Andhra Bank is one of the noted banks operating in India today. Founded 1923, the bank has branches all over the country. The demand for recruiting probationary officers (PO) crops up often. Let us take a comprehensive look of the Andhra Bank PO examination.

The vacancies for recruitment will vary from year to year. It depends on number of vacant posts that need to be filled. The Andhra bank PO examination is subject to reservation policies of the bank. An eligible candidate for the examination should be between 21 to 30 years of age. The candidate should have a score of 60% marks at the graduation level from a university recognized by the UGC. The candidate should have studied computer at the school level or have a diploma in basic computer operation.

The Andhra Bank PO Examination is carried out in two stages - written test and interview. Once you qualify in the written test you will be entitled to sit for the interview. The written test has two sections - objective type questions and descriptive type questions. The marks scored in descriptive test will not be counted for deciding the merit list.

The objective section will have 225 questions for 200 marks. This section will have four parts. Part 1 will contain 50 questions from General Awareness for 25 marks. Part 2 will contain 50 questions from English Language for 25 marks. Part 3 will have 50 questions from Quantitative Aptitude for 50 marks. Part 4 will have 75 questions from Reasoning for 100 marks. The duration of the paper is 135 minutes. You can attempt all the sections other than English language in either Hindi or English.

The descriptive paper will have 5 compulsory questions of 100 marks. The duration of paper is 60 minutes. The descriptive paper will test your clarity and depth of thoughts, organizing and logical abilities, higher cognitive skills and above all the communicative dexterity.

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