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[SBI PO] Halltickets, English Objective and Descriptive paper, Essays, precis practice and free study
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SBI Hall Tickets
English Breakup: MCQs
English in SSC CGL vs SBI PO: Similarity
English in SSC CGL vs SBI PO: Difference
English Breakup: Descriptive (50 Marks)
Letter writing
Precis
Essay writing
Why Essay is extremely important?
Essay: fundamental principles
Essay: Grabbing the fodder points
Appendix: download links
Appendix: big list of Essay topics
Women empowerment
Economy
Globalization
Science Tech
Environment related
IT related
Science as such
Science vs others
Polity/Society related
Polity/ Democracy related
Corruption
Judiciary / Law n Order
Rights
Religion
Development
Social issues
Culture
Media, Cinema, Television
Philosophical / Abstract type essays
Proverb based
Youth Education and Sports
Youth
Education
Sports
Introduction
First things first
1. SBI has uploaded Halltickets/call letters for PO exam click me to download. If youve any problems / doubts then write email to
sbi_po@ibpsorg.org
2. SBI has also uploaded the brochure for PO exam, it contains some mock questions (do solve all of them) click me to download
3. And most important notices for Those who have never appeared in any Bank exams before:
Do remember your class 10, 12, graduation marks and annual family income. Because youve to fill up those
details in the answersheet.
DONOT forget to bring one photo-identity proof e.g. voters id/ driving licence (and its photocopy) in the exam. Hall
supervisor will take away the photocopy of your id proof.
DONOT forget to paste a recent passport sized photo on your call letter. Hall supervisor will take away your call letter also
so also keep a photocopy of call letter @home for evidence/future reference.
Now coming to the topic of this article: how to prepare the English section (both objective and descriptive) for SBI PO exam.
In SBI PO, you face English in following areas
1. Objective paper (MCQs): 50 out of 200 questions.
2. Descriptive paper: 50 marks and 1 hour.
RC
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10
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Sentence correction
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Total
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50
The approach remains more or less the same like that for SSC CGL. click me
Except a few modifications:
SBI
Usually no
Usually no
Options?
Words Marks
Letter writing
10
Essay_I
Essay_II
12
Precies
1 passage
10
10
Letter writing
Here is a list of letters asked in 2010s SBI exams
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Write a letter to newspaper editor, expressing your concerns about adult graded cinema and its impact on youth.
Write a letter to newspaper editor, to comment on the earlier article on environmental awareness and citizens duty to protect it.
Write letter to your manager, seeking leave for attending family function
Write letter to a student, giving tips on healthy study habits for board exam
As you can see the first and second letter are actually Essay topics.
How to prepare letter writing? Borrow some neighbourhood kids class 10/12s English guidebook, see the standard format for
letter writing (or google.)
Precis
For practice, use the UPSC (compulsory) English papers of past 16 years. Free download link in the appendix of this article.
Essay writing
Here is the list of essays asked in 2010s SB PO exams
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My motherland
Dowry deaths
Blessings of science
Socialism
Features economic recession
A Day when everything went wrong
Medias responsibility in molding public opinion
Impact of interest rate change on economy
Risks in Stock market trading.
Banks are manufacturers of money
helpful because such books are either outdated (only reprinted, not updated after 90s), and or dont cover all the necessary
topics.
http://files.secureserver.net/0sUFSbopZwYhtD
for Essay fodder points: IGNOU booklet India Democracy and Development
(MPS-003)
http://files.secureserver.net/0svvtuXkR5SJKX
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Science Tech
I further classify them into four parts 1) Environment related 2) Computer/Information Technology 3) Science tech as such 4) Science
versus others
Environment related
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IT related
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Science as such
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Science vs others
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50. Superstitions
51. Human Cloning
52. The march of science and the erosion of human values.
Polity/Society related
Democracy, Freedom related
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Corruption
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Todays politicians
Criminalization of Politics
Corruption in Public Life
Criminalisation of Politics
do we need CBI
lokpal
right to information
right to service
Right to Reject/Recall India
Can the Corruption be Eradicated from our Society
My Idea of an Administrator
How should a civil servant conduct himself?
Rights
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Religion
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Development
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Social issues
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Culture
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Indian Culture
Tourism in India
Indian culture today: a myth or a reality?
Modernism and our traditional socio-ethical values.
The composite culture of india.
Globalizations and its impact on indian culture.
Proverb based
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Education
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Sports
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Fouzi
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Hai sir.we ha doubt about sbi po exam if we apply also count one attempt of exam?
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no Lol
Hrishikesh
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Sir,
what will be the expected cut off for SBI-PO this year.
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Isaac Newton
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Look bro, you havent mentioned a thing called SBI- Di section. How can you do that? You cannot play with the future of the children. NO, i
cant believe this.
Hemant
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Do we have to get the photo-id proof duly attested too ?
Mrunal
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No need.
vikas
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sir, descriptive marks will be added or is it just qualifying???
vivekanand
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it will be added
Ashok
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oops. What a long list? Thank you
susmita meher
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MRUNAL SIR
U R REALLY DOING A GOOD JOB BY CITING SO MANY INFO ABT COMPETITIVE EXAM.I HAV APPLIED FOR SSC PRASAR
BHARTI (ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING ) I KNEW THE SYLLABUS BUT DON KNOW WHICH BOOK TO BE FOOLOWED SO THAT I CAN
GET ALL THA QUESTION TYPESPLZ HELP ME
arun kumar
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Guys finished my SBI exam today.. will there be a sectional cutoff or aggregate marks of all sections.. please respond if someone knows
exactly.
Mrunal
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SBI has sectional cutoffs.
aradhana
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Hi! sir i have applied in cabinet secretariat for stenographer and personal assistant post.if you can let me know about the books and
material for thsi particular posts.exam is on 16june
shashikant sharma
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sir
i could not able to download the file of upsc previous year papers of english. there is problem in downloding. what i do?
Mrunal
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download link working fine here. try different browser.
Neha S
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Sir, I attempted around 125 questions in SBI PO 2013 (paper 1). About Descriptive paper, Im sure that Ill qualify. Are there any chances of
getting shortlisted for GD and Interview??
Abhinav
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Is RP Gupta English Book is sufficient for both Bank PO and SSC?
MUKUND LONKAR
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SBI PO 2013 RESULT DECLAIRED.I JUST SAW ON THEIR OFFICIAL WEBSITE.THEY HAVE GIVEN ROLL NO. OF SHORT LISTED
CANDIDATES.I AM OUT.AND FOLLOWING NOTICE::::::::
NOTICE
Recruitment of Probationary Officers in SBI
Written Exam held on 28-04-2013 (Phase I)
The Written Examination (Phase-I) result for the captioned project has since been
released on 14-06-2013 and the Group Discussion and Interview (Phase-II) will
commence from 03-07-2013.
The project is scheduled to be completed by end of August, 2013.
For information of all candidates, the marks of Written Examination, Group
Discussion & Interview will be uploaded on Banks website after completion of the
project.
Central Recruitment & Promotion Department,
State Bank of India,
Mumbai.
Date: 14-06-2013
MUKUND LONKAR
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LINK:::: http://www.sbi.co.in/webfiles/uploads/files/1371186818509_SBI_PO_RESULT.pdf
MUKUND LONKAR
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SBI PO 2013 RESULT DECLAIRED.I JUST SAW ON THEIR OFFICIAL WEBSITE.THEY HAVE GIVEN ROLL NO. OF SHORT LISTED
CANDIDATES.I AM OUT.AND FOLLOWING NOTICE::::::::
NOTICE
Recruitment of Probationary Officers in SBI
Written Exam held on 28-04-2013 (Phase I)
The Written Examination (Phase-I) result for the captioned project has since been
released on 14-06-2013 and the Group Discussion and Interview (Phase-II) will
commence from 03-07-2013.
The project is scheduled to be completed by end of August, 2013.
For information of all candidates, the marks of Written Examination, Group
Discussion & Interview will be uploaded on Banks website after completion of the
project.
Priyanka Khanna
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Hey Mrunal I have a very serious question for you. I just got shortlisted for UIIC AO and have a descriptive exam on Sunday. I wanted to
know how many words according to you constitute a page? Is it like 150 words that is counted as a page or 250? Please help me out Im
very confused!
Priyanka Khanna
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Please reply fast as it would help me to decide how much content to write or not.
Priyanka Khanna
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Would anybody help me? Is there any humanity left on this earth or not? :(
Pradipto
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@Priyanka,these are trivial issues like how many words you should write in a page.You should focus on the content more
rather than the quantity.In general 150-170 is sufficient for a page but as I said it would be of no use to write even 250 words
in a page if the content is not sound.My opinion though :)
Priyanka Khanna
Yes my focus is content but I dont want to write less words. Actually I was a little confused because of what I have heard
from various forums on the internet. I usually count the words in the first line and multiply it by the no. of lines to determine
the word limit but people have got me confused and Im starting to wonder if its done some other way for govt. exams.
Pradipto
@Priyanka,the exam u r talking about,i.e.,UIIC,AO or anything,u dont need to count words accurately as said above.By
the way congrats for u getting shortlisted :)
Shashank
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Humanity can be bought from the NPC standing right before Knight artorias fog gate for 10000 souls. ;)
Priyanka Khanna
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I have a good deal of subject matter I can write about for most of the topics, its just the word limit that got me confused.
Thank you.
RR
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hello sir,
i have applied for stenographer in Cabinet Secretariat i want to know whether i have to give the test in in hindi or english?
PRADEEP KUMAR
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Hey Mrunal ,can you sugges me Essay topics book are like where i can download.
RR
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the best way to prepare essay and effective writing is by reading news paper only
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