SBI PO 2014 Preparation & Discussion Thread

I had appeared for SBI PO 2013 (first attempt) and cleared the written exam with 153 marks ( cut-off was 151 for GEN). With 11/25 in GDPI, my final score was 56.9/100 (Cut-off was 63). I have attached my final marksheet of SBI PO which I had on my desktop since the results were out. Hope this helps you. Will surely share my experience of the written exam and GDPI. Good luck with the preparation !!

A PDF of my SBI PO Final marksheet

what is the expected date of sbi po exam in june? actually i will be in lucknow till 13th june after 13th june ill move to mysore...thats why i didn/t knw which centre to choose..lucknow or mysore? 😞

is there anybody who can help me with english. What to study and methodology...and also with the descriptive paper for sbi ....any recommended books..


where can i find banking GA, marketing study material and mock tests?

any1 can give me reasoning pdf ?


DAILY GK UPDATE - 17th April

1. RK Dhowan takes over as new Navy chief

i. Robin K Dhowan on Thursday took over as chief of the Indian Navy nearly two months after D K Joshi quit the post in the wake of a series of mishaps.

ii. Admiral Dhowan, 59, who has been the acting Navy chief since Joshi's exit, has been appointed the Chief of Navy Staff superseding Western Naval Commander Shekhar Sinha.

iii. He will have a tenure of 25 months, retiring in May 2016. Sinha was the senior-most Vice Admiral but he has been edged out of the race, apparently because majority of the 14 mishaps, including two major submarine accidents, took place under his command during the last 10 months.

iv. Defence Minister A K Antony had recommended the name of Dhowan, who was in contention for the top job along with Western Naval Commander Sinha and Eastern Commander Anil Chopra.

v. A navigation and direction specialist, Dhowan is an alumnus of National Defence Academy, Defence Services Staff College and Naval War College, Rhode Island, USA.

About Admiral Dhowan β€’ As per a Defence Ministry release, Dhowan is a navigation and direction specialist and he has commanded frontline warships INS Khurki, INS Ranjit and INS Delhi. β€’ He has also served as Chief Staff Officer (Operations) Headquarters Western Naval Command. β€’ As a Flag Officer, he had commanded the Eastern Fleet β€’ He has served as the Chief of Staff at Headquarters Eastern Naval Command, Visakhapatnam β€’ He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy As per the rule of National Defence College, Admiral Dhowan will be succeeded by Commandant Vice Admiral Sunil Lamba in May 2016 as the Navy Chief.

2. SBI launched Tab banking to facilitate opening of Saving Accounts

i. State Bank of India on 15 April 2014 launched digital banking facilities for the convenience of SBI customers.

ii. SBI has launched the facility of TAB banking for customers opening of Savings Bank accounts and another for Housing Loan applicants.

iii. SBI will offer its valued customers the facility of opening accounts at their door step through Tab Banking. The sales staff of SBI will visit the customers at their home and with the use of the tablets they will get the formalities completed.

iv. These will be loaded on the CBS and the account number will be sent to the customer through SMS/e-mail. This will provide convenience and time saving to the customer for opening accounts with SBI.

v. SBI will also offer TAB banking facility at the place of the Housing Loan applicant, for in-principle approval of home loan.

3. Inflation based on WPI reached 3-month high of 5.7% in March 2014

i. Inflation based on Wholesale Price Index (WPI) reached a 3-month high of 5.7% in March 2014. This hike was driven up by increases in prices of food items and fuel costs.

ii. The inflation in the food items based on the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) shot up by 9.9% in the same month against 8.12 percent of February 2014. The overall WPI-based inflation dropped to a nine-month low of 4.68% in February 2014. The WPI-based inflation is on decline since December 2013.

iii. On the other hand, the retail inflation measured by Consumer Price Index (CPI) in March 2014 was recorded at 8.31% from 8.03% in February 2014. This rise was caused mainly on account of a rise in fruit and vegetable prices.

iv. The latest data released by the government said that the January 2014 inflation number has been revised to 5.17% as against earlier estimate of 5.05 percent.

4. Cherrapunji regained the World record for highest rainfall in 48 hours

i. World Meteorological Organization (WMO) panel on 4 April 2014 announced that Cherrapunji in India regained the world record for highest rainfall in 48 hours with 2493 millimeters. The previous highest rainfall in Cherrapunji was recorded on 15–16 June 1995.

ii. The previous world record for 48-hour rainfall was held by La Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. La Reunion Island holds the record with 2467 millimeters from April 1958. L Reunion is a French island with a population of 840974 inhabitants located in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Mauritius

iii. La Reunion is frequently hit by tropic cyclones and received large amounts of rainfall over its mountains. It continued to hold the record for the most rainfall over periods of 12-hours and 24-hours from 1966. The record of highest 72 hours and 96 hours was made in 2007.

iv. Cherrapunji is situated on a plateau in the state of Meghalaya at an average elevation of 1484 metres (4 869 ft), facing the plains of Bangladesh.

5. ING Vyasa launches m-banking application

i. ING Vyasa on Wednesday officially announced the launch of its mobile banking application, which is believes will help drive higher user engagement.

ii. Besides features such as checking balance, funds transfer and bill payments, the application offers ability to scan and store cheques issued, lets users buy and send gift vouchers from various brands and ATM branch locater.

iii. Customer will require a single channel to access all digital platforms, including mobile and internet banking.

iv. The app has been developed in partnership with technology giant IMB, using latter's Worklight Platform.

6. Chennai-Bangalore Industrial Corridor plan by March next

i. The comprehensive integrated master plan for development of Chennai-Bangalore Industrial Corridor (CBIC) will be ready by March 2015, according to Masanori Nakano, Japanese Consul-General.

ii. Venu Srinivasan, IJCCI past president, said that Tamil Nadu would be the greater beneficiary of Indo-Japan co-operation. Japanese firms such as Nissan, Yamaha and Toshiba are likely to set up their units along the proposed Chennai-Bangalore corridor.

iii. Toyota also has some investment plans for Hosur. IJCCI would set up a knowledge bank on Japan to disseminate information about Japan, said its president, N. Krishnaswami.

iv. Japanese firms are also interested in developing infrastructure projects such as Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor and CBIC, among others. We are interested in increasing co-operation between the two countries.”

7. Shahnaz Shaikh to coach Pak hockey team

i. Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has appointed Olympian Shahnaz Shaikh as the senior teams' coach.

ii. Pakistan failed to qualify for the World Cup to be held in the Netherlands in June -- a humiliating first for the four-time former champions. iii. Pakistan have also won three Olympic gold medals but fell to seventh position in the 2012 London Olympics. iv. They were 12th and last in the 2010 World Cup in India. v. Shaikh, who has had two unsuccessful stints as coach, said his first target would be to defend the Asian Games title which Pakistan won in China in 2010.



SBI PO: Marketing Quiz

Q.1. Warehouse Management does not include -(1) Space determination(2) Stock layout(3) Stock design(4) Stock placement(5) Order picking procedureQ.2. A

marketing technique

where marketer plays a specific role in a particular segment is called -(1) Mass Marketing(2)

Niche marketing

(3)

Strategic Marketing

(4)

Communication Marketing

(5) None of theseQ.3. Which among the following is not an example of convenience goods?(1) Tea(2) Newspaper(3) Coffee(4) Shirts(5) None of theseQ.4. In Marketing Mix 4 P's Imply -(1) Product, Price, Place, Promotion(2) Product, Price, Policy, Place(3) Place, People, Product, Promotion(4) All of the above(5) None of theseQ.5. In Market segmentation which among the following is not an economic component-(1) Age(2) Gender(3) Both 1 and 2(4) Income level(5) TaxesQ.6. Which among the following is a feature of good forecasting method -(1) Accuracy(2) Simplicity(3) Economy(4) Availability(5) All of theseQ.7. A person who ultimately determines any part or whole of the buying decision is called-(1) Decider(2) Buyer(3) User(4) Influencer(5) None of theseQ.8. When a firm sells off part of its business to another it is called-(1) Diversification(2) Divestment(3) Pruning(4) Strategy(5) Joint ventureQ.9. Buyer Resistance means -(1) Buyers fighting with the salesman(2) Reluctant salesman(3) Indifferent Salesman(4) Hesitant buyers(5) None of theseQ.10. Digital Bank can be resorted through -(1) Mobile phones(2) Internal(3) Telephones(4) All of these(5) None of theseQ.11. Cross selling is very effective in the sale of one of the following -(1) Debit - Card(2) Credit- Cards(3) Internal- Banking(4)

Auto Loan

(5) All of theseQ.12. Target market for

debit card

is -(1) All existing account holder(2) All sales persons(3) All NRI's(4) All HNI's(5) All of theseQ.13. SME means -(1) Small and medium enterprises(2) Small scale marketing entities(3) Small & medium establishments(4) None of theseQ.14. β€œOut-sourcing means service rendered by -(1) Outside agencies(2) Other departments of the company(3) Employees other than the sales person(4) Marketing department(5) None of theseQ.15. Sales promotion involves, the incorrect option-(1) Building product awareness(2) Creating interest(3) Providing Intonation(4) Designing new product(5) None of theseQ.16. DSA Means -(1) District sales Authority(2) Direct Selling Agent(3) Distributor and Sales agent(4) None of these(5) All of theseQ.17. β€œConversion” in sales language means -(1) Converting a buyer into a seller(2) Converting a seller into a buyer(3) Converting a prospect into customer(4) All of these(5) None of theseQ.18.

Bank Marketing

is treated as -(1) Transaction marketing(2)

Service marketing

(3) Indoor marketing(4) all of these(5) None of theseQ.19. Leads can be provided by -(1) friends relatives(2) Websites(3) Directories(4) All of these(5) None of theseQ.20. Marketing is – Find the wrong option -(1) an ancient concept(2) a modern concept(3) a continuous affair(4) a team effort(5) None of theseAnswers:Q.1.(5) Q.11.(5)

Q.2.(2) Q.12.(1)

Q.3.(4) Q.13.(1)

Q.4.(1) Q.14.(1)

Q.5.(3) Q.15.(4)

Q.6.(5) Q.16.(2)

Q.7.(1) Q.18.(2)

Q.8.(2) Q.17.(3)

Q.9.(4) Q.19.(4)Q.10.(4) Q.20.(1)

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Is there a possibility of asking 4 sentence syllogism ??

Can anyone recommend any gud buk for preparation?? Its my first attempt and i dont know wat to study?? 😟

SBI PO 2013 Question Paper

Whether the SBI PO results are declared statewise??? I mean to ask whether it matters from which State I am appearing for the SBI PO 2014 ??? Or is it similar to IBPS ??

what are the chances of getting a posting in your home city/state ??


guys i received a sms confirming my registration but no email is it the same for everyone.

TIA

Question mg- should all beggars on the roads in big cities in india be forcibly sent to villages?

Arguments: 1. No,it is grossly unfair and these people may die of hunger if they are sent to villages.
2. Yes,these people create a bad impression of our country in the eyes of foreigners who visit our country and hence should be removed.
Which argument is strong and how?
------SBI PO OLD PAPER.

This post is from someone, who has been in this industry since 2 odd years working in State Bank Group as the same(PO) which all you people aspire to ,just remember the fact that this paper involves one of the stiffest competition in the country,might be aware of the last year's figure 17 lacs aspirants for 1500 odd seats,this figure just depicts the level of competition that stands ahead,but remember one thing if you make your way through you shall be the part of this group which offers best compensation in this industry matching those of Scale-II or III of some other banks.So put in all your best work in this all important exam.Wishing you all the luck,any support from my side if needed will always be there.πŸ˜ƒ

@TimesPro

Which of the following is NOT a part of India's Money Market?



4 answers 1) Bill Markets



8 answers 2) Call Money Market



0 answers 3) Banks



10 answers 4) Indian Gold Council



3 answers 5) Mutual Funds



0 answers 6) None of the above



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please explain....

competition booster march by Mahendra .
all sort of current affairs, a 13 page pdf, would be beneficial for a revision .πŸ‘πŸ˜ƒ

Is M.Tyra a good book to practise DI ?