SBI PO Eligibility Criteria 2020
The candidate must fulfill the following two criteria to be eligible for the SBI PO Exam 2020:
• Age Limit: The candidate must be 21 Years to 30 Years as on 01.04.2020 i.e. candidates must have been born between 02.04.1990 and 01.04.1999 (both dates inclusive)
• Educational Qualification: The candidate must be a graduate in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government. Those who are in the Final year/Semester of their Graduation may also apply provisionally subject to the condition that, if called for interview, they must produce proof of having passed the graduation examination on or before 01.07.2020. Candidates with Integrated Dual Degree (IDD) certificate must ensure that the date of passing the IDD is on or before 31.08.2020. Candidates with Chartered Accountant certification may also apply.
SBI PO Selection Procedure: Important Points
The candidates should keep in mind the following points related to the SBI PO selection process:
• Biometric Verification: To ensure an error-free and secure selection procedure for SBI PO 2020, the bank may digitally capture the thumb impression of the candidate. This is done to verify the genuineness of the candidates. Any inconsistency in the biometric verification will lead to rejection of the candidature and punitive legal actions. Candidates are thus advised not to apply any kind of external matter like ink, mehandi, chemical etc. on their hands.
• Number of Attempts: The maximum number of chances are fixed for each category. Candidates who have used up all the chances are not eligible to apply. Appearing in Preliminary Exam is not counted as an attempt but appearing in Mains Exam is counted.
Category | Number of Chances |
---|---|
General | 4 |
General (PWD) | 7 |
OBC/ OBC(PWD) | 7 |
SC/SC(PWD)/ST/ST(PWD) | No restriction |
Phase-I : Preliminary Examination:
Preliminary Examination consisting of Objective Tests for 100 marks will be conducted online. This test would be of 1 hour duration consisting of 3 Sections as follows:
S.No. |
Name of Tests(Objective) |
No. of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
Duration |
1 |
English Language |
30 |
30 |
20 Minutes |
2 |
Numerical Ability |
35 |
35 |
20 Minutes |
3 |
Reasoning Ability |
35 |
35 |
20 Minutes |
Total |
100 |
100 |
1 Hour |
Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing passing marks to be decided by the Bank. Adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by the Bank (approximately 20 times the numbers of vacancies subject to availability) will be short listed for the Main Examination.
Exam Specifics:
- 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.
- NEGATIVE MARKING: Each wrong answer takes a quarter of the marks assigned to that question from your total. The negative marking is small enough that if you are reasonably sure of an answer, you can take a chance and mark it. But be careful not to overdo it with guesses. Your accuracy could be the difference between selection and disqualification.
- CUT-OFFS: Each section has an individual cut-off. Besides this, there is also an overall cut off decided by the SBI that you need to cross to move to the next round.
Phase – II: Main Examination: Main Examination will consist of Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test for 50 marks. Both the Objective and Descriptive Tests will be online. Candidates will have to answer Descriptive test by typing on the computer. Immediately after completion of Objective Test, Descriptive Test will be administered.
Final Selection
The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) will not be added for the selection and only the marks obtained in Main Examination (Phase-II) will be added to the marks obtained in GD & Interview (Phase-III) for preparation of the final merit list.
The candidates will have to qualify both in Phase-II and Phase-III separately. Marks secured by the candidates in the Written Test (out of 250 marks) are converted to out of 75 and marks secured in Group Discussion & Interview (out of 50 marks) are converted to out of 25. The final merit list is arrived at after aggregating converted marks of Written Test and Group Discussion &Interview out of 100 for each category. The selection will be made from the top merit ranked candidates in each category.
Results of the candidates who have qualified for GD & Interview and the list of candidates finally selected will be made available on the Banks website. Final select list will be published in Employment News/ Rozgar Samachar.
I Reasoning Aptitude (35 Questions)
The level of the Reasoning section will be tough. The questions can be asked from various topics like –
- Puzzle and Circular/Linear/Square Arrangement (3-4 sets of puzzles may be asked in exam)
- Inequality
- Syllogism (Old and New Pattern)
- Coding - Decoding (Old and New Pattern)
- Blood Relations
- Direction sense
- Order and Ranking
II Quantitative Aptitude (35 Questions)
The level of this section will be tough & calculative in solving. The questions can be asked from various topics like –
- Number Series
- Simplification/ Approximation
- Quadratic Equations
- Data Interpretation
- Miscellaneous (Age, Mixture Allegation, Partnership,Pipes and Cisterns, Profit Loss, Average, Boats & Stream, Compound/Simple Interest, Time & Work, Probability etc.)
III English Language (30 Questions)
The difficulty level of this section would be of moderate level. The questions can be asked from various topics like –
- Reading Comprehension
- Cloze Test (New and Old Pattern)
- Parajumbles (New and Old Pattern)
- Spotting Errors (New and Old Pattern)
- Sentence Improvement
- Fill in the Blanks
SBI PO 2020 Exam Schedule | ||
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Sr. No. | Activity | Dates |
1 | SBI PO 2020 Notification Released On | April 2020 |
2 | On-line registration including Edit/Modification of Application by candidates | April 2020 to May 2020 |
3 | Download Admit Card for online Preliminary Examination | May 2020 |
4 | SBI PO Exam Date- Preliminary | June 2020 |
5 | Result of Online exam – Preliminary | June 2020 |
6 | Download of Call letter for Online Main Exam | July 2020 |
7 | SBI PO Exam Date – Mains | July 2020 |
8 | Result of Online Examination – Main | August 2020 |
9 | Download Call Letter for Personal Interview | August 2020 |
10 | Conduct of Group Exercises & Interview | September 2020 |
11 | Declaration of Final Result | October 2020 |