SBI PO Guess Paper: 100 questions, 100 marks, How to prepare for SBI PO prelims exam?
SBI PO Guess Paper 2025: Guess papers can be of great help in preparing for the SBI PO exam. Solving SBI PO Guess Paper 2025 makes it easy to get an idea of the exam pattern, type of questions, and time management. SBI PO Prelims exam will start from tomorrow. The SBI selection process includes a preliminary exam, main exam, psychometric test, group discussion, and interview.
SBI PO Prelims Admit Card was released on 28 February 2025. If you have not yet downloaded the SBI preliminary admit card, then you can download it from the official website of State Bank of India sbi.co.in. Questions related to the English language, numerical ability, and reasoning ability are asked in the SBI PO Prelims exam. Know the tips to prepare for the SBI PO Prelims Exam 2025.
SBI PO Guess Paper 2025: Where to find SBI PO Guess Paper?
Online Platforms
BankersAdda, Adda247: These websites provide memory-based previous-year papers and guess papers in PDF format.
Career Power: You can also find guess papers for prelims and mains here.
Testbook/Gradeup: These platforms provide mock tests and guess papers.
Oliveboard: You can find section-wise guess papers and solutions here.
Previous Year Papers
Download memory-based papers of SBI PO 2023, 2022, 2021 etc. These can form the basis of the guess paper. The question patterns are often repeated in the exam.
Bank Coaching Institutes
Mahindras, TIME and other coaching centres share guess papers on their YouTube channels or websites.
Books
Take “SBI PO Previous Year Solved Papers” by Disha Publication or Kiran Prakashan books, which contain guess papers and practice sets.
SBI PO Exam Pattern: SBI PO Exam Pattern
The SBI PO exam is conducted in 2 stages – Prelims and Mains.
1- SBI PO Prelims 2025 Exam
Time: 1 hour (20 minutes for each section)
Total: 100 questions, 100 marks
Sections
English Language: 30 questions, 30 marks
Probable topics: Reading Comprehension (5-10 questions), Cloze Test (5-7), Error Detection (5), Para Jumbles (5), Fill in the Blanks (5).
Quantitative Aptitude: 35 questions, 35 marks
Possible topics: Data Interpretation (10-15), Number Series (5), Miscellaneous (Profit & Loss, Time & Work, SI/CI – 5-10), Simplification/Approximation (5-10), Quadratic Equations (5).
Reasoning Ability: 35 questions, 35 marks
Possible topics: Puzzles & Seating Arrangement (15-20), Syllogism (3-5), Inequality (3-5), Blood Relations (2-3), Coding-Decoding (3-5).
2- SBI PO Mains Exam (SBI PO Mains 2025)
Time: 3 hours (objective) + 30 minutes (descriptive)
Total: 155 questions (objective), 200 marks + 50 marks (descriptive)
Sections
Reasoning and Computer Aptitude: 40 questions, 50 marks
Topics: Complex Puzzles (10-15), Input-Output (5), Logical Reasoning (5-10), Basic Computer Knowledge (5-10).
Data Analysis and Interpretation: 30 questions, 50 marks
Topics: Advanced DI (15-20), Data Sufficiency (5), Caselet DI (5-10).
General/Economy/Banking Awareness: 50 questions, 60 marks
Topics: Current Affairs (6 months – 15-20), Banking Terms (10-15), Static GK (5-10), Budget/Economic Survey (5).
English: 35 questions, 40 marks
Topics: RC (10-15), Sentence Rearrangement (5), Vocabulary-based (5-10), Error Spotting (5).
Descriptive Test: 50 marks
Essay (250 words) and Letter Writing (150 words). Possible topics: Digital Banking, Women Empowerment, Climate Change, Financial Inclusion.
How to prepare for the SBI PO exam?
Analyze past trends: Go through the last 5 years' papers to see which topics are repeated (e.g. DI, Puzzles, Banking Awareness).
Mock Tests: Solve 1-2 mock tests daily and increase your speed with time.
Focus on weak areas: Practice reasoning puzzles if you find them difficult.
Current Affairs: Read the newspaper (The Hindu/Indian Express) daily and make notes from monthly magazines (Pratiyogita Darpan).
Possible questions (examples):
Reasoning:
“5 people A, B, C, D, E are sitting in a circle. A is to the right of B and C is to the left of D. What will be the position of E?”
Quant:
“A shopkeeper sells goods at a profit of 20%. If the cost price is reduced by 25% then what will be the new profit percentage?”
English:
“Find the error: The boy (1)/ who is playing (2)/ in the park (3)/ are my friend (4).”
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