SBI PO Exam 2014: General Instructions

State Bank of India will conduct PO Written Exam for the recruitment to the Probationary Officers posts. We suggest aspirants to start preparing for the SBI PO Exam 2014 right after they are done with the application process so that they can cover the Complete Syllabus by the time of examination, which is going to be held on Month of June. SBI has issued some instructions for candidates to keep in mind while coming for exam.

Particulars to be Noted

Please note carefully your Roll Number, date, time and venue for the examination given in the call letter.

Punctuality in Attendance

Candidates should be present at the examination hall at the time given in the call letter. Candidates arriving late will not be permitted to enter the Examination Hall.

Call letter to be surrendered

Affix firmly a copy of your recent passport size photograph in the space provided for it in the call letter and bring it with you alongwith photo identity proof in original and a photocopy when you come to the venue for the examination. You will not be permitted to appear for the examination if you come without the photo identity proof in original and a photocopy, call letter or without the photographaffixed on the call letter.

You will be required to sign in the space provided for candidate’s signature on your call letter in the presence of the invigilator in the examination hall. Invigilator will take your left thumb impression on the call letter while collecting the same.

You should hand over your call letter alongwith the photocopy of photo identity proof to the invigilator in the examination hall, when he collects the call letters from the candidates.

Compliance with Instructions

You should scrupulously follow the instructions given by test administrators and the invigilators at all the stages of the examination for which you have been called. If you violate the instructions you will be disqualified and may also be asked to leave the examination hall.

Use of Books, Notes, Calculators & Cell Phones

No calculator separate or with watch, cell phones, books, slide rulers, note books or written notes will be allowed inside the examination hall.

Do not leave your seat unless you are allowed.

Use of Stationery

You must bring stationery such as pencils, ball point pen with you.

Rough work to be done on the sheet provided

You should do all the necessary rough work on sheet provided only. After the online test is over, you should hand over the sheet, given for rough work to the invigilator and after the Descriptive Paper (DP) is over you should hand over the DP to the invigilator before leaving the room. Any candidate who does not return the above material or is found to attempt to t ake or pass on the questions or answers inside or outside the examination hall will be disqualified and the Bank may take further action against him as per rules of the Bank.

Penalty of Wrong Answers

There will be Penalty for wrong answers marked by you in the objective tests. There are five alternative answers to every question of all the tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by you, one-fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty. If a question is left blank, i.e.no answer is given by you, there will be no penalty for that question. If the total of the penalty for test is in fraction, it will be rounded off to the nearest integer. You should therefore be careful in marking your answers.

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