SBI SO 2019 Notification,Eligibility, Exam Pattern
State Bank of India invites on-line applications in two ways from Indian citizens for appointment Specialist Cadre Officers post in State Bank of India: State Bank of India (SBI) is an Indian multinational, public sector banking and financial services company. It is a government-owned corporation. India's largest Bank merged with five of its Associate Banks (State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur, State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Patiala and State Bank of Travancore) and Bharatiya Mahila Bank with itself.
The bank-wise Vacancies for SBI SO 2019 are given below:
Bank
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Gen
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EWS
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OBC
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SC
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ST
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Syndicate Bank
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To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced |
Andhara Bank | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced |
Bank Of Badoda | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced |
Allahbad Bank | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced |
Bank of Maharashtra | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced |
Canara Bank | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced |
Central Bank of Bank | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced |
Corporation Bank | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced |
Dena Bank | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced |
IDBI Bank | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced |
Indian Bank | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced |
Vijay Bank | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced |
Punjab National Bank | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced |
Punjab & Sind Bank | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced |
Oriental Bank of Commerce | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced |
UCO Bank | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced |
Indian Overseas Bank | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced |
Bank of India | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced |
United Bank of India | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced | To Be Announced |
Online Registration Start From | TO Be Announced |
Last Date of SBI SO Online Registration | TO Be Announced |
SBI SO Mains Exam Date | TO Be Announced |
Date of SBI SO Interview | TO Be Announced |
Allotment of Provisional Posting | TO Be Announced |
SBI SO 2019: Eligibility Criteria
For Assistant Manager (System) post:
There is separate exam to recruit Specialist Officers as Assistant Managers, Engineers, officers, Architects, designers, administrators, Tester, Manager, analysts, Developers, Test lead, innovation specialist, and various other Posts on the regular/ contractual basis. The exam pattern for each of them is different.
SBI SO Exam Pattern (For Systems, CA and Engineering Officers)
The exam for the post of Systems, CA and Engineering Officers will be conducted in two parts. Candidates will have to attempt Question Paper 1 and Question Paper 2. Question paper 1 will be conducted for 90 minutes. Candidates will be asked to answer 120 questions from three sections namely, English Language, Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude. Similarly, question paper 2 will have questions related to professional knowledge. The detailed exam pattern has been tabulated below:
Prelims Exam
Sr. No.
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Name of the Test
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Number of Questions
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Maximum Marks
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Total Time |
1
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English language
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35
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35
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Time Duration- 90 Minutes |
2
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Reasoning Ability
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50
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50
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3
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Quantitative Aptitude
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35
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35
|
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Total
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-
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120
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120
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Mains Exam
Sr. No.
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Name of the Test
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Number of Questions
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Maximum Marks
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Total Time |
1
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Professional Knowledge
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50
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100
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Time Duration- 45 Minutes |
Total
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-
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50
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100
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SBI SO Exam Pattern (For Law Officers)
For the post of Law Officers, applicants will have to attempt 2 papers- Question Paper 1 and Question Paper 2. Question paper 1 comprising 50 questions from English Language while 70 questions from Reasoning Ability will be asked. In question paper 2, professional knowledge will be tested for maximum 50 marks. The details are as follows:
Prelims Exam
Sr. No.
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Name of the Test
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Number of Questions
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Maximum Marks
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Total Time |
1
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English language
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50
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50
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Time Duration- 90 Minutes |
2
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Reasoning Ability
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70
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70
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Total
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-
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120
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120
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Mains Exam
Sr. No.
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Name of the Test
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Number of Questions
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Maximum Marks
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Total Time |
1
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Professional Knowledge
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50
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100
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Time Duration- 45 Minutes |
Total
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50
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100
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SBI SO Exam Pattern (For Official Language Officers)
Official Language Officers will be required to have proficiency in Hindi and English language along with the possession of some reasoning abilities. Based on these skills the exam will be conducted. Question paper 1 shall be conducted for 90 minutes. Question paper 2 will be consisting of professional knowledge questions. The details are:
Prelims Exam
Sr. No.
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Name of the Test
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Number of Questions
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Maximum Marks
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Total Time |
1
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Language (Hindi & English)
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70
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70
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Time Duration- 90 Minutes |
2
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Reasoning Ability
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50
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50
|
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Total
|
|
120
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120
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Mains Exam
Sr. No.
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Name of the Test
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Number of Questions
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Maximum Marks
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Total Time |
1
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Professional Knowledge
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50
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100
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Time Duration- 45 Minutes |
Total
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50
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100
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SBI SO Exam Pattern (For Economist)
Unlike other exams, candidates for this post are required to appear for 3 papers. Question Paper 1 shall be attempted within 90 minutes’ time. While Question Per 2 and Question Paper 3 will be conducted in 45 minutes for each paper. The details of each paper have been listed below:
Prelims Exam
Sr. No.
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Name of the Test
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Number of Questions
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Maximum Marks
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Total Time |
1
|
English language
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35
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35
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Time Duration- 90 Minutes |
2
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Reasoning Ability
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50
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50
|
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3
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Quantitative Aptitude
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35
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35
|
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Total
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120
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120
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Mains Exam
S.No.
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Name of the Test
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Number of Questions
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Maximum Marks
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Total Time |
1
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Professional Knowledge
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50
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100
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Time Duration- 45 Minutes |
Total
|
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50
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100
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Descriptive Exam
The third question paper for the post of ‘Economist’ will be of descriptive nature. Candidates will be asked to write an essay on a topic related to Economics. The question paper will be of 50 marks. 45 Minutes will be provided to the candidates to solve the question paper.
There are various posts which SBI recruits through SBI SO examination and there are different question papers are set for all the aspirants of different posts. Below the professional knowledge section of the question paper has been provided according to the posts under SBI SO.
Chartered Accountant: Accounting Standards, Accounting Guidance Note, Financial Report Standards, Indian Accounting Standards, Corporate Financial Reporting, Accounting and Reporting of Financial Instrument, Share-based Payment, Liability Valuation, Share, Business valuation, Inflation Accounting, Indian Capital Market, Mutual Funds, Foreign Exchanges, Auditing etc.
Statistician: Basic Statistical Methods and Inference, Uni-Variate Data, Bi-Variate Data, Time series forecasting, Sampling Concepts, Sampling Distribution, Estimations Theory, Simple Regression, Multiple Regression, Variance Analysis, Banking-Insurance, Financial Market, Foreign Exchanges, Forecasting Portfolio etc.
Law Officer: Banking Regulated Laws, Banking Security Laws, Negotiable Instruments, Ethics and Corporate Governance in Banking, Financial Analysis, Banking Operational Laws, Banker-Customer Relations, Electronic Banking, Loans and Advances, Compliance and Legal Aspects, Security Types and Regulatory Frameworks etc.
Systems Officer/IT Officer: Computer Networks and Basic Programing Languages (C, C++, Java), Data Base Management Systems (DBMS), Basic concepts of Software and Hardware, Data Structures, Computer Organization, Computer Networks, Network Programming, Algorithms, Digital Electronics, Web Technologies, Information Systems and Software Engineering etc.
Prelims Exam mainly consists of the topics from Reasoning Abilities, Quantitative Abilities and English Language. The topics covered in this section are as follows:
Reasoning Ability
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Quantitative Aptitude
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English
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Alpha Numeric Sequence Puzzle
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Averages
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Articles.
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Alphabet Test
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Boats & Streams
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Cloze Test.
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Arithmetical Reasoning, Classification
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Clocks
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Comprehension.
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Clocks & Calendars
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Decimal & Fractions
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Conclusion.
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Data Sufficiency
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HCF & LCM
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Fill in the Blanks.
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Deriving Conclusions from Passages
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Line Graphs
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Para substitution
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Direction and distance Sense Test
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Logarithms
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Para Jumble
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.Inserting The Missing Character
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Mensuration
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Close test/ passages
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Time sequence test
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Mixtures & Allegations
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Synonyms/Antonyms
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Analytical reasoning
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Compound Interest
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Choosing the appropriate word
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Cause and effect Input and output arrangements
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Time, Speed and Distance
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Spelling check
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Seating arrangements
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Profit and Loss
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Idioms & Phrases.
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Coded inequalities
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Permutation and Combination
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Completion of a Sentence.
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Decision making
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Probability
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Correction of a Sentence
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Logical Sequence of Words
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Data Interpretation and sufficiency (will include Pie charts, Data table, Bar Graphs, Line graphs, Mixed graphs, case study etc.)
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Re-arrangement of a Sentence
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Logical Venn Diagrams
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Permutation & Combination
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Subject-Verb Agreement.
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Statement – Conclusions
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Problems on Ages
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Tenses.
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Theme Detection, Alphabet numbers
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Problems on Trains
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Theme detection
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Series Test, Syllogism
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Roots
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Unseen Passages.
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Analogies/Decision-making
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Simplification
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Verb.
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Coding/Decoding
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Time and Work
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Word Formation.
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Blood Relations
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Volume & Surface
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Vocabulary
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Odd one out Number
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Area.
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Grammar
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Ranking
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Number system and simplification
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Identification of errors
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Statement and assumptions
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Unitary Method
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-
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Course of action
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Problem based on numbers
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-
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Passage and conclusion test
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Ration and Proportion
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-
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Assertion and reason Statement and course of action
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Partnership
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-
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Non- verbal reasoning will include sense test, odd figures, analogy etc.
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Simple Interest Compound interest
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-
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SBI SO 2019: Pre - Exam Training
The Pre Exam Training is conducted for the candidates who belongs to SC/ST and Minority Communities. The main aim of the Pre Exam Training is to provide training facilities to improve the abilities and to enhance the capabilities of under privilege candidates. The training is free of cost, but all the other expenses like travelling, accommodation, food etc. must be paid by the candidates themselves. Pre Exam Training for rbi assistant exam is specially conducted for candidates who could not afford to take admission in private coaching institutes.During the training, candidates will get to know the exam pattern, expected questions, tips & techniques to solve the problems, how to manage time during rbi assistant exam and how to prepare for the Exam. Training is conducted for five days just before the start of Preliminary Exam. Candidates who wish to appear Pre Exam Training must select the relevant option at the time of Online Registration. Administrative body has all the rights to cancel the program anytime at any of the centers, depending upon the response and feasibility or add some more centers or make alternate arrangements.
SBI SO 2019: Interview Details
Interviews are not only being conducted to test your knowledge and abilities required for the job but also to assess your personal behavior and attitude as well. Right from the moment you enter the Interview hall, you’re judged for your every gesture and words you speak.
Things to do before going for the SBI SO Interviews!
Salary Packages of SBI Specialist Officer:
SCALE ABBREVIATION | SCALE | SCALE OF PAY | MONTHLY EMOLUMENTS APPROX |
JMGS I | Junior Management Grade Scale I | 23700-980/7-30560-1145/2-32850-1310/7-42020 | 73600-(inclusive of leased Rental at Mumbai) |
MMGS II | Middle Management Grade Scale II | 31705-1145/1-32850-1310/10-45950 | 90700-(inclusive of leased Rental at Mumbai) |
SBI SO 2019 will be conducted in the month of January 2019. The results for the same are expected in the last week of January, 2019. SBI SO is national level exam. Candidates must visit the official website to check their results and obtain their scorecard.
Section Name
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Total Number of Questions
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Maximum Marks
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Difficulty Level
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Number of General Attempts
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Quantitative Aptitude
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35 | 35 | Difficult | 20-24 |
Reasoning Ability | 50 | 50 | Easy to Moderate | 35-40 |
English Language | 35 | 35 | Moderate to Difficult | 22-25 |
Professional Knowledge | 50 | 50 | Moderate | 34-38 |
Total | 170 | 170 | Moderate | 110-120 |
Category
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Professional Knowledge
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Quantitative Aptitude
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English language
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Analytical Reasoning
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General | 60 | 13 | 12 | 22 |
SC | 54 | 09 | 08 | 18 |
ST | 46 | 07 | 06 | 13 |
OBC | 55 | 12 | 10 | 19 |