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State Bank of India (SBI) has Released the SBI PO 2025 Notification with the Aim of Filling 541 Vacancies, on 24-06-2025, Last Date for Online Application was 14-07-2025, The SBI PO Prelims exam on August 2, 2025, was cancelled by the State Bank of India. Now the SBI PO Prelims exam is scheduled to be conducted in 4, 5 August 2025 and Mains exam is scheduled to be conducted in September 2025.

OVERVIEW

The State Bank of India (SBI) conducts an SBI PO examination every year to select suitable candidates for the position of Probation Officer. The SBI PO exam is an annual officer recruitment exam administered annually by the State Bank of India for their various vacancies in the branches. SBI PO is considered one of the most wanted bank exams in the country. Successful candidates are employed as probation officers in various branches of the bank. The SBI PO exam consists of three phases pre-examination, main examination, and interview (interview and group exercises). SBI Po Prelims is the first phase of online examination, conducted to recruit Probationary Officers in the State Bank of India.

Particulars	Details
Exam Full Name	State Bank of India (SBI) Probationary Officer (PO)
Conducting Body	State Bank of India (SBI)
Purpose of Exam	To Recruit Probationary Officer in SBI
Exam Frequency	Once in a Year
Exam Level	National
Candidates Registered Last Year	Approximately 6.57 Lakhs Candidates Registered
Test Takers Last Year	Approximately 5 Lakh Candidates Appeared
Help Desk	1800 1234 or 1800 2100 (Toll-Free)
Official Website	https://sbi.co.in/

SALIENT FEATURES

The State Bank of India (SBI) has announced the opening of 541 Probationary Officer (PO) positions, inviting online applications from candidates aged between 21 and 30 years who have completed their graduation. The selection process consists of three stages: Prelims, Mains, and an Interview. Candidates who successfully clear all stages will be appointed to the Probationary Officer roles.

Particulars	Details
Exam Type	Online
Exam Questions Type	Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) & Mains Exam – Objective Test + Descriptive Test
Total No. of Questions	Prelims Exam – 100 Question & Mains Exam Objective Test – 170 Question + DescriptiveTest – 03 Question
Total No. of marks	Prelims Exam – 100 Marks & Mains Exam (Objective Test) – 200 Marks + (Descriptive Test) – 50 Marks
Total Duration	Prelims Exam – 60 minute & Mains Exam (Objective Test) – 180 minute + (Descriptive Test) – 30 minute
Negative Marking	0.25 Marks for each wrong answer
Exam Language	Hindi & English
Selection Process	Preliminary Examination + Main Examination + Psychometric Test + GD/Interview

NOTIFICATION DETAILS

The State Bank of India (SBI) has released the official SBI PO Notification 2025, providing full details for the recruitment of 541 Probationary Officers (PO) across various SBI branches in India. The SBI PO Prelims Exam was initially scheduled for 2nd, 4th, and 5th August 2025, but all shifts on 2nd August have now been cancelled. The Main Exam is set to be held in September, with results expected to be declared by the end of September or October 2025. The final selection process, including the Psychometric Test, Group Exercise, and Interview, will take place in October or November, and the final results are anticipated by November or December 2025.

Events	Dates
On-line registration including Editing/ Modification of Application by candidates	24.06.2025 to 14.07.2025
Payment of Application Fee	24.06.2025 to 14.07.2025
Download of Preliminary Examination Call Letters	25th July 2025
Phase-I: Online Preliminary Examination	4th, and 5th August 2025
Declaration of Result of Preliminary Examination	August / September 2025
Phase-II: Online Main Examination	September 2025
Declaration of Result of Main Examination	September / October 2025
Download of Phase-III Call Letter	October / November 2025
Phase-III: Psychometric Test	October / November 2025
Interview & Group Exercises	October / November 2025
Declaration of Final Result	November / December 2025

VACANCY DETAILS

This year State Bank of India has announced a total of 541 vacancies for Probationary Officers (PO) in SBI. Out of total vacancies, 500 are regular vacancies and 41 are backlog vacancies.

Undernoted Vacancies are provisional and may vary according to Bank’s requirements.

	CATEGORY WISE VACANCIES						PWBD VACANCIES (HORIZONTAL VACANCIES)
Category	SC	ST	OBC*	EWS^	UR	TOTAL	VI^#	HI^#	LD^#	d & e^#@
Regular Vacancy	75	37	135	50	203	500	5	5	5	5
Backlog Vacancy	5	36	—	—	—	41	—	—	—	—
Total	80	73	135	50	203	541	5	5	5	5

SALARY STRUCTURE

Presently, the starting basic pay is 48,480/- (Plus 4 advance increments) in the scale of 48480-2000/7-62480-2340/2-67160-2680/7-85920 applicable to Junior Management Grade Scale-I. The official will be eligible for DA, HRA, CCA, PF, Contributory Pension Fund i.e., NPS, LFC, Medical Facility, Lease rental facility etc. and other allowances & perquisites as per rules in force from time to time.

The approximate CTC at initial scale of pay at Mumbai Centre is Rs. 20.43 Lacs.

EXAM PATTERN

The exam pattern for the SBI PO Prelims and Mains is outlined in the table below. Review it to understand the marking scheme, question types, and other important details.

The selection for Probationary Officers will be done through a three-Phase process:

Phase I – Preliminary Examination

Phase II – Main Examination

Phase III – Psychometric Test, Group Exercise & Interview

Phase II – Main Examination

SBI PO Main Examination shall be held as an Objective Type Online Computer Based Test. SBI PO Main Examination shall consist of total of 155 questions and total of 200 Marks. The total duration of the examination shall be 180 Minutes. The section-wise distribution of Questions and Marks is given below:-

Test Mode	Name of Test	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
Objective Type Online Computer Based Test	Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	40 Q	60 Marks	50 Minutes
	Data Analysis & Interpretation	30 Q	60 Marks	45 Minutes
	General Awareness about Economy/ Banking	60 Q	60 Marks	45 Minutes
	English Language	40 Q	20 Marks	40 Minutes
	Total	170 Q	200 Marks	180 Minutes

For Descriptive Test

After the conduction of the Objective Type Computer Based online test, a Descriptive test will be held. This test shall consist of three questions of a total of 50 marks. The time duration of the Descriptive test is 30 minutes.

Test Mode	Name of Test	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
Descriptive Type Online Computer Based Test	Communication Skills: Emails, Reports, Situation Analysis & Precis Writing	3 Q	50 Marks	30 Minutes

Note:- No break will be provided between Objective Type Computer Based test and Descriptive test.

Mod of Examination

Both Objective type and Descriptive Type Tests will be held as Computer Based Tests.

Medium of Examination

From Objective Type Online Computer Based Test Questions from Reasoning & Computer Aptitude, General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness, and Data Analysis & Interpretation section shall be available in both English & Hindi.
From Objective Type Online Computer Based Test Questions from the English Language shall be available in only English.
Descriptive Type Online Computer Based Test shall be held in English only.

Marking Scheme

There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, 0.25 of marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. if no answer is marked by candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.

Note : Sectional Marks will not be maintained for Main Examinations.

Phase III – Psychometric Test, Group Exercise & Interview

Psychometric Test: The Bank will conduct Psychometric test for personality profiling, of those candidates who will be shortlisted for Phase-III. Findings of the test may be placed before the Interview panel for having a thorough perspective on the candidates.

Test Structure	Group Exercise	Interview	Total
Maximum Marks	20	30	50

The minimum qualifying marks will be as decided by the Bank.

The candidates will have to qualify both in Phase-II and Phase-III separately. The marks obtained in Main Examination (Phase-II), both in the Objective Test and the Descriptive Test, will be added to the marks obtained in Phase-III for preparing the final merit list.

The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) will not be added for preparing the final merit list for selection.

The marks obtained by the candidates in Phase-II (Main Examination both Objective & Descriptive Tests) and Phase-III (Group Exercise & Interview) will be normalized to 100 marks as detailed below.

Test	Main Examination (written Test) (objective & descriptive)	Group Exercise & Interview	Total
Maximum Marks	250	50	300
Normalized Marks	275	25	100

Normalization Score

The corrected scores obtained by each of the candidates in different sessions (if held) will be normalized using the equi-percentile method.

First, the percentile rank of the students for each shift of the exam is calculated using the formula given below –

Percentile rank of the candidates = ((Total Students in a shift – Rank of candidate in that shift)/(Total Students in a shift – 1)) x 10

After that, based on the number of available vacancies, a cut-off percentile rank is decided.
Based on this cut-off score, candidates are shortlisted for the next phase of the recruitment process.

Note:- Scores up to two decimal points shall be taken for the purpose of calculations.

SYLLABUS

The SBI PO 2025 Mains Examination will consist of four sections: Reasoning & Computer Aptitude, English Language, Data Analysis & Interpretation, and General/Economy/Banking Awareness. Below is a detailed discussion of the complete syllabus for the exam.

The exam structure for Probationary Officers will be done through a three-Phase process:

Phase I – Preliminary Examination

Phase II – Main Examination

Phase III – Psychometric Test, Group Exercise & Interview

Phase II – Main Examination

Name of Test	Topic
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	Puzzles (linear, circular, floor-based, scheduling, etc.), Blood Relations, Direction Sense, Ranking & Ordering, Coding-Decoding, or etc.
Data Analysis & Interpretation	Tables, Bar graphs, Line graphs, Pie charts, Caselets (Complex problem-solving), or etc.
General Awareness about Economy/ Banking	Banking Awareness, Economic & Financial Awareness, Current Affairs, or etc.
English Language	Reading Comprehension (RC), Cloze Test, Error Spotting, Fill in the Blanks, or etc.

Detailed Syllabus for Objective Section

Reasoning & Computer Aptitude

Logical Reasoning:

Puzzles (linear, circular, floor-based, scheduling, etc.)

Blood Relations

Direction Sense

Ranking & Ordering

Coding-Decoding

Inequalities

Syllogism (traditional and modern)

Input-Output

Alphanumeric Series

Computer Aptitude:

Basic computer terminology

Data Structures (Array, Linked List, Stack, Queue, etc.)

Algorithms

Networking

Operating Systems

Computer Security

Internet and its applications

Data Analysis & Interpretation

Data Interpretation:

Tables

Bar graphs

Line graphs

Pie charts

Caselets (Complex problem-solving)

Data Sufficiency

Other Topics:

Simplification/Approximation (to solve the DI questions faster)

Missing Number Problems

Average, Ratio, Percentage, Profit & Loss, Time & Work, Speed-Distance questions related to data

General/Economy/Banking Awareness

This section tests your knowledge on current events, banking terms, and economic policies.

Banking Awareness:

Functions of RBI, SEBI, NABARD, and other financial institutions

Monetary policy, fiscal policy, inflation, repo rate, reverse repo rate, etc.

Banking terminologies (EMI, PPF, NPA, etc.)

Types of banks and their roles

Insurance, investment schemes, etc.

Economic & Financial Awareness:

National and international economic updates

Budget, Government schemes, and initiatives

Indian financial market developments (Stock market, mutual funds)

Key facts about international organizations like IMF, WTO, World Bank, etc.

Current Affairs:

National and international news (last 6-12 months)

Sports, awards, new government policies, and reforms

English Language (40 Marks)

This section tests your ability to understand and analyze English language proficiency.

Reading Comprehension (RC):

Inference-based questions

Understanding themes, tone, and structure

Data/Fact-based comprehension

Cloze Test:

Fill in the blanks to complete the passage, focusing on grammatical and contextual accuracy.

Error Spotting:

Identify grammatical errors in sentences

Focus on tenses, prepositions, articles, subject-verb agreement, etc.

Sentence Improvement:

Choose the option that improves the given sentence.

Para Jumbles/Sentence Rearrangement:

Rearrange the sentences/paragraph to form a meaningful passage.

Fill in the Blanks:

Choose the correct word or phrase to complete the sentence.

Descriptive Section

The Descriptive Section consists of two parts:

Letter Writing (10 marks)

Essay Writing (20 marks)

The Letter Writing section generally requires you to write formal or informal letters (e.g., to the bank, government, company, etc.). The Essay Writing section expects you to write an essay on current affairs, economic issues, or societal challenges.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Candidates wishing to apply for the SBI PO Exam must be aware of the eligibility criteria established by the bank. To be considered for recruitment, applicants must meet the required conditions, including age limit, educational qualifications, and other specifications. The detailed eligibility requirements are provided below.

A candidate must be either –

A Citizen of India or
A subject of Nepal or
A subject of Bhutan or
A Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or
A person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India,

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (2), (3), (4) & (5) above shall be a person in whose favor a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

Age Limit: (As on 01.04.2025)

Not below 21 years and not above 30 years as on 01.04.2025 i.e. candidates must have been born not later than 01.04.2004 and not earlier than 02.04.1995 (both days inclusive)

Relaxations of Upper age limit

Sr. No.	Category		Age Relaxation
1	Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe		5 Years
2	Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer)		3 Years
3	Persons With Benchmark Disabilities	PWD (SC/ ST)	15 Years
		PWD (OBC)	13 Years
		PWD (Gen/ EWS)	10 Years
4	Ex-Servicemen, Commissioned officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered 5 years of military service and have been released on completion of the assignment.		5 Years

Note: Cumulative age relaxation will not be available either under the above items or in combination with any other items. Candidates seeking age relaxation are required to submit copies of necessary certificate(s) at the time of Group exercise/interview, if shortlisted. No change in the category of any candidate is permitted after registration of online application, no correspondence/email/phone will be entertained in this regard.

Education Qualification

Graduation in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government. Those who are in the Final Year/ Semester of their Graduation may also apply provisionally subject to the condition that, if called for interview, they will have to produce proof of having passed the graduation examination on or before 30.09.2025.

Candidates having Integrated Dual Degree (IDD) certificate should ensure that the date of passing the IDD is on or before 30.09.2025. Candidates possessing qualifications such as Medical, Engineering, Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant etc. would also be eligible.

Note: The date of passing eligibility examination will be the date appearing on the mark sheet or provisional certificate issued by the University/ Institute. In case the result of a particular examination is posted on the website of the University/ Institute, a certificate issued by the appropriate authority of the University/ Institute indicating the date on which the result was posted on the website will be taken as the date of passing.

Number of Chances (Attempts Allowed)

Category	Maximum Attempts
General / EWS	4
OBC	7
PwBD (General / EWS / OBC)	7
SC / ST (including PwBD)	No Restriction

Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) Reservation

4% horizontal reservation as per the RPwD Act, 2016.

Categories eligible

Visual Impairment (VI) – Blindness & Low Vision

Hearing Impairment (HI) – Hard of Hearing

Locomotor Disabilities (LD) – One/both arm/leg affected, cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims, spinal deformity/injury, etc.

d & e – Mental Illness (MI), Autism Spectrum Disorder (Mild), Multiple Disabilities

SELECTION PROCESS

The SBI PO selection process is a three-staged process to shortlist the most eligible candidates for the post of Probationary Officer at the State Bank of India.

Phase-I: Preliminary Examination (Screening)

Online objective test:

Shortlisting rule: A category-wise merit list is made on total Prelims marks; no sectional cut-off in Prelims. About 10× the number of vacancies (per category) are called for Mains.

Negative marking: 0.25 of the question’s marks deducted for each wrong answer (no penalty if left blank).

Phase-II: Main Examination (Merit-deciding)

Conducted online: Objective (200 marks) + Descriptive (50 marks); Descriptive follows immediately after Objective.

Selection criteria for Phase-III

Sectional cut-offs apply in Mains – you must clear each objective section and the Descriptive paper.

A minimum aggregate qualifying score (decided by SBI) is applied on the total Mains score.

Candidates up to ~3× the category-wise vacancies are shortlisted for Phase-III from the Mains merit list.

Negative marking: again 0.25 per wrong answer in objective tests.

Phase-III: Psychometric Test + GE + Interview

Psychometric Test: personality profiling; findings may be shared with the interview panel. (It’s not allotted marks for the final total.)

Group Exercise: 20 marks; Interview: 30 marks ? Total 50. Minimum qualifying marks decided by the Bank.

Final Selection & Merit Preparation

You must qualify Phase-II and Phase-III separately. Prelims marks are not counted in final merit.

Normalization/Weightage

Mains (Objective + Descriptive): 250 marks ? scaled to 75

GE + Interview: 50 marks ? scaled to 25

Final merit out of 100 = 75 (Mains) + 25 (Phase-III); selection is from top ranks category-wise.

Tie-breaking: If multiple candidates are at the cut-off in the final merit, older age ranks higher.

Result publication: Prelims, Mains and Final results are released on SBI’s career website.

HOW TO APPLY

The only way to fill out an application for the SBI PO Exam is online. The candidates have to fill out their application forms on the website of State Bank Of India Applicants who meet the eligibility criteria can only fill out the application form. The application process involves several steps, such as registering, completing the application form, uploading the required documents, paying the fee, and final submission. Candidates only need to fill out the SBI PO application form with correct details otherwise, you are responsible for rejection.

Application Form Filling Dpcuement

Bank details
Valid email ID and mobile number
Scanned photograph in the prescribed format
Scanned signature in the specified dimension
Marksheet of graduation

Online Application Form

Ragistration:Visit the official website. Go to the advertisement ‘Recruitment of Probationary Officers’ Click the ‘Apply Online’ link.Go to the registration page by clicking the ‘Click Here for New Registration’ link
Filling up the SBI PO application form:Candidates need to fill their personal, academic, and contact details in the SBI application form and note down system-generated application numbers. They also have to create a password that will be used for future logins. Below are the details that the candidates should fill in the application form.
3. Upload of Prescribed Documents & Images (Photographs and Scanned Signatures):upload photographs, signatures, and thumb impressions as per specification. Images that are not as per prescribed specification shall not be considered and may lead to rejection of the application.

Document	Dimension	Size
Photograph	200 x 230 pixels	20kb to 50kb
Signature	140 x 60 pixels	10kb to 20 kb

Choose your Test City Pay the Examination Fee: After ensuring that the details entered in SBI PO application form are correct, candidates are required to pay the fees through the payment gateway integrated with the application form The fee can be paid through a debit card/credit card/internet banking by providing the information as asked On successful completion of the fee payment, an e-receipt and application form are generated The category-wise application fee is given below.

Category	Application Fee (In INR)
SC/ST/PWD	Nil
General/ OBC	750 (application fee including intimation charges)

Print the Confirmation page: The last step is to take printouts of the confirmation page, after successful payment of SBI 2025 application fees.

EXAM CENTERS

The SBI PO exam centers are assigned to the candidates according to their preferences. In case of unavailability of seats in a particular center, candidates are allotted to the next available center. The list of some SBI PO exam centers for the preliminary exam is provided.

State Code	State/UT	SBI PO Prelims Exam Centre	SBI PO Mains Exam Centre
11	Andaman & Nicobar	Port Blair	Port Blair
12	Andhra Pradesh	Eluru, Guntur/ Vijaywada, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Ongole, Rajahmundhry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram	Guntur / Vijayawada, Kurnool, Vishakhapatnam,
13	Arunachal Pradesh	Naharlagun	Naharlagun
14	Assam	Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur	Guwahati
15	Bihar	Arrah, Aurangabad (Bihar), Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea	Arrah, Patna, Muzaffarpur
16	Chandigarh	Mohali	Mohali
17	Chhattisgarh	Bhilai, Bilaspur, Raipur	Raipur
18	Goa	Panaji	Panaji
19	Gujarat	Ahmedabad/ Gandhinagar, Anand / Vadodara, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat	Ahmedabad/ Gandhinagar, Surat, Anand / Vadodara,
20	Haryana	Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram,	Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram
21	Himachal Pradesh	Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Solan, Una	Shimla, Bilaspur, Hamirpur
22	Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu, Samba, Srinagar	Jammu, Srinagar
23	Jharkhand	Bokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribag, Jamshedpur, Ranchi	Jamshedpur, Ranchi
24	Karnataka	Belgaum, Bengaluru, Dharwad/ hubli, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi	Bengaluru, Dharwad / hubli, Mangalore
25	Kerla	Alappuzha, Kannur, Ernakulam, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrichur, Thiruvananthapuram	Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrichu
26	Ladakh	Leh, Kargil	Leh, Kargil
27	Lakshadweep	Kavaratti	Kavarrati
28	Lakshadweep	Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Satna, Sagar, Ujjain	Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain
29	Maharashtra	Amaravati, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad, Maharashtra) Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Ratnagiri, Solapur, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai/ MMR,	Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad), Nagpur, Pune, Nashik, Kolhapur, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai/MMR
30	Manipur	Imphal	Imphal
31	Meghalaya	Shillong, Tura	Shillong, Tura
32	Mizoram	Aizawl	Aizawl
33	Nagaland	Kohima	Kohima
34	Delhi -NCR	Delhi & New Delhi (All NCR cities)	Delhi & New Delhi (All NCR cities)
35	Odisha	Balasore, Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur	Bhubaneswar, Cuttack
36	Puducherry	Puducherry	Puducherry
37	Punjab	Amritsar, Bhatinda, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala, Phagwara	Bhatinda, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala
38	Rajasthan	Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur	Jaipur, Udaipur
39	Sikkim	Gangtok	Gangtok
40	Tamilnadu	Chennai, Coimbatore, Erode, Madurai, Kanyakumari / Nagercoil, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Virudhunagar, Villupuram	Chennai, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Thiruchirapalli
41	Telangana	Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal	Hyderabad, Khammam
42	Tripura	Agartala	Agartala
43	Uttar Pradesh	Agra, Aligarh, Prayagraj (Allahabad), Bareilly, Faizabad, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida/ Greater Noida, Varanasi.	Agra, Prayagraj (Allahabad), Ghaziabad, Noida/ Greater Noida, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Varanasi
44	Uttarakhand	Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee	Dehradun
45	West Bengal	Asansol, Durgapur, Hooghly, Kalyani, Kolkata, Siliguri, Burdwan	Hooghly, Kalyani, Kolkata

ADMIT CARD

The admit cards for all three stages—Prelims, Mains, and Interview—will be issued separately on the official SBI website. The Prelims exam has already been conducted, and the Mains exam will follow. Details such as the scheduled date, shift, and assigned exam center will be provided on the SBI PO Mains Admit Card 2025. Candidates should download their admit cards, carefully review all the information, and plan their arrival at the exam center accordingly.

Candidates can follow the below-mentioned steps to download admit card for the SBI PO exam:

1- Visit the official website

2- Go to the current opening’ section from the ‘join SBI’ tab

3 – Click the link ‘Recruitment of Probationary Officers in SBI‘

4- From the drop-down click, the admit card link of SBI PO

5- Enter the registration number or roll number and date of birth or password

6- SBI PO admit card appears on the screen

7- Download the admit card and take its printout.

RESULT

As mentioned in the official notification, the Mains exam will be conducted in September 2025, therefore, we can expect the SBI PO Prelims Result by the 3rd week of August 2025. The State Bank of India (SBI) will conduct all three stages for the SBI PO 2025 Exam, and the first stage has been successfully conducted to shortlist candidates for the phase 2 exam. State Bank of India conducts a 3-stage recruitment process (Prelims, Mains, and Interview) for shortlisting candidates for Probationary Officer posts.

Candidates can follow the below steps to check the SBI PO exam result:

1- Visit the official website

2- Go to the section “Open News” of the “Join Sbi“

3- Go to the ‘Recruitment of Probationary Officers’ tab

4- From the drop-down select the Result link

5- Search your roll number through ctrl+F

6- Download the result PDF and save it

IMPORTANT LINK

For Official Website: Click here

For Official Notification: Click here

LATEST UPDATE

OVERVIEW

Particulars	Details
Exam Full Name	State Bank of India (SBI) Probationary Officer (PO)
Conducting Body	State Bank of India (SBI)
Purpose of Exam	To Recruit Probationary Officer in SBI
Exam Frequency	Once in a Year
Exam Level	National
Candidates Registered Last Year	Approximately 6.57 Lakhs Candidates Registered
Test Takers Last Year	Approximately 5 Lakh Candidates Appeared
Help Desk	1800 1234 or 1800 2100 (Toll-Free)
Official Website	https://sbi.co.in/

EXAM PATTERN

The exam pattern for the SBI PO Prelims and Mains is outlined in the table below. Review it to understand the marking scheme, question types, and other important details.

The selection for Probationary Officers will be done through a three-Phase process:

Phase I – Preliminary Examination

Phase II – Main Examination

Phase III – Psychometric Test, Group Exercise & Interview

Phase II – Main Examination

Test Mode	Name of Test	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
Objective Type Online Computer Based Test	Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	40 Q	60 Marks	50 Minutes
	Data Analysis & Interpretation	30 Q	60 Marks	45 Minutes
	General Awareness about Economy/ Banking	60 Q	60 Marks	45 Minutes
	English Language	40 Q	20 Marks	40 Minutes
	Total	170 Q	200 Marks	180 Minutes

For Descriptive Test

Test Mode	Name of Test	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
Descriptive Type Online Computer Based Test	Communication Skills: Emails, Reports, Situation Analysis & Precis Writing	3 Q	50 Marks	30 Minutes

Note:- No break will be provided between Objective Type Computer Based test and Descriptive test.

Mod of Examination

Both Objective type and Descriptive Type Tests will be held as Computer Based Tests.

Medium of Examination

From Objective Type Online Computer Based Test Questions from Reasoning & Computer Aptitude, General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness, and Data Analysis & Interpretation section shall be available in both English & Hindi.
From Objective Type Online Computer Based Test Questions from the English Language shall be available in only English.
Descriptive Type Online Computer Based Test shall be held in English only.

Marking Scheme

Note : Sectional Marks will not be maintained for Main Examinations.

Phase III – Psychometric Test, Group Exercise & Interview

Test Structure	Group Exercise	Interview	Total
Maximum Marks	20	30	50

The minimum qualifying marks will be as decided by the Bank.

The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) will not be added for preparing the final merit list for selection.

The marks obtained by the candidates in Phase-II (Main Examination both Objective & Descriptive Tests) and Phase-III (Group Exercise & Interview) will be normalized to 100 marks as detailed below.

Test	Main Examination (written Test) (objective & descriptive)	Group Exercise & Interview	Total
Maximum Marks	250	50	300
Normalized Marks	275	25	100

Normalization Score

The corrected scores obtained by each of the candidates in different sessions (if held) will be normalized using the equi-percentile method.

First, the percentile rank of the students for each shift of the exam is calculated using the formula given below –

Percentile rank of the candidates = ((Total Students in a shift – Rank of candidate in that shift)/(Total Students in a shift – 1)) x 10

After that, based on the number of available vacancies, a cut-off percentile rank is decided.
Based on this cut-off score, candidates are shortlisted for the next phase of the recruitment process.

Note:- Scores up to two decimal points shall be taken for the purpose of calculations.

SYLLABUS

The exam structure for Probationary Officers will be done through a three-Phase process:

Phase I – Preliminary Examination

Phase II – Main Examination

Phase III – Psychometric Test, Group Exercise & Interview

Phase II – Main Examination

Name of Test	Topic
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	Puzzles (linear, circular, floor-based, scheduling, etc.), Blood Relations, Direction Sense, Ranking & Ordering, Coding-Decoding, or etc.
Data Analysis & Interpretation	Tables, Bar graphs, Line graphs, Pie charts, Caselets (Complex problem-solving), or etc.
General Awareness about Economy/ Banking	Banking Awareness, Economic & Financial Awareness, Current Affairs, or etc.
English Language	Reading Comprehension (RC), Cloze Test, Error Spotting, Fill in the Blanks, or etc.

Detailed Syllabus for Objective Section

Reasoning & Computer Aptitude

Logical Reasoning

Puzzles (linear, circular, floor-based, scheduling, etc.)

Blood Relations

Direction Sense

Ranking & Ordering

Coding-Decoding

Inequalities

Syllogism (traditional and modern)

Input-Output

Alphanumeric Series

Computer Aptitude

Basic computer terminology

Data Structures (Array, Linked List, Stack, Queue, etc.)

Algorithms

Networking

Operating Systems

Computer Security

Internet and its applications

Data Analysis & Interpretation

Data Interpretation

Tables

Bar graphs

Line graphs

Pie charts

Caselets (Complex problem-solving)

Data Sufficiency

Other Topics

Simplification/Approximation (to solve the DI questions faster)

Missing Number Problems

Average, Ratio, Percentage, Profit & Loss, Time & Work, Speed-Distance questions related to data

General/Economy/Banking Awareness

This section tests your knowledge on current events, banking terms, and economic policies.

Banking Awareness

Functions of RBI, SEBI, NABARD, and other financial institutions

Monetary policy, fiscal policy, inflation, repo rate, reverse repo rate, etc.

Banking terminologies (EMI, PPF, NPA, etc.)

Types of banks and their roles

Insurance, investment schemes, etc.

Economic & Financial Awareness

National and international economic updates

Budget, Government schemes, and initiatives

Indian financial market developments (Stock market, mutual funds)

Key facts about international organizations like IMF, WTO, World Bank, etc.

Current Affairs

National and international news (last 6-12 months)

Sports, awards, new government policies, and reforms

English Language (40 Marks)

This section tests your ability to understand and analyze English language proficiency.

Reading Comprehension (RC)

Inference-based questions

Understanding themes, tone, and structure

Data/Fact-based comprehension

Cloze Test

Fill in the blanks to complete the passage, focusing on grammatical and contextual accuracy.

Error Spotting

Identify grammatical errors in sentences

Focus on tenses, prepositions, articles, subject-verb agreement, etc.

Sentence Improvement

Choose the option that improves the given sentence.

Para Jumbles/Sentence Rearrangement

Rearrange the sentences/paragraph to form a meaningful passage.

Fill in the Blanks

Choose the correct word or phrase to complete the sentence.

Descriptive Section

The Descriptive Section consists of two parts:

Letter Writing (10 marks)

Essay Writing (20 marks)

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

A candidate must be either –

A Citizen of India or
A subject of Nepal or
A subject of Bhutan or
A Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or
A person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India,

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (2), (3), (4) & (5) above shall be a person in whose favor a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

Age Limit: (As on 01.04.2025)

Not below 21 years and not above 30 years as on 01.04.2025 i.e. candidates must have been born not later than 01.04.2004 and not earlier than 02.04.1995 (both days inclusive)

Relaxations of Upper age limit

Sr. No.	Category		Age Relaxation
1	Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe		5 Years
2	Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer)		3 Years
3	Persons With Benchmark Disabilities	PWD (SC/ ST)	15 Years
		PWD (OBC)	13 Years
		PWD (Gen/ EWS)	10 Years
4	Ex-Servicemen, Commissioned officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered 5 years of military service and have been released on completion of the assignment.		5 Years

Education Qualification

Number of Chances (Attempts Allowed)

Category	Maximum Attempts
General / EWS	4
OBC	7
PwBD (General / EWS / OBC)	7
SC / ST (including PwBD)	No Restriction

Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) Reservation

4% horizontal reservation as per the RPwD Act, 2016.

Categories eligible

Visual Impairment (VI) – Blindness & Low Vision

Hearing Impairment (HI) – Hard of Hearing

Locomotor Disabilities (LD) – One/both arm/leg affected, cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims, spinal deformity/injury, etc.

d & e – Mental Illness (MI), Autism Spectrum Disorder (Mild), Multiple Disabilities

SELECTION PROCESS

The SBI PO selection process is a three-staged process to shortlist the most eligible candidates for the post of Probationary Officer at the State Bank of India.

Phase-I: Preliminary Examination (Screening)

Online objective test:

Shortlisting rule: A category-wise merit list is made on total Prelims marks; no sectional cut-off in Prelims. About 10× the number of vacancies (per category) are called for Mains.

Negative marking: 0.25 of the question’s marks deducted for each wrong answer (no penalty if left blank).

Phase-II: Main Examination (Merit-deciding)

Conducted online: Objective (200 marks) + Descriptive (50 marks); Descriptive follows immediately after Objective.

Selection criteria for Phase-III

Sectional cut-offs apply in Mains – you must clear each objective section and the Descriptive paper.

A minimum aggregate qualifying score (decided by SBI) is applied on the total Mains score.

Candidates up to ~3× the category-wise vacancies are shortlisted for Phase-III from the Mains merit list.

Negative marking: again 0.25 per wrong answer in objective tests.

Phase-III: Psychometric Test + GE + Interview

Psychometric Test: personality profiling; findings may be shared with the interview panel. (It’s not allotted marks for the final total.)

Group Exercise: 20 marks; Interview: 30 marks ? Total 50. Minimum qualifying marks decided by the Bank.

Final Selection & Merit Preparation

You must qualify Phase-II and Phase-III separately. Prelims marks are not counted in final merit.

Normalization/Weightage

Mains (Objective + Descriptive): 250 marks ? scaled to 75

GE + Interview: 50 marks ? scaled to 25

Final merit out of 100 = 75 (Mains) + 25 (Phase-III); selection is from top ranks category-wise.

Tie-breaking: If multiple candidates are at the cut-off in the final merit, older age ranks higher.

Result publication: Prelims, Mains and Final results are released on SBI’s career website.

???????IMPORTANT LINK

For Official Website: Click here

For Official Notification: Click here

LATEST UPDATE

OVERVIEW

Particulars	Details
Exam Full Name	State Bank of India (SBI) Probationary Officer (PO)
Conducting Body	State Bank of India (SBI)
Purpose of Exam	To Recruit Probationary Officer in SBI
Exam Frequency	Once in a Year
Exam Level	National
Candidates Registered Last Year	Approximately 6.57 Lakhs Candidates Registered
Test Takers Last Year	Approximately 5 Lakh Candidates Appeared
Help Desk	1800 1234 or 1800 2100 (Toll-Free)
Official Website	https://sbi.co.in/

EXAM PATTERN

The exam pattern for the SBI PO Prelims and Mains is outlined in the table below. Review it to understand the marking scheme, question types, and other important details.

The selection for Probationary Officers will be done through a three-Phase process:

Phase I – Preliminary Examination

Phase II – Main Examination

Phase III – Psychometric Test, Group Exercise & Interview

Phase II – Main Examination

Test Mode	Name of Test	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
Objective Type Online Computer Based Test	Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	40 Q	60 Marks	50 Minutes
	Data Analysis & Interpretation	30 Q	60 Marks	45 Minutes
	General Awareness about Economy/ Banking	60 Q	60 Marks	45 Minutes
	English Language	40 Q	20 Marks	40 Minutes
	Total	170 Q	200 Marks	180 Minutes

For Descriptive Test

Test Mode	Name of Test	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
Descriptive Type Online Computer Based Test	Communication Skills: Emails, Reports, Situation Analysis & Precis Writing	3 Q	50 Marks	30 Minutes

Note:- No break will be provided between Objective Type Computer Based test and Descriptive test.

Mod of Examination

Both Objective type and Descriptive Type Tests will be held as Computer Based Tests.

Medium of Examination

From Objective Type Online Computer Based Test Questions from Reasoning & Computer Aptitude, General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness, and Data Analysis & Interpretation section shall be available in both English & Hindi.
From Objective Type Online Computer Based Test Questions from the English Language shall be available in only English.
Descriptive Type Online Computer Based Test shall be held in English only.

Marking Scheme

Note : Sectional Marks will not be maintained for Main Examinations.

Phase III – Psychometric Test, Group Exercise & Interview

Test Structure	Group Exercise	Interview	Total
Maximum Marks	20	30	50

The minimum qualifying marks will be as decided by the Bank.

The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) will not be added for preparing the final merit list for selection.

The marks obtained by the candidates in Phase-II (Main Examination both Objective & Descriptive Tests) and Phase-III (Group Exercise & Interview) will be normalized to 100 marks as detailed below.

Test	Main Examination (written Test) (objective & descriptive)	Group Exercise & Interview	Total
Maximum Marks	250	50	300
Normalized Marks	275	25	100

Normalization Score

The corrected scores obtained by each of the candidates in different sessions (if held) will be normalized using the equi-percentile method.

First, the percentile rank of the students for each shift of the exam is calculated using the formula given below –

Percentile rank of the candidates = ((Total Students in a shift – Rank of candidate in that shift)/(Total Students in a shift – 1)) x 10

After that, based on the number of available vacancies, a cut-off percentile rank is decided.
Based on this cut-off score, candidates are shortlisted for the next phase of the recruitment process.

Note:- Scores up to two decimal points shall be taken for the purpose of calculations.

SYLLABUS

The exam structure for Probationary Officers will be done through a three-Phase process:

Phase I – Preliminary Examination

Phase II – Main Examination

Phase III – Psychometric Test, Group Exercise & Interview

Phase II – Main Examination

Name of Test	Topic
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	Puzzles (linear, circular, floor-based, scheduling, etc.), Blood Relations, Direction Sense, Ranking & Ordering, Coding-Decoding, or etc.
Data Analysis & Interpretation	Tables, Bar graphs, Line graphs, Pie charts, Caselets (Complex problem-solving), or etc.
General Awareness about Economy/ Banking	Banking Awareness, Economic & Financial Awareness, Current Affairs, or etc.
English Language	Reading Comprehension (RC), Cloze Test, Error Spotting, Fill in the Blanks, or etc.

Detailed Syllabus for Objective Section

Reasoning & Computer Aptitude

Logical Reasoning

Puzzles (linear, circular, floor-based, scheduling, etc.)

Blood Relations

Direction Sense

Ranking & Ordering

Coding-Decoding

Inequalities

Syllogism (traditional and modern)

Input-Output

Alphanumeric Series

Computer Aptitude

Basic computer terminology

Data Structures (Array, Linked List, Stack, Queue, etc.)

Algorithms

Networking

Operating Systems

Computer Security

Internet and its applications

Data Analysis & Interpretation

Data Interpretation

Tables

Bar graphs

Line graphs

Pie charts

Caselets (Complex problem-solving)

Data Sufficiency

Other Topics

Simplification/Approximation (to solve the DI questions faster)

Missing Number Problems

Average, Ratio, Percentage, Profit & Loss, Time & Work, Speed-Distance questions related to data

General/Economy/Banking Awareness

This section tests your knowledge on current events, banking terms, and economic policies.

Banking Awareness

Functions of RBI, SEBI, NABARD, and other financial institutions

Monetary policy, fiscal policy, inflation, repo rate, reverse repo rate, etc.

Banking terminologies (EMI, PPF, NPA, etc.)

Types of banks and their roles

Insurance, investment schemes, etc.

Economic & Financial Awareness

National and international economic updates

Budget, Government schemes, and initiatives

Indian financial market developments (Stock market, mutual funds)

Key facts about international organizations like IMF, WTO, World Bank, etc.

Current Affairs

National and international news (last 6-12 months)

Sports, awards, new government policies, and reforms

English Language (40 Marks)

This section tests your ability to understand and analyze English language proficiency.

Reading Comprehension (RC)

Inference-based questions

Understanding themes, tone, and structure

Data/Fact-based comprehension

Cloze Test

Fill in the blanks to complete the passage, focusing on grammatical and contextual accuracy.

Error Spotting

Identify grammatical errors in sentences

Focus on tenses, prepositions, articles, subject-verb agreement, etc.

Sentence Improvement

Choose the option that improves the given sentence.

Para Jumbles/Sentence Rearrangement

Rearrange the sentences/paragraph to form a meaningful passage.

Fill in the Blanks

Choose the correct word or phrase to complete the sentence.

Descriptive Section

The Descriptive Section consists of two parts:

Letter Writing (10 marks)

Essay Writing (20 marks)

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

A candidate must be either –

A Citizen of India or
A subject of Nepal or
A subject of Bhutan or
A Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or
A person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India,

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (2), (3), (4) & (5) above shall be a person in whose favor a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

Age Limit: (As on 01.04.2025)

Not below 21 years and not above 30 years as on 01.04.2025 i.e. candidates must have been born not later than 01.04.2004 and not earlier than 02.04.1995 (both days inclusive)

Relaxations of Upper age limit

Sr. No.	Category		Age Relaxation
1	Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe		5 Years
2	Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer)		3 Years
3	Persons With Benchmark Disabilities	PWD (SC/ ST)	15 Years
		PWD (OBC)	13 Years
		PWD (Gen/ EWS)	10 Years
4	Ex-Servicemen, Commissioned officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered 5 years of military service and have been released on completion of the assignment.		5 Years

Education Qualification

Number of Chances (Attempts Allowed)

Category	Maximum Attempts
General / EWS	4
OBC	7
PwBD (General / EWS / OBC)	7
SC / ST (including PwBD)	No Restriction

Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) Reservation

4% horizontal reservation as per the RPwD Act, 2016.

Categories eligible

Visual Impairment (VI) – Blindness & Low Vision

Hearing Impairment (HI) – Hard of Hearing

Locomotor Disabilities (LD) – One/both arm/leg affected, cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims, spinal deformity/injury, etc.

d & e – Mental Illness (MI), Autism Spectrum Disorder (Mild), Multiple Disabilities

SELECTION PROCESS

The SBI PO selection process is a three-staged process to shortlist the most eligible candidates for the post of Probationary Officer at the State Bank of India.

Phase-I: Preliminary Examination (Screening)

Online objective test:

Shortlisting rule: A category-wise merit list is made on total Prelims marks; no sectional cut-off in Prelims. About 10× the number of vacancies (per category) are called for Mains.

Negative marking: 0.25 of the question’s marks deducted for each wrong answer (no penalty if left blank).

Phase-II: Main Examination (Merit-deciding)

Conducted online: Objective (200 marks) + Descriptive (50 marks); Descriptive follows immediately after Objective.

Selection criteria for Phase-III

Sectional cut-offs apply in Mains – you must clear each objective section and the Descriptive paper.

A minimum aggregate qualifying score (decided by SBI) is applied on the total Mains score.

Candidates up to ~3× the category-wise vacancies are shortlisted for Phase-III from the Mains merit list.

Negative marking: again 0.25 per wrong answer in objective tests.

Phase-III: Psychometric Test + GE + Interview

Psychometric Test: personality profiling; findings may be shared with the interview panel. (It’s not allotted marks for the final total.)

Group Exercise: 20 marks; Interview: 30 marks ? Total 50. Minimum qualifying marks decided by the Bank.

Final Selection & Merit Preparation

You must qualify Phase-II and Phase-III separately. Prelims marks are not counted in final merit.

Normalization/Weightage

Mains (Objective + Descriptive): 250 marks ? scaled to 75

GE + Interview: 50 marks ? scaled to 25

Final merit out of 100 = 75 (Mains) + 25 (Phase-III); selection is from top ranks category-wise.

Tie-breaking: If multiple candidates are at the cut-off in the final merit, older age ranks higher.

Result publication: Prelims, Mains and Final results are released on SBI’s career website.

???????IMPORTANT LINK

For Official Website: Click here

For Official Notification: Click here

LATEST UPDATE

OVERVIEW

Particulars	Details
Exam Full Name	State Bank of India (SBI) Probationary Officer (PO)
Conducting Body	State Bank of India (SBI)
Purpose of Exam	To Recruit Probationary Officer in SBI
Exam Frequency	Once in a Year
Exam Level	National
Candidates Registered Last Year	Approximately 6.57 Lakhs Candidates Registered
Test Takers Last Year	Approximately 5 Lakh Candidates Appeared
Help Desk	1800 1234 or 1800 2100 (Toll-Free)
Official Website	https://sbi.co.in/

EXAM PATTERN

The exam pattern for the SBI PO Prelims and Mains is outlined in the table below. Review it to understand the marking scheme, question types, and other important details.

The selection for Probationary Officers will be done through a three-Phase process:

Phase I – Preliminary Examination

Phase II – Main Examination

Phase III – Psychometric Test, Group Exercise & Interview

Phase II – Main Examination

Test Mode	Name of Test	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
Objective Type Online Computer Based Test	Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	40 Q	60 Marks	50 Minutes
	Data Analysis & Interpretation	30 Q	60 Marks	45 Minutes
	General Awareness about Economy/ Banking	60 Q	60 Marks	45 Minutes
	English Language	40 Q	20 Marks	40 Minutes
	Total	170 Q	200 Marks	180 Minutes

For Descriptive Test

Test Mode	Name of Test	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
Descriptive Type Online Computer Based Test	Communication Skills: Emails, Reports, Situation Analysis & Precis Writing	3 Q	50 Marks	30 Minutes

Note:- No break will be provided between Objective Type Computer Based test and Descriptive test.

Mod of Examination

Both Objective type and Descriptive Type Tests will be held as Computer Based Tests.

Medium of Examination

From Objective Type Online Computer Based Test Questions from Reasoning & Computer Aptitude, General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness, and Data Analysis & Interpretation section shall be available in both English & Hindi.
From Objective Type Online Computer Based Test Questions from the English Language shall be available in only English.
Descriptive Type Online Computer Based Test shall be held in English only.

Marking Scheme

Note : Sectional Marks will not be maintained for Main Examinations.

Phase III – Psychometric Test, Group Exercise & Interview

Test Structure	Group Exercise	Interview	Total
Maximum Marks	20	30	50

The minimum qualifying marks will be as decided by the Bank.

The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) will not be added for preparing the final merit list for selection.

The marks obtained by the candidates in Phase-II (Main Examination both Objective & Descriptive Tests) and Phase-III (Group Exercise & Interview) will be normalized to 100 marks as detailed below.

Test	Main Examination (written Test) (objective & descriptive)	Group Exercise & Interview	Total
Maximum Marks	250	50	300
Normalized Marks	275	25	100

Normalization Score

The corrected scores obtained by each of the candidates in different sessions (if held) will be normalized using the equi-percentile method.

First, the percentile rank of the students for each shift of the exam is calculated using the formula given below –

Percentile rank of the candidates = ((Total Students in a shift – Rank of candidate in that shift)/(Total Students in a shift – 1)) x 10

After that, based on the number of available vacancies, a cut-off percentile rank is decided.
Based on this cut-off score, candidates are shortlisted for the next phase of the recruitment process.

Note:- Scores up to two decimal points shall be taken for the purpose of calculations.

SYLLABUS

The exam structure for Probationary Officers will be done through a three-Phase process:

Phase I – Preliminary Examination

Phase II – Main Examination

Phase III – Psychometric Test, Group Exercise & Interview

Phase II – Main Examination

Name of Test	Topic
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	Puzzles (linear, circular, floor-based, scheduling, etc.), Blood Relations, Direction Sense, Ranking & Ordering, Coding-Decoding, or etc.
Data Analysis & Interpretation	Tables, Bar graphs, Line graphs, Pie charts, Caselets (Complex problem-solving), or etc.
General Awareness about Economy/ Banking	Banking Awareness, Economic & Financial Awareness, Current Affairs, or etc.
English Language	Reading Comprehension (RC), Cloze Test, Error Spotting, Fill in the Blanks, or etc.

Detailed Syllabus for Objective Section

Reasoning & Computer Aptitude

Logical Reasoning

Puzzles (linear, circular, floor-based, scheduling, etc.)

Blood Relations

Direction Sense

Ranking & Ordering

Coding-Decoding

Inequalities

Syllogism (traditional and modern)

Input-Output

Alphanumeric Series

Computer Aptitude

Basic computer terminology

Data Structures (Array, Linked List, Stack, Queue, etc.)

Algorithms

Networking

Operating Systems

Computer Security

Internet and its applications

Data Analysis & Interpretation

Data Interpretation

Tables

Bar graphs

Line graphs

Pie charts

Caselets (Complex problem-solving)

Data Sufficiency

Other Topics

Simplification/Approximation (to solve the DI questions faster)

Missing Number Problems

Average, Ratio, Percentage, Profit & Loss, Time & Work, Speed-Distance questions related to data

General/Economy/Banking Awareness

This section tests your knowledge on current events, banking terms, and economic policies.

Banking Awareness

Functions of RBI, SEBI, NABARD, and other financial institutions

Monetary policy, fiscal policy, inflation, repo rate, reverse repo rate, etc.

Banking terminologies (EMI, PPF, NPA, etc.)

Types of banks and their roles

Insurance, investment schemes, etc.

Economic & Financial Awareness

National and international economic updates

Budget, Government schemes, and initiatives

Indian financial market developments (Stock market, mutual funds)

Key facts about international organizations like IMF, WTO, World Bank, etc.

Current Affairs

National and international news (last 6-12 months)

Sports, awards, new government policies, and reforms

English Language (40 Marks)

This section tests your ability to understand and analyze English language proficiency.

Reading Comprehension (RC)

Inference-based questions

Understanding themes, tone, and structure

Data/Fact-based comprehension

Cloze Test

Fill in the blanks to complete the passage, focusing on grammatical and contextual accuracy.

Error Spotting

Identify grammatical errors in sentences

Focus on tenses, prepositions, articles, subject-verb agreement, etc.

Sentence Improvement

Choose the option that improves the given sentence.

Para Jumbles/Sentence Rearrangement

Rearrange the sentences/paragraph to form a meaningful passage.

Fill in the Blanks

Choose the correct word or phrase to complete the sentence.

Descriptive Section

The Descriptive Section consists of two parts:

Letter Writing (10 marks)

Essay Writing (20 marks)

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

A candidate must be either –

A Citizen of India or
A subject of Nepal or
A subject of Bhutan or
A Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or
A person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India,

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (2), (3), (4) & (5) above shall be a person in whose favor a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

Age Limit: (As on 01.04.2025)

Not below 21 years and not above 30 years as on 01.04.2025 i.e. candidates must have been born not later than 01.04.2004 and not earlier than 02.04.1995 (both days inclusive)

Relaxations of Upper age limit

Sr. No.	Category		Age Relaxation
1	Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe		5 Years
2	Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer)		3 Years
3	Persons With Benchmark Disabilities	PWD (SC/ ST)	15 Years
		PWD (OBC)	13 Years
		PWD (Gen/ EWS)	10 Years
4	Ex-Servicemen, Commissioned officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered 5 years of military service and have been released on completion of the assignment.		5 Years

Education Qualification

Number of Chances (Attempts Allowed)

Category	Maximum Attempts
General / EWS	4
OBC	7
PwBD (General / EWS / OBC)	7
SC / ST (including PwBD)	No Restriction

Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) Reservation

4% horizontal reservation as per the RPwD Act, 2016.

Categories eligible

Visual Impairment (VI) – Blindness & Low Vision

Hearing Impairment (HI) – Hard of Hearing

Locomotor Disabilities (LD) – One/both arm/leg affected, cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims, spinal deformity/injury, etc.

d & e – Mental Illness (MI), Autism Spectrum Disorder (Mild), Multiple Disabilities

SELECTION PROCESS

The SBI PO selection process is a three-staged process to shortlist the most eligible candidates for the post of Probationary Officer at the State Bank of India.

Phase-I: Preliminary Examination (Screening)

Online objective test:

Shortlisting rule: A category-wise merit list is made on total Prelims marks; no sectional cut-off in Prelims. About 10× the number of vacancies (per category) are called for Mains.

Negative marking: 0.25 of the question’s marks deducted for each wrong answer (no penalty if left blank).

Phase-II: Main Examination (Merit-deciding)

Conducted online: Objective (200 marks) + Descriptive (50 marks); Descriptive follows immediately after Objective.

Selection criteria for Phase-III

Sectional cut-offs apply in Mains – you must clear each objective section and the Descriptive paper.

A minimum aggregate qualifying score (decided by SBI) is applied on the total Mains score.

Candidates up to ~3× the category-wise vacancies are shortlisted for Phase-III from the Mains merit list.

Negative marking: again 0.25 per wrong answer in objective tests.

Phase-III: Psychometric Test + GE + Interview

Psychometric Test: personality profiling; findings may be shared with the interview panel. (It’s not allotted marks for the final total.)

Group Exercise: 20 marks; Interview: 30 marks ? Total 50. Minimum qualifying marks decided by the Bank.

Final Selection & Merit Preparation

You must qualify Phase-II and Phase-III separately. Prelims marks are not counted in final merit.

Normalization/Weightage

Mains (Objective + Descriptive): 250 marks ? scaled to 75

GE + Interview: 50 marks ? scaled to 25

Final merit out of 100 = 75 (Mains) + 25 (Phase-III); selection is from top ranks category-wise.

Tie-breaking: If multiple candidates are at the cut-off in the final merit, older age ranks higher.

Result publication: Prelims, Mains and Final results are released on SBI’s career website.

???????IMPORTANT LINK

For Official Website: Click here

For Official Notification: Click here

LATEST UPDATE

State Bank of India (SBI) has Released the SBI PO 2025 Notification with the Aim of Filling 541 Vacancies, on 24-06-2025, Last Date for Online Application was 14-07-2025, The SBI PO Prelims exam on August 2, 2025, was cancelled by the State Bank of India. Now the SBI PO Prelims exam is scheduled to be conducted in 4, 5 August 2025 and Mains exam is scheduled to be conducted in September 2025.

SYLLABUS

The exam structure for Probationary Officers will be done through a three-Phase process:

Phase I – Preliminary Examination

Phase II – Main Examination

Phase III – Psychometric Test, Group Exercise & Interview

The syllabus for SBI PO Main Examination is given below:-

Name of Test	Topic	Weightage
Objective Test
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	Seating arrangements & Puzzle	15 Q (3-5 Sets)
	Inequality	5 Q
	Syllogism	5 Q
	Coding-Decoding	5 Q
	Input-Output	5 Q
	Data Sufficiency	5-7 Q
	Logical Reasoning	8-10 Q
	Computers – Internet, Networking, Etc.	5 Q
	Miscellaneous – Operating System, Windows, keys, Memory, Etc.	5-10 Q
General/Banking/ Economy Awareness	Current Affairs – (National/International Appointment, Awards Functions, Government Schemes, etc)	30-32 Q from GK & rest from Current Affairs
	Static Awareness – (Wildlife Sanctuaries and National Parks, Important Days/Dates, Political Leaders Movements)
	Bank/Economy Awareness – (Bank, Capital, Money market, Government Initiatives)
English Language	Reading Comprehension	8-10 Q
	Cloze Test	5 Q
	Spotting Errors	5 Q
	Para Jumbles/Sentence Rearrangements	2-5 Q
	Sentence Improvement	2-5 Q
	Fill in the blanks	3-5 Q
	Sentence Connector	5 Q
	New Pattern Questions	5-8 Q
Data Analysis & Interpretation	Number Series	3-5 Q
	Simplification	3-5 Q
	Data Interpretation	20-25 Q
	Arithmetic Problems	12-15 Q
	Data Sufficiency	5-7 Q
	Quantity/ Number Based Problems	5-8 Q

Reasoning & Computer Aptitude Detailed Syllabus

The detailed syllabus for Reasoning & Computer Aptitude along with the topic description, topic example & difficulty level is given below:-

Topic	Topic Description	Topic Example	Topic Difficulty Level
Seating arrangements & Puzzle	Questions based on finding the correct order of people sitting and analyze the given piece of information, pick the information that is important and leave out the information that is not required in solving the given set of questions	In a linear row of 8 persons from A to H, four people face towards north and four towards the south. Further information is given below. B is third to the left of C, who faces (i) ______. Only D is adjacent to C. B is on the immediate right of G, who faces north. (ii) _____ is second to the left of G and faces north. A and E are immediate neighbors, where the latter is at an extreme end. F is second to the right of B, who faces (iii) ________. Not more than two persons facing same direction are adjacent to each other. H is on the immediate right of (iv) ______ . The immediate neighbors of A face (v) ______ direction.	Complex & Time Consuming
Inequality	When a group of elements are given with a certain coded relationship denoted by <, >, = etc. such type of questions fall under the category of reasoning Inequality.	All the symbols define the following meanings. A % B means that ‘A is smaller than B’ A ? B means that ‘A is less than or equal to B’ A # B means that ‘A is equal to B’ A & B means that ‘A is greater than B’ A © B means that ‘A is either greater than or equal to B’ Statements: A % B, C © D, B # D. Conclusions: I) B % C II) B # C	Easy & Less time Consuming
Syllogism	Questions require thinking for arriving at a specific conclusion by examining other premises or ideas	Statements: No cream is lotion. Not a single lotion is oil. Every oil is shampoo. Conclusions: I. Some shampoos which are oil are cream as well. II. No cream is an oil.	Easy & Less time Consuming
Coding-Decoding	Identifying the pattern used for coding a given data set and using the same for performing specific operations.	In a code language, start walk stop diet is coded as 8% #21 3$7 6 walk rest start bite is coded as #9 6 2@9 #21 stop work diet rest is coded as ^78 8% 3$7 #9 bite rest start diet is coded as 2@9 #9 *6 3$7 Find the code for ‘work diet ‘?	Complex & Time Consuming
Input-Output	some kind of word and number arrangement is given. With each subsequent operation, the arrangement of the words and numbers changes. These operations are performed until a final arrangement is reached or is performed in a loop. Candidates are required to identify the hidden pattern in the rearrangement and apply it to the machine input-output questions.	A word and number arrangement machine, when given an input line of words and numbers, rearranges them following a different rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement. Input: nature create nothing useless without purpose Step I: aceert aenrtu eelsssu eopprsu ghinnot hiottuw Step II: 45 41 31 27 24 11 Step III: 8 8 26 Step IV: 16 52 Step V: 16 Step V is the last step of the arrangement. Following the same pattern solve the given input. Input: imagine yourself trapped inside a hellish nightmare	Complex & Time Consuming
Data Sufficiency	Analyzing the given information and judging whether the given information is sufficient to answer the question or not.	Decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question: Nine persons – Dany, Taylor, Alex, Ryan, Blair, Storm, Rory, Jody, and Erin, consist of a family such there are three married couples in the family then how is Rory related to Jody? I. Jody is the father of Alex, who is the brother of Storm. Dany is son of Rory, who is married to Storm. II. Erin is mother of Ryan, who is married to Alex. Rory is the daughter-in-law of Blair and Dany is the son of Rory. III. Taylor is the brother-in-law of Blair, who is married to Jody. Ryan married to Alex, who is the brother of Storm.	Complex & Time Consuming
Logical Reasoning	Questions from statement & argument, Statement & conclusion, Decision making, etc.	Statement : “Do not lean out of the door of the bus.” – a warning in a school bus Assumptions : I. Leaning out of a running bus is dangerous. II. Children do not pay any heed to such warnings.	Complex & Time Consuming
Computers	Questions based on – Internet, Networking, Operating System, Windows, keys, Memory, Etc.	There can be many ways to insert page number in a document. Which of the following lets you insert page number? (A) Page number from insert menu (B) Page setup from file menu (C) Footnote from Insert menu (D) Both A & C	Easy & Less time Consuming

Recommended Books For Reasoning & Computer Aptitude

1. Modern Approach to Verbal Reasoning by R.S.Agarwal

2. A New Approach to Reasoning Verbal & Non-Verbal (Arihant) by BS Sijwali

3. Analytical Reasoning by MK Pandey

4. Bank PO/MT Examination Practice Workbook by Arihant

5. Objective Computer Awareness by Arihant

General / Banking / Economy / Awareness Detailed

The detailed syllabus for General/ Banking/ Economy Awareness along with the topic description, topic example & difficulty level is given below:-

Topic	Topic Description	Topic Example	Topic Difficulty Level
Current Affairs	National/International Events, Appointment, Awards Functions, Government Schemes, etc	Who has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award 2020 at the At the 3rd India International Film Festival of Boston (IIFFB) 2020 based in Boston, USA? (Asked in SBI PO Mains 2020)	Past 5-6 Months
Static Awareness	Wildlife Sanctuaries and National Parks, Important Days/Dates, Political Leaders Movements etc.	Cuttack is a city in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. Cuttack city is situated on the bank of which river? Baglihar Dam located in which Indian State? What do I stand for in UNIDO?	Based on General Knowledge
Bank/ Economy Awareness	Bank, Capital, Money market, Government Initiatives	Where is the Headquarters of SIDBI? Which organization publishes the World Economic Outlook (WEO) report? Where is the Headquarters of AIIB?	Based on General Knowledge

Recommended Books For General/ Banking/ Economy Awareness

1. India Year Book by Publications Division, Government of India

2. Banking Awareness by B.K Raut and S.R Behera

3. Pratiyogita Darpan (Monthly Edition)

English Language Detailed Syllabus

The detailed syllabus for the English Language along with the topic description, topic example & difficulty level is given below:-

Topic	Topic Description	Topic Example	Topic Difficulty Level
Reading Comprehension	Analysing the passage and answering Questions based on it	Theme of the Passage “India’s understanding of forest fires has been skewed by colonial-era policy“ (Asked in SBI PO Mains 2020)	10+2 level
Cloze Test	Filling Appropriate word in each of the blank in the given paragraph	Theme of the Passage “The Great British Art Tour” (Asked in SBI PO Mains 2020 adaptation from “The Guardian” – 23/03/2021)	10+2 level
Spotting Errors	Correcting spelling Errors in a given sentence	Select the option which states the correct combination of incorrect/correct sentences. I. It is impossible to believe that the government does not know how to handle the situation with sincerity and effectiveness. II. But it is also true that they are unable to decide the best among the two options available in front of them. III. It seems that the perpetrators of the crime are smarter than brave. IV. However, the police are of the opinion that they will be able to nab the criminals very soon.	10+2 level
Para Jumbles/ Sentence Rearrangements	Rearranging the sentences in a logical order such that they make sense.	Arrange the sentences in the right order and answer the questions that follow. The World Health Organization has declared India as polio-free since no new polio case has been reported in the country in the last couple of years. A. It also gives an idea regarding the effective implementation of the government schemes in the country so that they give the desired result B. Without participation from the general public, it would not have been possible to achieve this tremendous feat with the government schemes only. C. India can take heart from this success and can replicate the same model for eradication of other diseases also from the country. D. The thrust should be on educating the mass regarding the harmful effects of insects and the reasons for the growth of such insects. E. This underlines the efforts by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare along with the staff members at the ground level.	10+2 level
Sentence Improvement	Improving the sentence by correcting the mistake	Which of the options given below the sentence should replace the part printed in bold to make the sentence grammatically correct? Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs states that we must satisfy each need in turn starting with the first, dealing in the most obvious needs of survival itself. A. starting with the first, which deals with the most obvious needs of survival itself. B. first starting with the one that deals with the most obvious needs of survival itself. C. starting with the first, which is dealt with the most obvious needs of survival itself. D. starting with the first one that deals in the most obvious need of survival itself. E. No improvement required	10+2 level
Fill in the blanks	Improving the sentence by correcting the mistake	It is now important for the central bank to _______ that the discipline in the system does not ________.	10+2 level
Sentence Connector	Improving the sentence by correcting the mistake	Only one of the connectors from those given can be used to combine the given two statements into one sentence without changing the meaning. Choose that connector as your answer. I. Like every second Indian, I am a big fan of sports and I also like to watch a lot of matches with my friends. II. I love to watch football matches and enjoy the nail-biting finish most of the matches have. A. Especially B. Although C. Whether D. Nevertheless E. None of the above	10+2 level

Recommended Books For The English Language

1. High School English Grammar and Composition by Wren & Martin

2. Objective English for Competitive Examinations by Mcgraw Hill Education

3. Objective General English by S. Chand

4. General English by Arihant Publication

Data Analysis & Interpretation Detailed Syllabus

The detailed syllabus for Data Analysis & Interpretation along with the topic description, topic example & difficulty level is given below:-

Topic

Topic Description

Topic Example

Topic Difficulty Level

Number Series

Completing the given series by finding the pattern among the numbers.

40/3 22 36 58 92 ?

Class 10^th Level

Simplification

Questions based on mathematical operations to be performed using BODMAS

4 × 5² – 3² × 7 + 6² = ? + 24

Class 10^th Level

Data Interpretation

Questions based on Pie chart, Bar graphs, Venn Diagram, Radar etc

Four companies Asus, Dell, Acer and HP sell Laptops, Desktops and Printers.
The chart given below shows the number of Laptops and Desktops sold by each company.

The table given below shows the printers sold as a percentage of the sum of Desktops, Laptops and Printers sold by each company.

Company	Printers
Dell	15%
Acer	18%
Asus	26%
HP	28%

Class 10^th Level

Arithmetic Problems

Problems based on Ratio & Proportion, Averages, Age-based problems, Percentages, Profit Loss & Discount, Mixture & Alligations, Simple & Compound Interest, Time Work & Wages, Speed Time & Distance, Boats & Streams, Probability, etc

A sum of Rs. 10000 was invested in a scheme. The rate of simple interest offered for three years was 6%, 9% and 5% per annum respectively. After three years, the whole amount was withdrawn and reinvested in a scheme which offered an interest rate of 20% compounded annually for 3 years. What is the total interest earned during the six year period?

Class 10^th Level

Data Sufficiency

Analyzing the given information and judging whether the given information is sufficient to answer the question or not

You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read all the statements and give answer:

What is the present age of Rahul?
I. At the time of marrige Rahul’s age was 25 years.
II. The average age of Rahul and Rahul’s wife at the time of marrige was 24 years.
III. The difference between the present ages of Rahul and his son is 24 years.

Class 10^th Level

Quantity/ Number Based Problems

Solving the Questions given in Statements I & II and comparing them.

The ratio of the efficiency of a man to a woman is 4 : 3. A group of 2 men and 2 women together can complete a piece of work in 12 days.
Quantity I : How many days, a group of a man and three women will take to complete the same piece of work?
Quantity II : if the efficiency of a men was increased by 20% and the efficiency of a women was increased by 50% then how many days they will take to complete 75% of the piece of work if they work together?

Class 10^th Level

Recommended Books For Data Analysis & Interpretation

1. Data Interpretation by Arun Sharma

2. Data Interpretation – Magical Books Series by K. Kundan

3. Quantitative aptitude for competitive examinations – R.S. Aggarwal

4. Quantitative aptitude tests – N.K. Singh

DESCRIPTIVE SECTION

The Descriptive Section consists of two parts:

Letter Writing (10 marks)

Essay Writing (20 marks)

The Letter Writing section generally requires you to write formal or informal letters (e.g., to the bank, government, company, etc.). The Essay Writing section expects you to write an essay on current affairs, economic issues, or societal challenges.

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EXAM PATTERN

The exam pattern for the SBI PO Prelims and Mains is outlined in the table below. Review it to understand the marking scheme, question types, and other important details.

The selection for Probationary Officers will be done through a three-Phase process:

Phase I – Preliminary Examination

Phase II – Main Examination

Phase III – Psychometric Test, Group Exercise & Interview

Phase II – Main Examination

Test Mode	Name of Test	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
Objective Type Online Computer Based Test	Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	40 Q	60 Marks	50 Minutes
	Data Analysis & Interpretation	30 Q	60 Marks	45 Minutes
	General Awareness about Economy/ Banking	60 Q	60 Marks	45 Minutes
	English Language	40 Q	20 Marks	40 Minutes
	Total	170 Q	200 Marks	180 Minutes

For Descriptive Test

Test Mode	Name of Test	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
Descriptive Type Online Computer Based Test	Communication Skills: Emails, Reports, Situation Analysis & Precis Writing	3 Q	50 Marks	30 Minutes

Note:- No break will be provided between Objective Type Computer Based test and Descriptive test.

Mod of Examination

Both Objective type and Descriptive Type Tests will be held as Computer Based Tests.

Medium of Examination

1. From Objective Type Online Computer Based Test Questions from Reasoning & Computer Aptitude, General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness, and Data Analysis & Interpretation section shall be available in both English & Hindi.

2. From Objective Type Online Computer Based Test Questions from the English Language shall be available in only English.

3. Descriptive Type Online Computer Based Test shall be held in English only.

Marking Scheme

Note : Sectional Marks will not be maintained for Main Examinations.

Phase III – Psychometric Test, Group Exercise & Interview

Test Structure	Group Exercise	Interview	Total
Maximum Marks	20	30	50

The minimum qualifying marks will be as decided by the Bank.

The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) will not be added for preparing the final merit list for selection.

The marks obtained by the candidates in Phase-II (Main Examination both Objective & Descriptive Tests) and Phase-III (Group Exercise & Interview) will be normalized to 100 marks as detailed below.

Test	Main Examination (written Test) (objective & descriptive)	Group Exercise & Interview	Total
Maximum Marks	250	50	300
Normalized Marks	275	25	100

Normalization Score

The corrected scores obtained by each of the candidates in different sessions (if held) will be normalized using the equi-percentile method.

1. First, the percentile rank of the students for each shift of the exam is calculated using the formula given below –

Percentile rank of the candidates = ((Total Students in a shift – Rank of candidate in that shift)/(Total Students in a shift – 1)) x 10

2. After that, based on the number of available vacancies, a cut-off percentile rank is decided.

3. Based on this cut-off score, candidates are shortlisted for the next phase of the recruitment process.

Note:- Scores up to two decimal points shall be taken for the purpose of calculations.

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ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

A candidate must be either –

A Citizen of India or
A subject of Nepal or
A subject of Bhutan or
A Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or
A person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India,

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (2), (3), (4) & (5) above shall be a person in whose favor a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

Age Limit: (As on 01.04.2025)

Not below 21 years and not above 30 years as on 01.04.2025 i.e. candidates must have been born not later than 01.04.2004 and not earlier than 02.04.1995 (both days inclusive)

Relaxations of Upper age limit

Sr. No.	Category		Age Relaxation
1	Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe		5 Years
2	Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer)		3 Years
3	Persons With Benchmark Disabilities	PWD (SC/ ST)	15 Years
		PWD (OBC)	13 Years
		PWD (Gen/ EWS)	10 Years
4	Ex-Servicemen, Commissioned officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered 5 years of military service and have been released on completion of the assignment.		5 Years

Education Qualification

Number of Chances (Attempts Allowed)

Category	Maximum Attempts
General / EWS	4
OBC	7
PwBD (General / EWS / OBC)	7
SC / ST (including PwBD)	No Restriction

Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) Reservation

4% horizontal reservation as per the RPwD Act, 2016.

Categories eligible

Visual Impairment (VI) – Blindness & Low Vision

Hearing Impairment (HI) – Hard of Hearing

Locomotor Disabilities (LD) – One/both arm/leg affected, cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims, spinal deformity/injury, etc.

d & e – Mental Illness (MI), Autism Spectrum Disorder (Mild), Multiple Disabilities

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IMPORTANT DATES

The State Bank of India (SBI) has released the official SBI PO Notification 2025, providing full details for the recruitment of 541 Probationary Officers (PO) across various SBI branches in India. The SBI PO Prelims Exam was initially scheduled for 2nd, 4th, and 5th August 2025, but all shifts on 2nd August have now been cancelled. The Main Exam is set to be held in September, with results expected to be declared by the end of September or October 2025. The final selection process, including the Psychometric Test, Group Exercise, and Interview, will take place in October or November, and the final results are anticipated by November or December 2025.

Events	Dates
On-line registration including Editing/ Modification of Application by candidates	24.06.2025 to 14.07.2025
Payment of Application Fee	24.06.2025 to 14.07.2025
Download of Preliminary Examination Call Letters	25th July 2025
Phase-I: Online Preliminary Examination	4th, and 5th August 2025
Declaration of Result of Preliminary Examination	August / September 2025
Phase-II: Online Main Examination	September 2025
Declaration of Result of Main Examination	September / October 2025
Download of Phase-III Call Letter	October / November 2025
Phase-III: Psychometric Test	October / November 2025
Interview & Group Exercises	October / November 2025
Declaration of Final Result	November / December 2025

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Events	Dates
On-line registration including Editing/ Modification of Application by candidates	24.06.2025 to 14.07.2025
Payment of Application Fee	24.06.2025 to 14.07.2025
Download of Preliminary Examination Call Letters	25th July 2025
Phase-I: Online Preliminary Examination	4th, and 5th August 2025
Declaration of Result of Preliminary Examination	August / September 2025
Phase-II: Online Main Examination	September 2025
Declaration of Result of Main Examination	September / October 2025
Download of Phase-III Call Letter	October / November 2025
Phase-III: Psychometric Test	October / November 2025
Interview & Group Exercises	October / November 2025
Declaration of Final Result	November / December 2025

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EXAM ANALYSIS 2023 (5 DECEMBER 2023)

OVERALL ANALYSIS

Sections	Good Attempts	Good Attempts
English Language	16-18	Moderate
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	16-18	Moderate
Data Analysis and Interpretation	08-10	Moderate to Difficult
General/Economy/Banking Awareness	18-20	Moderate
Overall	58-76	Moderate
Descriptive		Moderate

SECTIONAL ANALYSIS

Reasoning & Computer

Topics	No. of Questions
Puzzle and Seating Arrangement	21
Missing Machine Input-Output	05
Critical Reasoning	08-10
Meaningful Word (Condition Based)	01
Miscellaneous	06

Data Analysis & Interpretation

Topics	No. of Questions
Data Interpretation	20
Number Series	04
Arithmetic	06

English Language

Topics	No. of Questions
Reading Comprehension	08
Reading Comprehension	07
Error Detection	02-03
Triple Column Based	04-05
Double Fillers (Double Sentence)	05
Para Jumble (Cause & Effects)	06-07
Para Fillers	02-03
Sentence Rearrangement	02-03

General Awareness

Why Physics Nobel Prize 2023 is given in detailed?
Dated Govt security tenure? 50 Years
Question related to Whatsapp-Railways?
PIDF Asked Extended Date? 2025
Disinvestment Target in Budget?
Crop production in top-3 which is in 3rd place?
According to RBI, a Whole-time director-related question?
Ethanol 15% achievement target?
Is not a G20 member?
Amrit Sarovar ministry related question?
Cryptocurrency Index India ranking related questions?
Temasek holding is which country company?
ICICI Bank 12 crore penalty related questions
Airpollution app realtime name?

Descriptive

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

Essay – Education in Rural Areas – Problems & Solution

Letters – 1. Letter to Editor regarding Street Light issue locality. 2. Letter to Editor regarding Hopsital issue in Rural Areas. 3. Letter to Branch Manager for ATM unsuccessful withdrawal

EXAM ANALYSIS (JANUARY 2023)

OVERALL ANALYSIS

Section	Difficulty Level of Questions	Good Attempts
Reasoning and Computer Aptitude	Moderate to Difficult	20-23
Data Analysis & Interpretation	Easy to Moderate	20-22
General Economy and Banking Awareness	Easy to Moderate	36-40
English Language (Objective-type)	Easy	30-32
Total	Easy to Moderate	106-117

Quantitative Aptitude

Topics	Number of Questions
Number Series (DI)	2-3
Quadratic Equation	4-5
Arithmetic Percentage	1-2
DI Ratio	1-2
Line Graph	1-2

Reasoning Aptitude

Topics	Number of Questions
Reverse Syllogism	1-2
Coded Blood Relations	3-4
Uncertainased Floor B Puzzle	1-2
New Pattern Puzzle	1-2
Machine Input	1-2
Data Sufficiency	2-3
Direction & Distance	1-2
Inference	1-2

General Awareness

B20 Chairman
1st Year of ETF
SEBI Circular
Tennis
Literature Awards
Y K Alag
Good and Services Tax (GST)
MOUs: General electrical – NTPC
World Science Congress – Bhopal (Chief Guest)
Electric racing card created by IIT Students
Gender Equality (Descriptive)
Artificial Intelligence (Descriptive)
Letter to editor regarding Depression
Letter to Branch Manager- Minor to Major
Letter to Village Panchayat Library Building Funds

English Language

Topics	Number of Questions
Error Detection	4-5
Reading Comprehension	5
Para Jumble	5-6
Sentence Completion	3-4
Word Replacement	2-3

DESCRIPTIVE PAPER

Section

Topics

Letter Writing

Letter to manager for employee training

Letter to an editor for sports inspiration

Letter to HR for job application

Essay Writing

Benefits of Privatization of Banks

Economy

Gender Stereotyping

EXAM ANALYSIS (2 JANUARY 2022)

English Language

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension	12	Difficult
Para Fillers (Paragraph)	2-3	Moderate-Difficult
Error Detection (New Pattern)	5	Difficult
Cloze Test (New Pattern)	5	Moderate
Matching Pairs	5	Moderate
Phrase Replacement	5-6	Moderate-Difficult
Total	35	Difficult

Data Analysis & Interpretation

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Data Interpretation (Graphs)	20 Questions	Moderate
Data Sufficiency	3 Questions	Moderate-Difficult
Missing Series	4 Questions	Moderate-Difficult
Miscellaneous	8 Questions	Moderate
Total	35	Moderate-Difficult

Reasoning & Quantitative Aptitude

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Seating Arrangement and Puzzles	20	Difficult
Data Sufficiency	4	Moderate- Difficult
Machine Input & Output	7-8	Moderate-Difficult
Syllogism	3-4	Moderate- Difficult
Logical Reasoning	3-4	Difficult

Following were the questions of puzzles and seating arrangement:

Linear Double Line
Circular Arrangement
Floors+Buildings based puzzle
Blood Relation+Age based puzzle
Random Arrangement
Linear Seating Arrangement

General Awareness

Some of the asked questions included

What was the limit of IMPS?
What were the banks merged with Bank of Baroda in 2019?
JIO payment banks (SBI steck)
Booker prize (Author Daman Golgut)
Bal Krishna Doshi (Royal Gold Medal)
SAMUDRA YAN
PM Mitra textile
70th Miss Universe – Harnaaz Sandhu
PCA: Prompt Corrective Action

DESCRIPTIVE PAPER

Following are the topics that were given for Essay writing-

Advantages of Privatisation of banks
Gender Stereotyping
Importance of education for the economy

Following are the topics that were given for Letter writing-

Write a letter to HR Manager: To apply for the post of HR Executive
Editorial: Famous Actor Passed away
Manager: Based on employee training

OVERALL ANALYSIS

Subjects	Marks	Difficulty	Good Attempts (marks)
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	60	Difficult	20-25
Data Analysis & Interpretation	60	Moderate- Difficult	22-25
General Awareness about Economy/Banking	40	Moderate	20-22
English Language	40	Difficult	17-18
Total	200	Difficult	69-74

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EXAM ANALYSIS 2023 (5 DECEMBER 2023)

OVERALL ANALYSIS

Sections	Good Attempts	Good Attempts
English Language	16-18	Moderate
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	16-18	Moderate
Data Analysis and Interpretation	08-10	Moderate to Difficult
General/Economy/Banking Awareness	18-20	Moderate
Overall	58-76	Moderate
Descriptive		Moderate

SECTIONAL ANALYSIS

Reasoning & Computer

Topics	No. of Questions
Puzzle and Seating Arrangement	21
Missing Machine Input-Output	05
Critical Reasoning	08-10
Meaningful Word (Condition Based)	01
Miscellaneous	06

Data Analysis & Interpretation

Topics	No. of Questions
Data Interpretation	20
Number Series	04
Arithmetic	06

English Language

Topics	No. of Questions
Reading Comprehension	08
Reading Comprehension	07
Error Detection	02-03
Triple Column Based	04-05
Double Fillers (Double Sentence)	05
Para Jumble (Cause & Effects)	06-07
Para Fillers	02-03
Sentence Rearrangement	02-03

General Awareness

Why Physics Nobel Prize 2023 is given in detailed?
Dated Govt security tenure? 50 Years
Question related to Whatsapp-Railways?
PIDF Asked Extended Date? 2025
Disinvestment Target in Budget?
Crop production in top-3 which is in 3rd place?
According to RBI, a Whole-time director-related question?
Ethanol 15% achievement target?
Is not a G20 member?
Amrit Sarovar ministry related question?
Cryptocurrency Index India ranking related questions?
Temasek holding is which country company?
ICICI Bank 12 crore penalty related questions
Airpollution app realtime name?

Descriptive

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

Essay – Education in Rural Areas – Problems & Solution

Letters – 1. Letter to Editor regarding Street Light issue locality. 2. Letter to Editor regarding Hopsital issue in Rural Areas. 3. Letter to Branch Manager for ATM unsuccessful withdrawal

EXAM ANALYSIS (JANUARY 2023)

OVERALL ANALYSIS

Section	Difficulty Level of Questions	Good Attempts
Reasoning and Computer Aptitude	Moderate to Difficult	20-23
Data Analysis & Interpretation	Easy to Moderate	20-22
General Economy and Banking Awareness	Easy to Moderate	36-40
English Language (Objective-type)	Easy	30-32
Total	Easy to Moderate	106-117

Quantitative Aptitude

Topics	Number of Questions
Number Series (DI)	2-3
Quadratic Equation	4-5
Arithmetic Percentage	1-2
DI Ratio	1-2
Line Graph	1-2

Reasoning Aptitude

Topics	Number of Questions
Reverse Syllogism	1-2
Coded Blood Relations	3-4
Uncertainased Floor B Puzzle	1-2
New Pattern Puzzle	1-2
Machine Input	1-2
Data Sufficiency	2-3
Direction & Distance	1-2
Inference	1-2

General Awareness

B20 Chairman
1st Year of ETF
SEBI Circular
Tennis
Literature Awards
Y K Alag
Good and Services Tax (GST)
MOUs: General electrical – NTPC
World Science Congress – Bhopal (Chief Guest)
Electric racing card created by IIT Students
Gender Equality (Descriptive)
Artificial Intelligence (Descriptive)
Letter to editor regarding Depression
Letter to Branch Manager- Minor to Major
Letter to Village Panchayat Library Building Funds

English Language

Topics	Number of Questions
Error Detection	4-5
Reading Comprehension	5
Para Jumble	5-6
Sentence Completion	3-4
Word Replacement	2-3

DESCRIPTIVE PAPER

Section

Topics

Letter Writing

Letter to manager for employee training

Letter to an editor for sports inspiration

Letter to HR for job application

Essay Writing

Benefits of Privatization of Banks

Economy

Gender Stereotyping

EXAM ANALYSIS (2 JANUARY 2022)

English Language

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension	12	Difficult
Para Fillers (Paragraph)	2-3	Moderate-Difficult
Error Detection (New Pattern)	5	Difficult
Cloze Test (New Pattern)	5	Moderate
Matching Pairs	5	Moderate
Phrase Replacement	5-6	Moderate-Difficult
Total	35	Difficult

Data Analysis & Interpretation

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Data Interpretation (Graphs)	20 Questions	Moderate
Data Sufficiency	3 Questions	Moderate-Difficult
Missing Series	4 Questions	Moderate-Difficult
Miscellaneous	8 Questions	Moderate
Total	35	Moderate-Difficult

Reasoning & Quantitative Aptitude

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Seating Arrangement and Puzzles	20	Difficult
Data Sufficiency	4	Moderate- Difficult
Machine Input & Output	7-8	Moderate-Difficult
Syllogism	3-4	Moderate- Difficult
Logical Reasoning	3-4	Difficult

Following were the questions of puzzles and seating arrangement:

Linear Double Line
Circular Arrangement
Floors+Buildings based puzzle
Blood Relation+Age based puzzle
Random Arrangement
Linear Seating Arrangement

General Awareness

Some of the asked questions included

What was the limit of IMPS?
What were the banks merged with Bank of Baroda in 2019?
JIO payment banks (SBI steck)
Booker prize (Author Daman Golgut)
Bal Krishna Doshi (Royal Gold Medal)
SAMUDRA YAN
PM Mitra textile
70th Miss Universe – Harnaaz Sandhu
PCA: Prompt Corrective Action

DESCRIPTIVE PAPER

Following are the topics that were given for Essay writing-

Advantages of Privatisation of banks
Gender Stereotyping
Importance of education for the economy

Following are the topics that were given for Letter writing-

Write a letter to HR Manager: To apply for the post of HR Executive
Editorial: Famous Actor Passed away
Manager: Based on employee training

OVERALL ANALYSIS

Subjects	Marks	Difficulty	Good Attempts (marks)
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	60	Difficult	20-25
Data Analysis & Interpretation	60	Moderate- Difficult	22-25
General Awareness about Economy/Banking	40	Moderate	20-22
English Language	40	Difficult	17-18
Total	200	Difficult	69-74

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