SBI PO Answer Key 2021: State Bank of India conducts the SBI PO Exam 2021. Candidates can check all updates regarding SBI PO answer key 2021 from sbi.co.in. Normally, the State Bank Of India does not release any official answer key on its website for the recruitment of PO exams or any other exams as well. However, many coaching centres release the answer key just after the exam for the convenience of the candidates. The exam consists of three stages prelims, mains, and group exercise, and interview. The exam of SBI PO 2021 will be held tentatively in November/December 2021. Whereas the mains exam is to be held on in 3rd or 4th week of December 2021. Get the SBI PO Answer Key 2021 here below, know how to check and use the answer key to estimate the final score here.
SBI PO Answer Key 2021
The State Bank of India (SBI) does not release the official answer key of any banking staff recruitment exam. However, the different answer keys are released by third-party agencies and are updated here as per schedule right after the exam. Candidates can get day-wise SBI PO answer keys of prelims, mains here on this page. Also, check out the schedule of events before SBI PO answer key 2021 below.
| Event | Important Dates |
| Prelims Exam Date | Nov/ Dec 2021 |
| Answer Key Date | To be announced |
| Unofficial answer key | Right After Exam |
Download answer key here: Candidates can download the SBI PO answer key 2021 from sbi.co.in.
How to Calculate Tentative Score using SBI PO Asnwer Key 2021?
For this, candidates need the answer key showing the correct answers to all the questions of the exam and the knowledge of the marking scheme of the SBI PO 2021. We have explained the procedure below:
1st step: Go through the SBI PO 2021 answer key and compare your responses to the answer key.
2nd step: Using the marking scheme of SBI PO 2021 self mark the correct and incorrect questions.
3rd step: Sum up the total positive marks scored.
4th step: Count the negative marks for the wrong questions.
5th step: Use this formula to get the final score.
Final Score = Total positive score – Total negative score
How to Download SBI PO Answer Key 2021?
SBI does not release official answer keys for the examination. However, if Bank decided to release it this year, aspirants can check out the steps here for reference. The procedure to download the answer key is as follows:
1st step: Search for the official website, sbi.co.in.
2nd step: Go to the “careers’ section of SBI.
3rd step: Click on the SBI PO answer key download option.
Other than this, aspirants can also refer to the unofficial answer keys available in this article after the exam to know the questions and their answers. For this, they can simply click on the direct link shared below the dates table and download the unofficial/memory-based answer key.
SBI PO 2021 Cut off marks
The candidates must clear the cutoff at every stage i.e., prelims, mains, and final. Cutoff marks of previous years that SBI released are as follows:
Previous year cut off for SBI PO Prelims
| Category | SBI PO prelims cut off |
| General | 58.5 |
| OBC | 56 |
| EWS | 56.75 |
| SC | 50 |
| ST | 43.75 |
| LD | 47.25 |
| VI | 47.75 |
| HI | 13.5 |
Previous year cut off for SBI PO mains
| Category | SBI PO Mains cut off |
| General | 88.93 |
| SC | 73.83 |
| ST | 66.86 |
| OBC | 80.96 |
| EWS | 84.60 |
| LD | 80.45 |
| VI | 93.08 |
| HI | 63.10 |
| D & E | 63.25 |
SBI PO Interview cut-off marks
| General | 51.23 |
| SC | 44.09 |
| ST | 41.87 |
| OBC | 45.09 |
| EWS | 45.35 |
| LD | 45.27 |
| VI | 51.55 |
| HI | 28.62 |
| D & E | 29.43 |
Check SBI PO Cut-off Marks
What to do after SBI PO Answer Key is out ?
Once the answer key is out, go through the same and calculate the tentative score you are getting. According, evaluate yourself and prepare for the next stage and get the help from this article for further details of the exam process and make the strategy to clear it accordingly. Thereafter, the State Bank of India releases the SBI PO result 2021 on the official website, sbi.co.in. Candidates can check their respective results in the login. Also, SBI releases the scorecard with the scores and cut-off marks for the exam.
About SBI PO Exam
State Bank of India conducts SBI PO exams every year. Selected candidates are get the post of Probationary Officer. The job of a Probationary Officer is a prestigious job that holds the responsibilities of general banking and administration. SBI conducts Po examinations in three stages i.e., Preliminary, mains, and interview. Candidates selected from these three stages are trained under probation for a maximum of 2 years. Thereafter they get the job of Assistant Manager in a particular branch of the State Bank of India.
FAQs
Ans. Candidates who get selected for SBI PO gets starting salary of Rs. 27,620/-.
Ans. No, Prelims marks are not counted for SBI PO final result.
Ans. A total of 2056 vacancies have been announced for PO 2021 exams
