PNB SO Syllabus 2025 and Exam Pattern

The Punjab National Bank (PNB) Specialist Officer (SO) exam is a golden opportunity for candidates aiming for a professional role in the banking sector. With the PNB SO Exam 2025 expected to be held in April or May 2025, aspirants must be well-acquainted with the latest syllabus and exam pattern to streamline their preparation. The selection process includes an online written test followed by a personal interview. The written exam tests candidates on subjects like Reasoning, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, and Professional Knowledge. Understanding the section-wise syllabus and marking scheme is essential to create a focused study plan and score well in the exam.

PNB SO Syllabus 2025 and Exam Pattern

The PNB SO Syllabus 2025 and Exam Pattern have been released along with the official notification. The online exam will consist of four sections: Reasoning Ability, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, and Professional Knowledge. Before starting their preparation, candidates must have a clear understanding of the syllabus and exam pattern, as it forms the foundation for effective study planning. In this section, we have provided a detailed, topic-wise breakdown of the PNB SO Syllabus 2025 to help aspirants streamline their preparation.

PNB SO Syllabus 2025: Overview

Here is a brief overview of PNB SO Syllabus 2025 highlighting all the important points.

PNB SO Syllabus 2025

The section-wise PNB SO Syllabus 2025 must be known to all the candidates. The syllabus for all the sections like Reasoning, English, and Quantitative Aptitude,  Professional Knowledge is given here.

PNB SO Syllabus 2025: Reasoning

• Direction / Coded-Direction
• Blood Relation / Coded-Blood-Relation
• Inequality / Coded Inequality
• Coding-Decoding (General + Coded)
• Resultant (Miscellaneous)
• Coded Series
• Syllogism (General +Coded)
• Data-Sufficiency (Two or Three statements)
• Input-Output (Word or Number Based)
• Circular/ Triangular/ Rectangular/ Square Seating Arrangement
• Linear Seating Arrangement (Single, Double, or Uncertain) + With Direction & Distance
• Box-Based Puzzles (Certain + Uncertain)
• Floor or Floor-flat-Based Puzzles
• Comparison/ Categorized/ Order Ranking-Based Puzzle
• Blood-Relation-based Puzzles
• Day/ Month/ Year/Age-Based Puzzle
• Logical Reasoning: Statement and Assumptions, Statement and Inference, Cause and Effect, Course of Action, Strength of Argument, and Statement and Conclusion

PNB SO Syllabus 2025: English Language

• Reading Comprehension
• Phrase rearrangement
• Word swap
• Word rearrangement
• Match the column
• Connectors
• Starters
• Fillers
• Word usage
• Sentence-based Error
• Phrase replacement
• Spelling error
• Error correction
• Idioms and phrases
• Cloze test
• Sentence Rearrangement
• One-word inference

PNB SO Syllabus 2025: Quantitative Aptitude

• Number System
• Simplification and Approximation
• Percentage
• Ratio and Proportion
• Average
• Time and Work
• Time, Speed, and Distance
• Profit and Loss
• Simple and Compound Interest
• Data Interpretation (Tables, Bar Graphs, Line Graphs, Pie Charts, etc.)
• Probability
• Permutation and Combination

PNB SO Syllabus 2025: Professional Knowledge

This section will vary depending on the specific post and the chosen field or specialization. Here is the list of some general information that candidates should have.

• For banking exams: Banking and Financial Awareness, Banking Operations, Financial Management, Marketing in Banking, Risk Management, Financial Institutions, Indian Economy, etc.

PNB SO Exam Pattern 2025

Along with the PNB Syllabus 2025, the candidates must know about the PNB SO Exam Pattern 2025.

The selection will be based on either the Online Examination and the Personal Interview or the Personal Interview only, depending upon the number of applications received against each post.

The detailed exam pattern for the online exam is given below.

1. The exam will be held in two parts.
2. The total time duration for the exam is 120 minutes.
3. There will be 150 questions of 200 marks in total.
4. There is a negative marking in the examination. One-fourth of the marks will be deducted from that question whose answer is marked wrong by the candidate.

Note- Part II i.e. Professional Knowledge of the candidate will only be evaluated if a candidate qualifies the Part I of the Online Examination. And, the minimum qualifying marks for each subject will be decided by the bank later on.

The candidates who qualify for the online written examination will appear in the Interview round of 50 marks. The minimum qualifying mark for the interview round is 25 marks (i.e. 50%) (for SC/ST candidates 22.5 marks (i.e. 45%)).

Note: The merit list shall be prepared based on marks obtained in Part II (Professional Examination) of the Online Exam and the Interview.