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P&HRD. Sl. No. : 20/2012 - 13 Circular No. : CDO/P&HRD-CM/1/2012 - 13 Wednesday,April 04,2012. 15 Chaitra, 1934 (S).

To Branches/Offices of State Bank of India STAFF: OFFICERS WRITTEN TESTS FOR PROMOTION TO MMGS-II/MMGS-III TEST PATTERN The pattern for written test for promotion to MMGS-II/MMGS-III was last revised in the year 2003-04 at the time of introduction of fast track channel. To keep our promotion tests aligned with the requirement of the changing banking scenario, it has been decided to revise the pattern for written test for promotion to MMGSII/MMGS-III. The revised test patterns are given in Annexure-I & II respectively. The said test pattern will be effective from promotion year 2012-13. 2. Salient features of the revised test pattern are as under: Negative marking for wrong answer to be introduced in objective type test to reduce guess work. Each objective type question will have 4 choices. Data interpretation section has been added for promotion to MMGS-III as planning and business development are desirable attributes. Questions on Supervisory Role and Responsibilities have been added in objective test for promotion to MMGS-III. As per the extant promotion policy, minimum percentage of marks required in the written test to qualify for being considered for inclusion in the Zone of Consideration is 40%. For promotion to Scale-III, descriptive paper will be evaluated only if the score in objective type test is 40% or above. Again, in descriptive type minimum qualifying score is 40%, to be eligible for inclusion in ZOC. Merit list of officers in ZOC will be prepared on the basis of combined score of objective and descriptive tests. As regards promotion to Scale-II, since there is no descriptive paper, there is no change in the existing policy of overall 40% in written test as qualifying marks for being considered for inclusion in the Zone of Consideration.

Sections are detailed extensively to have questions from all areas of banking.

3. All other instructions in this regard will remain unchanged. 4. Please bring it to the notice of all concerned and arrange accordingly. CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER (HR) Annexure-I STRUCTURE OF THE QUESTION PAPER FOR PROMOTION TO MMGS-II OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS NUMBER OF MARKS PER MAX. TIME I QUESTIONS QUESTION* MARKS Section- I Product Featuresa1 20 0.5 10 Deposit/Liability Product a2 20 0.5 10 Features- Adv./Assets IT Channels, Payment Solutions, Transanction b 10 0.5 5 products etc. and questions on other new initiatives Systems and Procedure in branches and CPCs (both c System & Manual), 20 0.5 10 Organisational Structure and questions related to HR area d Forex/Treasury/IB 5 0.5 2.5 120Minutes Government Business, Cross e Selling Products and Financial 15 0.5 7.5 Inclusion f Laws relavent to Banks 15 0.5 7.5 Macro- economic g Environment/ General 10 0.5 5 Awareness Pre sanction/ post sanction processes & NPA h 15 0.5 7.5 management in Loans and Advances English Language i 20 0.5 10 Comprehension Sub Total 150 75 *Negative marking of 25% of the marks for that question for every wrong answer.

Annexure-II STRUCTURE OF THE QUESTION PAPER FOR PROMOTION TO MMGS-III I OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS NUMBER OF QUESTIONS 15 15 10 MARKS PER QUESTION* 0.5 0.5 0.5 MAX. MARKS 7.5 7.5 5 TIME

Section- I a1 Product Features- Deposit/Liability a2 Product Features- Adv./Assets IT Channels, Payment Solutions, b Transanction products etc. and questions on other new initiatives Systems and Procedure in branches and CPCs (both System c & Manual), Organisational Structure and questions related to HR area d Forex/Treasury/IB Government Business, Cross Selling e Products and Financial Inclusion f Laws relavent to Banks Macro- economic Environment/ g General Awareness Pre sanction/ post sanction h processes & NPA management in Loans and Advances Supervisory Role and i Responsibilities j Data Interpretation Sub Total II DESCRIPTIVE QUESTIONS 1 Rationale 2 3 4 5 For & Against Situational Analysis Comprehension Business Correspondence Total- Descriptive Grand Total

20 5 15 15 10 15 10 10 140 4 (Out of 6) 4 (Out of 6) 2(Out of 3) 1 (4 Questions) 1(Out of 2)

0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

10 2.5 7.5 7.5 5 7.5 5 5 70 8 8 6 4 4 30 100 60 Minutes

100 Minutes

2 2 3 1 4

*Negative marking of 25% of the marks for that question for every wrong answer in objective type test.