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RECRUITMENT OF PROBATIONARY OFFICERS IN STATE BANK OF INDIA (DATE OF WRITTEN EXAM : 28.04.2013)

INFORMATION HANDOUT

Central Recruitment and Promotion Dept., Corporate Centre, Tulsiani Chambers, 1st Floor, ( West Wing), 212, Free Press Journal Marg, Nariman Point - Mumbai 400 021.

INTRODUCTION This Booklet gives you detailed information about the objective type Competitive examination for recruitment of Probationary Officers in State Bank of India. This post was advertised in the Employment News/Rozgar Samachar issue dated 9-15 February, 2013 and on the Bank’s website www.statebankofindia.com and www.sbi.co.in. The terms and conditions, period of probation, emoluments etc. were given in the advertisement. You should ensure that you are eligible in respect of age, educational qualification, nationality as stipulated in the advertisement. Details of tests are given ahead in the booklet. 1. 2. 3. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS Particulars to be Noted : Please note carefully your Roll Number, Registration Number, date, time and venue for the examination given in the call letter. Punctuality in Attendance : Candidates should be present at the examination hall at the time given in the call letter. Candidates arriving late will not be permitted to enter the Examination Hall. Call letter to be Surrendered : Affix firmly a copy of your recent passport size photograph in the space provided for it in the call letter and bring it with you alongwith photo identity proof in original and a photocopy when you come to the venue for the examination. You will not be permitted to appear for the examination if you come without the photo identity proof in original and a photocopy, call letter or without the photograph affixed on the call letter. You will be required to sign in the space provided for candidate’s signature on your call letter in the presence of the invigilator in the examination hall. Invigilator will take your thumb impression on the call letter while collecting the same. You should hand over your call letter alongwith the photocopy of photo identity proof to the invigilator in the examination hall, when he/she collects the call letters from the candidates. Compliance with Instructions : You should scrupulously follow the instructions given by test administrators and the invigilators at all the stages of the examination for which you have been called. If you violate the instructions you will be disqualified and may also be asked to leave the examination hall. Use of Books, Notes Calculators & Cell Phones : No calculator separate or with watch, cell phone, books, slide rulers, note books or written notes will be allowed inside the examination hall. Sample Answersheet and Instructions for filling information on it : A sample answersheet is attached to this booklet at the end. Fill in the required biodata and other information on this answersheet for your practice and bring it with you to the examination hall. You will get a similar answersheet in the examination hall, on which you will have to copy the biodata and other information already filled in by you on the sample answersheet. How to fill in the information on the answersheet is explained in this booklet elsewhere and also shown on the specimen answersheet. Use of HB Pencil and Ball Pen : You are required to fill in the information on the answersheet which you will get in the examination hall, by HB pencil and ball-point pen. You are required to mark your answers by HB pencil (the commonly used pencil) for objective type tests. Therefore, you should bring with you two HB pencils, a good quality eraser, a sharpener and a ball-point pen. You are advised to bring two pencils to avoid mending a pencil during the examination as you may lose time. Use ball-point pen for filling up the information only in boxes 1-10 on Side 1. Use HB pencil only, for filling up information in boxes 12-26 on side 1 of the answersheets and box 27 on side 2 of the answersheet. All the answers on side 2 should be marked by using HB pencil only. Handling answersheet : Please handle your answersheet with extreme care and keep it dust free. If it is mutilated, torn, folded, wrinkled or rolled, it may not be valued by the machine. Answersheets and question booklets will be supplied by the organisation. After the test is over, you should hand over all the test material i.e. the answersheet and question booklet to the invigilator before leaving the room. Any candidate who does not return any of the test materials or is found to attempt to take or pass on the question booklet or answersheet inside or outside the examination hall will be disqualified. Fill in all the information asked for on the answersheet and question booklet otherwise your answersheet will not be assessed.

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10. Do not leave your seat unless you are allowed. 11. Do your rough work, if any, on the question booklet and not on the answersheet. 12. Check all the pages and questions in your question booklet. If something is missing or not properly printed request your invigilator to give you another booklet of the same Form Number. 13. The Question Booklets are sealed. When you are asked to START, gently cut-open the cover page from your right hand side using blunt end of pencil, to open the booklet. Do not remove the staple pins on your left hand side. If you do so all the pages of the booklet will get loosened and separated.

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14. There will be Penalty for wrong answers marked by you in the objective tests. There are five alternative answers to every question of all the tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by you, one-fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty. If for any question you give more than one answer, it will be treated as wrong even if one of the given answers happens to be right and there will be same penalty as above for that question. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is given by you, there will be no penalty for that question. If the total of the penalty for test is in fraction, it will be rounded off to the nearest integer. You should therefore be careful in marking your answers. 15. This booklet is just a guideline for the kind of examination you are going to take and the sample questions are only illustrative and not exhaustive. In actual examination besides these, there may be some other types of questions also. 16. Copying / Misconduct / Unfair Practices : If a candidate is/has been found guilty of – i) Copying or allowing copying; ii) Using unfair means during the test; iii) Impersonating or procuring impersonation by any person; iv) Misbehaving at the examination venue; v) Taking away question booklet/answersheet from examination hall. vi) Resorting to any other irregular or improper means; vii) Obtaining support of his/her candidature by any means. He/she will, in addition to rendering himself/herself liable to criminal prosecution, be liable to, (a) Disqualification from selection process at any stage (b) Be debarred permanently/for specific period from any examination or selection by the Bank . Candidates are warned against filling up/furnishing false, tampered/fabricated information or suppressing material information in Bio-data sheet of Answer Book. 17. Travelling Allowance shall not be paid : No travelling allowance or other expenses in connection with the examination will be paid. Please also note that the call letter does not constitute an offer of employment by the Central Recruitment and Promotion Department. Phase I : Written Examination : The written examination will consist of objecti...

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