SBI PO Syllabus 2026
Complete subject-wise and topic-wise syllabus for SBI PO, taken from the official notification.
English Language · Prelims
- •Reading comprehension with vocabulary based questions
- •Cloze test
- •Para jumbles and sentence rearrangement
- •Error spotting and sentence correction
- •Fill in the blanks, single and double
- •Phrase replacement and sentence improvement
- •Synonyms, antonyms and idioms
- •Para completion and connectors
- •Word usage and word swap
Quantitative Aptitude · Prelims
- •Simplification and approximation
- •Number series, missing and wrong term
- •Quadratic equations and quantity comparison
- •Percentage, ratio and proportion, averages
- •Profit, loss and discount
- •Simple interest and compound interest
- •Time and work, pipes and cisterns
- •Time, speed, distance, boats and trains
- •Mixtures and alligation
- •Permutation, combination and probability
- •Mensuration of 2D and 3D figures
- •Data interpretation, tables, bar and line graphs
Reasoning Ability · Prelims
- •Puzzles, floor, box and scheduling based
- •Seating arrangement, linear and circular
- •Syllogism including reverse syllogism
- •Inequality, direct and coded
- •Blood relations and direction sense
- •Order and ranking
- •Coding decoding
- •Alphanumeric and symbol series
- •Input output
- •Data sufficiency
Data Analysis · Mains
- •Caselet data interpretation
- •Pie chart, radar and mixed graph DI
- •Missing data interpretation
- •Arithmetic based data interpretation
- •Data sufficiency, two and three statement
- •Quantity comparison
- •Probability and permutation combination based sets
- •Data analysis on profit and loss, interest and averages
- •Approximation and numerical ability within DI sets
Reasoning & Computer · Mains
- •High level puzzles and seating arrangement
- •Critical reasoning, statement and assumption, course of action
- •Cause and effect, strengthening and weakening arguments
- •Input output and machine coding
- •Logical sequence and data sufficiency
- •Coding decoding, new pattern
- •Computer fundamentals, hardware and software
- •Operating systems and MS Office basics
- •Internet, networking and web terminology
- •Database basics and DBMS terms
- •Computer abbreviations and generations
- •Cyber security and network threats
General Economy & Banking · Mains
- •Reserve Bank of India, functions and monetary policy tools
- •Banking regulation, Basel norms and capital adequacy
- •Types of banks, NBFCs and payment banks
- •Negotiable instruments and types of bank accounts
- •Priority sector lending and financial inclusion schemes
- •Money market and capital market instruments
- •SEBI, IRDAI, NABARD and other regulators
- •Budget, fiscal policy and taxation including GST
- •National income, inflation and indices
- •Banking abbreviations and financial terminology
- •International financial institutions
- •Current developments in banking and the economy
English · Mains
- •Reading comprehension, inference and tone based
- •Cloze test, new pattern
- •Error detection and sentence correction
- •Para jumbles and paragraph coherence
- •Vocabulary, word usage and connotation
- •Sentence completion and filler questions
- •Critical reasoning based English questions
- •Descriptive paper, letter writing, formal and informal
- •Descriptive paper, essay writing on banking and social topics