SBI PO 2015 Syllabus for Prelims

This year SBI is conducting its SBI PO in three phases. The formats of these phases and other information have been summarized below.

CATEGORY	DETAILS	MARK	DURATION
Phase – I	Preliminary Examination	100 Marks	1 hour
Phase – II	Online Objective Test	200 Marks	2 hours
	Computer based Descriptive Test	50 Marks	1 hour
Phase – III	Group Discussion	20 marks	N.A.
	Personal Interview	30 marks	N.A.
Final Selection	The marks obtained in the Phase-I will not be added for the selection only the marks obtained in Phase-II will be added to the marks obtained in Phase-III.The candidates will have to qualify both in Phase-II and Phase-III separately	Written test marks will be converted to a scale of 75 and G.D, P.I marks on a scale of 25	N.A.

There is a lot of uncertainty among students about the pattern, difficulty level etc. of the newly added preliminary examination. Moreover, aspirants are unsure about how to approach this phase to make sure that they get through this part easily. We are giving you an idea about expected pattern and what to expect this year in SBI-PO exam.
According to the advertisement, they have altered the names of two sections. For example;
Data Analysis & Interpretation ⇒ Quantitative aptitude
Reasoning (High level) ⇒ Reasoning ability
Clearly, the difficulty level will be definitely lower than the usual exam and some of the topics considered time taking, will be removed from the preliminary examination.
Expected SBI PO 2015 Syllabus for Prelims is as follows:
English Language

• Reading comprehension (short)
• Para-jumble
• Fill in the blanks
• Cloze test
• Error detection
• Vocabulary (synonyms/ antonyms)

Quantitative Aptitude

• Number system
• Number Series
• Averages
• Profit-Loss
• Percentage
• Time & Work
• Speed, time and distance
• Interest rates/ Partnership
• Ratio & Proportion
• Problem on Ages
• Data Interpretation

Reasoning Ability:

• Coded blood relation/ family tree problems
• Syllogism (2 or 3 statements)
• Seating Arrangement – Circular/ Linear
• Problem solving
• Coded/ Mathematical Inequalities
• Data Sufficiency
• Input Output

Expected cutoff:

1. There will be an individual cutoff for each section which you need to clear
2. There will also be an overall cutoff, which will be more than the sum of individual sectional cutoffs.
3. However, the cutoffs will be lower, as around 40000 aspirants are expected to be selected for the mains examination.