State Bank of India Probationary officers Exam
Bank Competitions
State Bank of India Probationary officers Exam .
This examination is held every year by the Central Recruitment Board, State Bank Group, generally in the month of February. Blank application forms and other particulars are published in the Employment News in the month of September of the previous year. These can also be obtained from the Bright Careers Institute, 1525, Nai Sarak, Delhi- 110006 by remitting Rs. 5.00 by Money Order or by cash payment of Rs. 2.00 at the counter of Institute's showroom. The last date for submission of applications is generally second week of April.
2. Educational Qualifications: Degree from a recognised University or any equivalent examination recognised as such by the Government of India.
3. Number of Chances: No candidate is permitted to compete more than three times at the examination. This restriction will not apply in the case of candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC communities provided that they are otherwise eligible.
4. Age: A candidate for this examination should have attained the age of21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on the 1st January of the year of examination. The age is relaxable for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes, etc.
5. Plan of the Examination: The subjects of written test, the time allowed and the maximum marks allowed to each subject shall be as under:
S.No
Test
No. of Questions
Maximum Marks
Time Allowed
(A)
1.
2.
3.
4.
OBJECTIVE TESTS
Reasoning
English Language
General Awarness
Questions Aptitude
75
50
50
50
80 }
50* }
}
60 }
}
60 }
135
Minutes
(B)
DESCRIPTIVE PAPER
Argumentative Questions
4
60*
*Only qualifying
N.B.: (i) The candidate has to pass each of the Objective and Descriptive Tests separately.
(ii) However, the tests of Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude and General Awareness is considered for merit listing. The other tests of English Language and Descriptive Questions will be qualifying.
(iii)Candidates, who pass in each tests and rank sufficiently high on the basis of aggregate marks in written tests, would be called for interview. Final selection made is on the basis of the aggregate marks obtained by the candidate in the written tests and interview and shall be strictly according to merit.
6. Syllabus
(1) Test of Reasoning Ability: This is a test which has been designed to ascertain how well you can think. It contains questions of various kinds. It will be partly verbal, that is based on or is related to figures and drawings.
(2) Quantitative Aptitude: The purpose of this test is to ascertain how quick you are in working at numerical calculations. There may be some graphs and tables in this test. Questions are asked about each graph or table. Only one of the suggested answers is correct. You have to read each graph or table carefully and indicate your answer on a separate answer-sheet.
(3) English Language: The purpose of this test is to judge your knowledge in English. In this test, there are passages, with questions based on the organisation of ideas and your understanding of the contents of various passages. Your ability will also be tested through your choice of words, expressions and similar skills.
(4) General Awareness: The purpose of this test is to ascertain a candidates' general awareness of environment around him and its application to society. The questions will be designed to test the candidate's knowledge of the current events and of such matters of everyday observation and experience as may be expected of an educated person, including topics on Life Sciences, Chemistry, Physics, etc. There may also be questions on Geography of India, land and her people, History of India, her culture heritage, freedom struggle and salient features of the Constitution of India, Economic and Social Problems.
(5) Descriptive Paper: The Descriptive Paper intends to measure your higher order cognitive abilities as comprehending a situation, analysing it, generating unique ideas or situations, etc., and also your language ability. It is a question-cum-answer-sheet and you have to restrict your answers to the space provided on the answer-sheet. You have the option to answer this paper in English or Hindi or regional languages. In this paper, there are four questions and you are required to answer any three questions in minutes.
7. Initial Pay: About Rs. 11,000 in the scale of 7100-340C16)-12540 8. Previous up-to-date Papers have been solved in Career's Guide to State Bank Probationary Officers' Exam., obtainable from Bright Careers Institute, 1525, Nai Sarak, Delhi-110006. Hindi Edition is also available.
