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SBI PO Exam Pattern and Syllabus 2015

The document summarizes the exam pattern and syllabus for the State Bank of India (SBI) clerk exam in 2015. The exam consisted of 3 phases - a 200 question written exam, a 50 question descriptive paper, and an interview including a group discussion. The written exam covered English language, general awareness, marketing, computers, data analysis, and reasoning questions. The descriptive paper involved tasks like letter writing, paragraph writing, essay writing, and reading comprehension. Candidates who passed the first two phases would proceed to the third phase which was an interview and group discussion, together worth 50 marks. The document provides details on the number and difficulty level of questions for each subject in the written exam and descriptive paper syllabus. It emphasizes

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SBI PO Exam Pattern and Syllabus 2015

The document summarizes the exam pattern and syllabus for the State Bank of India (SBI) clerk exam in 2015. The exam consisted of 3 phases - a 200 question written exam, a 50 question descriptive paper, and an interview including a group discussion. The written exam covered English language, general awareness, marketing, computers, data analysis, and reasoning questions. The descriptive paper involved tasks like letter writing, paragraph writing, essay writing, and reading comprehension. Candidates who passed the first two phases would proceed to the third phase which was an interview and group discussion, together worth 50 marks. The document provides details on the number and difficulty level of questions for each subject in the written exam and descriptive paper syllabus. It emphasizes

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SBI PO exam Pattern 2015:

aspirants who will appear in State bank of India clerk exam 2015 exam their paper
patter will be as below
S. No.

Phase

Marks

1.

Written Exam (MCQ)

200

2.

Descriptive Paper

50

3.

GD & Interview

50

SBI PO Exam Syllabus 2015 Detailed Information:


Objective Type Test

English Language (Grammar, Vocabulary, Comprehension etc)

General Awareness, Marketing and Computers

Data Analysis and Interpretation

Reasoning based questions of High Level

Descriptive Paper

Letter Writing

Paragraph Writing

Essay Writing

Precise Writing

Reading Comprehension

Well, there will be two papers will conduct for before theappointment of SBI PO. First
paper will be objective type and second will be descriptive type.

Objective and descriptive paper successful candidates will appear in group discussion and
interview third phase which will be conduct for 50 marks. 30 marks will be for interview
and 20 marks will be for group discussion.

Paper Duration

Objective type paper -I Time Duration: 02 hours

Descriptive type Paper-II - Time Duration: 01 hour

Negative Marking Yes in state bank of India, negative marking will be, 1/4th marks
will deduct for every wrong answer.
SBI PO Syllabus Complete Overview A). ENGLISH LANGUAGE SYLLABUS OF SBI PO 2015:
AREA

NUMBER OF
QUESTION

DIFFICULTY LEVEL

Reading
Comprehension

10+10

Moderate to Difficult

Faulty Construction

15

Easy to Moderate

Jumbled Sentences

Easy to Moderate

Close Passages

10

Easy

Note: After previous year analysis there were two Reading Comprehensions.
B). REASONING (High Level)
NAME

NUMBER OF
QUESTION

DIFFICULTY LEVEL

Input - output

Difficult

Sentence coding

Easy

Logical Reasoning

15

Easy to Moderate

Syllogism

Moderate

Puzzle / Seating
Arrangement

10

Moderate

Data Sufficiency

Moderate

Direction &other
problem

Easy to Moderate

C) GENERAL AWARENESS SYLLABUS OF SBI PO 2015


Area

NUMBER OF
QUESTION

DIFFICULTY LEVEL

Banking Awareness

14

Moderate to Difficult

Current Affairs

16

Easy to Moderate

Computer Awareness 10

Easy to Moderate

Marketing

Easy

10

D) DATA ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION


AREA

NUMBER OF
QUESTION

DIFFICULTY LEVEL

Probability

Easy to Moderate

Line Graph

Moderate

Pie Charts

10

Moderate to Difficult

Bar Charts

15

Easy

Tables

15

Moderate to Difficult

DESCRIPTIVE SECTION SYLLABUS OF SBI PO 50 Marks


Letter Writing
1.
Paragraph Writing
2.

Essay Writing

3.

Precise Writing

4.

Reading Comprehension

AREA

NUMBER OF
QUESTION

TOPICS

Letter Writing

10

To a branch to close
the saving account,
To friend to attend a
seminar on net
banking, To a bank
for higher education
loan

Paragraph Writing

If I were an author,
Rural Banking,
Impact of autonomy
provided to bank

Essay Writing

12

Right to education
act, Financial
Inclusion, How
Technology can
helpbanking sector

Precise Writing

10

Chief Vigilance
Officer

Reading
Comprehension

10

ATM and its uses

Final selection of aspirants will be done on the basis of group discussion and personnel
interview performance.
As you know in every written exam, syllabus and exam patternalways play a key role.
Dont take your written exam in lightly because selection criteria other phase are start on
the basis of written exam performance. So take it seriously and do hard work for written
exam.
Below we are also providing you some useful points for your written exam. So please
look these points once time before appear in exam.
(Written Exam Preparation Tips)
Dear viewers if you want good preparation for SBI Probationary Officer (PO) written
exam 2015, you must need a good syllabus. Above on this page our team has been
cleared the SBI PO examsyllabus in efficient and better way, believe on us this exam
syllabus will help you very much.

For more information visit SBI official website


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