Best Books for SBI PO Exam

SBI PO exam 2022 is expecting to be held in the month of June 2022. If you are one of its aspirants and unable to decide best reference books for exam preparation then read this post to get a complete info. A plethora of the best SBI PO books is available for the candidates for preparing the prelims and mains examinations. But, it is very important to choose the correct study material while preparing for the SBI PO exam. Therefore, here we are listing the most recommended and best books to prepare for SBI PO.

Along with books, an optimum level of preparation is also required for any candidate who wants to crack this exam with the requisite score. Your preparation will be marks-scoring if you go with the right approach. Here ‘Right Approach’ signifies that you need to follow the recommended exam pattern and syllabus.

To score good marks in the SBI PO exam, candidates should go through topic-wise SBI PO syllabus carefully and then decide yourself for which subjects or topics you need to give more preference.

SBI PO Preliminary and Mains Exam Pattern

SBI PO prelims exam consist of three sections, where the aspirants have to achieve cut off marks in each test of the Reasoning ability, English language, and quantitative aptitude. The exam will be conducted in online mode with 1-hour duration. The paper will comprise 100 objective questions for 100 marks. Candidates who successfully qualify the prelims will be allowed to appear for the Main Examination. It is also an online exam comprising an objective test for 200 marks and descriptive test for 50 marks

Let’s understand first the recommended exam pattern for SBI PO Preliminary and Mains exam.

Pattern of Preliminary Exam

• Preliminary exam consists of only objective type questions of 100 marks.
• The exam will be conducted in online mode for the 1-hour duration.
• For qualifying each section you need to cross the recommended cutoff as decided by the exam conducting authority.

Pattern of Mains Exam

• SBI Mains exam consists of an Objective paper of 200 marks and a descriptive paper of 25 marks.
• The examination mode is online mode.
• Candidates will be given 3 hours of time to solve the objective paper and 30 minutes of time to solve the descriptive paper.

Best Books for SBI PO Exam Preparation

Questions are to be asked majorly from three sections including Quantitative Aptitude, English Language, and Reasoning Ability.

Best Books for Quantitative Aptitude Section

Sl. No	Book Name
1.	Quantitative Aptitude For Competitive Examinations by R.S.Aggarwal
2.	Quantitative Aptitude Test by N.K.Singh
3.	Magical Book On Quicker Maths  by M Tyra
4.	Arithmetic for General Competitions

Best Books for English Section

Sl. No	Book Name
1.	Objective English for Competitive Examinations by Hari Mohan Prasad, Uma Rani Sinha
2.	Objective English by Edgar Thorpe
3.	Objective General English by R. S. Aggarwal, Vikas Aggarwal
4.	Word Power made Easy By Norman Lewis

Best Books for Reasoning

Sl. No	Book Name
1.	A Modern Approach To Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning by R. S. Aggarwal
2.	The Hand on Guide to Analytical Reasoning and Logical Reasoning by Peeyush Bhardwaj
3.	A New Approach to Reasoning Verbal and Non-Verbal by BS Sijwali, Indu Sijwal

Remember: Candidates should not depend on the books only; they need to apply effective preparation strategies in order to achieve the cut off marks in the SBI PO preliminary and main exams.