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The State Bank of India has announced the SBI PO prelims exam 2021 on its official website. The SBI PO Prelims exam is scheduled to be held on 20th,21st, and 27th November 2021. The candidates who have registered successfully for the recruitment are eligible for the SBI PO Prelims examination. Candidates who will appear for the first time in the examination might be curious to know about the SBI PO prelims examination whether the exam is MCQs based or not.
SBI PO Prelims Admit Card 2021
SBI PO Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2021
SBI PO Previous Year Question Paper
Is SBI PO Exam MCQ Based?
The SBI PO prelims exam consists of 3 sections which are English language, reasoning ability, and numerical aptitude and the SBI PO Mains exam consists of 4 sections which include English language, reasoning ability, and Computer knowledge, and numerical aptitude and Computer Awareness. The questions asked in the SBI PO Exam are multiple-choice questions. Candidates will have to choose a suitable answer from the 4 options given in the questions. The SBI PO Prelims exam is fully MCQ based, and the SBI PO Mains exam consists of the question which is MCQ based as well as descriptive. So, yes the SBI PO Exam is MCQ-based. The SBI will recruit the candidates based on the online prelims exam mains exam and interview round. So the SBI PO exam is MCQ-based.
The SBI has released a total number of 2056 vacancies for recruitment and it is one of the golden opportunities for all the candidates who are preparing for the banking examination. Candidates can check the SBI PO exam pattern as well from the table mentioned below.
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SBI PO Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2021
SBI PO Exam Pattern 2021
The SBI PO prelims exam pattern 2021 is provided below
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 |
SBI PO Mains Exam Pattern 2021 is provided in the table below.
S.No. | Section | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Time allotted
for each test |
1 | Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 45 | 60 | 60 minutes |
2 | General Economy/ Banking Awareness | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
3 | English Language | 35 | 40 | 40 minutes |
4 | Data Analysis & Interpretation | 35 | 60 | 45 minutes |
Total | 155 | 200 | 3 hours | |
5. | English Language
(Letter Writing & Essay) |
02 | 50 | 30 minutes |