State Bank of India (SBI) Probationary Officer (PO) 2014 syllabus is a very important thing that every candidate

has to look into

and it is also advisable to the candidates that they must continuously refer to the syllabus at the starting of the preparation and
also while the preparation is going on.

State bank of India Probationary officer (PO) exam consists of 2 sections namely:
1. Objective type paper-I - 200 Marks
( Total Time : 2 hours)
2. Descriptive type Paper-II - 50 marks
( Total Time : 1 hour )
Note: Negative Marking : 1/4th of Marks

Syllabus includes of the following section:

1. Reasoning (HIGH LEVEL)
2. Data Interpretation
3. English Language
4. General Awareness + Computer + Marketing Awareness
The above mentioned sections are from the Objective paper of the Exam whereas; the Descriptive paper also includes the English
Language.

BELOW MENTIONED IS THE DETAILED SYLLABUS OF SBI PO 2014 SYLLABUS:

Objective type paper-I 200 Marks
A). ENGLISH LANGUAGE SYLLABUS OF SBI PO 2014:

AREA

NUMBER OF QUESTION

DIFFICULTY LEVEL

Reading Comprehension

10+10

Moderate to Difficult

Faulty Construction

15

Easy to Moderate

Jumbled Sentences

Easy to Moderate

Close Passages

10

Easy

Note: According to the analysis of previous year question paper there were two Reading Comprehensions.
B). REASONING (High Level)

NAME

NUMBER OF QUESTION

DIFFICULTY LEVEL

Input - output

Difficult

Sentence coding

Easy

Logical Reasoning

15

Easy to Moderate

Syllogism

Moderate

Puzzle / Seating Arrangement

10

Moderate

Data Sufficiency

Moderate

Direction &other problem

Easy to Moderate

C) GENERAL AWARENESS SYLLABUS OF SBI PO 2014

Area

NUMBER OF QUESTION

DIFFICULTY LEVEL

Banking Awareness

14

Moderate to Difficult

Current Affairs

16

Easy to Moderate

Computer Awareness

10

Easy to Moderate

Marketing

10

Easy

AREA

NUMBER OF QUESTION

DIFFICULTY LEVEL

Probability

Easy to Moderate

Line Graph

Moderate

Pie Charts

10

Moderate to Difficult

Bar Charts

15

Easy

Tables

15

Moderate to Difficult

D) DATA ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION

DESCRIPTIVE SECTION SYLLABUS OF SBI PO 50 Marks

1. Letter Writing
2. Paragraph Writing
3. Essay Writing
4. Precise Writing
5. Reading Comprehension

AREA

NUMBER OF QUESTION

TOPICS

Letter Writing

10

To a branch to close the saving account, To

friend to attend a seminar on net banking,
To a bank for higher education loan

Paragraph Writing

If I were an author, Rural Banking, Impact of

autonomy provided to bank

Essay Writing

12

Right to education act, Financial Inclusion,

How Technology can help banking sector

Precise Writing

10

Chief Vigilance Officer

Reading Comprehension

10

ATM and its uses