Bank PO Prelims Syllabus has three sections:

1. Quantitative Aptitude
2. Reasoning Ability
3. English Language

Please find section-wise topics from which the SBI will ask questions in the SBI PO Prelims Exam have been tabulated below:

Syllabus For Quantitative Aptitude Includes :

• Simplification and Approximation: BODMAS, Square & Cube, Square & cube root, Indices, fraction, percentage,etc.
• Number Series: Missing Number series, Wrong number series, etc.
• Inequality: Linear equation, Quadratic equation, Quantity comparison (I and II), etc.
• Arithmetic: Ratio and Proportion, Percentage, Number System, HCF and LCM, Average, Age, Partnership, Mixture and Alligation, Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Time and Work & wage, Pipe and Cistern, Profit and Loss &Discount, Speed Time Distance, Boat And stream, Train, Mensuration 2D and 3D, Probability, Permutation, and combination, etc.
• Data Interpretation (DI): Table DI, Missing Table DI, Pie chart DI (single and multiple pie chart), Line chart DI(Single and multiple line), Bar chart DI, Mixed DI, Caselet (Simple table-based caselet, Venn diagram based caselet, Arithmetic based caselet) etc.
• Data Sufficiency (DS): Two Statement Data Sufficiency

Syllabus For Reasoning Ability includes :

• Seating Arrangements – Circle/Square/Triangle/Linear/ Uncertain number of persons
• Puzzles - Category/Comparison/Designation/Box/Box/Day/Month/Year/Floor & Flat
• Inequalities – Direct and indirect
• Syllogism – Only a few
• Input-Output – Shifting and arranging based
• Data Sufficiency – 2 statements
• Blood Relations – Normal Blood Relation
• Coding Decoding – Chinese coding
• Order and Ranking
• Alpha/numeric/symbol Series
• Distance and Direction
• Miscellaneous – Odd one out, Word pair, Number pair, Number operation

Syllabus For English Language includes :

• Cloze Test
• Sentence Correction
• Para Jumbles
• Fill in the Blanks
• Reading Comprehension
• Spotting Errors
• Sentence Improvement
• Para/Sentence Completion
• Sentence Rearrangement
• Column Based, Spelling Errors
• Word Swap
• Word Rearrangement
• Sentence Based Errors
• Idioms & Phrases