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Table of content

2. Selection Procedure

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1. About SBI PO exam Posting

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4. Cut off mark

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3. Solved Model Placement paper

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5. Beware of fake job offer

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About SBI PO exam Posting

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State Bank of India (SBIN) conducts its competitive exam for recruitment posts

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of Probationary Officers (POs) all over the India both for SBIN and associate

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banks includes State Bank of Mysore, Hyderabad, Travancore and etc,...

Getting jobs at SBIN is a dream for all job seekers especially for Probationary

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Officers (POs) posting because of high scale of payment (Salary). As per the

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SBI recruitment adverts total compensation varies depending upon the place of
posting and the perquisites offered by individual Banks and on an average is

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about Rs.50,000/- and above per month from all State Bank group. The

starting basic pay is ` 16,900/-(with 4 increments) in the scale of ` 14500-

600/7-18700-700/2-20100-800/7-25700 applicable to Junior Management Grade

Scale I. Like Us on www.facebook.com/campuz914

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Pattern & Selection Procedure

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The entrance exam will be including two parts, Part A and Part B. Part A will
contain objective type questions and Part B will be a descriptive type exam.
The objective type Paper A consists of 4 sections with 50 questions each (1
mark for each question): Reasoning, Data Analysis and Interpretation, General
Awareness, Marketing and Computers and English Language.

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Phase I: Written Examination: 250 marks

The examination will consist of two parts. First part will consist of objective

questions 200marks online test while second part will be descriptive paper,

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candidates will have to answer Descriptive Test on paper/Pen mode.

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1. Reasoning (High Level): 50 marks

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Part A (Objective Paper) will consist of 2 hour duration and 200 questions
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2. Data Analysis and Interpretation: 50 marks

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3. General Awareness, Marketing and Computers: 50 marks

4. English Language (Grammar, Vocabulary, Comprehension etc.): 50 marks

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Note: Except the Test in English language all the questions in the tests will be in Hindi
and English.

The objective test will be online. Immediately after online objective test,
candidates will have to appear for Part B (Descriptive Test). Part B is a
Paper/Pen mode exam.
The candidates are required to qualify in each of the parts and sub-parts by
securing a minimum cut -off to be decided by the Bank.
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Part B: The Descriptive Test will be held through one hour and will be a test of
English Language (comprehension, short precis, letter writing & essay)

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Descriptive Test paper of only those candidates will be evaluated only for
candidates who have who scored qualifying marks in Part A and are placed
adequately high as per total marks in objective test.

Phase-II Group Discussion & Interview: 50 marks

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The aggregate marks of candidates qualifying in both the objective tests and
descriptive test will be arranged in descending order in each category. Adequate
number of candidates in each category, as decided by the Bank will be called
for Group Discussion (20 marks) and Interview (30 marks). The qualifying
marks in Group Discussion & Interview will be as decided by the Bank.

Candidates qualifying for GD & Interview under 'OBC' category are required
to submit OBC certificate containing the 'Non Creamy layer' clause.
Candidates not submitting the OBC certificate containing the 'Non Creamy
layer' clause and requesting to be interviewed under General category will not
be entertained.

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Note: The candidates will have to qualify both in Phase-I and Phase II
separately.

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Marks secured by the candidates in the Written Test (out of 250 marks) are
converted to out of 75 and marks secured in Group Discussion & Interview
(out of 50 marks) are converted to out of 25. The final merit list is prepared
after aggregating converted marks of written test and group discussion &
interview out of 100 for each category.

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Results of the candidates who have qualified for Phase II and the list of
candidates finally selected will be made available on the Bank's website. Final
list of selected candidates will be published in Employment News/Rozgar
Samachar. Like Us on www.facebook.com/campuz914

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Solved Model Placement paper

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Note: The answer are marked in green color text

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Reasoning

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(1) T (2) P (3) M (4) S (5) X

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Q.1. If the letters in the word TOPS can be rearranged to form a meaningful word
beginning with O, the last letter of that word is your answer. If more than one such
word can be formed, M is the answer and if no such word can be formed, X is the
answer.

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Q.2. 'Some leaders are dishonest. Satyapriya is a leader.' Which of the following
inferences definitely follows from these statements ?

(1) Satyapriya is honest (2) Satyapriya is dishonest

(3) Some leaders are honest (4) Leaders are generally dishonest
(5) Satyapriya is sometimes dishonest

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(I) Madhu's date of birth (II) Whether Madhu is registered as a voter

Q.3. Every person above eighteen years of age who is registered as a voter, can vote. To
find out whether Madhu, who was born twenty years ago, can vote, which of the
following further information is needed?

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(1) Only I (2) Only II (3) Either I or II (4) Neither I nor II (5) Both I and II

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Q.4. Two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take
the two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly
known facts, consider the two conclusions; together and then decide which of the given
conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly
known facts.
Statements: I.All machines are windows. All windows are clouds.

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Conclusions: I. All machines are clouds. II. All clouds are machines.

(1) None follows (2) Only I follows (3) Both I & II follow (4) Only II follows (5)
Either I or II follows

Directions: In each of the following questions, there are five letter groups or words in
each question. Four of these letter groups or words are alike in some way, while one is
different. Find the one which is different.

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Example. (1) black (2) red (3) green (4) paint (5) yellow

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Of the five, 'black, 'red', 'green' and 'yellow' form a group as they are names of colours.
'paint' is not the name of a colour. Therefore, (4) is the answer.

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Questions

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Q.5. (1) BC (2) MN (3) PQ (4) XZ (5) ST

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Q.6. (1) Mango (2) Apple (3) Orange (4) Guava (5) Rose

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Directions: In each of the following questions, there is a question mark in which only
one of the five alternatives given under the question satisfies the same relationship as is
found between the two terms to the left of the sign :: given in the question. Find the
correct answer.

Example. Foot : man : : hoof : ?

(1) leg (2) dog (3) horse (4) boy (5) shoe

In the above example, 'hoof' has the same relationship with 'horse' as 'foot' has to
'man'. Hence the answer is (3).
Questions
Q.7. Day : Night : : Kind : ?

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(1) Dark (2) Bright (3) Cruel (4) Generous (5) Gratitude

Q.8. Hut : Mansion : : Rabbit : ?

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(1) Hole (2) Carrot (3) Elephant (4) Small (5) Rat

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Questions also come in the form of figures, designs and drawings, but are generally
divided into 3 sections: Analogies, Classification and Series.

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General Awareness, Marketing and Computers:

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This test is intended to check your General Knowledge and understanding of basic
marketing and computer concepts to help judge your aptitude for the post of
Probationary Officer.

Q.1. To combat the menace of money laundering, which of the following financial
institutions has introduced the 'Know Your Customer' Scheme?
(1) IDBI (2) RBI (3) NABARD (4) SIDBI (5) Other than those given as options
Q.2. Which of the following sectors contributes maximum in deciding the growth in
income of the states in India?
(1) Energy (2) Tourism (3) Service (4) Transport (5) Agriculture
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Q.3. Which of the following is the state where the number of people living below
poverty line is maximum?

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(1) Bihar (2) Andhra Pradesh (3) Uttar Pradesh (4) Rajasthan (5) Orissa

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Q.4. Who is the person closely associated with operation flood program and was
honored by Padma Vibhushan recently?

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(1) Dr. V. Kurien (2) Dr. M. S. Swaminathan (3) Dr. Amartya Sen (4) Dr. A. P. J.
Abdul Kalam (5) Other than those given as options

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Q.5. Which of the following factors influences buyer's behavior?

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(1) Cultural and Social factors (2) Economical and external factors (3) Personal and
Psychological factors (4) both (1) & (2) or (5) both (1) & (3)

Q.6. Marketing for promotion of business in Banks involves:___

(1) Better Customer Service (2) Customer need identification (3) Customized products
(4) both (1) & (3) (5) All (1), (2) & (3)

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Q.7. 1010, 0101, 1100, 0011, 11100, ____ what is next?

(1) 00100 (2) 00111 (3) 11100 (4) 10111 (5) 01010

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Q.8. The function of CPU is ____

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Q.9. Pick the odd man out.

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(1) to provide external storage of text (2) to create a hard copy (3) to create a new
software (4) to read, interpret and process the information and instruction (5) Other
than those given as options

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(1) Monitor (2) Keyboard (3) Floppy drive (4) Windows (5) Hard-disk drive

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Q.10. The full form of LAN is ---

(1) Local Access Network (2) Local Area Network (3) Long Area Node (4) Local Area
Node (5) Other than those given as options

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General and Banking Awareness & Computer

Awareness section ASKED ON 21 June 2014 TEST
What is the full form of MICR: Magnetic Ink Character Recognition

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Sunil Gavaskar interim President of: BCCI

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Which is Khushwant Singh last book: The Good, The Bad and The Ridiculous

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Who is the Chairman of FPSB (Financial Planning and Standard Board ) - B.N
Srikrishna

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Financial Institution is made up of two bodies which are the two?

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Which is not true about BSBDA?

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Which Film won OSCAR Best Film Award:

One question was asked on SWIFT?

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Award Given by President on 8th March: Stree Shakti Puraskar

World two heritage one in Himachal and one in which state: Gujarat Rani ki vav
(Queens stepwell)
Who initiated and started IMPS system: NPCI (National Payment Corporation of
India)
DICGC doesn't insure which: Primary cooperative societies
What is the full form of NECS: National Electronic and Clearing Service
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Which is the fastest printer: Laser

Input and output of main frame computer- Terminal

Which is not peripheral devices - motherboard

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Which computer can performs complex calculations quickly: Electronic Computer

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General Banking and Marketing Awareness section

questions on 22 JUNE 2014 ONLINE EXAM

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Group of computer connected is called a ___: Network

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An unsolicited email is called: Spam

What is the full form of GUI: Graphical User Interface

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Telecommunications are controlled by TRAI

On which day lights were turn off: Earth Day

BCCI suspended which board RCA

Minimum age to Saving bank account according to RBI - 10 years
Maria Sharapova defeated which athlete in French open final - Simona Halep
Who was the Winner of Santosh Trophy 2014: Mizoram
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Which country had banned Twitter website: Turkey

Who is the Head of the Committee to Review Governance of Boards of Banks in India:
PJ Nayak

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61st National awards Best film was - Ship of Theseus

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Which is the State with highest urban population Maharashtra

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Electronic aircraft name by Airbus - e-fan

A new Airlines which got approval in India Air Asia

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Who was the winner of Deodhar Trophy 2014: West Zone

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Who was selected for M S Subbulakshmi Award 2014: Mathangi Sathyamurthy,

Karnataka musician

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What is Amortizing in Banking: An amortizing is a loan where the principal of the

loan is paid down over the life of the loan.

Now here are some questions of Computer Awareness Section asked in 22 June 2014
SBI PO Question Paper.

To save a file with other name, which to use: save as

One question was asked on Optical Memory?
One billion bytes are equal to: 1 GB

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Which among the following is not a part of CPU? - You need to know the parts of
CPU to answer this.

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2. RBI measure for liquidity in the market Repo rate

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1. International Womens day is celebrated on 8th March

SBI PO exam 14 and 15 June 2014 GK Questions

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3. Rupay launched in India by which organization NPCI (National Payments

Corporation of India)

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4. Common Wealth Games 2014 will be held in Glasgow, Scotland

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5. Cadburys India new name Mondelez India Foods Ltd

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6. IIFA International Entertainer John Travolta

7. KYC related to Know Your Customer (a term used for customer identification).

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8. Who is the chairman of TATA GROUP Cyrus Mistry

9. Full form of EFT Electronic Fund Transfer

10. Fastest mode of transaction RTGS

11. Alphanumeric code on cheque Indian Financial System Code (IFSC) is an
alphanumeric code is printed on cheque.
Note: MICR is a 9 digit code.

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12. Bank pays interest on savings account Daily basis

13. Author who got Padmabhushan? Ruskin Bond

1. .xls, .doc. are: Extensions

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2. Server shares data with other computer through: Network

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Computer Questions:

3. Using copied/ cracked software software piracy

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4. Computer used for individual use: Personal Computer

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5. A computer which connects to other computer and sends information is? Remote
Desktop
6. How can u see the contents of a file? by clicking it

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7. Computer basically performs on: binary numbers

SBI PO 2014: English Language sample

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This is a test to see how well you know English. Your English language ability would
be tested through questions on grammar, vocabulary, sentence completion, synonyms,

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antonyms, comprehension of a passage, etc. Study and answer the sample questions
given below:

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DIRECTIONS FOR QUESTIONS 1,2,3: Pick out the most appropriate word from
amongst the words given below each sentence to complete it meaningfully.

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(1) at (2) through (3) in (4) to (5) over

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Q.1. He quickly glanced ............. the book to find what it said about the Indian
economy.

Q.2. The counsel urged the court to ................. down the obnoxious law.

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(1) enact (2) enforce (3) cancel (4) strike (5) declare

Q.3. The local official .......... the Minister of the situation.

(1) explained (2) warned (3) apprised (4) told (5) intimated

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DIRECTIONS FOR QUESTIONS 4,5,6: Read each sentence to find out whether there
is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence.
The number of that part of the sentence is your answer. If there is no error, the answer
is (5).

(3)

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Q.4. I am twenty / two years old / when I first / joined the bank / No error

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Q.5. To the Hindus / the Ganga is / holier than / any other river. / No error
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Q.6. Of all the teachers / in our school / our class teacher / were very strict / No error
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DIRECTIONS FOR QUESTIONS 7,8,9: In each of the following questions, select

from amongst the five alternatives, the word nearest in meaning to the word given in
capitals.
Q.7. LETHAL
(1) light (2) dangerous (3) deadly (4) cruel (5) thoughtless
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Q.8. CENTENARY

Q.9. TRIUMPH

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(1) conquer (2) smash (3) earn (4) brave (5) capture

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(1) a guard (2) a hundred years (3) a very old man (4) hundred runs (5) hundredth
anniversary

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DIRECTIONS FOR QUESTIONS 10,11,12: In each of the following questions, select

from amongst the five alternatives, the word most opposite in meaning of the word
given in capitals.
Q.10. LIVELY

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(1) simple (2) weak (3) dull (4) angry (5) moron

Q.11. INADVERTENT

(1) adequate (2) available (3) sluggish (4) negligent (5) intentional
Q.12. INEPT

(1) accurate (2) skilful (3) sensible (4) artistic (5) apt

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Cut Off mark

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The below cut off mark chart shows based on SBI PO 2013-2014 Recruitment process

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FAKE RECRUITMENT NOTICES &

APPOINTMENT LETTERS

Central Recruitment and Promotion Department conducts Recruitments in clerical and

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officers cadre for State Bank of India and its Associate Banks. Recruitment details are

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released in Employment News/RozgarSamachar as well as Banks website. The

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recruitments are made through written test and interview or through short listing and

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interview.

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Candidates selected under different recruitment projects handled by CRPD are

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contacted by the respective Circle Offices of the Bank or the Head Offices of the
Associate Banks of SBI for completion of various formalities before issuing

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appointment letters. CRPD do not issue appointment letter to candidates. It has come

to our notice that fake appointment letters for the post of Probationary Officer, said to

have been issued by State Bank of India, Central Recruitment and Promotion
Department (CRPD), Corporate Centre, Mumbai are received by few candidates. It
has also been noticed that fake recruitment notices are released in internet by some

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miscreants. Candidates should check details of recruitments in Employment

News/Rozgar Samachar or from the Recruitment link in Banks website www.sbi.co.in,

www.statebankofindia.co.in. The roll numbers of successful candidates of various

Reference:

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www.sbi.co.in

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Phone No. 022-22820427 E-mail: crpd@sbi.co.in

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candidates may contact CRPD. The contact details are:

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recruitments should also be checked from Banks website. In case of any doubt

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