PNB SO Syllabus 2025 and Exam Pattern, Detailed SO Syllabus

Punjab National Bank is going to conduct the PNB SO 2025 exam in April/May 2025 and the candidates who applied for the 350 vacancies can start their preparation. The detailed PNB SO Syllabus 2025 and Exam Pattern have been discussed here for the candidates to understand the topics and sections they need to cover to appear in the examination. They can create a preparation schedule to complete the syllabus on time and have ample time to revise as well.

PNB SO Syllabus 2025 and Exam Pattern

The first and foremost step for beginning with the preparation for PNB SO Exam is to understand the PNB SO Syllabus and Exam Pattern. To get shortlisted for the vacancies, the candidates have to qualify in the Online Main Exam. In this article, we have discussed the detailed PNB SO Exam Pattern and PNB SO Syllabus for Online Exam as notified by the commission.

PNB SO Syllabus 2025 Overview

PNB will conduct an MCQ test through the online mode for shortlisting the candidates for Specialist Officers post. Here are some general details related to PNB SO Syllabus. Have a look at the PNB SO 2025 Syllabus details as summed up in the below table.

PNB SO Exam Pattern 2025

The PNB SO Exam Pattern 2025 for the Manager and Senior Manager Posts has been discussed here for the candidates. The candidates will have to answer 150 questions for 200 marks.

PNB SO Online Exam Pattern 2025

1. The PNB SO exam will be held online mode.
2. The tests except for the Test of the English language will be available bilingually, i.e. in English and Hindi.
3. There is a penalty of one-fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question.
4. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate; there will be no penalty for that question.
5. The duration of the examination will be 2 hours.
6. Note that Part II, which assesses the Professional Knowledge of candidates, will only be considered if they pass Part I of the Online Examination. Additionally, the bank will determine the minimum qualifying marks for each subject at a later stage.

The Online Test shall be as per the following pattern:

PNB SO Interview 2025

1. The candidates who will qualify for the Online test for PNB SO will be eligible to appear for the PNB SO.
2. The total marks allotted for the Interview are 50.
3. The minimum qualifying marks in the interview will not be less than 45% i.e.,.22.5 for SC/ST candidates & 50% i.e. 25 for other candidates.
4. The combined final score of candidates shall be arrived at on the basis of aggregate scores obtained by the candidates in the Online Main Examination and Interview.
5. Interview scores of the candidates failing to secure minimum qualifying marks or otherwise barred from the interview or further process shall not be disclosed.
6. A candidate should qualify both in the Online Main Examination and interview and be sufficiently high in merit to be shortlisted for the subsequent provisional allotment process.

PNB SO Syllabus 2025: Section Wise

The details of the section wise PNB SO Syllabus 2025 has been mentioned below for the candidates. They can go through all the topics they need to cover from Reasoning, English Language, and Quantitative Aptitude.

PNB SO Syllabus for Reasoning

The syllabus for Reasoning for the Online Exam is summed up below.

1. Analogy
2. Series Completion
3. Verification of truth of the Statement
4. Situation Reaction Test
5. Direction Sense Test
6. Classification
7. Data Sufficiency
8. Alpha-Numeric Sequence Puzzle
9. Puzzle Test
10. Blood Relations
11. Coding-Decoding
12. Assertion and Reasoning
13. Arithmetical Reasoning
14. Operations of Mathematics
15. Venn Diagrams
16. Word Sequence
17. Missing Characters
18. Sequential Output training
19. Directions
20. Test on Alphabets
21. Eligibility Test
22. Dot Situation
23. Identical figure groupings
24. Forming figures and analysis
25. Construction of Squares and Triangles
26. Series
27. Analytical Reasoning
28. Paper Folding
29. Paper Cutting
30. Cubes and Dice
31. Water Images
32. Mirror Images
33. Figure Matrix
34. Completion Incomplete Pattern
35. Spotting embedded figures
36. Classification
37. Rules Detection

PNB SO Syllabus for English

The syllabus for English for the Online Exam is summed up below.

1. Spellings/Detecting Mis-spelt words
2. Antonyms and their correct usage
3. Common Error
4. Active/Passive Voice of Verbs
5. Comprehension Passage
6. Spot the Error
7. Cloze Passage
8. Fill in the Blanks
9. Shuffling of Sentence parts
10. Conversions
11. Sentence Rearrangement
12. Grammar
13. Shuffling of Sentences in a Passage
14. Improvement of Sentences
15. Synonyms/Homonyms
16. Antonyms
17. Vocabulary
18. Idioms & Phrases
19. One word substitution

PNB SO Syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude

The syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude for PNB SO is summed up below.

1. Time and Work Partnership
2. Ratio and Proportion
3. Boats and Streams
4. Simple Interest
5. Time and Distance
6. Problems on Trains
7. Areas
8. Races and Games
9. Numbers and Ages
10. Mixtures and Allegations
11. Mensuration
12. Permutations and Combinations
13. Problems on L.C.M and H.C.F
14. Pipes and Cisterns
15. Percentages
16. Simple Equations
17. Problems on Numbers
18. Averages
19. Indices and Surds
20. Compound Interest
21. Volumes
22. Odd Man Out
23. Quadratic Equations
24. Probability
25. Profit and Loss
26. Simplification and Approximation

PNB SO 2025 Qualifying marks

• Candidates have to qualify for all the Tests of Part-I. The Part II i.e. professional knowledge test scores will be considered only for those candidates who qualify in each paper in Part-I and merit prepared on the basis of Part II Marks.
• Minimum qualifying marks in each individual Test will be decided by the Bank. Candidates who obtain minimum qualifying marks as decided by the Bank in Part-I will be considered for shortlisting for Interview on the basis of merit prepared as per marks obtained by them in Part-II i.e. Professional Knowledge Test.
• Documents in support of the eligibility of the candidates, shortlisted on the basis of Merit prepared as discussed above, shall be collected and only those candidates who are found eligible, in terms of the eligibility criteria prescribed for the respective post, on the basis of documents submitted shall be called for Personal Interview.
• Personal Interview will be 50 marks. Minimum qualifying marks in interview shall be 45% i.e. 22.50 for SC/ST candidates & 50% i.e. 25 for other candidates.

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