Book excerpt: Book Type - Practice Sets / Solved Papers About Exam: The State Bank of India (SBI) conducts PO Recruitment in a 3 stage process i.e Prelims, Mains, and interviews. The prelims stage is merely for shortlisting candidates for the mains exam and the merit list will depend on the score in the mains and interview stages. So, candidates must focus on the mains exam preparation as this is where their fate will be sealed. Again candidates must also focus on group exercise activities and interview skills after the SBI PO Main exam is over as they have sufficient time after the exam and they can improve their final rank by a small effort in this stage of the exam. The SBI PO Prelims is conducted online and comprises three sections, namely, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, and Reasoning Ability. The marks secured by the candidates in the Prelims will not be considered for preparing the final merit list as it is just qualifying in nature. Subjects Covered- English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, and Reasoning Ability Exam Patterns - The SBI PO Preliminary exam is an objective type test and is conducted for 1 hour. The three sections where separately timed – 20 minutes allotted for each section. The exam has 3 sections having a total of 100 questions with a maximum score of 100 marks. Negative Marking - 0.25 Conducting Body- State Bank of India (SBI)