Syllabus
The BOB SO Exam has maintained itself on the list of one of the important examinations in the banking sector. Thus, it is the most sought after job SBI and IBPS. A candidate should go through the detailed BOB SO syllabus Professional Knowledge syllabus is different for different posts as notified in the BOB SO notification 2024.
Complete BOB Specialist Officer exam syllabus has been provided in the tables below;
| Sections | Topics |
|---|---|
| Reasoning | Puzzles, Seating Arrangement- Circular, Square & Linear, Data Sufficiency, Directions and Distance, Coding Decoding, Blood relations, Inequality, Syllogism, Machine input and output, Verbal Reasoning, Ordering and Ranking, Arrangement and Pattern, Scheduling, Distance and Direction, Ranking |
| English Language | English Grammar, Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension, Passage Making, Error Spotting, Jumble Words, Sentence Framing, Fill in the blanks |
| Quantitative Aptitude | Simplification and approximation, Number Series, Quadratic Equation, Number System / HCF & LCM, Ratio and Proportion, Average, Partnership, Ages, Percentage, Profit & Loss, Time, Speed & Distance, Problems on Trains, Boat and Stream, Time & Work / Pipes and Cisterns, Simple and Compound Interest, Mixture & Allegations, Permutation and Combination, Probability, Data Interpretation (DI), Caselet DI and Data Sufficiency |
Professional Knowledge
| Subjects | Topics |
|---|---|
| DBMS | DBMS Schemas (Hierarchical, Network, Relational), Relational Model Concepts, DML, DDL, Basic SQL, Oracle concepts, Basics of Indexing, Normalization, Entity Relationship Model |
| Operating Systems | Functions of OS, Basics of Memory Management, DML, DDL, Basic SQL, Oracle, concepts, Process Concept, Threads, Security, Multiprogramming, Synchronization Concepts, Spooling, Page Replacement Policies |
| Data Communication and Networking | OSI Model, TCP/IP Suit, IPv4 Addressing, IP header, Subnet Mask, Mac Address, ARP and RARP and DHCP, Switching and Routing, Common Network Protocols (Telnet, HTTP, FTP, SNMP, PPP,UDP, ARP etc., Network Devices (Switch, Hub, Repeater, Router, Modem etc), LAN, MAN, WAN, Network Security |
| Basics of Programming and Data Structures | C, C++, Java Basics, OOPS Concepts, Array, Strings, Heap & Priority Queue, Queue, Linked List, Stack |
| Software Engineering | Software Development Models(Waterfall, RAD, Prototyping, Spiral), Design and Analysis, Data Flow Diagram, Software Requirement, Software Testing (Black, White, Grey Box), Software Maintenance and CASE tools |
| Computer Organization & Architecture | 8085 and 8086 (Flags and Interrupts), Memory Hierarchy & System Bus |
| MS Office & Windows and Web Technologies | HTML, Javascript Basics, Cookies, Search Engine Basics Client Server Model |
| Miscellaneous | Recurrence Relation, Planar Graphs, Relation, Regular Expression, Data Mining, Sorting, Finite Automata, Data Mining, Sorting, Algorithms to Find Shortest Path |
| Digital Logic | Logic Gates, Combinational Circuits, Number System, Hamming Distance, Basics of Counters |
| Computer Hardware | ROM/RAM, BIOS, Bootstrap Memory, Hard Disks, Peripheral Devices, Compiler, Assembler, Linker, Macro Processor, Loader, translator |
Books
Well begun is half done! It is essential to choose the material for your preparation as one of the most important things before starting any preparation is to gather all the important resources. You will need a useful set of books to start your preparation right. To save your time, we have listed down some useful BOB SO books that will be helpful in your preparation.
| Paper | Book | Author/Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Quantitative Aptitude | Quicker Mathematics | BSC Publications |
| Quantitative Aptitude | RS Agarwal | |
| Class Notes | SS Bharti | |
| Reasoning Ability | A modern approach to verbal & Non-verbal reasoning | R.S. Agarwal |
| Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning | S.Chand | |
| Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning | Arihant Publication | |
| English Language | English Grammar | Wren & Martin |
| Made Easy for English | Norman Lewis | |
| Descriptive General English | SP Bakshi |