SBI SO 2022
SBI
SO (Specialist Officers) 2022 Notification:
The exam will be conducted in online mode.
- 0.25
or ¼ mark will be deducted for every incorrect answer.
- The
exam can be attempted in English and Hindi both.
- For
each course, there will be 2 exams.
- The
exam will be objective or MCQ type.
- A
total of 200 questions will be provided to the candidates having 5 options
each.
- The
subjects that will be included in almost all courses are Reasoning,
Quantitative aptitude, English, and General Knowledge.
SBI SO 2022 Exam Pattern Highlights
Having
detailed information about SBI SO Exam Pattern help candidates in boosting
their performance. The mode of exam will be online, and MCQs are asked in the
exam. Further details are tabular below:
|
Particulars |
Details |
|
Exam
Mode |
Online |
|
Number
of papers |
2 |
|
Question
Paper Type |
MCQ |
|
Exam
language |
English/
Hindi |
|
Posts
offered |
Assistant
Managers, Engineers, Officers, Architects, designers, administrators, Tester,
Manager, Analysts, Developers, Test lead, innovation specialist, and various
other Posts on the regular/ contractual basis |
|
Number
of questions |
Depends
on the post you are applying for |
SBI SO 2022 Exam Pattern
There
is a separate exam to recruit Specialist Officers as Assistant Managers,
Engineers, Officers, Architects, Designers, Administrators, Tester, Managers,
Analysts, Developers, and various other posts on a regular/ contractual basis.
Candidates applying for a particular post must meet the minimum SBI SO eligibility criteria.
The exam pattern for each of them is different.
The
exam for the post of Systems, CA, and Engineering Officers will be conducted in
two parts. Candidates will have to attempt Question Paper 1 and Question Paper
2. Question paper 1 will be conducted for 90 minutes. Candidates will be asked
to answer 120 questions from three sections namely, English Language, Reasoning
Ability, and Quantitative Aptitude. Similarly, question paper 2 will have questions
related to professional knowledge. The detailed exam pattern has been
tabulated below:
Question Paper 1: For Systems, CA, and
Engineering Officers
The
total time limit for paper 1 is 90 minutes. Candidates can check more details
by referring to the table provided below:
|
Sr. No. |
Name of the Test |
Number of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
|
1 |
English
language |
35 |
35 |
|
2 |
Reasoning
Ability |
50 |
50 |
|
3 |
Quantitative
Aptitude |
35 |
35 |
|
Total |
Time
Duration- 90 Minutes |
120 |
120 |
Question Paper 2: For Systems, CA, and
Engineering Officers
Through
this paper, candidates’ professional knowledge will be tested. Further details
can be checked here:
|
Sr. No. |
Name of the Test |
Number of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
|
1 |
Professional
Knowledge |
50 |
100 |
|
Total |
Time
Duration- 45 Minutes |
50 |
100 |
SBI SO Exam Pattern (For Law Officers)
For
the post of Law Officers, applicants will have to attempt 2 papers- Question
Paper 1 and Question Paper 2. The details are as follows:
Question Paper 1: For Law Officer
Question
paper 1 comprises 50 questions from the English Language while 70 questions
from Reasoning Ability will be asked. Check more details here.
|
Sr. No. |
Name of the Test |
Number of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
|
1 |
English
language |
50 |
50 |
|
2 |
Reasoning
Ability |
70 |
70 |
|
Total |
Time
Duration- 90 Minutes |
120 |
120 |
Question Paper 2: For Law Officer
In
question paper 2, professional knowledge will be tested for a maximum of 50
marks. Candidates can check more details here:
|
Sr. No. |
Name of the Test |
Number of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
|
1 |
Professional
Knowledge |
50 |
100 |
|
Total |
Time
Duration- 45 Minutes |
50 |
100 |
SBI SO Exam Pattern (For Official Language
Officers)
Official
Language Officers will be required to have proficiency in Hindi and English
language along with the possession of some reasoning abilities. Based on these
skills the exam will be conducted, and candidates must fill SBI SO application form as
per their eligibility. Question paper 1 shall be conducted for 90 minutes.
Question paper 2 will be consisting of professional knowledge questions. The
details are as follows:
Question Paper 1: For Official Language
Officers
Subjects
like reasoning, language (Hindi/English), etc. come in the Paper 1 exam.
|
Sr. No. |
Name of the Test |
Number of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
|
1 |
Language
(Hindi & English) |
70 |
70 |
|
2 |
Reasoning
Ability |
50 |
50 |
|
Total |
Time
Duration- 90 Minutes |
120 |
120 |
Question Paper 2: For Official Language
Officers
Candidates
are supposed to answer 50 questions and the time limit given for the same is 45
minutes.
|
Sr. No. |
Name of the Test |
Number of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
|
1 |
Professional
Knowledge |
50 |
100 |
|
Total |
Time
Duration- 45 Minutes |
50 |
100 |
SBI SO Exam Pattern (For Economists)
Unlike
other exams, candidates for this post are required to appear for 3 papers.
Question Paper 1 shall be attempted within 90 minutes’ time. While Question Per
2 and Question Paper 3 will be conducted in 45 minutes for each paper. The
details of each paper have been listed below:
Question Paper 1: For Economist
Focus
on all the important subjects to clear the exam with flying colors. Details
related to the exam pattern are provided below.
|
Sr. No. |
Name of the Test |
Number of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
|
1 |
English
language |
35 |
35 |
|
2 |
Reasoning
Ability |
50 |
50 |
|
3 |
Quantitative
Aptitude |
35 |
35 |
|
Total |
Time
Duration- 90 Minutes |
120 |
120 |
Question Paper 2: For Economist
Candidates
must improve their professional knowledge skills to get selected for the post.
Details concerning the exam pattern are mentioned here.
|
Sr.No. |
Name of the Test |
Number of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
|
1 |
Professional
Knowledge |
50 |
100 |
|
Total |
Time
Duration- 45 Minutes |
50 |
100 |
Question Paper 3 For Economist
The
third question paper for the post of ‘Economist’ will be of a descriptive
nature. Candidates will be asked to write an essay on a topic related to
Economics. The question paper will be of 50 marks. 45 Minutes will be provided
to the candidates to solve the question paper.
SBI SO 2022 Marking Scheme
The
marking scheme is such that, questions asked in question paper 1 will be
comprising one mark for each correct answer. 0.25 Or ¼ mark will be deducted
for every incorrect answer. In question paper 2, 50 questions for a total of
100 marks will be asked. There will be different exams that carry different
marks and also time allotted to them is different. Candidates have to score
minimum qualifying marks to crack this exam
SBI SO 2022 Syllabus
There
are various posts that SBI recruits through SBI SO examination and there are
different question papers set for all the aspirants of different posts.
Post qualifying for the exam, candidates selected for the post can expect a
decent SBI SO salary along
with many perks. Below the professional knowledge section of the question
paper has been provided according to the posts under SBI SO.
- Chartered
Accountant: Accounting
Standards, Accounting Guidance Note, Financial Report Standards, Indian
Accounting Standards, Corporate Financial Reporting, Accounting and
Reporting of Financial Instrument, Share-based Payment, Liability
Valuation, Share, Business valuation, Inflation Accounting, Indian Capital
Market, Mutual Funds, Foreign Exchanges, Auditing, etc.
- Statistician: Basic Statistical Methods
and Inference, Uni-Variate Data, Bi-Variate Data, Time series forecasting,
Sampling Concepts, Sampling Distribution, Estimations Theory, Simple
Regression, Multiple Regression, Variance Analysis, Banking-Insurance,
Financial Market, Foreign Exchanges, Forecasting Portfolio, etc.
- Law
Officer: Banking
Regulated Laws, Banking Security Laws, Negotiable Instruments, Ethics and
Corporate Governance in Banking, Financial Analysis, Banking Operational
Laws, Banker-Customer Relations, Electronic Banking, Loans and Advances,
Compliance and Legal Aspects, Security Types and Regulatory Frameworks,
etc.
- Systems
Officer/IT Officer: Computer
Networks and Basic Programing Languages (C, C++, Java), Data Base
Management Systems (DBMS), Basic concepts of Software and Hardware, Data
Structures, Computer Organization, Computer Networks, Network Programming,
Algorithms, Digital Electronics, Web Technologies, Information Systems,
and Software Engineering, etc.
Question
paper 1 mainly consists of the topics from Reasoning Abilities, Quantitative
Abilities, and English Language. The topics covered in this section are as
follows:
|
Reasoning Ability |
Quantitative Aptitude |
English |
|
Alpha
Numeric Sequence Puzzle. |
Averages. |
Articles. |
|
Alphabet
Test. |
Boats
& Streams. |
Cloze
Test. |
|
Arithmetical
Reasoning, Classification. |
Clocks. |
Comprehension. |
|
Clocks
& Calendars. |
Decimal
& Fractions. |
Conclusion. |
|
Data
Sufficiency. |
HCF
& LCM. |
Fill
in the Blanks. |
|
Deriving
Conclusions from Passages. |
Line
Graphs. |
Para
substitution |
|
Direction
and distance Sense Test. |
Logarithms. |
Para
Jumble |
|
Inserting
The Missing Character. |
Mensuration. |
Close
test/ passages |
|
Time
sequence test |
Mixtures
& Allegations. |
Synonyms/Antonyms |
|
Analytical
reasoning |
Compound
Interest |
Choosing
the appropriate word |
|
Cause
and effect Input and output arrangements |
Time,
Speed, and Distance |
Spelling
check |
|
Seating
arrangements |
Profit
and Loss |
Idioms
& Phrases. |
|
Coded
inequalities |
Permutation
and Combination |
Completion
of a Sentence. |
|
Decision
making, |
Probability |
Correction
of a Sentence. |
|
Logical
Sequence of Words. |
Data
Interpretation and sufficiency (will include Pie charts, Data tables, Bar
Graphs, Line graphs, Mixed graphs, case studies, etc.) |
Re-arrangement
of a Sentence. |
|
Logical
Venn Diagrams. |
Permutation
& Combination. |
Subject-Verb
Agreement. |
|
Statement
– Conclusions. |
Problems
on Ages. |
Tenses. |
|
Theme
Detection, Alphabet numbers |
Problems
on Trains. |
Theme
detection. |
|
Series
Test, Syllogism |
Roots. |
Unseen
Passages. |
|
Analogies/Decision-making |
Simplification. |
Verb. |
|
Coding/Decoding |
Time
and Work. |
Word
Formation. |
|
Blood
Relations |
Volume
& Surface |
Vocabulary |
|
Odd
one out Number |
Area. |
Grammar |
|
Ranking |
Number
system and simplification |
Identification
of errors |
|
Statement
and assumptions |
Unitary
Method |
Theme
Detection |
|
Course
of action |
Problem-based
on numbers |
Voice
Change |
SBI SO 2022: Professional Knowledge (Common
for all IT Posts)
The
detailed syllabus for the professional knowledge paper asked in SBI SO exam is
provided below:
- Database
Management System (DBMS)
- Data
Communication & Networking
- Computer
organization & Microprocessor
- Data
structure
- Integrated
circuits
- Programming
language C, C++, and OOPS
- Cyber
Security and Threats
- Operating
system & amp; system programming
- Compiler
design
- Software
engineering
- Mobile
Technologies
- Digital
electronics
- Basic
Terms
SBI SO Exam: Professional Knowledge (Common
for all Finance Posts)
Candidates
can check the beneath syllabus for professional knowledge paper, which is
common for all finance posts, to plan their exam preparations:
- Direct
and Indirect Taxes
- Cost
Accounting Concepts
- Management
Accounting Concepts
- Basic
Accounting concepts and principles
- Accounting
Standards
- Auditing
standards
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