Book excerpt: Book Type - Practice Sets / Solved Papers About Exam: SBI (State Bank of India) SO (Specialist Officer) is one of the most difficult exams that is conducted by SBI to recruit officers in different specialized categories. There are 444 vacancies of Specialist officers at various posts that are being filled by this exam. SBI SO 2020 exam will be conducted to select eligible candidates to the post of Specialist Officer in various branches of State Bank of India. There are various posts for which SBI recruits eligible candidates through the SBI SO examination. The distribution of marks of each section totally depends on the type of SBI SO post that a candidate has applied for at the time of online application. Candidates qualifying the online examination are eligible for the next process which is the Interview round. The final list of shortlisted candidates will be announced by taking into consideration the marks obtained by the candidates in the Professional Knowledge section and the Interview round. Subjects Covered- Exam Patterns - The SBI SO syllabus has three sections under Paper 1 and one section under Paper 2. Paper 1 consists of the following sections-Reasoning Ability,English Language,Quantitative Aptitude. Paper 2 consists of the Professional Knowledge section depending upon the various posts as per the SBI SO Notification Negative Marking - 0.25 Conducting Body- State Bank of India(SBI)