Syllabus
SBI PO Prelims Syllabus 2026
State Bank of India: Probationary Officer
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.
Frequently asked questions
What is the SBI PO syllabus?
It runs to 3 sections: English Language, Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Ability. 17 named topics are listed beneath them. Those bullets are a preparation map built here from the question families this exam keeps returning to, not a subtopic list the exam body publishes: the section names, counts, marks and timing are official, the topics under them are not.
How many questions are there in the SBI PO paper, and how long is it?
The Prelims stage is 100 questions for 100 marks in 60 minutes. Wrong answers are penalised 0.25 per question. Knowing that alongside the syllabus is what turns a topic list into a plan: it tells you how many marks each section is actually worth and how many minutes you can afford per question.
How do I practise the whole SBI PO syllabus?
Sit a full mock first, before working through the topic list. A syllabus tells you what can be asked; it does not tell you which parts of it are costing you marks, and most candidates find that is not where they expected. There are 23 free tests for SBI PO here, and the sectional ones let you rebuild a single section once the full paper has shown you which one to rebuild.
Is this SBI PO syllabus current?
It is taken from the official SBI PO 2026 advertisement, cited and linked at the foot of this page, rather than from another preparation site, so you can check it against the source yourself. Syllabuses do change between cycles, usually through a corrigendum to the notification rather than a fresh document, so confirm against the current notice before planning a whole revision cycle around any topic list, including this one.