SBI PO mains examination to be conducted on 4 August. It is divided into two parts, objective and subjective. the result will be declared on 20 August.
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India’s largest public sector bank, the State Bank of India or SBI will conduct its mains exam for probationary officers (PO) on 4 August 2018.
Preliminary examination was held in the month of July which was of qualifying nature.
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The mains exam is divided into two parts, objective and subjective. The objective exam will have 190 questions carrying a total of 200 marks.
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The total duration of the examination will be 2 hours and 45 minutes.
1. Reasoning ability and computer aptitude
No. of questions: 50
Marks: 60
Duration: 45 minutes
2. General English
No. of questions: 40
Marks: 40
Duration: 35 minutes
3. Quantitative Aptitude
No. of questions: 50
Marks: 50
Duration: 45 minutes
4. General/financial awareness
No. of questions: 50
Marks: 50
Duration: 35 minutes
The subjective exam will be of 50 marks and will test the candidates’ knowledge of English language. They will be required to write a letter and an essay in 30 minutes. The descriptive test of only those students will be evaluated who have qualified the objective paper.
· Results for the mains examination will be announced on 20 August 2018.
· For every wrong answer, marks equal to one fourth of the assigned marks to that question will be deducted.
· There will be no sectional cutoff.
On the basis of the marks obtained by the applicants, cutoffs will be decided for each category and applicants will be called for group discussion and interview.
Total marks: 50
Group discussion: 20
Interview: 30
4 August: Subjective and objective exams
20 August: Declaration of results
1 September 2018: Download SBI PO Mains call letter for personal interview
21 September to 12 October: Group exercises and interviews
1 November 2018: Final result of the SBI Probationary exam to be declared
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