Brief Analysis of Topics Covered in GK Section in SBI PO 2014 Exam

Dear readers, here we are presenting you a brief analysis of topics which can be covered in General Awareness section in SBI PO 2014 exam.

General Awareness is the easiest and scoring section in SBI PO Exam. In GK sections questions are asked from Economy, Banking, Finance news and also questions asked from current events.

The candidates should keep an eye on latest happenings and read a daily newspaper to keep them updated with latest news. It is one of the scoring sections in SBI PO exam.  One should thoroughly learn and revise policies, programs, latest updating in economy to score well in exam.

Topics Covered in SBI PO General Awareness section

Ø  Economy + Banking + Finance

1. Theory: (Gdp +Inflation + Tax + Capital Market + Finance + Planning commission,)

2. RBI related news: (Monetary Policy etc. Cheque, Draft, Basel etc)

3. Govt. related (Budget, policies, Schemes, Committees)

4. World Economy - International

Ø  Misc: Gk – National + International

1. New Appointment - (India & World)

2. Awards & Honours

3. Sports (Cricket, Football, Hockey, Badminton, Tennis etc)

4. Books & Authors

5. Defence & Technology

Distribution of number of questions Topic wise (Economy + Misc Gk)

Topics	No. of questions can be asked
Inflation	1
Tax	1
Budget	2
Capital Market	2
Growth Rate	1
Basel	1
Govt. Schemes	2
Imp. Committees	1
Monetary Policy	2
Financial + Banking news	4
International news	2
New Appointments	1
Books & Authors	1
Person in News/Obituary	1
Awards	1
Summit	1
Sports	1
Science & Technology	1

Ø  Computer (Internet, MS- Office, Excel, Operating System, Hardware etc)

Ø  Marketing:

1. Banking policy

2. Basic concept (7Ps of Marketing).

3. Product life cycle

4. Developing stage of organization

5. Segmentation, positioning and targeting.

Distribution of number of questions in SBI PO Previous year Exam

Topics	Number of questions Asked in SBI PO 2010 Exam	Number of questions Asked in SBI PO Associate 2011 Exam
Economy	16	13
Misc: Gk	9	13
Computer	14	12
Marketing	11	12
	Total = 50	Total = 50

As we can see, out of total 50 questions, more than 30 are coming from Economy, Computer & Marketing only.  And in 2010 and 2011′s exams, the sectional cutoff for General Awareness was at max 11 marks.

In 2013 sectional cutoff for General Awareness was 14 marks for General and 10 marks for SC/ST/OBC category. 

Note: Keep checking BankersAdda.com for Banking Awareness and Current Affairs. Also we will post Quiz on Computer and Marketing Awareness.

 We will also publish Gk Capsule For SBI PO exam 15 or 20 days before the exam, which will contain past 5 months Current Affairs and Banking, this will really help in your Gk section. So keep visiting bankersadda. 

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