The SBI PO Prelims 2025 exam is over now. If you have appeared for the exam, it’s time to shift your focus towards the SBI PO Mains exam 2025. Don’t wait for the Prelims result. You have already done your best part in the prelims. Now, it’s time to stand out from the crowd by starting your SBI PO Mains preparation immediately. The SBI PO Mains 2025 is scheduled to be held in September 2025. So, a limited number of days are left to boost your concepts. As you might be well aware of the fact that now you’ll have to face questions tougher than you faced in Prelims. Now, you need to give more time to such questions to master them. So, you need a study schedule that can best manage the time that is left. Therefore, this blog gives you a detailed SBI PO Mains study plan and section-wise tips to ease your preparation and clear the toughest stage of this exam.
The SBI PO Mains Exam includes two parts an Objective Test and a Descriptive Test. The Objective Test tests your skills in four main areas: Reasoning & Computer Aptitude, Data Analysis & Interpretation, General Awareness / Economy/ Banking Knowledge, and English Language. The Descriptive Test focuses on Report Writing, Emails, and Precis/Situation Analysis to test your communication and decision-making abilities.
| Name of Test (Objective) | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 40 | 60 | 50 minutes |
| Data Analysis & Interpretation | 30 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| General Awareness / Economy/ Banking Knowledge | 60 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| English Language | 40 | 20 | 40 minutes |
| Total (Objective) | 170 | 200 | 3 Hours |
| Descriptive Test : Emails, Reports, Situation Analysis & Precis Writing | 3* | 50 | 30 Minutes |
| Grand Total | – | 250 | 3.5 Hours |
**Please note: Some important details about the Descriptive test.
Start preparing for the Mains exam without waiting. Since you are already studying Reasoning, Quant, and English, now focus on solving higher-level questions to improve your accuracy and speed. The General Awareness (GA) section is very important and can help you score more marks easily if prepared well.
If you haven’t started yet, don’t get disheartened, there’s still time. Give one full-length mock test to begin with. After attempting it, analyze your performance carefully. Mark the topics where you are weak and match them with your study plan. This will help you understand what to improve.
Begin your current affairs revision from August and go backward to March. Try to give 7–8 hours daily if you are a full-time student. Working candidates can study 3 hours in the morning, 3 in the evening, and revise during lunch or free time. Focus on the last 6 months’ current affairs, static GK, and banking awareness. This section needs only revision, not much calculation. If you study it properly, you can score well. GA helps boost your total marks and is important for clearing the overall cut-off.
| Week | Tasks to Complete |
| Week 1 | You begin your Mains prep by revising the basics of DI, Reasoning, and Grammar. Since you’re already familiar with these sections from Prelims, your focus now is to understand Mains-level difficulty. Start with practice complex problems. You also start revising Current Affairs from March onwards and make notes for quick revision. Set 30 minutes daily time for Banking Awareness too. Take one sectional mock test each for Reasoning, English, and DI to check your current level. Also, start practicing the 1-letter and 1-email writing task this week. |
| Week 2 | You now move to Mains-level puzzles and DI sets for daily practice. These will help you build confidence for lengthy and logical questions. Continue your daily GA and Banking Awareness revision. Begin practicing Reports and Situation Analysis for the Descriptive section. Take your first full-length Mains mock test this week. Analyze it thoroughly to identify your weak spots and start working on them. Also, cover the basics of Computer Aptitude. These questions are mostly logic-based, so prepare accordingly. |
| Week 3 | This week, you take alternate-day full-length mock tests. The purpose is to develop speed, accuracy, and time management. After each mock, do a detailed analysis and revise the topics where you lost marks. Also, which questions have you skipped, and practice them as well. Give special attention to Static GK, Government Schemes, and important financial terms this week. Keep your Descriptive writing practice consistent. |
| Week 4 | You’re in the final days. Take 2–3 full mocks. This will prepare you mentally for exam day. Avoid picking up any new topics now. Use this week for quick revision of all current affairs, static notes, GA one-liners, and formulas. Re-attempt one of your lowest-scoring mocks to check improvement. Take one complete Descriptive Mock and focus on writing with quality, not just quantity. Keep your mindset calm, stay confident, and do not over-stress. |
| Last 5 Days | Take 1 full mock mini mock and topic-wise test to keep the rhythm. Don’t stress. Do Light revision only like formulas, GA notes, writing formats. Sleep well and relax. |
Start your preparation by attempting topic-wise mock tests. These help you understand each topic in detail and improve your basics. Once you’re confident with topics, move to mini mocks that combine 2–3 topics. This will help you improve speed, accuracy, and time management.
It is not possible to give 2 full-length Mains mock tests every day. Instead, focus on giving 1 full mock every 2–3 days and use the rest of the time to solve mini mocks and revise weak topics.
Don’t just attempt the mock test and move on. Always analyze your performance. Look at the questions you got wrong or skipped. Write down the topics where you made mistakes and revise them thoroughly. This will help you avoid repeating mistakes in the real exam.
Also, make a note of new concepts, formulas, or tricky questions in a separate notebook for revision. Over time, this notebook will become a powerful revision tool.
Remember, mock tests are meant to guide your preparation. So, don’t worry about scores in the beginning. Focus on learning and improving with every test. Keep practicing regularly and your scores will automatically improve.
Let’s now break down how you should approach each section of the Mains exam to boost your score.
This section is challenging and high-scoring. These questions are mostly asked in these sections, which are high-level puzzles, sitting arrangements, coding-decoding, critical reasoning, and input-output. Computer aptitude questions are logic-based flowcharts, sequence setting, or decision-making. Attempt daily puzzles, 3–4 logic-based questions, and practice flowcharts/mock situations for computer aptitude. You can attempt a daily sectional mock test of the reasoning section to know how you are performing.
As per the previous year’s exam analysis, these questions are mostly asked in the exam, which are advanced-level DI, caselets, pie/bar/radar charts, missing DI, and data sufficiency. So it requires speed and accuracy in calculations. Increase your calculation skills, revise percentages, ratios, and averages. If you want to score good marks in this section, start giving sectional tests and analyzing your performance. You can check your speed by giving the full-length mock test and the sectional mock test.
This is the most scoring section if prepared well. Students should focus on 6 months of current affairs, banking terms, RBI circulars, government schemes, and static GK. So, try to cover the March to August 2025 current affairs from the monthly PDF capsules. Make quick notes of key banking/economic updates and revise regularly. Download the PDF below to boost this section.
It consists of Reading Comprehension, Cloze Test, Para Completion, Error Spotting, and Grammar-based MCQs.Solve RCs and grammar-based quizzes regularly. Students need to focus on understanding tone, structure, and vocabulary. To master this section, start reading a newspaper daily and focus on the vocabulary. Start giving sectional tests on a daily basis.
Here is what the Successful Candidates say about the practice mock. Have a look. You never know may be you are the next one.
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