Bank of Baroda (BOB) – Probationary Officer (PO) Exam Syllabus, Pattern & Eligibility Criteria

Bank of Baroda (BOB) – Probationary Officer (PO) Exam Syllabus, Pattern & Eligibility Criteria

Exam Pattern
Probationary Officer (PO) Exam Syllabus
Eligibility Criteria
Bank of Baroda conduct a Online written examination for the recruitment of as Probationary Officer in Junior Management Grade / Scale-I through the 1 year Post Graduate Diploma in Banking and Finance course in Baroda Manipal School of Banking, Bangalore or in any other Institute in other part of the country. In this article we will discuss about BOB exam Pattern, syllabus and Eligibility Criteria.

BOB PO Exam Pattern : Candidates shall be selected by BOB through a selection process consisting of an (open) online exam followed by Group Discussion AND Interview.

Type of Questions : Objective
No. of Questions : 200
Time Duration : 2 Hours (120 Minute)
Negative Marking : 0.25 Marks deducted for Wrong answer.
This time the exam is going to be online. This exam consists of the following sections.

Reasoning :

Max. Marks : 50 Marks
No. of Questions : 50 Qs
Quantitative Aptitude :
Max. Marks : 50 Marks
No. of Questions : 50 Qs
English Language :
Max. Marks : 50 Marks
No. of Questions : 50 Qs
General Awareness(with special reference to Banking Industry) :
Max. Marks : 50 Marks
No. of Questions : 50 Qs
Group Discussion and Personal Interview : The aggregate marks of candidates qualifying in the Online Test will be arranged in descending order in each category and the candidates in the order of merit, subject to 4 times the number of intake in each category, will be called for Group Discussion and Interview. The qualifying marks in Group Discussion & Interview will be as decided by the Bank.

BOB Exam Syllabus for Probationary Officer :  BOB PO Exam is the most popular exam among the all exams conducted by BOB. Now lets have a look at the detailed syllabus of PO Exam….

First Section – Test of Reasoning :
First section will be Logical Reasoning means the process of forming judgement conclusions from premises or facts. The question in this section may be based on Verbal and Non-Verbal.

Number series
Letter & symbol series
Statement and argument
Logical problems
Verbal reasoning
Blood relations
Coding-decoding
Number ranking
Making judgments etc.
Non-Verbal means :

Series completion
Finding any missing figure
Classification.
Second Section – English Language :
Second section of is English language. It is one of the most important languages because it is wider and useful in all over the world, so the managing committee wants to select only those candidates who are capable of understand English. The questions in this section may be asked from the topics

Synonyms
Antonyms
Verb
Error Correction
Tenses
Sentence Rearrangement
Fill in the Blanks with Modals, Articles etc
Comprehension
Unseen Passages
Vocabulary etc.
Third Section – Quantitative Aptitude :
Third section is Quantitative Aptitude in this question will have five multiple-choice answers. The question in this selection may be based on two topics like as Arithmetic and Data Interpretation.

Data Interpretation means :

Bar graphs
Pie charts,
Line graphs
tabulation.
Arithmetic means :

Number System
HCF, LCM
Ratio and Proportions
Percentage
Time and Distance
Profit and Loss
Average
Simple and Compound Interest
Geometry
Arithmetic
Trigonometry
Statistics
Mensuration etc.
Fourth Section – General Awareness :
Fourth section is General Awareness. These questions are not based on any specific study but related to current affairs(with special reference to Banking Industry).

Banking
Culture
Geography
Indian Economy
Finance
Current Affairs around the world
Economic News
Budget & Plans
Sports
Books and Authors
Awards and Honors
Science Inventions and Discoveries
Abbreviations
Important Days & Dates etc.

Eligibility Criteria :  Degree (Graduation) with minimum 60% (55% for SC/ST/PWD) marks in any discipline from a recognized University OR any equivalent qualification as such recognized by Central Government.

Age : As on 17.03.2015

Minimum : 20 years
Maximum : 28 years
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