Best Tips to Clear SBI PO Exam 2021
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Every year, millions of students fill SBI PO Exam forms and dream of becoming SBI POs by clearing one of India’s most challenging and respected Bank exams. But, only a few candidates are able to clear it. This is because the overall difficulty level of the SBI PO exam is higher than other Bank PO exams. But a good preparation and strategy decreases and even eliminates the difficulty for a candidate in achieving this aim.

In this article, we will be discussing the best tips that every topper follows to clear both SBI PO Prelims & Mains Exams!

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Exam Pattern for SBI PO Prelims & Mains

Let’s look at the exam pattern for the SBI PO Prelims Exam: 

S. No. Section No. Of Questions Max. Marks Time allotted for each test 
English Language 30 30 20 minutes 
Quantitative Aptitude 35 35 20 minutes 
Reasoning Ability 35 35 20 minutes 
TOTAL 100 100 1-hour 
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Given below is the exam pattern for the Mains exam:

S. No.Name of Tests (Objective)No. of QuestionsMaximum MarksDuration
1Reasoning & Computer Aptitude456060 minutes
2English Language354040 minutes
3Data Analysis & Interpretation356045 minutes
4General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness404035 minutes
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Best tips to crack the SBI PO Exam 2021

Here are the best tips that all the toppers follow to crack the SBI PO Exam:

1.    Analyze SBI PO Exam syllabus and Exam pattern

As said earlier, the first and foremost thing to beat the SBI PO exam is to analyze the exam pattern and marking scheme. You need to analyze every topic included in each section of the exam. Decide which topics or areas need more time to study and make a plan to invest proper time in each section. Don’t forget that some or certain topics are more important than others. Once you get a clear idea about the syllabus, you can smartly plan your SBI PO exam preparation accordingly.

2.    Craft a realistic time table

You need to create a realistic timetable as per the latest SBI PO Exam syllabus. Stick to that timetable.  If you feel you’re weak in any subject or topic, spend more time on it. It always makes your preparation easy and increases your concentration levels.

3.    Understand the concepts, theories and short cuts properly

All you need to do is understand all the theories and concepts to answer confidently in the SBI PO Exam. You can apply shortcuts and techniques to questions on Numerical Ability, Quantitative Aptitude, or Reasoning Ability to solve them quickly and easily. So, after understanding the concepts and getting to know all the related theories, you can quickly learn the shortcuts. For example, the knowledge of basic grammatical rules, structures, and other useful tricks can help you quickly answer the questions from the English Language section.

4.    Read regularly

Regularly reading the newspapers and magazines can be rewarding in SBI PO Exam 2021. You need to allot a two-hour daily time slot for this task in your timetable. Allotting two hours daily for reading newspapers will pay you heavily. Then, you should also maintain a notebook and note down all the new words to add to your vocabulary, for better reading comprehension. This will not just help to solve the English Language section, but also cater to the questions from the General Awareness and Computer Aptitude Section of the SBI PO Exam.

5.    Memorize the formulas 

The Quantitative Aptitude section requires a number of formulas to solve the questions. Moreover, the derivations of the formulas too are of utmost importance. So, you need to practice them regularly by applying them. It will help you to derive a formula if you’ll forget it in exam time.

6.    Practice and Revise regularly

Practice makes a man perfect. Practicing regularly in any competitive exam is always fruitful. The same proverb applies to the SBI PO Exam. So, the moment you finish a topic or section, try to solve questions from that topic only. It will help you to test your progress and help you improve. Practice as much as you can. Solve easy questions first and then go for the difficult questions. Always tick the questions you find difficult to answer and revise them later on. Revise whatever you have learned regularly to avoid forgetting it. Hence, allocate at least 2 hours daily for revision.

7.    Improve your time management skills 

To get good results in the SBI PO Exam, you need to practice to try to attempt more questions within a short time duration. This exam demands not just accuracy but also speed. You need to take care of your time management skills with accuracy to answer. A good balance between accuracy and time always results in gaining a high score. Hence, try to solve the practice questions in a time-bound manner. It is always better to invest proper time on each question in order to attempt all questions from each section in the actual SBI PO mains Exam 2021.

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Conclusion

Take a full-length SBI PO Mock Test for 2021 and try to assess your performance after completing the whole SBI PO 2021 Exam syllabus. You need to identify your weak areas and try to improve. Mock Tests try to closely imitate the actual SBI PO exam, providing you with different types of questions, by covering every topic from the syllabus and helping you to understand the exact patterns of questions that the actual exams test them with. By it, you can also get an idea about how much time will it take to deal with the different sections of an Exam. Therefore, your Preparation should involve completing all the topics from the syllabus and prepare you in a way that you can answer all sorts of questions of every level that the actual exam entertains.

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