The State Bank of India is the largest Public Sector Bank in the country and also a body that conducts annual recruitment to appoint Officers and Junior Associates in its various offices across the country.
Every year lakhs of aspirants apply for the SBI exams and one of the most popular posts for which candidates apply is the Probationary Officer. It is not just a permanent job but also reputed and comes along with multiple perks and benefits.
Since the exam is conducted yearly, the notification for 2020 recruitment was released on November 13, 2020, and the final stage of the exam is ongoing. Aspirants who missed an opportunity the previous time must now start their SBI PO 2021 preparation.
Discussed below are the subject-wise list of important topics from which questions are generally asked in the online examination. Candidates willing to appear for the upcoming Probationary Officer exam must carefully go through the topics given below.
Subject-wise List of Important Topics for SBI PO 2021
First, a candidate must analyse the exam pattern for the Officer cadre online examinations in order to strategise a study plan:
| SBI PO Exam Pattern | ||||
| Preliminary Exam | Subjects | No. of Questions | Marks | Duration |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes | |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes | |
| English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes | |
| Mains Examination | Data Analysis & Interpretation | 35 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| Reasoning Ability | 45 | 60 | 60 minutes | |
| English Language | 35 | 40 | 40 minutes | |
| General & Banking Awareness | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes | |
| English (Descriptive Test) | 2 | 50 | 30 minutes |
Now, given below are the subject-wise important topics for the State Bank of India exam preparation.
English Language
- Reading comprehension
- Cloze test
- Fill in the blanks
- Sentence Rearrangement/ jumbled sentences
- Error Detection
- Paragraph completion
- Idioms & Phrases
- Match the Columns
There is a descriptive test in the SBI PO Mains examination where one question on Essay writing and one on Letter Writing each are to be done by the candidates. The topics for the essay are generally based on the current issues which have been in news, so candidates can prepare accordingly.
Reasoning Ability
- Coding & Decoding Puzzles
- Seating Arrangement
- Blood Relations
- Direction Test
- Logical reasoning
- Ranking and Order
- Alphanumeric series
- Data sufficiency
- Syllogism
- Machine Input and output
- Statement, argument & assumption
- Reasoning Analogy
- Reasoning Inequality
Quantitative Aptitude
- Simplification and Approximation
- Profit & loss
- Number Series
- Quadratic equations
- Problems on Ages
- Boat and Stream
- Data Interpretation
- Speed, Time & Distance
- Percentage
- Ratio & Proportion
- Number System
- Simple & Compound Interest
- Probability
- Mensuration
- Mixture & allegations
- Time and Work
- Boat and Stream
- Problems on Trains
General/Banking/Financial Awareness
- History of Banking in India
- Important National and International Organisations and their Headquarters
- Static GK
- Financial Institutions in India
- Insurance Sector in India
- Current Affairs
- Types of Bank Accounts/Loans/Mortgages/Cheques, etc.
- Important Banking Acts and Reforms
- Banking and Financial Committees in India
- All About RBI & SBI
The standard of the examination set by the State Bank of India for the Probationary Officer exam is quite tough. Thus, aspirants need comprehensive preparation to crack the examination. To get the detailed SBI PO Syllabus, candidates can visit the linked article.
Candidates can expect the SBI PO notification 2021 to release by mid-year. Thus, considering the tough competition and the high standard of the exam, aspirants must start their preparation now to ace the examination.
