process
A candidate who clears both the Prelims & Mains Exam of SBI PO 2023 will be further called for a GD-PI session wherein they will face a panel of selectors discussing their past experience and questions related to General Knowledge and of the Banking Sector. It is essential for a candidate to clear the Interview Process in order to ensure their final selection in the SBI PO 2024 Exam. The qualifying marks for this round will be decided by the Bank and the marks allotted to these rounds are: Group Discussion - 20 marks, Interview - 30 marks

SBI PO Mains Syllabus - 2024

SBI PO Mains syllabus:

  • The Mains Examination of SBI PO exam 2024 will constitute of 4 sections: Reasoning + Computer Aptitude, English Language, Data Analysis & Interpretation and General/Economy/Banking Awareness. The complete syllabus is discussed below:

Data Analysis & Interpretation

Reasoning

English Language

General/Economy/ Banking Awareness

Computer Aptitude

Tabular Graph

Verbal Reasoning

Reading Comprehension

Financial Awareness

Internet

Line Graph

Syllogism

Grammar

Current Affairs

Memory

Pie Chart

Circular Seating Arrangement

Vocabulary

General Knowledge

Keyboard Shortcuts

Bar Graph

Linear Seating Arrangement

Verbal Ability

Static Awareness

Computer Abbreviation

Radar Graph Caselet

Double Lineup

Word Association

Banking and Financial Awareness

Microsoft Office

Missing Case DI

Scheduling

Sentence Improvement

 

Computer Hardware

Let it Case DI

Input Output

Para Jumbles

 

Computer Software

Data Sufficiency

Blood Relations

Cloze Test

 

Computer Fundamentals /Terminologies

Probability

Directions and Distances

Error Spotting

 

Networking

Permutation and Combination

Ordering and Ranking

Fill in the blanks

 

Number System

 

Data Sufficiency

   

Operating System

 

Coding and Decoding

   

Basic of Logic Gates

 

Code Inequalities

     
 

Course of Action

     
 

Critical Reasoning

     
 

Analytical and Decision Making

   


 

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