SBI PO Prelims Syllabus 2026
SBI PO Prelims has 100 questions for 100 marks in 60 minutes. Each of the three sections is separately timed for 20 minutes.
SBI officially publishes the section names, question counts, marks and timing. It does not publish an exhaustive chapter-by-chapter syllabus in the advertisement. The topic bullets below are a TakeMockTest preparation map, not an SBI-prescribed subtopic list.
English Language
40 questions · 40 marks · 20 minutes- • Reading comprehension and contextual vocabulary
- • Cloze tests and fillers
- • Sentence correction and error detection
- • Para jumbles and sentence arrangement
- • Word usage, phrase replacement and grammar in context
Quantitative Aptitude
30 questions · 30 marks · 20 minutes- • Simplification and approximation
- • Number series and arithmetic relationships
- • Data interpretation
- • Percentage, ratio, average and partnership
- • Profit and loss, interest and mixture
- • Time and work, pipes, speed and distance
Reasoning Ability
30 questions · 30 marks · 20 minutes- • Seating arrangement and logic puzzles
- • Syllogism and inequalities
- • Coding-decoding and alphanumeric patterns
- • Blood relations and direction sense
- • Ranking, order and comparison
- • Data sufficiency and logical conditions
What comes after Prelims?
The official advertisement also defines a Main Examination and a descriptive test, followed by Phase III. This page keeps the topicSections aligned to the three Prelims sections currently represented in the TakeMockTest exam configuration.
Official source
Official pattern source: State Bank of India, Probationary Officer recruitment advertisement CRPD/PO/2026-27/09. View the official SBI PO 2026 advertisement.