State Bank of India (SBI) Probationary Officer (PO) 2014syllabusis a very important thing that every candidate has to look into andit is also advisableto the candidates that they must continuously refer to the syllabus at the starting of the preparation and also while the preparation is going on.

State bank of India Probationary officer(PO) exam consists of 2 sections namely:1.Objectivetype paper-I - 200 Marks ( Total Time : 2 hours)2.Descriptive type Paper-II - 50 marks ( Total Time : 1 hour )

Note: Negative Marking : 1/4th of Marks

Syllabus includes of the following section:1.Reasoning (HIGH LEVEL)2.Data Interpretation3.English Language4.General Awareness + Computer + Marketing Awareness

The above mentioned sections are from the Objective paper of the Exam whereas; the Descriptive paper also includes the English Language.

BELOW MENTIONED IS THE DETAILED SYLLABUS OF SBI PO 2014 SYLLABUS:

Objectivetype paper-I 200 Marks

A). ENGLISH LANGUAGE SYLLABUS OF SBI PO 2014:

AREANUMBER OF QUESTIONDIFFICULTY LEVEL

Reading Comprehension10+10Moderate to Difficult

Faulty Construction15Easy to Moderate

Jumbled Sentences5Easy to Moderate

Close Passages10Easy

Note:According to the analysis of previous year question paper there were two Reading Comprehensions.

B). REASONING (High Level)

NAMENUMBER OF QUESTIONDIFFICULTY LEVEL

Input - output5Difficult

Sentence coding5Easy

Logical Reasoning15Easy to Moderate

Syllogism5Moderate

Puzzle / Seating Arrangement10Moderate

Data Sufficiency5Moderate

Direction &other problem5Easy to Moderate

C) GENERAL AWARENESS SYLLABUS OF SBI PO 2014

AreaNUMBER OF QUESTIONDIFFICULTY LEVEL

Banking Awareness14Moderate to Difficult

Current Affairs16Easy to Moderate

Computer Awareness10Easy to Moderate

Marketing10Easy

D) DATA ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION

AREANUMBER OF QUESTIONDIFFICULTY LEVEL

Probability5Easy to Moderate

Line Graph5Moderate

Pie Charts10Moderate to Difficult

Bar Charts15Easy

Tables15Moderate to Difficult

DESCRIPTIVE SECTION SYLLABUS OF SBI PO 50 Marks

1.Letter Writing2.Paragraph Writing3.Essay Writing4. Precise Writing5.Reading Comprehension

AREANUMBER OF QUESTIONTOPICS

Letter Writing10To a branch to close the saving account, To friend to attend a seminar on net banking, To a bank for higher education loan

Paragraph Writing8If I were an author, Rural Banking, Impact of autonomy provided to bank

Essay Writing12Right to education act, Financial Inclusion, How Technology can help banking sector

Precise Writing10Chief Vigilance Officer

Reading Comprehension10ATM and its uses