Are you preparing for
SBI PO exam? If yes then you need to read the whole article carefully and
thoroughly understand the PO Exam Pattern of SBI 2016 since SBI has made several
changes in the exam pattern. SBI is an Indian Multinational, Public sector banking
and financial service company, headquarter in Mumbai. Every year, it conducts
diverse exams to fulfill their requirements. SBI has announced its notification
for the post of Probationary Officer (PO) for 2200 vacancies. The candidates,
who have registered for this exam, should start their preparation.
Stages under the SBI PO Exam 2016:
The Recruitment for PO
to diverse SBI Branches is considered as one central banking exams of the
country. Every Year, a large number of banking aspirants apply for SBI PO
Examination.
There are 3 stages under
the SBI PO Exam Pattern 2016 are as follows:
Stage 1: Preliminary
Examination
Stage 2: Main
Examination
Stage 3: Group
Discussion and Interview
Stage 1: SBI PO Preliminary Exam
Pattern 2016
The Preliminary
examination is an objective type examination for 100 marks where the candidates
need to select one correct option out of given four options.
The test will be
conducted online and total mark of the exam is 100.
For every correct answer
provided, the candidates would be awarded 1 mark and for every wrong answer ¼ marks
will be deducted. However, no mark will be deducted for any response.
|
Sr. NO
|
Name Of Test
|
No of Questions
|
Marks
|
Duration
|
|
1
|
English Language
|
30
|
30
|
Composite Time is
|
|
2
|
Quantitative Aptitude
|
35
|
35
|
Of 1 hour
|
|
3
|
Reasoning Ability
|
35
|
35
|
|
|
|
Total
|
100
|
100
|
|
Stage 2:
The candidates who score
above the SBI PO Preliminary Cutoff Score 2016 in stage 1 will be allowed to
take the SBI PO Main Exam 2016. This year, SBI has made some changes in the
exam pattern of SBI PO Main Examination.
The Written Examination is
of 250 marks consisting of Objective Tests and Descriptive Test.
Objective test is of 200
marks with 2 hours duration and consists of 4 Sections with 50 marks each as
follows:
(a) Test of English
Language (Grammer, Vocabulary, Comprehension etc)
(b) Test of General
Awareness, Marketing and Computers
(c) Test of Data
Analysis and Interpretation
(d) Test of Reasoning
(High Level)
The objective test has
separate timing for each section.
For every correct answer,
the candidates would be awarded 1 mark and for every wrong response ¼ marks
will get deducted. However, no marks will be deducted for any response.
Structure of Objective Test:
|
Serial No
|
Name of section
|
Number of Questions asked in the section
|
Total marks in the section
|
Time Duration
|
|
1
|
Reasoning and Computer Aptitude
|
45
|
60
|
60 minutes
|
|
2
|
Data Analysis and Interpretation
|
35
|
60
|
45 minutes
|
|
3
|
General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness
|
40
|
40
|
35 minutes
|
|
4
|
English Language
|
35
|
40
|
40 minutes
|
|
Total
|
|
155
|
200
|
3 hours
|
Descriptive Section Pattern (50 Marks):
Along with the objective
type questions, the SBI PO Main Exam will have questions in the descriptive
format as well. The main point of this test is to judge the writing skills of
candidate. Following are the important points to ponder for the written
examination:
The test will be of
English Language (Letter Writing and Essay) and will be of 30 minutes duration comprising
50 marks.
The candidates are
required to qualify in the Descriptive Test by securing passing marks, to be
decided by the Bank.
Descriptive Test paper
of only those candidates will be evaluated who have scored qualifying marks in
the Objective Tests and are placed adequately high as per total marks in
Objective Test.
Changes observed in Descriptive Test:
The descriptive paper
will carry 50 marks and the time duration will be 30 minutes. Earlier, the
total time duration for descriptive paper was 60 minutes.
Phase 3: Group Discussion and Personal Interview
The candidate, who
clears the cutoff score, will go for stage 2 rounds. It is a group discussion
and personal Interview test where the candidates will have to face an Interview
board. The GD round will carry 20 marks and Interview will carry 30 marks. The
aggregate marks of candidates qualifying in both the Objective Tests and the
Descriptive Test will be arranged in descending order in each category. The
qualifying marks in Group Discussion and Interview will be decided by the Bank.
Number of Attempts in SBI PO 2016:
This year, the number of
attempts in SBI PO examination has also been included in the notification.
Candidates who have already appeared for the maximum number of chances
permissible are not eligible to apply. The number of chances will be counted
from the examination held on 18.04.2010. Appearing in Preliminary Examination
will not be counted as a chance.
The table given below will make the candidates understand better:
|
Category
|
Number of chances
|
|
General
|
4
|
|
General (PWD)
|
7
|
|
OBC
|
7
|
|
OBC (PWD)
|
7
|
|
SC/SC (PWD)/ST/ST (PWD)
|
No restriction
|
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