SBI PO 2022-General Awareness Preparation Strategy

Thinking of scoring maximum or full marks in the General Awareness section of the upcoming SBI PO 2022- 2022 exam? Afterall, you’ll have to pass the Mains stage to clear the SBI PO 2022- 2022 exam. As the exam will be conducted December 17-20, 2022, for 1673 Posts, you should accelerate your GA preparation to come out clear in it. How? By staying ahead of other candidates. And how to stay ahead, you may further ask? Simply, by following some smart tips and sharpening your skills and building your knowledge house by practicing as much as you can via SBI PO 2022 Mock Tests.

Let’s discuss how you can effectively speed up your General Awareness preparation and revision for better and better results.

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SBI PO Notification 2022: Important Dates

The State Bank of India has announced all the important dates related to SBI PO Recruitment 2022 along with the release of SBI PO Notification 2022

SBI PO Recruitment 2022: Important Dates
Events	Dates
SBI PO Notification 2022	21st September 2022
SBI PO 2022 Starting Date To Apply	22nd September 2022
Last Date To Apply	12th October 2022
SBI PO 2022 Prelims Admit Card	1st/2nd Week of December 2022
SBI PO 2022 Prelims Exam	17th, 18th, 19th & 20th December 2022
SBI PO Mains Exam	January/February 2023
SBI PO Interview	February/March 2023
Declaration Of Final Result	March 2023

SBI PO 2022 Exam Pattern

SBI PO Prelims Exam Pattern 2022
Name of Subject	No of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
English Language	30	30	20 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	35	35	20 minutes
Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 minutes
Total	100	100	1 hour

*Note: 0.25 marks will be deducted for every question attempted wrong by a candidate. No deduction will be there in marks if a question is left unattempted or blank by a candidate.

Mains Exam Pattern

Sections	Questions	Marks	Duration
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	40	50	50 minutes
Data Analysis & Interpretation	30	50	45 minutes
General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness	50	60	45 minutes
English Language	35	40	40 minutes
Total	155	200	3 hours
Descriptive	2	50	30 minutes
Total	157	250	3 hrs 30 minutes

(i) Objective Test: The objective test of 3 hours duration consists of 4 Sections for total 200 marks. The objective test will have separate timing for every section.

(ii) Descriptive Test: The Descriptive Test of 30 minutes duration with two questions for 50 marks will be a Test of English Language (Letter Writing & Essay).

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SBI PO 2022 Mains 2022-Important topics to prepare for General/Financial Awareness Strategy

The General Awareness section in the SBI PO 2022 Mains exam mainly consist of the following 3 sections.

1. Current Affairs
2. Banking / Financial Awareness
3. Static Affairs

1. Current Affairs

Cover current affairs of the last 4 to 5 and focus more on latest news on banking and finances.

• Daily GK Quiz
• Topic Wise Current Affairs Quiz

2. Banking Awareness

A lot of questions in this section come from banking awareness. Keep updating yourself on this on regular basis and attempt the Financial Awareness quiz regularly.

3. Static Affairs

Topics under this section include:

• Major organizations/ banks – their taglines and headquarters
• Important dates
• Books and authors
• Countries – their capital and currency (especially the ones in the news recently)
• Important wildlife sanctuaries, and national parks along with their locations
• Attempt Mock Tests and the Static GK quiz regularly.

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Tips to excel in General Awareness Section in SBI PO 2022 Exam

Given below is topic-wise tips to maximize your score:

1. Follow Banking, Economics and Finance

To acquire all the required knowledge about the Banking, Economics and Finance, you’ll have to prepare all the Static topics related to banking given below:

• Headquarters of Banks and Institutions
• Banking rates and ratios
• Types of Accounts
• Capital and Money market
• Banking History
• Nationalization
• Functions of Reserve Bank of India
• Cheques
• Abbreviations of Banking terms etc.

Note: In addition to the above-mentioned topics, you must keep yourself updated about the current happenings taking place in the Banking and economy related fronts, like FD Limits, Mergers of Banks and Chiefs of various banks, etc.

To cover Economics and Finance, you should cover topics like:

• Payment And Small Finance Banks with Its Headquarters.
• Private Sector Banks and their Headquarters.
• Public Sector Banks and Their Headquarters.

2. Know about Government Schemes

Government Schemes is one of the most important topics in General Awareness which is asked in SBI PO 2022 exams. Learn about all the latest schemes launched by the Central Government. Revise them well enough and focus on all the important schemes pertaining to the economy, banking and insurance sector.

3. Cover Current Affairs Daily

Go through the last 6 to 7 months of current affairs. You can master current affairs preparation by following Bazooka which is our monthly magazine along with our weekly current affairs PDFs. Prepared it with the latest current affairs. Plus, you can even take up CA quizzes to keep yourself well updated and these quizzes can be attempted free on both PracticeMock app & web.

To master Current Affairs, cover the topics given below:

• Sports Events
• Awards
• Book Authors
• New Books Launched
• Treaties
• Deals
• Defense related and other important events
• Summits and important organizations etc.

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General Tips to help you prepare the best exam strategy for SBI PO 2022 Mains 2022 exam

Below are a few important points that you need to keep in mind to maximize your score:

• Get Quality Study Material
• Read Daily Newspaper like The Hindu or The Indian Express and a Monthly Magazine.
• Go through Previous year GA questions asked in IBPS RRB Mains exam.
• Attempt Mock Tests
• Make short notes
• Make daily or weekly or monthly plan as per your schedule.

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Takeaway

A total of 50 questions are asked from the GA section in the SBI PO Mains exam. General Awareness preparation for SBI PO exam is a continuous process and current affairs and General Knowledge are the subjects that you will have to keep following and keep revising every week or so. Therefore, you should cultivate a habit of covering all the GK topics via newspapers, magazines, etc. to stay updated. Hence, you should start reading the newspaper from today and watch TV news to get updated about the daily happenings. Also, follow social media for the same. Test your GA knowledge via 1 FREE SBI PO 2022 Mock Test.

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