SBI Previous Year Papers

Before Starting a Battle it is important to know in which we are good and in which we need more focus !

Attempting a previous years paper is the best way to know that ! Just solve the below papers seriously, match with answers and then Analyze yourself where you stand !

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SBI PO Question Paper

–> SBI PO Exam Question paper 21-06-2014 PDF Download & Answer key PDF Download
–> SBI PO Exam Question Paper June 2014 PDF Download & Answer Key PDF Download 
–> SBI PO Exam Question Paper 28-04-2013 PDF Download 
–> SBI PO Exam Question Paper 18-04-2010 PDF Download
–> SBI PO Exam Question Paper 18-05-2003 PDF Download
–> SBI Po Exam Question Paper july 2008 PDF Download [ Reasoning }

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Set 2

–> SBI PO Exam Question Paper 07-08-2011 PDF Download 
–> SBI PO Exam Question Paper 07-03-2010 PDF Download

Important Video lecture to understand Banking Terms !

During Interview,Aspirant should be well aware of all Banking Terms like Repo rate,SLR etc and also should be aware about India's Economic Condition !

Many Aspirant hate Economics only because they dont have a good source to understand it properly !

Here I am presenting a selected video lectures by Mrunal Sir.

People just start loving Economics and enjoying Banking Terms after going through it.

So it is highly Recommended for every1 :)

1) Lecture 1 :Topics Covered:

1. Evolution from Barter system to Money system
2. What are Financial Intermediaries?
3. What is Monetary Policy?
4. How can monetary policy be used to combat inflation and deflation?
5. What is Dear Money policy and vs Cheap Money policy?
6. What are the quantitative and qualitative tools of Monetary Policy?
7. Time and Demand liabilities of a Bank
8. NDTL, CRR, SLR- purpose, features.
9. OMO: Open Market Operation

2)Lecture 2:Topics Covered:

1. What is Bank rate? 
2. What is Liquidity adjustment facility (LAF)?
3. Difference between MSF (Marginal standing facility) and LAF?
4. What is repo rate, reverse repo rate? 
5. What is policy rate? How can it be used to combat inflation and deflation?
6. Bi-monthly Monetary Policy review-including the latest reduction in repo rate on 15th January 2015.

3)Lecture 3:Topics covered:

1. Recap of the Earlier lecture: quantiative tools & their utility in controlling money supply, inflation and deflation
2. Measures of money supply: M0, M1, M2, M3, M4 & technique to memorize it
3. What is Margin requirement or Loan to Value ratio?
4. Qualitative tools of Monetary policy: Consumer credit control, downpayment, Credit Rationing, Moral suation, direct action
6. Priority Sector Lending norms in India- its features, penalties- RIFD, SEDF funds.

4)Lecture 4:Topics covered:

1. Indian and foreign banks in pre-independent India
2. factors affecting location of banking industry
3. Why was there no financial inclusion in British India, despite existence of Indian-banks?
4. Why was RBI setup?
5. Bank nationalization in Post independent India: Why, How, When?
6. Problems created by Bank nationalization. How did it contribute to BoP crisis?

5)Lecture 5:Topics covered:

1. Recommendations of Narsimhan-I and Narsimhan-II Committees.
2. Private bank licenses in 3 rounds.
3. Bimal Jalan Committee’s “In-Principle” approval to (1) Bandhan Microfinance and (2) IDFC
4. Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) features, purpose and why is it a symbolic exercise without substance?

SBI PO Cutoff

Most Important post for Aspirant !
This cutoff will give a fair idea to a aspirant that where they stand.

Preliminary exam was started from 2015.
2015 preliminary cuttoff - 48/100

Cut off marks of SBI PO 2015

The cutoffs given below are for information only. The candidates should not plan their preparation based on the cutoffs. An exceptionally high score is required in written examination in order to be called for Interview
Details of Min qualifying marks and marks secured by last candidate called for interview and final selection – SBI PO 2015
	Total Marks	SC	ST	OH	OBC	VH	General
Reasoning	50	10	7.5	7.5	10	7.5	12.5
Data Analysis & Interpretation	50	10	7.5	7.5	10	7.5	12.5
GA/Marketing/Computer Knowledge	50	18.5	18.5	18.5	18.5	18.5	21.25
English Language	50	10	7.5	7.5	10	7.5	12.5
Min qualifying marks in Objective – Out of 200		70	60	60	70	60	80
Descriptive English (50)		17.5	17.5	17.5	17.5	17.5	20
Marks secured in written test by last candidate called for interview - Obj + Des (Out of 250)		89	79	89.75	110.75	95	124.25
Min qualifying mark in GD and Interview (Out of 50)		18	18	18	18	18	20
Over all marks secured by last selected candidate (Out of 300. Normalised to 100)		49.2	34.78	47.63	52.33	43.8	59.25

Cut off marks of SBI PO 2011, 2013 & 2014

The cutoffs given below are for information only. The candidates should not plan their preparation based on the cutoffs. An exceptionally high score is required in written examination in order to be called for Interview
Details of Min qualifying marks and cutoffs for interview and final selection – SBI PO June 2014 / April 2013 / July 2011
S. No	Subject	Total Marks	SC			ST			OH			OBC			VH			General
			2014	2013	2011	2014	2013	2011	2014	2013	2011	2014	2013	2011	2014	2013	2011	2014	2013	2011
1	Reasoning	50	8	10	10	8	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	13
2	Data Analysis & Interpretation	50	8	10	10	8	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	13
3	GA/Marketing/Computer Knowledge	50	11	10	7	11	10	7	11	10	7	11	10	7	11	10	7	14	14	11
4	English Language	50	8	10	10	8	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	13
	Min qualifying marks in Objective – Out of 200		60	70	70	60	70	70	60	70	70	70	70	74	70	70	70	80	80	86
	Descriptive English (50)		18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	20	20	20
	Marks secured in written test by last candidate called for interview (Out of 250)		98	128	88	78	116	88	81	118	88	106	137	99	96	118	88	112	151	110
	Min qualifying mark in GD and Interview (Out of 50)		18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	20	20	20
	Over all marks secured by last selected candidate (Out of 300. Normalised to 100)		49.4	52.4	39	33	50.4	41	44.3	50	52.9	50.2	54.2	39.8	43.8	54.5	45	55.2	63	49.6

As we can see Cutoff is increasing every year,Set a target +5 from the previous year !

SBI PO Syllabus

SBI PO 2016 Syllabus is described in this article for all those candidates who will be appearing in theSBI PO 2016 Exam to be held for the post of “Probationary Officers” in State Bank of India. It tells about the subjects, respective topics and sub-topics based on which, questions would be asked in the online exam – Preliminary and Main . Candidates must read the SBI PO Syllabus and prepare accordingly. Further, you can use the syllabus as a preparation tracker. It can be used to see how many topics are covered and how many are left.

Sections in SBI PO 2016 Syllabus

There shall be two parts of the common examination, online exam and written descriptive exam. Online exam shall be of 200 marks whereas written descriptive exam would be of 50 marks. Descriptive exam has to be attempted in pen and paper mode. Candidates will be tested for their linguist skills in English language in the latter.

Parts of Online Exam

• English Language
• Data Interpretation
• General Awareness
• Logical Reasoning

SBI PO 2016 Syllabus details

A. English Syllabus

• Reading Comprehension
• Faulty Construction
• Jumbled Sentences
• Close Passages

SERIAL	NAME	NUMBER OF QUESTION	DIFFICULTY LEVEL
1	Reading Comprehension	15+10	Moderate to Difficult
2	Faulty Construction	10	Easy to Moderate
3	Jumbled Sentences	5	Easy to Moderate
4	Close Passages	10	Easy

B. Logical Reasoning Syllabus

• Directions & Arrangements (Circular Arrangements)
• Codes (Sentence Coding)
• Critical Reasoning
• Syllogism
• Analogies (Meaning Based + Logical)
• Data Sufficiency
• Sequential Output Tracing
• Visual Reasoning

SERIAL	NAME	NUMBER OF QUESTION	DIFFICULTY LEVEL
1	Direction & Arrangements	7	Difficult
2	Sentence coding	6	Easy
3	Critical Reasoning	10	Easy to Moderate
4	Syllogism	6	Easy
5	Analogies	5	Easy
6	Data Sufficiency	6	Moderate
7	Sequential Output Training	5	Moderate
8	Visual Reasoning	5	Easy to Moderate

C. General Awareness Syllabus

• Banking
• Current Affairs
• Computer Awareness
• Marketing

SERIAL	AREA	NUMBER OF QUESTION	DIFFICULTY LEVEL
1	Banking	12-13	Moderate to Difficult
2	Current Affairs	12-13	Easy to Moderate
3	Computer Awareness	13	Easy to Moderate
4	Marketing	11	Easy

D. Data Analysis and Interpretation

• Quantitative Aptitude
• Line Graph
• Pie Charts
• Bar Charts
• Tables

SERIAL	AREA	NUMBER OF QUESTION	DIFFICULTY LEVEL
1	Quantitative Aptitude	10	Easy
2	Line Graph	7	Moderate
3	Pie Charts	6	Easy to Moderate
4	Bar Charts	7	Easy
5	Tables	20	Moderate to Difficult

SBI PO 2016 Descriptive Exam Syllabus

• Letter Writing
• Paragraph Writing
• Essay Writing
• Precise Writing
• Reading Comprehension

SERIAL	AREA	NUMBER OF QUESTION	TOPICS
1	Letter Writing	10	To open/close a branch, to know about saving schemes and account types, to a friend asking to attend a seminar or encourage him for savings, to apply for education loan and know about net-banking.
2	Paragraph Writing	8	If I were an author, Rural banking, Impact of autonomy, Economic policy, Indian economy and its features
3	Essay Writing	12	Right to education act, Financial inclusion, How technology has improved banking
4	Precise Writing	10	A given topic which has to be summarized
5	Reading Comprehension	10	Topic shall be given in the paper itself

Complete Details about SBI PO 2016

SBI PO 2016 – State Bank of India conducts the national level recruitment exam for the appointment of Probationary Officers in its branches across the country. The expected number of overall vacancies to be filled this year is around 2,000, which includes vacancies for unreserved, SC, ST , OBC, VH  and PwD candidates. Aspirants will have to appear in the online examination to be held in two phase’s viz. Preliminary examination followed by the Main examination. The official notice as well as the application form for SBI PO is expected to be released in the month of May 2016. The Preliminary Exam is likely to be held in July 2016.

As per the last year recruitment data, approx. 20 lakhs aspirants applied for the post of Probationary Officers through SBI PO recruitment examination. As per the current scenario, banking is one of the sought after desirable job among the youth in the country as it promises a lot of perks to its employees.

SBI PO 2016 Tentative Schedule

Sr. No.	Important Event	Tentative Dates
1.	Download of Call Letter for Pre-Examination Training (PET) for SC/ST/ Minority Community	May 2016
2.	Pre-Examination Training for SC/ST/ Minority Community	May 2016
3.	Download of Call letter for Preliminary Examination	June 2016
4.	Online Preliminary Examination	July 2016
5.	Result of Online Preliminary Examination	July 2016
6.	Download of Call letter for Main Examination	August 2016
7.	Online Main Examination	August 2016
8.	Result of Online Main Examination	August 2016
9.	Download of Call letter for GD & Interview	September 2016
10.	Conduct of GD & Interview	September 2016
11.	Final Select List	October 2016

Last year (2015)  SBI PO Vacancies  Details:

• Scheduled Caste (SC): 308
• Scheduled Tribe (ST): 339
• Other Backward Classes (OBC): 541
• General: 812
• OH: 38
• VH: 24

Total number of Vacancies: 2062

SBI PO Eligibility Criteria 2016

Following are the minimum eligibility conditions required to be fulfilled by the aspirant to be eligible to apply:

• Graduate in any discipline from a recognized University or possessing any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government.
• The minimum and maximum prescribed age limit is 21 years and 30 years calculated as on 01April 2016. The maximum age limit shall be relaxed for the reserved category candidates as per the reservation norms of the Government of India.

 SBI PO Application Form 2016

The application process is most likely to commence in the month of May 2016. Applications will be accepted via online mode only. The application form will be available on the official portal of SBI. Applicants must fill all the accurate details in the application form pertaining to their name, age, category, address, email ID, mobile number, educational qualification etc. Along-with that, it is also essential to pay the required fee on or before the last date of submission of the application. The fee can be paid in online or offline mode.

 SBI PO Admit Card 2016

The bank will issue SBI PO admit card to all the candidates through its website. The admit card mentions all the particulars related to the exam venue/ address, exam date, candidate’ name, roll number etc. Examinee will have to carry the printed copy of their admit card while appearing in the both the prelims and main exam. The admit card will not be issued separately to the candidates via email or post.

 

SBI PO Selection Procedure 2016

The selection procedure for SBI PO is comprised of the following stages- Preliminary examination, Main examination followed by the Group Discussion & Interview process. It is essential that the candidate must successfully cross all the selection stages by qualifying the minimum cutoff marks and other applicable criteria.

SBI PO Cutoff 2016

The Cutoff is the minimum benchmark score decided by the authorities to screen candidates for the subsequent selection rounds. There will be sectional cutoffs in both preliminary as well as the main examination. The cutoff will be published along with the announcement of result of the prelims/ main exam. Candidate who shall fail to qualify the cutoff for prelims will be disqualified from the competition and hence, he/she will not be able to appear in the Main examination.

 SBI PO Result 2016

The result for SBI PO Exam will be published on the bank’ website. The result will be published simultaneously for the selection stages – Prelims, Main exam and lastly for the Group Discussion & Interview process. The result will be accessible using the Roll number of the candidates. Link for checking the result will be hosted on this page.

Books Recommended for SBI PO Preparation

• A Modern Approach To Logical Reasoning By R.S.Agarwal & Chand
• An Advanced Approach To Data Interpretation By R.S.Agarwal
• Objective Computer Awareness By Arihant
• Encyclopedia Of General Knowledge & General Awareness (Paperback) By Verma
• State Bank Of India And Associates Probationary Officer Exam Practice Work Book In Hindi By Kiran Prakashan
• Objective English For Competitive Examinations 4th Edition By Hari Mohan Prasad
• State Bank Of India And Associates Probationary Officer Exam Practice Work Book In English By Kiran Prakashan
• Mrunal Video series on youtube for Banking Term and Economics

SBI PO Selection Procedure

SBI PO Selection Procedure 2016 – State Bank of India (SBI) conducts the recruitment for the post of Probationary officers in its offices. The recruitment drive is conducted for the candidates in three stages which are: Preliminary, Main and Personality Test. The Preliminary examination will be conducted in the month of June 2016 following which the successful candidates are called to participate in the Main Examination following up to the Personal Interview. In this article, the candidates can check the wholesome SBI PO Selection Procedure.

Features of the SBI PO Selection Procedure 2016

• SBI conducts the probationary officer recruitment in three stages. Following are the stages: Preliminary Examination, Main Examination, Personality Test
• The examination is conducted in objective type and the candidates will have to select one of the four options given in the questions.

SBI PO Selection Procedure 2016 (Preliminary Examination)

Important highlights for the Exam pattern followed in the preliminary exam are as follows:

• The Preliminary examination is an objective type examination where the candidates need to select one correct option out of given four options.
• The total mark of the exam is 100.
• For every correct response provided, the candidates would be awarded 1 mark and for every wrong response ¼ mark willet deducted. However no mark will be deducted for any response.
• The test would be conducted online and every response should be marked using the mouse.
• The total time allotted is 60 minutes.
• The candidates should note that there are three sections in the Preliminary examination which has sectional cutoffs which the candidates need to clear. The three sections are as follows:

Serial No.	Name of section	Number of Questions asked in the section	Total marks in the section	Time allotted
1	English Language	30	30	A total of 1 hour (no fixed timing for any section)
2	Quantitative Aptitude	35	35
3	Reasoning Ability	35	35
	Total	100	100

SBI PO Selection Procedure 2016 (Main Examination)

The candidates who score above the SBI PO Preliminary Cutoff Score 2016 will be allowed to take theSBI PO Main Exam 2016 which will follow a completely different exam pattern, the highlights of which has been given below:

• The Main Examination is also an objective type examination. Some of the questions are also descriptive.
• The total marks for the exam is 250 marks.
• The objective questions are divided into four sections of 50 marks each whereas there is a descriptive section which carries 50 marks.
• The total time allotted for this examination is 120 minutes.
• For every correct response provided, the candidates would be awarded 1 mark and for every wrong response ¼ marks will get deducted. However no mark will be deducted for any response.
• The section wise pattern for the Main exam has been given below for a better understanding.

Serial No.	Name of section	Number of Questions asked in the section	Total marks in the section	Time allotted
1	English Language	50	50	A total of 2 hours (no fixed timing for any section)
2	Data Analysis and Interpretation	50	50
3	Reasoning Ability	50	50
4	General Awareness, Marketing, and Computers	50	50
	Total	200	200

SBI PO Selection Procedure 2016 (Descriptive section pattern)

Along with the objective type question, the Main Exam will have questions in the descriptive format as well. Following are the important points to ponder for the written examination:

• The Descriptive section will carry 50 marks and would also be an online test.
• The question will be displayed on the monitor below whom a space would be provided where the candidates will have to type the answer using keyboard.
• The duration for this test would be 60 minutes. So, the total timing for the MAIN Exam would be 3 hours.
• This test would judge the writing skills of the candidates where the focus would be on letter writing, comprehension and essay.

SBI PO Selection Procedure 2016 (Group Discussion and personal Interview):

The candidates who clear the cutoff score for the Main Examination would then be called for a group discussion and personal Interview test where the candidates will have to face an Interview board.

The final merit list would be released on the basis of the candidate’s performance in the Main and Interview.