What is the best book to start preparing for the SBI(PO) exam

 What is the best book to start preparing for the SBI(PO) exam

How do I prepare for SBI PO 2025?

I would like to share my experience of how I cleared SBI PO and JA 2019 both in 1st attempt.

My answer will surely help you😊😊

The key to success to clear banking exams is just practise. Nothing else can give you success.

I would bifurcate the preparation for prelims and mains.

Prelims preparation :

You have to acquire speed and accuracy both. Increase your speed in maths and reasoning . To increase speed in maths , try to solve simplification question on daily basis. Remember squares and cubes. Remember ratios values which convert into percentage. Try to prepare topics in a sequence, for exaMple try to do ratio first then percentage topic as ratio will help u a lot in percentage chapter then afterwards do SI and CI as both ratio and percentage are used in this chapter . So try to do maths in this manner.

To increase speed in reasoning just practise questions daily.

After your syllabus is completed. Give mock test daily , and work in questions which you find difficult or which take more time in mock test.

You will easily clear prelims .

Mains exam preparation :

In mains examination you don't need speed , you need to have your concepts cleared about every topics .

Clearing prelims means you have your concepts cleared . Now you only need to work on GS portion.

Study weekly current affairs pdf and then monthly pdf from other source. I used to study affairs cloud weekly pdf and then gradeup monthly digest. Make notes of current affairs section wise and month wise which will in return help you a lot to revise as you won't need pdf anymore to revise all the stuff.

If you have good preparation before prelims try to study GS well before prelims as it will give you a lead and will get more time to cover static and current affairs portion.

Try to cover following topics in static gk

◆CMs and Governer

◆Dams and rivers on which they are constructed

◆latest appointment in banks

◆Banks headquarter and their taglines

◆latest policy and schemes intrest rates

◆books and authors (latest 5–6 months)

◆important days and their themes( last 6 months)

Give Mock test for mains daily or one in two days after prelims . Always Analyse your mock test. Work on you weak points . Practise the questions which you were unable to do in mock test.

Following are my suggestions if you really want to utilize your time

◆ avoid using whatsapp for continuous talk , instead call your friend , takk in conference call for group talk , whatsapp is useful for sharing stuffs and just sending any news, else it will waste your time.

◆ go to walk or play with your friends in the evening as it will not only make you social but also refresh your mind.

◆ maintain regularity

◆ try to solve as many questions as possible

◆ give mocks test as much as possible , but most important is to analyse the mock test , analyse your sectional scoring and performance .

◆ work out on your weak subjects and topics by analysing the mock test

◆ avoid using mobile every minute , don't use mobile while studying

If you need any suggestion or any query please ask

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How should I prepare for the BANK PO (SBI, IBPS)? What is an exhaustive list of books I should read and practice tests I should take?

SBI, IBPS needs immense practice and a calm mind, just these two things and you'll be in the final list. This is how one can start from the scratch and ace it in the first attempt.

• Keep in mind that the preference should be RBI>INSURANCE>BANKING.

• Try to enter into specialist entry if you are eligible.

• Time Needed - Maximum 5 months.

• Do not just read everything.

• Stop making notes on current like a 15 year old kid.

• Give every exam irrespective of what the post is and how many vacancies are there.

• Please do not waste time in learning new concepts and tricks.

• Give as many test series you c

How did you prepare for the SBI PO Mains exam?

Any competitive exam be it SBI , ibps , Lic, or upsc the prelims is for the sake of screening and weeding out, but the real make or break is “Mains".

First one need to understand , how different is prelims from mains or is there any similarity.

Differences first : If prelims is a sprint then mains is a Marathon which is not covered in 6 seconds or 60 minutes rather a full fledged focus is required for straight 3.5 hours!

Prelims want us to act and emerge like Usain Bolt but very innocent Mains urge us to be “Mo Farah" (Mo Farah - Wikipedia ) A very decorated athelete of all time.

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How do I crack SBI PO 2019? What are the best books for bank PO?

Which are the best books for the preparation of Bank PO?

How should I prepare for the BANK PO (SBI, IBPS)? What is an exhaustive list of books I should read and practice tests I should take?

Bookssss, are u serious??

Our country is changing dear, everything is going to be digital. I will not suggest you any kind of book if u are preparing for a bank job or any govt job. There are many reasons behind this and the main reason is up to date. Yes, u can get books but u can't get in recent pattern.

Online classes, YouTube,unacademy they all are mind blowing. You can learn anything through online coaching. Select any good ratings pen drive course and prepare well.

Meritshine a channel by gradeup on YouTube. Go to and search SBI PO 2017

Here you will get around 80–90 videos. I swear, they ar

What is the best book for reasoning for SBI PO?

No book is at all required ,,, surprised don't be !!!

Complete the following topics from the source mentioned

Syllogism , inequalities and machine input output from ONLINE GURUJI you tube channel

Direction sense , order and ranking , alphabet series from STUDY SMART you tube videos.

Puzzles from MERITSHINE n STUDY SMART you tube videos . There is a complete playlist available for free covering basics to advance.

Now with this your syllabus is well completed .

Moving on to practice part Please religiously follow bankers Adda quizes available on it's website . There is around a set of 1000+ quizzes so

What is the most important books for SBI PO preparation?

Maths- Quantum Cat by Savresh K. Verma

Reasoning - RS Agarwal’ book and Analytical Reasoning by M. Pandey of BSC Publications

English- SP Bakshi Objective English

GK+C.A- Lucent, Bankersadda’s GK Power Capsule

Mock test papers of Arihant/Kiran etc & Online Mock test series by careerpower/TestBook Etc

What are the books to read for the SBI PO?

For Quant- Quantitative Aptitude by Arun sharma. Once you prepare from it,you don't have to look for any other book. After clearing basics from this book, solve quizzes from Grade up and Bankerdda.

For Reasoning- I would recommend you to directly start practicing from Gradeup. Initially, it would be difficult but once you get the logics, you will get the speed too.

For English- Read Newspaper or S.P Bakshi book.

For General Awareness- Newspaper (The Hindu) + Bankerdda's daily current affairs.

Let me know, if you have any other question.

Hope, It helps.