SBI PO Previous Year Question Papers
SBI releases no question paper. Its Information Handouts show the real format.
SBI does not publish SBI PO question papers or answer keys. Its careers page carries the advertisement, an Information Handout for each phase, result lists and a personal marks lookup. Any PDF sold or shared as an official SBI PO previous year paper is a memory-based reconstruction or a mock.
What SBI does publish is useful: each Information Handout has illustrative sample questions written by the people who set the exam. This page shows what those handouts contain, what the maths section asks, and how to get the real value of past papers from timed practice instead.
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What SBI publishes and what it does not
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Published by SBI?
Yes
What it is good for
Eligibility, vacancies, phases and dates for the cycle
Information Handout (Prelims and Mains)
Published by SBI?
Yes, with the call letter
What it is good for
Exact section names, question counts, timing and sample question types
Result lists and marks lookup
Published by SBI?
Yes
What it is good for
Whether you were shortlisted, and your own marks
Question paper
Published by SBI?
No
What it is good for
Not available from SBI
Answer key
Published by SBI?
No
What it is good for
Not available from SBI
| Document | Published by SBI? | What it is good for |
|---|---|---|
| Advertisement | Yes | Eligibility, vacancies, phases and dates for the cycle |
| Information Handout (Prelims and Mains) | Yes, with the call letter | Exact section names, question counts, timing and sample question types |
| Result lists and marks lookup | Yes | Whether you were shortlisted, and your own marks |
| Question paper | No | Not available from SBI |
| Answer key | No | Not available from SBI |
What the 2026 handouts tell you about the paper
The 2026 Prelims handout lists English Language with 40 questions, Quantitative Aptitude with 30 and Reasoning Ability with 30, each with its own 20-minute slot. Mains has four objective tests: Reasoning and Computer Aptitude, Data Analysis and Interpretation (with an on-screen calculator), General Awareness, Economy and Banking Knowledge, and English. The typed descriptive paper in 2026 asks for an email, a situation analysis and a report or precis.
SBI itself says the sample questions are illustrative only, and that the real paper has harder questions and question types not shown. Read the handout for the format, not as a list of what will come.
What the SBI PO maths section asks
SBI describes the quantitative test as a measure of how fast and accurately you work with numbers: computation, arithmetic reasoning and reading tables and graphs. In Prelims that means short arithmetic, number series, quadratic comparisons and small data sets. In Mains the same skills come as Data Analysis and Interpretation: long tables, charts and caselets where each set carries several questions.
Every handout question has five options, and the fifth is often "Other than those given as options". That option is the trap. If your answer does not match the first four exactly, check your working once before you pick it, because a slip in the first step leads straight to it.
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Four original sample questions (written by PrepClever, not from any SBI paper)
Set in the SBI handout style. Try each in under 40 seconds before reading the answer.
- 1
Profit and discount
A phone is marked 25% above its cost price and sold at a 12% discount. What is the profit percent? (1) 10% (2) 12% (3) 13% (4) 8% (5) Other than those given as options. Answer: (1). 1.25 multiplied by 0.88 is 1.10, so the profit is 10%.
- 2
Quadratic comparison
I: x² minus 7x plus 12 = 0. II: y² minus 9y plus 20 = 0. Compare x and y. Answer: x is less than or equal to y. x is 3 or 4 and y is 4 or 5, so x is never greater than y, but both can be 4.
- 3
Number series
6, 7, 11, 20, 36, ? (1) 52 (2) 61 (3) 57 (4) 63 (5) Other than those given as options. Answer: (2). The gaps are 1, 4, 9 and 16, the squares, so the next gap is 25 and the term is 61.
- 4
Compound interest
₹8,000 is invested at 10% a year compound interest for 2 years. What is the interest earned? Answer: ₹1,680. After one year it is ₹8,800, after two ₹9,680.
Three things people call a previous year paper
- Official paper
- The paper as set for SBI, with its answer key. SBI does not release it.
- Memory-based paper
- Questions written down by candidates from memory after the exam. The topic mix is roughly right; wording, numbers and answers are not checked by anyone official.
- Mock test
- New questions written to the published pattern, with the same sections, timing and negative marking. It is the only way to practise against the real clock with a key you can trust.
How to use past-paper practice well
- check_circleUse memory-based papers for topic feel only: which puzzle types came up and how long the reading passages were. Do not score yourself on them.
- check_circlePractise every section on its own timer. SBI runs separate timing per section, so time cannot be borrowed from an easy section.
- check_circleScore practice with the one-quarter penalty for each wrong answer. Practice without it trains you to guess.
- check_circleType your descriptive answers. The paper is typed on screen, and handwriting practice does not build typing speed.
Leaked papers are a trap
SBI releases no question paper, so a file sold as a leaked SBI PO paper is either a memory-based set with a new label or made up. Paying for it buys nothing you cannot get from the handout and a good mock.
FAQs
Where can I get the official SBI PO previous year question paper?expand_more
Nowhere. SBI does not publish SBI PO question papers or answer keys. The official material is the Information Handout for each phase, which includes illustrative sample questions.
Are SBI PO memory-based papers reliable?expand_more
They give a rough idea of topics and difficulty. Wording, numbers and answer keys are unverified, so use them for topic feel and use timed mocks for scoring.
What maths questions come in SBI PO?expand_more
Prelims asks short arithmetic, number series, quadratic comparisons and small data sets. Mains asks Data Analysis and Interpretation: tables, charts and caselets, with an on-screen calculator in 2026.
Does SBI release an answer key for SBI PO?expand_more
No answer key was listed on SBI's careers page for the 2025 or 2026 cycles. You can see your own marks through the marks lookup after each result.
Next steps
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