SBI PO Main Exam Pattern

SBI PO Main Exam Pattern :
The candidates who score higher than the SBI PO Preliminary Cutoff Score 2016 can be allowed to require the SBI PO Main test 2016 which can follow a very totally different test pattern. SBI has made some changes in the test pattern of SBI PO Main Examination. Main Examination will consist of Objective checks for two hundred marks and Descriptive Test for fifty marks. Both the Objective and Descriptive Tests are on-line. Candidates will have to answer Descriptive check by typewriting on the pc. Immediately when completion of Objective check, Descriptive Test can be administered.


The main examination of SBI PO is split into two stages:
• Objective Test
• Descriptive Test


Objective Test:
• SBI PO Main Examination will consist of Objective checks for two hundred marks and Descriptive Test for fifty marks.
• Both the Objective and Descriptive Tests are online. Candidates will have to answer Descriptive check by typewriting on the pc.
• Immediately after completion of Objective check, Descriptive Test can be administered.
• The objective test can be for 3-hour period consisting of four sections of totals two hundred marks.
• The Objective Test can have separate temporal arrangement for each section.
• The candidates are needed to qualify in every of the tests by securing passing marks, to be decided by the Bank.
• For every correct response provided, the candidates would be awarded 1 mark and for each wrong response ¼ marks can get subtracted. However, no mark will be subtracted for any response.


Structure of Objective Test:
There are four section –
1) Reasoning and Computer ability – range of the question asked within the section forty five and a complete mark in the section is sixty and Time period is hour.
2) Data Analysis and Interpretation - Number of the question asked within the section thirty five and a complete mark in the section is sixty and Time period is forty five minutes.
3) Data Analysis and Interpretation - Number of the question asked within the section forty and a complete mark in the section is forty and Time period is thirty five minutes.
4) English Language - Number of the question asked within the section thirty five and a complete mark in the section is forty and Time period is forty minutes.

Changes Observed in SBI PO Objective Test:
Step-wise changes observed in the SBI PO Objective check are illustrated below:
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