SBI Associates PO Pattern - 2010

Written Examination consists of two parts:

i)Objective Test(Time = 120minutes Marks =200):

It will comprise of four sections namely:

1)Test of English Language                                            50Q     50Marks

2)Test of GA, Marketing, Computer Awareness            50Q     50Marks

3)Test of Data Analysis & Interpretation               50Q     50Marks

4)Test of High Level Reasoning                                    50Q     50Marks

Note: Questions on the above sections(especially 3^rd & 4^th sections) are quite complex compared to what you faced for previous Bank PO exams. For each questions you will get 1mark. For every wrong answer 0.25 mark will be deducted.

In order to clear the objective test based on the Time and the No. of questions given with maintaining 95% accuracy. Time duration for each Section is shown below(This is an example only):

1)English                                         35Q     30Min

2)GA, Marketing, Computer           35Q     20Min

3)DA & Interpretation             35Q     35Min

4)Reasoning                                     35Q     35Min

ii)Descriptive(Time = 60minutes Marks =50):

It will consist of:

->Letter Writing

-> Précis Writing

->Essay.

Note: This paper will be evaluated only if you qualify in the Objective test only with high in percentile ranking. Both Objective(all sections) & Descriptive are to be reckoned for Merit ranking. The Total marks considered for the written exam is 250(200+50).