SBI PO Syllabus

SBI PO Syllabus 2025:

State Bank of India is a reputed organization and the competition for recruitment into this bank for the SBI PO post is very high. Candidates need to understand the syllabus in order to prepare for SBI PO and come on top despite the competition. The SBI PO Syllabus 2025 of the SBI PO Recruitment Exam 2025 has been tailored in such a way that it is suitable for graduates and the reference books recommended for this exam cover the entire syllabus. SBI PO Syllabus 2025 is pretty much similar to any other Bank PO Exam Syllabus. There are three major sections in which the syllabus can be divided: English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, and Reasoning. All these sections have a wide range of topics on which the examination will be based.

The SBI Syllabus is divided into two parts: Preliminary Exam Syllabus and Main Examination Syllabus. The Prelims Exams syllabus consists of subjects such as the English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, and Reasoning Ability, whereas the mains examination syllabus consists of the topics from Reasoning & Computer Aptitude, Data Analysis & Interpretation, General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness, and English Language. The exam will consist of objective-type multiple-choice questions. Candidates are advised to take a look at the previous year's question papers to know about the weightage of topics.

The Syllabus is almost the same for the Prelims and Mains examination with a slight difference in the Mains section which will consist of two extra sections which are: General and banking awareness. The difficulty level of the SBI PO Mains Exam is a little higher as compared to the Prelims Exam. Both of these syllabi are different from one another. Candidates can refer to the SBI PO Books which will be available in the market or download the PDFs available online.

SBI PO Syllabus 2025: Overview

Exam Conducting Body	State Bank of India (SBI)
Post	Probationary Officer (PO)
Notification Date	Yet to release
Selection Process	Prelims Mains Group Discussion & Personal Interview
Marks Segregation SBI PO Exam	Prelims: 100 Marks Mains: 200 Marks Descriptive Test: 50 Marks GD: 20 Marks PI: 30 Marks
Duration of Exam	For SBI PO Prelims: 1 Hour For SBI PO Mains: 3 Hours
Marking scheme	1 mark will be awarded for every correct answer
Negative marking	1/4th mark will be deducted for every wrong answer.
Mode of Examination	Online For Paper I and Paper II
Language of examination	Hindi Or English, The English Language paper has to be attempted in English only.

SBI PO Exam 2025: Internal Links

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SBI PO Syllabus 2025: Preliminary Exam

The SBI PO Prelims examination will comprise of Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude, and English Language. The exam will consist of a total of 100 questions coming from the topics mentioned below where each question carry 1 mark:

Reasoning	Quantitative Aptitude	English Language
Logical Reasoning	Simplification	Reading Comprehension
Alphanumeric Series	Profit & Loss	Cloze Test
Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test	Mixtures & Alligations	Para jumbles
Data Sufficiency	Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices	Miscellaneous
Coded Inequalities	Work & Time	Fill in the blanks
Seating Arrangement	Time & Distance	Multiple Meaning /Error Spotting
Puzzle	Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere	Paragraph Completion
Tabulation	Data Interpretation	-
Syllogism	Ratio & Proportion, Percentage	-
Blood Relations	Number Systems	-
Input-Output	Sequence & Series	-
Coding-Decoding	Permutation, Combination Probability	-

SBI PO Preliminary Exam Syllabus: Highlights

The syllabus will consist of three sections.

The merit list will be made on the basis of the aggregate marks scored by the candidates in the Preliminary Exam.
The prelims question paper will have negative marking where 0.25 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer.
No sectional cut-off will be there. However, there will be an overall cutoff.

SBI PO Syllabus 2025: Mains Exam

The SBI PO mains Exam will consist of a total of 155 questions and the exam will consist of a total of 200 marks.

Data Analysis & Interpretation	Reasoning	English Language
Tabular Graph	Verbal Reasoning	Reading Comprehension
Line Graph	Syllogism	Grammar
Pie Chart	Circular Seating Arrangement	Vocabulary
Bar Graph	Linear Seating Arrangement	Verbal Ability
Radar Graph Caselet	Double Lineup	Word Association
Missing Case DI	Scheduling	Sentence Improvement
Let it Case DI	Input-Output	Para Jumbles
Data Sufficiency	Blood Relations	Cloze Test
Probability	Directions and Distances	Error Spotting
Permutation and Combination	Ordering and Ranking	Fill in the blanks
-	Data Sufficiency	-
-	Coding and Decoding	-
-	Code Inequalities	-
-	Course of Action	-
-	Critical Reasoning	-
-	Analytical and Decision Making	-

SBI PO Exam Syllabus 2025: Highlights

All the questions in the Mains Question Paper will be objective type.
The question paper will be divided into 4 sections which consist of a total of 200 marks.
The duration of the SBI PO Mains Exam will be 3 hours.
No sectional cut-off will be there. However, there will be an overall cutoff.
The prelims question paper will have negative marking where 0.25 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer.

The SBI PO Mains Syllabus will consist of a descriptive test as well which will consist of two questions: Letter writing and essay writing and both of these questions consist of 25 marks making a total of 50 marks. Candidates are required to score passing marks in the descriptive test also to qualify well in the SBI PO Mains Examination.