How To Crack SBI PO 2017 in 30 days ?

We saw many variations in the patterns and level of  Banking exams especially Reasoning section in SBI PO 2016  and now a days prediction of cutoff marks for SBI PO is also very difficult.
So, in this section we will discuss about the strategy you should follow for the preparation of SBI PO 2017 Pre and Mains examination.

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As we all know SBI is the biggest commercial Bank in India. So It offers highest entry level package

for Probationary officers that would be minimum of Rs. 7.77 Lacs per annum and maximum of Rs. 12.93 Lacs per annum depending on place of posting and other factors.This includes Leased rental accommodation, H.R.A, Conveyance allowance etc.

That is the main reason that in their exam maximum number of students used to appear that is around 20-25 Lacs. So, now you can imagine what level of competition you are going to face.

The State Bank Of India has also changed its pattern of exam from last year. Earlier the exam was conducted in Two Phases I and II but from last year there has been an addition and now the exam of SBI PO is conducted in Three Phases i.e. Phase I, Phase II and Phase III.

Phase I is the Preliminary Examination, Phase II is the Main Examination and Phase III is the Group Discussion & Interview. Below are the details given for each Phase.

Phase I – Preliminary Examination
This is the first step of the SBI PO exam. It is an online objective test of 100 marks. It’s duration is 60 minutes.

Name of Test	No. Of Questions	Marks
English Language	30	30
Quantitative Aptitude	35	35
Reasoning Ability	35	35
Total	100	100

Candidates who will qualify in this Test will be shortlisted for the Mains Examination or Phase II.

Phase II – Main Examination

After qualifying the Phase I, candidates appear for the Main Examination. It is an online objective test for 200 marks and descriptive test for 50 marks.

Objective Test

Name of test	Questions	Marks	Duration
Reasoning and computer aptitude	45	60	60 minutes
Data analysis and interpretation	35	60	45 minutes
General / economy / banking awareness	40	40	35 minutes
English language	35	40	40 minutes
Total	155	200	3 hours

Descriptive Test
The duration is of 30 minutes and is a test of English Language (Letter Writing and Essay) of 50 marks.

Phase III – Group Discussion & Interview
Those candidates who will qualify the Prelims and Main will be called for a GD round and then a personal interview. The final selection will take place keeping in mind the result of all the three phases.

Things you need to look into while preparing every section of SBI PO Exam

Quantitative Aptitude:

Number series : Practice makes a man perfect.So Practice Number Series and try to catch their patterns and try to solve as many Number series as possible from different mock tests, model papers etc.Because around 3 -5 questions generally asked from Number series.

Simplification/Approximation : Around 5 questions generally asked.

Data Interpretations : Generally 15 questions asked means three sets of DI of 5 questions.

Chapters : Important Chapters like Profit and loss, Compound & Simple interest,Time and Work, Time and Distance ,Percentages etc.(Try to solve questions from RS Agarwal)

Reasoning:

Inequality

Syllogism

Coding decoding

Relationship

Puzzles : Linear North south sitting arrangement, Circular sitting facing center with or without parameters,Floor based Puzzles and Box based puzzles.Most of the questions asked from puzzles around 15-20 questions so be careful.You can learn concepts especially in puzzles from a popular Youtube channel Study Smart.

English:

Cloze test : around 5 - 10 questions in this section you should have good knowledge of preposition.

Spot the errors : Good Grammatical knowledge required.

Sentence Improvement : Good Grammatical knowledge required.

Reading comprehension : You should read some editorials on regular basis to excel in this section. It also checks your verbal ability but not very high level in form of Synonyms and antonyms.

Sentence rearrangement : Sentence framing you should know about from complex to simple sentence.

Banking/General awarenessThis section asked in Mains examination. For this section the base of your preparation should be reading newspaper especially The Hindu.

Monthly current affairs magazines and for Banking awareness i am giving the links of some books below

Reference Books You should Follow 

Quantitaive Aptitude

Magical Book on Quicker Maths M Tyra           --             Buy from Amazon

Quantitative Aptitude For Competitive              --             Buy from Amazon

Examinations by R. S. Aggarwal (New Edition)

English 

Objective General English by                               --           Buy from Amazon

 R. S. Aggarwal, Vikas Aggarwal (New Edition)

Reasoning

Bank PO Reasoning by Kiran Prakashan       --                Buy from Amazon

For Complete Mock Test 

The New SBI Bank PO Guide    ---                               Buy from Amazon

by Disha Publications