The State Bank of India is one of the oldest and the most trusted banks in the Indian financial and banking system. This renowned bank offers lucrative job opportunities on a periodic basis with a number of perks and benefits. But to get posted in SBI, the SBI Probationary Officer exam has to be taken. 

SBI PO Exam Basic Details

• The preliminary exam is for a period of 60 minutes and the mains exam is for three and a half hours. These exams test the speed and accuracy of the candidates and the same can be developed by solving past year’s papers with care.
• The preliminary exam pattern would include three main sections of English language, quantitative aptitude and reasoning ability for a total of 100 marks.
• The mains exam, on the other hand will have 5 sections namely, reasoning and computer aptitude, generally economy and awareness, English language and data interpretation along with letter writing & essay section. There is a specific time period allocated for each part and the paper on the whole is for 200 marks. This phase of the exam has both objective and descriptive tests.
• There will be a penalty for wrong answers marked in Objective Tests. For each wrong answer given by the candidate, 1/4th of marks assigned to that question will be deducted as a penalty to arrive at a corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. if no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.
  The final phase of the exam would be the interview process, which would be for 50 marks.
• The 2021 recruitment notification is out and can be accessed from the link provided here – https://www.careerpower.in/sbi-po-notification.pdf. 

Previous Year Prelims Papers

Previous year question papers and the answer key form an invaluable asset for any aspirant. It helps them familiarize themselves with the exam pattern, understand the difficulty level of the paper and develop a strategy to resolve questions and problems posed by the examiner.

Given below are links to the question papers and the answer keys for both prelims and mains. Go through these carefully to get a hold over the exam. These must always be solved keeping the exam syllabus in mind. Happy learning, aspirants! 

Previous Year Mains Paper