SBI PO Recruitment 2017: Tips with Planning Strategies

Pooja Jain
Feb 23, 2017 · 3 min read

SBI PO Exam is a national level Exam. And SBI has released the dates of SBI PO Exam. SBI PO Prelims 2017 will be held on 4 days- 29 & 30 April and 6 & 7 May 2017. The SBI PO Mains will be conducted on 4th June 2017.

Every year, A large number of candidates participate in SBI PO Exam. Too much competition for a few seats makes this exam tough. The SBI PO Exam is comprised of three phases: 1) Prelims 2) Mains and last one, Interview & Group discussions. But this year, SBI named the Group Discussion as Group Exercises. Group exercises won’t be much different from Group Discussion. In this, A task will be given to a team. SBI examiner will check that how you work in a group or a team.

Now, I will tell you the tips to crack this exam. How should you approach for it? In this blog we will talk about SBI PO Prelims 2017. In this exam, there will be three sections-

  • Quantitative Aptitude (Quants)
  • Logical Reasoning
  • English Language

Important Topics for SBI PO Prelims Quants Section:

  • Ration & Proportion
  • Time & Work
  • Simple Interest & Compound Interest
  • Number System
  • Fraction
  • Percentages
  • Profit & Loss
  • Average
  • Time & Distance
  • Partnership
  • Data Interpretation
  • Mensuration

Tips for Quantitative Aptitude:

  • First of all, you should learn concepts thoroughly.
  • You should take mock tests and analyze your speed. Because in SBI PO Exam, the speed of problem solving matters a lot.
  • In which topics, you are weak, you should concentrate on them and improve yourself.
  • You should practice daily to maintain your speed and accuracy.
  • The more you practice for quants, The better you will be at problem solving. Quants demand a lot of practice.
  • Always set your time before solving questions. Try to solve them in the time limit.

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Important Topics for SBI PO Prelims Logical Reasoning Section:

  • Seating Arrangement
  • Directions
  • Coding-Decoding
  • Ranking
  • Series Problem
  • Classification
  • Data Sufficiency
  • Blood Relation
  • Analogy
  • Classification

Tips for Logical Reasoning:

  • You should have all the materials of each topic.
  • You should learn the tricks for solving these types of questions.
  • You should not give more time on one question.
  • Try to analyze yourself and your thinking level.
  • There are some books like Paramount, RS Agarwal and Arihant’s. You can prefer for these.
  • Practice makes man perfect. This theorem applies on Logical Reasoning very well.

Important Topics for SBI PO Prelims English Language:

  • Synonyms & Antonyms
  • Grammar
  • Error Detection
  • Vocabulary
  • Para Jumbles
  • Fill in the blanks
  • Cloze Test
  • Comprehension

Tips for English Language:

  • You should learn 20 words daily. This is the way to enhance to Vocabulary.
  • You should read English newspapers that will help you a lot in writing skills and Sentence formatting.
  • Also, newspaper will boost your General Knowledge.
  • You should work on Sentence Structure and Tenses well.
  • Refer to good grammar book like Oxford Grammar tree.

So, this way, you should work for SBI PO Prelims. To qualify this exam, you have to work on speed and as well as Accuracy. Because for every wrong answer, ¼ mark will be deducted. So your concepts should be clear very well. If you want know more about SBI PO Recruitment 2017, then you can access the following link.

https://www.recruitment360.in/sbi-recruitment.html

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