State Bank of India (SBI) probationary officers’ examination 2013 was organized in State capital on Sunday. More than 17 lakhs applicants from all over the country appeared in the examination and more than 10,000 applicants from the State wrote the paper.
It is worth mentioning that the examination has set a record by receiving largest number of applications. More than 17 lakh aspirants had applied for merely 1500 probationary officers’ posts.
Sabdhani Bank Coaching Director Anand Sabdhani said that SBI PO examination 2013 is one of the biggest examinations of the year as being one of the most reputed recruiter in the sector.
Sabdhani further said that ironically opposite to the expectation of all the candidates and tutors the question paper was much easier. The written examination of 250 marks consisted of Objective test and Descriptive Test.
The objective test with two hours duration consisted of four sections with 50 marks each – English language, General Awareness, Data Analysis and Interpretation (DAI) and Reasoning. The descriptive test with one hour duration was test of English language by précis, essays, letter and comprehension. Sabdhani further said the cut off marks will go higher and is expected to be approx 135 marks.