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Well right now i am the final year student. And my aim is to crack the sbi po 2016. Please give the time table and also preffered books daily how many hours is sufficient for preparation?

Preparation Plan for SBI Probationary Officer (SBI PO) 2016 Examination:

SBI PO Recruitment Examination is the toughest examination of all other banking recruitments examinations. Yes, SBI PO examination is considered as a Devil for almost candidates than IBPS PO, IBPS RRB, IBPS Clerk, SBI Clerical Cadre Examination. So you will have to work very hard in order to become Probationary Officer (PO) in State Bank of India which is a largest public sector bank. If you are an average student, then you are required to spend at least 5 hours a day in order to crack it easily. Here are the several sections in SBI PO Examination. Remember, you are required to give SBI PO Preliminary Exam, SBI PO Main Exam and then Group Discussion and Interview. Try to get good command over English Language, Data Analysis and Interpretation, High Level test of reasoning, General Awareness, Marketing and Computer Sections to score well in the exam. As I am suggesting you to spend 5 hours for preparation daily, try to allot 1 hour for each section which is mentioned above. Here are the best books to follow for SBI PO 2016 Recruitment Examination.

For Reasoning: A New Approach to Reasoning Verbal and Non-Verbal by BS Sijwali and Indu Sijwal

For Quantitative Aptitude: Magical Book on Quicker Maths by M Tyra

For English Language: Objective English for Competitive Examinations by Hari Mohan Prasad and Uma Rani Sinha

For Banking Awareness: Arihant Publications book is recommended

For Computers: MCQs on Computer Fundamental by Alok Kumar

Year Book 2015: Competition Success Review 1st Edition

# State Bank of India has changed the examination pattern for the post of Probationary Officer (PO) which is as follow:

* Phase-I (Preliminary Examination)
* Phase-II (Main Examination)
* Phase-III (Personal Interview and Group Discussion)

# In order to perform in the SBI PO Examination, it is better to be familiar with examination pattern and syllabus, then prepare accordingly.

# In order to perform well in Quantitative Aptitude candidate should follow following tips:

* Refer the book: Quicker Maths by M. Tyra
* Refer the book: Quantitative Aptitude by R.S. Aggrawal
* Make special study and try to solve question quickly & accurately related to topics such as Data Analysis and Interpretation, Pie Charts, Bar Diagrams, Graphs etc. as these topics are much time consuming.

# In order to perform well in English section, followings are the tips to the candidates:

* Daily read any English newspaper of national level.
* Also read the editorial column of newspaper daily.
* Make special study on antonyms, synonyms and for improving vocabulary.
* Refer the book: Arihant's Objective English
* Refer the book: Pearson Guide to English Language.

# In order to perform well in Reasoning Ability section, following tips are helpful:

* Practice makes man perfect. So daily practice is the only key to get mastery in this section.
* Candidate can also solve as many old and mock test as possible.
* Refer the book: A Modern Approach to Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning by R.S. Aggrawal

# In order to perform well in General Studies and Current Affairs, following tips are helpful:

* Read the newspaper of national level daily.
* Read the monthly magazine daily: Banking Service Chronicle
* Read the monthly magazine daily: Competition Success Review
* Read the monthly magazine daily: Pratiyogita Darpan
* Read the book: Arihant's General Studies
* Read the book: Lucent's General Studies

SBI PO Exam is very tough. For 1000 positions, around 1 lac applications would be received for this exam. So, preparation plays a crucial role for SBI PO job.

Here is my plan for you.

Number of Hours : Study as many number of hours as you can. But study with concentration. If you loose your concentration, just take a quick break and carry out after some time.

Time Table :
Every day, minimum 4 hours for Reasoning, 6 hours for Aptitude, 4 hours for Current affairs and 2 hours for General English.

Change your timings as per your convenience.

Preferred Books :
R.S.Agarwal for Reasoning and Aptitude
News Papers and Magazines for Current Affairs
For English, you can choose any book

Here is very tough competition in SBI PO. You promise yourself to labour hard and crack examination. For this you should plan in a tricky way. prefer those books which gives tricks as because long process of every questions are known to all of us. Work on time management as because it plays very important part during examination. Try to solve every questions but without any mistake. Read newspapers daily but english not hindi. Subjects related to examination are discussed very finely. This helps you to gain daily news as well as word power. Read magazines of different publications. Prefer maths only tricky maths of BSC publication. Select books of right publication as some books do various mistakes which should be not not beneficial for you.