SBI PO Syllabus 2020 – Check Detailed Syllabus with Preparation Notes!

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• SBI PO Syllabus 2020
• SBI Probationary Officer ( PO) Syllabus has been
  well structured by the State Bank Of India (SBI).
  The motive of the formation of the SBI PO
  syllabus is to confine your studies in a definite
  boundary. Hence following the SBI PO syllabus
  2020 is mandatory for every aspirant since it
  will make you understand the requirement of
  examination. SBI PO syllabus will also help you
  to strategize your preparations in the right
  way. Going through each and every part of the SBI
  PO Syllabus will help you to understand your
  weak areas and you will be able to devote the
  time for the same. The SBI PO syllabus consists
  of quants, Reasoning and English for prelims and
  an additional subject general awareness
  computer aptitude for the mains examination. This
  article will help you to understand the detailed
  syllabus of SBI PO so that you are updated with
  recent updates.
• SBI PO Syllabus 2020 Prelims
• In this article, we will be discussing the SBI PO
  Syllabus in detail. The SBI PO Prelims Syllabus
  consists of 3 sections including Logical
  Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude and English
  Language. All of these SBI PO Prelims Syllabus
  sections will be mentioned later in this article
  along with the no. of questions expected from
  each topic, the weightage of these questions has
  been explained in detail in the table below!
• This is a predicted pattern based on weightage of
  different topic asked in SBI PO Prelims Exam.
  This pattern covers all the topics of SBI PO
  Prelims Syllabus. It is being expected that SBI
  PO paper 2020 will be of the same model as
  mentioned below, however, some changes may appear
  in the examina- tion.
• SBI PO Syllabus 2020 with Marks Distribution
• Section-wise Index of SBI PO Prelims Syllabus
  Guide for SBI PO Prelims 2020
• Quantitative Aptitude
• Reasoning Ability
• English Language

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S. No Topics Weightage Types of Questions
1 Simplification 0-5 Qs BODMAS, Approx.
2 Ratio Proportion 1-2 Qs Simple Ratios, Compound Ratios.
3 Mixture Problems 1-2 Qs Questions based on Mixture of two or three quan- tities and their ratio
4 Number System 0-1 Qs LCM, HCF, Integers, Rational Irrational Numbers
5 Algebra 0-6 Qs Quadratic Equations and Linear Equations.
6 Profit Loss 1-2 Qs Problem related to Dishonest Deal- ings, Successive Selling, Partnership Discount and MP
7 Average 1-2 Qs Average Weight/Height/Age/Marks, Average Money Expenditure, Average Temperature etc.
8 Percentage 1-2 Qs Calculation-oriented basic percentage Questions
9 Time Work 1-2 Qs Work Efficiency, Work Wages, Pipe Cistern.
10 Interest 1-2 Qs Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Simple and Compound Interest both Installments.
11 Speed, Time Distance 1-2 Qs Problems on Trains, Boats, Rivers, Relative Speed, Average Speed and Partial Speed.
12 Permutation Combination 0-1 Qs Problems based on Basic Selection and Arrange- ment Problems.
13 Probability 0-1 Qs Very basic problems on probability
14 Mensuration 1-2 Qs Problems related to Area, surface area volume of various geometrical shapes
15 Number Series 5 Qs Finding the Missing Term and Finding the Wrong Term.
16 Data Sufficiency 0-5 Qs Data sufficiency problems
17 Data Interpreta- 5-10 Qs Pie Chart, Line Chart, Bar Graph, Table and
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tion Caselet.
18 Comparison of Quantities 0- 5 Qs General Arithematic Topics.
Simplification (0-5 Questions) Problems based on
BODMAS Rule, Fractions, Percentages,
Approximation, Decimals, Surds In- dices. Try
these Tips Simplification using BODMAS
Rule Ratio and Proportion (1-2
Questions) Problems based on Simple Ratios,
Compound Ratios, Componendo Dividendo,
Proportions etc. Mixture Problems (1-2
Question) Problems based on making a mixture of
two or more entities/mixtures. Number System
(0-1 Questions) Problems based on Divisibility
Remainder, Multiples Factors, Integers, LCM
HCF. Try these Tips Divisibility Test Trick for
Quick Calculations Algebra (0-6
Questions) Maybe 5 Problems based on Quadratic
Equations in which two quadratic equations are
given will be asked. You have to determine the
relation between x and y. Apart from that Linear
Equations ques- tions based on ages may be
asked, Sometimes Inequalities are also
asked. Profit and Loss (1-2 Questions) Successiv
e Selling, Partnerships, Discount MP and
Dishonest Dealings. Average (1-2
Questions) Questions on Average
Weight/Height/Age/Marks, Average Money
expenditure, Average Tempera- ture etc. You just
need to use a single formula i.e. Average (Sum
of Quantities)/(Number of Quan-
tities) Percentage (1-2 Questions) Calculation
oriented basic percentage problems. Time and
Work (1-2 Questions) Problems based on Work
Efficiency, Pipe Cistern, Work and Wages.
Tips Shortcut Method for Time Work
Problems Interest (1-2 Questions) Problems
based on Simple Interest, Compound Interest as
well as mixture of both SI CI. Tips Try this
Shortcut for Compound Interest, Try Shortcut for
SBI, How to Solve Simple Interest Problems with
Different Rates
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(1-2 Questions) Relative Speed, Average Speed,
Problems based on Trains, Boat Stream. Try
this lesson How to Solve Average
Speed Permutation and Combination (0-1
Questions) Problems based on Basic Selection and
Arrangement Problems. Probability (0-1
Question) Very basic problems on
probability. Mensuration (1-2
Questions) Problems based on areas of Square,
Rectangle, Circle, Semicircle and Parallelogram.
Cone and Cyl- inder also asked. Tips The most
time-effective shortcut for Mensuration
Problems Number Series (5 Questions) Problems
based on completing the Series, Finding the
Missing Term, Finding the Wrong Term. The
concepts behind this can be based on simple AP,
GP, AGP or more complex patterns. Data
Sufficiency (0-5 Questions) Data sufficiency
problems on almost all topics mentioned
above. Data Interpretation (5-10
Questions) Problems come under this chapter are
Line Graphs, Bar Graphs, Pie Charts, Tables and
other miscel- laneous infographics. Triangular
Graph Radar Graph problems appear rarely.
Missing data types questions are also asked in
the exam. Tips How to Quickly Solve Pie Chart
Problems in DI, How to Solve Maximum-Minimum
Problems in DI, How to Solve Missing Data Type
Questions Comparison of Quantities (0- 5 Q
Questions) Problems come under this chapter are
General Arithematic Topics. SBI PO Syllabus 2020
Prelims - Reasoning Ability The SBI PO Prelims
Syllabus for Reasoning Ability includes topics
like Arrangement and Pattern, Classification,
Analogy, Series, Coding Decoding, Direction and
Distance, Blood Relations, Order and Ranking and
more. The number of questions expected from each
topic, the weightage of these questions and how
to approach them has been explained in detail in
the table below for SBI PO Pre- lims Syllabus!
S. No Topics Weightage Types of Questions
1 Syllogism 0-5 Qs Conventional, Coded and Reverse.
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2 Ordering and Ranking 0-3 Qs Mostly Puzzle on ordering by Age, Floor and Rank
3 Inequalities 2-5 Qs General Coded Inequalities
5 Coding Decod- ing 2-5 Qs Coding by Fictitious Language, Coding by Analogy, coding by words, coding-decoding by letter shifting, etc.
6 Blood Relations 2-3 Qs Family Tree and Coded Blood Relation Problems
7 Direction Dis- tance 2-5 Qs Problems based on Turns, Stops and Angles.
8 Puzzles 13-20 Qs Seating Arrangement, Double Line Up Arrangement, Floor Puzzle, Scheduling, Box Based etc.
9 Data Sufficiency 0-5 Qs Coding-Decoding, Scheduling, Seating Arrange- ment, Direction and Distance, Blood Relation etc.
10 Input and Output 0-5 Qs Less likely to appear. Conventional or Coded.
11 Arrangement and Pattern 0-3 Qs Less likely to appear. Number and Letter Based (Based on Series and Groups).
Syllogisms (0-5 Questions) Problems with 2-3
statements and 2-3 conclusions. Questions are
asked whether the conclusions fol- low or not.
Mostly Possibility based questions are asked.
Negative statements and conclusion are al- so
possible (i.e. which of the conclusions DO NOT
follow from the given statements). Tips Concepts
of Syllogisms Ordering and Ranking (0-3
Questions) Mostly Puzzle on ordering by age,
floor, rank, boxes of different colours one above
another, order in row etc. Tips Tricks for
Ordering Ranking Inequalities (2-5
Questions) Mostly Direct Mathematical
Inequalities. There may be 2-3 complex
expressions like A gt B C D E lt B F. There
may be 2-4 conclusions which are to be deduced
from these statements. Coded inequalities
problems may also be asked where relation between
alphabets are coded such as A B where
iactually codesfor gt sign. Tips Shortcut Method
to Solve Mathematical Inequalities, How to Solve
Coded Inequalities Coding Decoding (2-5
Questions) Less Likely to Appear. Mostly
questions on Coding and Decoding in Fictitious
Language are asked
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are given which are coded in some meaningless
language and questions are based on this code.
Possible questions could also include Coding and
Decoding by Letter Shifting, Coding by Analogy
and Coding Letters of a Word. Tips General Tips
for Coding Decoding Part 1, General Tips for
Coding Decoding Part 2, Shortcut for Coding in
Fictitious Language, How to Solve Letter Shifting
Problems Blood Relations (2-3 Questions) Family
Tree and Coded Blood Relation Problems. Tips
General Understanding of Blood Relations,
Understanding Complex Blood Relations Quizzes
Try this Quiz Directions Distances (2-5
Questions) A bit difficult problems but can be
solved by just plotting all the given information
on paper. Tips 3 Tricks to Analyze Calculate
Direction and Distance Puzzles (13-20
Questions) Circular Seating Arrangement Includes
Uni-Directional and Bi-Directional problems
(i.e. facing inside, outside or in both direc-
tions). Sometimes, tough Square/Rectangular/Hexago
nal Table problems also asked. These questions
may be paired with Blood Relations or some other
Double Line-Up information along with Circular
Arrangement information which makes the problem
more difficult and time-consuming. Tips How to
Approach Circular Arrangement Part I, Part
II Linear Seating Arrangement Problems
involving single row (usually, facing
north/south) or 2 rows facing each other and
floor- based questions. Can include Double
Line-Up type problems with information
sorting. Double Line Up May have negative
information. Requires clean charting, proper
technique and step-by-step solving. Scheduling V
ery similar to Double Line-Up problems. Grouping
and Selection Less likely to appear. Problems on
teams and committees asked. Data
Sufficiency(0-5 Questions) Coding-Decoding,
Scheduling, Seating Arrangement, Direction and
Distance, Blood Relation etc. Input and Output
(0-5 Questions) Less likely to appear.
Conventional or Coded.
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Language The SBI PO Prelims Syllabus for the
English Language includes topics like Reading
Comprehen- sion, Fill in the Blanks, Spellings,
Phrase or Idiom Meaning, Synonyms Antonyms and
more. The no. of questions expected from each
topic, the weightage of these questions has been
explained in detail in the table below!
Topics Weightage Types of Questions
Reading Compre- hension 7-10 Qs The passage will focus on topics like moral stories, humanities (medicine, psychology, arts, human behaviour, etc.), social issues, economy, business. Vocabulary based and Idiom Based Questions.
Cloze Test 5-10 Qs Questions based on a passage containing a particular idea. Cloze Test.
Error Detection 5-7 Qs Questions based on finding an error in a Sen- tence.
Phrase Replace- ment 0-5 Qs Questions based on .
Fill in the Blanks 0-5 Qs Questions covering Grammar and Vocabu- lary.
Verbal Ability 3-5 Qs Questions based on Para Jumbles, Match the Following etc. can be asked.
Fill in the Blanks (0-5 Questions) Double Blank
type questions. Vocabulary based questions.
Answers can be easily picked by elimi- nating
options and understanding context of the
sentence. Quizzes Quiz 1, Quiz 2, Quiz 3, Quiz
4 Reading Comprehension (7-10 Questions) Likely
the RC will consist of one passage of 7-10
questions. The topics you should look out for are
Banking Economy, Business, Geo-politics,
Governance, Education, Technology, Transport and
Social Issues. If 10 questions are asked then
there can be 3-4 questions on vocabulary
too. Synonyms, Antonyms and meanings of
Idioms/Phrases are asked in vocabulary based
questions. Theme and main idea based questions
are also asked. The fact based and inference
based questions require a thorough reading of
the passage and sometimes could be a bit
tricky. Tips General RC Tips, Speed Reading
Techniques, Styles Tones
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• Para Jumbles (0-5 Questions)
• A set of 6 sentences are to be rearranged to form
  a meaningful paragraph. All questions will be
  based on this single test. Sometimes, the
  correct order is asked and the options will show
  whether you are on the right track. The passage
  can be on any general topic. Use of
  conjunctions/connectors will be helpful for
  attempting these questions.
• Tips 7 Tips for Solving Para Jumbles
• Cloze Test (5-10 Questions)
• A single passage with 5 or 10 blanks. Passage
  could be on any topic ranging from Banking
  Econ- omy to Social Issues. Words are usually
  easy to moderate and vocabulary based, but there
  is always
• one or two tough words. Understanding the context
  of the passage will help you solve it easily.
  Knowledge of Phrasal verbs will help you.
• Tips 8 Tips to Master Cloze Test
• Error Spotting (5-7 Questions)
• Could most probably be grammar based (as
  vocabulary based error spotting was last asked in
  2008). Long Sentences with error in one part are
  asked. Important topics covered are Tenses,
  Subject-Verb Agreement, Article-Noun Agreement,
  Correct Part of Speech, Correct use of
  Prepositions, Parallel- ism, Phrasal Verbs,
  Easily Confusable Words, Contextual Usage,
  Sentence Construction, Degree of Comparison,
  Conjunctions, Finite and Non-finite verbs. Avoid
  guessing too much in these questions. Tip 52
  Tips for Error Spotting Part I, Part II
• Phrase Replacement/ Sentence Correction (0-5
  Questions)
• Grammar/Vocabulary based. Avoid guessing too much
  in these questions. The questions some- times
  test you on Standard Construction of Sentences,
  Order of Words, Phrasal Verbs, Homonyms, etcc
• Try these lessons Easy Tips for Grammar Part
  I, Part II, Common Errors in Degrees of Compari-
  son
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Topics Weightage
Verbal Reasoning 5 - 7 Qs
Coding - Decoding 0 - 5 Qs
Direction Distance 0 - 5 Qs
Blood Relation 0 - 5 Qs
Order Ranking 1 - 3 Qs
Analytical Decision Making 0 -5 Qs
Coded Inequalities 0 - 3 Qs
Syllogism 0 - 3 Qs
Puzzle (Scheduling Double LineupFloor Puzzle) 10 - 12 Qs
Machine Input Output 3 - 5 Qs
Seating Arrangement 10 Qs
Data Sufficiency 3 - 5 Qs
Total 45 Qs
SBI PO Mains Syllabus 2020 - English
Language Get the detailed SBI PO Mains Syllabus
for the English language with the weightage for
all the top- ics by going through the table
given below -
Topics Weightage
Reading Comprehension 10 - 25 Qs
Triple Fillers 0 - 5 Qs
Sentence Connector 2 - 4 Qs
Para Jumbles (New Type) 3 - 5 Qs
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Cloze Test (New Type) 2 - 10 Qs
Sentence Correction 2 - 4 Qs
Sentence Completion 1 - 3 Qs
Synonyms/Antonyms (New Type) 1 - 3 Qs
Odd One Out 1 - 2 Qs
Total 35 Qs
SBI PO Mains Syllabus 2020 - General
Economy/Banking Awareness Get the detailed SBI
PO Mains Syllabus for the Banking Awareness with
the weightage for all the topics by going
through the table given below
Topic Weightage
Banking Financial Awareness 10 Qs
Static Awareness 5 Qs
Current Affairs 20 - 25 Qs
Total 40 Qs

• Note Question on Static awareness is mostly
  based on the happening worldwide. For Example.
• Question on Volcanic Blast that happened on Mount
  Sinabung, Indonesia was asked in LIC AAO Mains.
• Question on Lakhwar Dam, Uttarakhand was asked in
  LIC AAO Mains because of being in news for MOU
  signed by 6 States.
• SBI PO Mains Syllabus 2020 - Data Analysis
  Interpretation
• This section will mostly consist of Data
  Interpretation questions. Data Interpretation
  will be asked on
• Tabular graph, Line Graph, Pie Chart, Bar Graph,
  Mix of any two types of DI (mentioned till now),
  Radar Graph Caselet, Missing Case DI .
• Questions may also be asked from

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• Data Sufficiency
• Number Series
• Comparison of Quantities
• Probability, Permutation and Combination (A
  paragraph will be given then Qs will be asked
  based on that)
• Miscellaneous Topics E.g. - Profit Loss, SI
  CI, Mensuration, Boat Stream, Ages etc. (Sets
  of questions can be asked from these topics.)
• The important topics are

Topics
Data Interpretation (Pie charts, Table chart, Bar Graphs, Line charts)
Number system
Approximation
HCF and LCM of Numbers
Problems based on age
Number series
Quadratic Equations
Percentages
Ratio and proportion
Average
Mixture and Allegations
Time and work
Pipe and Cistern
Speed, Distance and time
Partnership
Simple and compound interest
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Permutation and Combination
Profit, Loss and Discount
Mensuration
Data Sufficiency

• The various possible questions that can be asked
  in DI Categories are based on
• Percentage increase decrease.
• Percentage less than or more than
• Average
• Ratio
• Total/Difference
• SBI PO Recruitment Notification
• State Bank of India has released the SBI PO
  Recruitment Notification 2020, for a total of
  2000 va- cancies. The application process for
  the SBI PO Notification has started on 2nd April
  2020. This process consists of 3 stages, i.e
  Phase I Prelims, Phase II Mains and Phase III
  Group Exercise Interview.
• SBI PO Exam Pattern 2020
• Now that you know about the syllabus, you should
  go through the exam pattern as well. Analysing
  the exam pattern will help you plan your
  preparation by carefully helping you understand
  how much weightage your strong and weak sections
  hold. Go through the SBI Exam Pattern 2020 to get
  more clarity
• Exam Specifics of SBI PO 2020
• BILINGUAL TEST Every section (except English
  Language) will be available in English as well
  as Hindi. So if you are more comfortable with
  Hindi, several types of questions might be
  easier to attempt in Hindi, than in English.