General Overview & Eligibility
- Conducting Body: State Bank of India
- Cadre: SBI Officer (Grade-A)
- Age Limit: 21 to 30 Years
- Educational Qualification: Graduation in any discipline.
- Posting Scope: All-India posting across SBI branches.
- Selection Process: 3 Tiers (Prelims + Mains & Descriptive + Psychometric Test / GD & Interview)
(Prelims is qualifying ,the final cut-off is calculated out of 100 marks using a normalized weightage of 75:25)
Exam Pattern & Syllabus
1. Preliminary Examination (Qualifying)
- Format: Online Objective Test
- Duration: 60 Minutes (20 mins/section)
- Negative Marking: 0.25 marks per wrong answer.
- Sectional Cut-Off: NO Sectional Cut-Off (Selection based on overall total score only).
- English Language: 40 Questions, 30 Marks, 20 Minutes
- Quantitative Aptitude: 30 Questions , 35 Marks , 20 Minutes
- Reasoning Ability: 30 Questions , 35 Marks , 20 Minutes
- Sectional Cut-Off: YES (Must qualify in each section individually).
2. Main Examination (Merit Deciding)
- Objective Test: 170 Questions
- Reasoning & Computer Aptitude : 40 Qs, 60 Marks, 50 Mins
- Data Analysis & Interpretation : 30 Qs, 60 Marks, 45 Mins
- General / Economy / Banking Awareness : 60 Qs, 60 Marks, 45 Mins
- English Language : 40 Qs, 20 Marks, 40 Mins)
- Descriptive Test: 2 Questions (Letter & Essay) | 30 Marks | 30 Minutes
- Phase III: Psychometric Test + Group Exercise (20 Marks) & Interview (30 Marks) = 50 Marks total.
Last 3 Years SBI PO Cut-Off
1. Prelims(All-India Out of 100)
Year
|
General
|
EWS
|
OBC
|
SC
|
ST
|
| 2023 |
59.25 |
59.25 |
59.25 |
53.00 |
47.50 |
| 2024 |
61.75 |
61.75 |
61.75 |
55.25 |
50.00 |
| 2025 |
66.75 |
66.75 |
66.75 |
60.50 |
55.00 |
2. Mains (All-India Out of 250)
Category
|
2025–26
|
2024–25
|
2023–24
|
| General (UR) |
75.00 |
87.50 |
70.00 |
| EWS |
75.00 |
87.50 |
70.00 |
| OBC |
69.50 |
75.00 |
62.25 |
| SC |
62.75 |
75.00 |
57.50 |
| ST |
62.51 |
75.00 |
57.50 |
| LD |
62.50 |
73.75 |
60.25 |
| VI |
74.00 |
83.75 |
68.00 |
| HI |
60.50 |
66.25 |
52.25 |
| d & e |
63.75 |
63.25 |
50.00 |
Final Allotment Cut Off (All-India Out of 250)
Category
|
2025
|
2024–25
|
2023–24
|
| General (UR) |
46.79 |
46.24 |
44.60 |
| OBC |
41.84 |
40.96 |
39.73 |
| EWS |
41.16 |
36.85 |
36.03 |
| SC |
37.84 |
32.50 |
37.15 |
| ST |
31.59 |
33.36 |
36.45 |
| LD (Locomotor Disability) |
41.55 |
42.04 |
33.68 |
| VI (Visual Impairment) |
44.95 |
33.63 |
29.20 |
| HI (Hearing Impairment) |
36.69 |
32.50 |
32.25 |
| D & E (Multiple Disabilities) |
34.35 |
32.50 |
32.98 |
Key Syllabus Topics
- Quantitative Aptitude / Data Interpretation: Data Interpretation (Tables, Line/Bar graphs, Pie charts, Caselets), Number Series, Quadratic Equations, Simplification, Arithmetic (Profit/Loss, SI-CI, Time & Work, Speed & Distance).
- Reasoning Ability: Puzzles & Seating Arrangements (highest weightage), Syllogism, Blood Relations, Coding-Decoding, Inequalities, Input-Output.
- General & Banking Awareness: Current Affairs (last 4–6 months), RBI Policies, Banking Terminology, Financial Schemes, NPA/Priority Sector Lending.
- English Language: Reading Comprehension, Cloze Test, Error Spotting, Para Jumbles, Vocabulary.
