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Dear Sir/Madam
i want to clear my bank PO entrance exam.MY syndicate Bank PO exam is held on 28 october.i need previous years question paper.please tell me about bank PO exam and its preparation

Hello Friend,


For Bank P.O exam you have to strong your base by reading Lucent General Knowledge Book & for Reasoning you have to take Kiran Publication book & for Maths you have to take R.S.Aggarwal & for previous paper you have to visit below mentioned website..
http://mrintech.com/download-syndicate-bank-probationary-officer-exam-sample-question-paper


Best of Luck


Vishal Chaudhary

Hello friend,

The written examination for the PO is of objective type and consists of following type of questions

Reasoning
Quantitative aptitude
General awareness
English
Computer

There will be negative marking for each wrong answer hence, its better to leave the question rather then guessing it, in case of any doubt.
As far as the books for preparation is concerned, there are various books by many authors available in the book stores and its always better to read books written by as many authors as possible.

Bank exams require you to be updated with the current affairs.Apart from general knowledge reasoning ,English and quantitative knowledge is also essential. Books like Kiran publication for general knowledge,RS Aggrawal for maths will be useful.Solve previous years question papers. There are many coaching centres for bank exams.There would be a written test and interview.In the written exam both objective and subjective questions are asked.Bank exam follows negative marking for each wrong answer.Those who get selected enter as Probationary Ofiicers.

Hi, friend i'll say you know almost every banks conducts it's own PO exam and their exam pattern are more or less similar.A objective type written test followed by interview.Here is some detailed information for you

Bank Probationary Officer (PO) Exam
A Probationary Officer (PO) in a bank can be made to work in diverse
fields such as Marketing, Finance, IT and so on. It is a prestigious
post and there is a huge turn out on the PO Exam dates these days.
Luckily many banks in India these days are recruiting for this post
heavily and there are high chances for a person to get selected. Here
is a short review of the requirements for post of PO.


Educational qualifications
– Graduate or Post Graduate in arts, science, commerce, engineering
and so on with a certain minimum percentage. This varies from bank to
bank. Some take 50% minimum and some from 60% to 65 % also. There is a
relaxation for the SC/ST people.

Age

– Not less than 21 years


Written test pattern

– The written test comprises of objective as well as subjective paper. The objective paper has following sections:

a) Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning ability – around 75 questions

b) Quantitative Aptitude – around 50 questions

c) English – around 50 questions

d) General Awareness around 50 questions

best of luck ........

hi if you want to prepare for Bank Exams and SSC, Railway, teacher Grade from Jaipur then contact me for proper guidance and Tricks.
Dr. RG Sir
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hi friend!!!

its a gud thing to know ur preparing for po exams...
as PO exams are considered their are various posts ....
and there are books available...

in general the bank exams are quite easy... and few questions will be regarding the banking sectors.... there will be general knowledge, reasoning and aptitude...

for all this you can follow R.S AGARWAL'S APTITUDE BOOK n verbal and reasoning books ... and den u can follow the below link so that u can have a glance of how this exam is ....

here is the link for model papers....


http://nsemarket.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/syndicate-bank-probationary-officer-model-paper/

http://www.gjtutorial.com/news/2008/09/sample-question-paper-marketing-bank-entrance-exam/

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/8823116/Syndicate-Bank-Interview-Question-Bank

http://www.exampapers.info/2009/07/21/786185/exam-papers-sample-questions-for-bank-po-exam/index.html

all d best dude....

regards

raja nivedha

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Dear Sir/Madam
i want to clear my bank PO entrance exam.MY syndicate Bank PO exam is held on 28 october.i need previous years question paper.please tell me about bank PO exam and its preparation

Friend Bank PO is a good post in a bank. There are lakhs of contestants in this exam so for this you have to make through preparation with speed and accuracy.
This basically comes from hard work and regular practice.
For this exam the are five sections which you have to get command over it.
Reasoning both verbal and non-verbal
Maths of 10 th level and data intrepretation
Current affairs
English
Computers

These are the subjects which are being asked in all bank exams
the books for which you can go for are
Pratiyogita Darpan for GS
Quicker maths by M.Tyra of BSC publication and RS Agrawal
BSC publication book for reasoning

You can even join any coaching institutes for speed tests series

Best of luck

hai
The various bankPO eam dates are:

South india bank clerical staff exam: 3-jan
Indian bank robationary officaers exam: 17th jan
Union bank of india clerical exam: 10th jan
Bank of baroda exam: 7-feb
Allahabad bank PO exam: 14-mar

hello friend minimum eligibility for the bank po exam is you need to have a graduation with minimum 60% marks
and dates are different for different bank po recruitments
so you must mention here that for which bank you want to apply then i will provide you dates for that

i need one model question paper for syndicate bank po post if any one knows send me..
mail id is [email protected]

which books we have to refer for bank po exams . pleass send name of the books which are the best one.. n when the bank po exams to be held on?

hi friend,

Bank PO exam is conducted basically in following areas:
(i) test of English language (grammar, vocabulary, comprehension etc.)
(ii) test of general awareness, marketing and computers
(iii) test of data analysis and interpretation
(iv) test of reasoning

I am mentioning the links where you can get the question paper of bank po exam. :
http://www.scribd.com/doc/12750083/B...uestion-Papers

This link consists of the solved question paper of SBI and union bank of india, which will give you ideas of the exam pattern.

hi friend,

Basically there are four type of questions encounter in first round of Bank PO:
i.Reasoning Ability Test
ii.Quantitative Aptitude
iii.General Awareness/Computer Knowledge
iv.English Language

Refer these books:
Quantitative : Arihant publication and RS agarwal
Verbal and Non verbal: Sijwali and RS agarwal
GK and Computer: computer-internet and newspapers. can refer Lucent

I have a sample paper of PO exam , you may refer following link for other papers:
http://questionpaper.in/

im extremely weak in maths...so plz tel me is it necessary to attempt all maths section?whch questions shud i attempt

What is the starting pay of a PO generally in any Bank?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

What is the starting pay of a PO generally in any Bank?

The starting payscale of bank po is generally 28,00 in most of the banks.
it is the offficer rank

how many ques will be attempted for clearing bank po?

hi, i am a BE fresher, i hv applied for corporation bank po exam.. pl guide me as to what all i hv to prepare for exam other than apti..
And i would like to do self study than joining any institute.. or is it necessary to join an institute?
1 month is left for the exam, can i prepare well and get through as po in corporation bank within this short period of time?
Please guide me.

hai,iam b.tech fresher,i hav applied for bank of baroda po exam..please guide me as to what all i hav to prepare for exam other aptitude.

Is Bank PO better than software job?

can i get sample question papers of Bank PO's!

Eligibility Criteria for Bank PO Exam:
•Candidate must be citizen of India.
•Candidate should have completed their graduation with at least 60 % aggregate from the recognized University to be eligible for this course.
•Candidate must be computer literate to be eligible for this course.
•Candidate must be above 21 years of age and must not be more than 30 years of age.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

can i get sample question papers of Bank PO's!

hello friend...

Attached some of the different Bank PO exam papers in this post.. check it over... hope it helps for your preparation...

All the Best...

Hi Friends,
Please suggest me a good institute for PO exam coaching in Delhi & chandigarh.Thanks in advance.

DEAR FRIEND,

See one thing that there will so many steps for Bank PO examination.The steps are..

1.Quantative Aptitude
2.Reasoning
3.English Grammer
4.Group Discussion
5.Personal Interview.

As you are from Delhi and want to coaching in different institute of Delhi then go there and take preparation.
good luck.

dear friend,

There will be aptitude test and for this you may prepare from R.S.Agarwal's book and for question papers you may visit the following websites...

http://www.freshersworld.com

http://questionpapers.in

good luck.

dear friend,

There will be aptitude test and for this you may prepare from R.S.Agarwal's book and for question papers you may visit the following websites...

http://www.freshersworld.com

http://questionpapers.in

good luck.

Hi,
For Bank P.O exam you have to strong your base by reading Lucent General Knowledge Book & for Reasoning you have to take Kiran Publication book & for Maths you have to take R.S.Aggarwal & for previous paper you have to visit below mentioned website..
http://mrintech.com/download-syndicate-bank-probationary-officer-exam-sample-question-paper

Thanks

Hi,
For Bank P.O exam you have to strong your base by reading Lucent General Knowledge Book & for Reasoning you have to take Kiran Publication book & for Maths you have to take R.S.Aggarwal & for previous paper you have to visit below mentioned website..
http://mrintech.com/download-syndicate-bank-probationary-officer-exam-sample-question-paper

Thanks

In recent days, the bank PO jobs are in great demand as this provides so many benefits and good working environment to employees.

For almost all bank exams, the eligibility will be
Academic qualification :
-Should have secured 55% of marks in graduation and 60% in 10+2
-Relaxation is there in percentage of marks for SC/ST categories candidates.
-Computer knowledge will be required.

Age criteria :
One should be in the age of 21-30 years to be eligible for bank PO exam.

The selection procedure will be by
1) Written test
2)Interview.

Written test may comprises of questions from several categories
-Reasoning
-Quantitative aptitude
-General English
-General awareness
-Computer/Marketing knowledge.

There is negative marking for wrong answers and one should qualify in each of the categories.

Candidates qualified in the written test will be called for interview depending upon the number of people required for the bank positions.

For reasoning and aptitude, R.S.Agarwal is the good book to prepare.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Dear Sir/Madam
i want to clear my bank PO entrance exam.MY syndicate Bank PO exam is held on 28 october.i need previous years question paper.please tell me about bank PO exam and its preparation

Hey friend,
First of all Bank PO means Bank’s Probationary Officer.
As you have known that Bank PO is pretty much a competitive exam.So i have mentioned some of the education and eligibility criteria that you must possess for the exam and i have attached some papers which would be helpful for your preparation.

Syndicate Bank PO Exam Eligibility Criteria:

If you are planning to prepare for PO exam for Syndicate Bank then it is important for you to understand the eligibility criteria for the same. Please refer to the below mentioned basics of eligibility criteria:

One needs to be citizen of India in order to be eligible to apply for the designation of PO for Syndicate Bank.

A subject of Nepal or Bhutan with a favor certificate of eligibility issued by Government of India.

Person can be a Tibetan refugee, who came to India prior to 1st January, 1962. It is important that this refugee came to India with intentions to permanently stay here. It is important that this person holds a favor certificate of eligibility issued by Government of India.

A person of Indian origin who has later migrated to Burma, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, East African countries like Uganda, Zambia, Kenya, United Republic of Tanzania, Malawi, Ethiopia, Zaire & Vietnam with full intentions of permanently settling in India. It is mandatory for this person to hold a favor certificate of eligibility issued by Government of India.

Candidates over the age of 21 years and below or equal to 30 years of age are eligible to apply for this job.

Education Qualification:

PG degree from any recognized university in any subject with 60% aggregate and computer science course which includes MS office, MS Word, Excel etc. or MCA with 60% aggregate. A person with bachelor’s degree in engineering with 60 % aggregate along with computer knowledge is also eligible.

Syllabus to be covered:

1. Test of Reasoning/Mental Ability/Aptitude:
This section usually tries to test the reasoning abilities and mental aptitude of the candidate. Questions are asked mainly from the following categories.

VERBAL:

Number Series
Alphabet Series
Test of Direction Sense
Coding-Decoding
Number Ranking
Arithmetical Reasoning
Problem on Age Calculation
Blood Relations
Analogy
Decision Making etc.

NON-VERBAL:

Non Verbal Series
Mirror Images
Cubes and Dice
Grouping Identical Figures
Embedded Figures etc

2. Quantitative Aptitude:
This section tests the quantitative and mathematical skills of the candidate. Questions are asked mainly from the following categories.
Number System
HCF, LCM
Simplification
Decimal Fractions
Ratio and Proportions
Unitary Method
Percentage
Time and Distance
Time and Work
Profit and Loss
Average
Simple and Compound Interest
Mensuration (2D and 3D)
Algebra
Data Interpretation

3. English:
This section is designed to test the language abilities and understanding of English grammar. Questions are asked mainly from the following categories.
Verb
Adverb
Subject Verb Agreement
Error Correction
Tenses
Sentence Rearrangement
Fill in the Blanks with Modals, Articles etc
Comprehension
Answering questions based on Unseen Passages
Vocabulary
Synonyms
Antonyms

4. General Awareness:
This section is checks whether the candidate keep himself/herself up to date with the world around them. Questions are asked mainly from the following categories.

Current Affairs (National and International)
Major Financial/Economic News
Budget and Five Year Plans
Who's Who
Sports
Books and Authors
Awards and Honours
Science - Inventions and Discoveries
Abbreviations
Important Days
International and National Organisations.


Syllabus may vary from Bank to Bank and from Time to Time. However this broadly covers all the topics one should prepare for Bank PO Examination.

I am preparing for bank po exam and SO please send me old descriptive questions asked recently in po exam and please tell me that how i have to prepare for descriptive paper

hi, i am a b.com 2nd year student & i want to prepare for BANK PO.

please give me some more information......

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Dear Sir/Madam
i want to clear my bank PO entrance exam.MY syndicate Bank PO exam is held on 28 october.i need previous years question paper.please tell me about bank PO exam and its preparation

The examination pattern for the Syndicate bank PO exam is based on the
following pattern.


So you have to study according to the above pattern for the preparation of bank PO exam.

You can study the following books for the preparation of bank PO exam.

Hi dear,
Bank Probationary Officer (PO) Exam
A Probationary Officer (PO) in a bank can be made to work in diverse
fields such as Marketing, Finance, IT and so on. It is a prestigious
post and there is a huge turn out on the PO Exam dates these days.
Luckily many banks in India these days are recruiting for this post
heavily and there are high chances for a person to get selected. Here
is a short review of the requirements for post of PO.


Educational qualifications
– Graduate or Post Graduate in arts, science, commerce, engineering
and so on with a certain minimum percentage. This varies from bank to
bank. Some take 50% minimum and some from 60% to 65 % also. There is a
relaxation for the SC/ST people.

Age

– Not less than 21 years


Written test pattern

– The written test comprises of objective as well as subjective paper. The objective paper has following sections:

a) Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning ability – around 75 questions

b) Quantitative Aptitude – around 50 questions

c) English – around 50 questions

d) General Awareness around 50 questions

Thanks

For Bank P.O exam you have to strong your base by reading Lucent General Knowledge Book & for Reasoning you have to take Kiran Publication book & for Maths you have to take R.S.Aggarwal & for previous paper you have to visit below mentioned website..
http://mrintech.com/download-syndicate-bank-probationary-officer-exam-sample-question-paper

Qualification:- For PO You should have completed their graduation with at
least 60 % aggregate from the recognized University to be
eligible for this course. you must be computer literate to be
eligible for this course.

Age limit:- minimum age 21 years and maximum 30 years of age for
general/obc. There are relaxation for sc/st/sst and other.

Selection Criteria:

Examination will be held in two terms.
First term(1st objective paper,discriptive paper).
Second term-interview.

Objective examination will consist of:
i.Reasoning Ability Test
ii.Quantitative Aptitude
iii.General Awareness/Computer Knowledge
iv.English Language

In discriptive paper you will have to give the answers of 5 different questions on different topic(based on social economic and some social issues).

Note :- you should solved previous papers of bank. you can join a good
coaching.

I am providing the links where you can get the question paper of bank po exam. :
http://www.scribd.com/doc/12750083/B...uestion-Papers

Originally Posted by Unregistered

hi, i am a b.com 2nd year student & i want to prepare for BANK PO.

please give me some more information......

BANK PO EXAMINATION

Eligibility Criteria:

Educational Qualification:
-Should have secured 55% of marks in graduation and 60% in 10+2.

-Relaxation is there in percentage of marks for SC/ST categories candidates.

-Computer knowledge will be required.

Age criteria :
One should be in the age of 21-30 years to be eligible for bank PO exam.

Selection Procedure:
1) Written test
2)Interview.

Written test may comprises of questions from
-Reasoning
-Quantitative aptitude
-General English
-General awareness
-Computer/Marketing knowledge.

There is negative marking for wrong answers and one should qualify in each of the categories.

For reasoning and aptitude, R.S.Agarwal is the good book to prepare..

All the best....

bank PO(Probationary Officer) examination consists of
Reasoning
Quantitative aptitude
General awareness
English
Computer

the eligibility criterion to appear in Bank PO examination is candidate should have minimum of graduation degree with minimum of 60% marks although this criterion vary for different bank PO examination. age should be in between 21 to 30 for general category.

to clear bank PO examination you must be prepare for the examination attentively. first buy some good books from market and solve them yourself attentively. then solve some model question papers will be given in the last of the book. after that collect previous year bank PO examination papers for that particular bank examination and solve the previous years paper. then you will be quiet confident about the examination and you will clear the bank PO examination. after that you have to be prepare for interview. after clearing interview you will be selected for Bank Probationary Officer.

best of luck.

PO EXAM CRITERA

Education Qualification
For the post of PO candidate should be graduate in any discipline
from a recognized university. Those appeared in the final year examination
are also eligible.

Age Limit
Generally the age limit required by most of the bank for the post
of bank PO is between 21 to 30 years.

PATTERN
Written test may comprises of questions from several categories
-Reasoning
-Quantitative aptitude
-General English
-General awareness
-Computer/Marketing knowledge.

Educational qualifications
– Graduate or Post Graduate in arts, science, commerce, engineering
and so on with a certain minimum percentage. This varies from bank to
bank. Some take 50% minimum and some from 60% to 65 % also. There is a
relaxation for the SC/ST people.

Age

21-30 years.

now a days banking exams r tuff type of questions are diffrent from previous pattern of PO exam now wat should be the strategy for it . Not able to understand wat banks want from a camdidate r they looking for CAT/IIM aspirants not average guys who have less means to get job like in banks

bank po book

Hi dear,

Bank PO exam is conducted basically in following areas:
(i) test of English language (grammar, vocabulary, comprehension etc.)
(ii) test of general awareness, marketing and computers
(iii) test of data analysis and interpretation
(iv) test of reasoning

I am mentioning the links where you can get the question paper of bank po exam. :
http://www.scribd.com/doc/12750083/B...uestion-Papers

This link consists of the solved question paper of SBI and union bank of india, which will give you ideas of the exam pattern.
Thanks

Thanks everybody for your valuable guidance....god bless u all!
N best of luck to all the aspirants....adios :)

Is there any changes have been done concerning bank exams?

Hello Aspirant,
? For bank exams you have to work more.
Prepare for all these types of questions.
1) Reasoning
2) Aptitude
3) Logical thinking
4) English etc.,

bank Probationary Officer
There are Lot of Bank P.O Exam held every Year in India,List of Bank PO Exams are

•Federal Bank PO•Syndicate Bank PO•Indian Overseas Bank PO•Canara Bank PO•SBI Bank PO•ICICI Bank PO•UCO Bank PO•Bank of Baroda PO•Corporation Bank PO•OBC Bank PO•Saraswati Cooperation Bank PO•Allahabad Bank PO etc...
Books For Reference:-

As if you prepare for Any Bank Exam with Respect to that Bank books then Automatically You will be prepared for Other Bank Exams too because Syllabus For PO exams are almost same for Different Banks.

All the best.

hello sir,
1 have 10TH 58% is it any problem for bank po xam?
and also tell me about how to prep for bank po xam,, how many hours will i do prepare per day?