Overview
About PNB and PNB SO Exam
The Punjab national bank also said as the PNB is an Indian nationalized bank. Its headquarters is located in New Delhi, India. It is under the ownership of the ministry of finance, the government of India. The bank was founded in May 1984.
PNB is the second-largest government-owned bank in India, both in terms of its business volumes and its network.
Punjab national bank is a PSU that is working under the union government of India, which is regulated by the reserve bank of India act 1934 and the banking regulation act 1949.
The Punjab national bank was registered on 19th May 1984 under the Indian companies act. The founding board was drawn from the various parts of India professing different faiths and varying backgrounds. The common objective is to create a truly national bank that would process the economic interest of the country further. The bank opened on 12th April 1895 for business in Lahore.
Punjab national bank (PNB) is the first national bank that has been solely started with the Indian capital.
Mahatma Gandhi, Jawahar Lal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shashtri, Indira Gandhi, and Jalaiwala Bagh committee have held Punjab National Bank accounts.
About PNB SO Exam:
| Abbreviation | Punjab national bank |
|---|---|
| Type | Nationalized bank |
| Purpose | Recruit specialist officers (manager and senior manager) |
| Chairman | CH S.S.Malikarjuna Rao |
| Branches | 704, nationwide ATM’s located |
| Founder | Lal Lajpat Rai, Dyal Singh Majitha |
| Owner | Government of India |
| Website | https://www.pnbindia.in |
PNB SO 2021 Exam notification and the Latest news
The PNB SO 2020-2021 exam was conducted last year on 22nd November 2020. The recruitment of PNB SO final result has ended for the year 2020-2021.
The PNB SO final results for the year 2021 are already updated. The candidates who have cleared the interview process of the PNB SO can download the result PDF and check the result through the link.
The PNB SO recruitment 2021 notification was released officially for 535 vacancies in total. The posts are the manager and the senior manager posts.
| 09-Mar-2021 | The PNB SO final result was out |
|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2021 | The PNB SO interview call letter 2021 was released officially |
| 14-Jan-2021 | The PNB SO result from 2020-21 has been released |
| 22-Nov-2020 | The PNB SO exam 2020 was conducted successfully |
| 07-Oct -2020 | The PNB SO online apply link was deactivated |
| 05-Oct-2020 | The last date to apply for PNB SO has been extended till the 6-October-2020 |
| 08-Sept-2020 | The PNB SO 2020 online link activated |
| 07-Sept-2020 | The PNB SO recruitment 2020 notification was released on the official website of PNB |
The application form for the year 2021 for the PNB SO post is not yet released.
The important dates for the PNB SO 2021 are given below:
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| September 2021 | the application process starts |
| October 2021 | the application process ended |
| October 2021 | Last date for the application fee submission |
| November 2021 | Admit card release date |
| November 2021 | The PNB SO recruitment exam date |
| December 2021 | The final result release date |
On 30th August 2019, the finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the oriental bank of commerce and the united bank of India would be merged with the Punjab national bank.
PNB SO 2021 Exam date
The official date for the examination of the year 2021 is not released yet. It will be updated on their official website once released.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| September 2021 | The application process starts |
| October 2021 | The application process ends |
| October 2021 | the last date for the application fee submission |
| November 2021 | admit card release date |
| November 2021 | The PNB SO recruitment exam date |
| December 2021 | The result releasing date will be announced |
PNB SO 2021 Application fees
The application fee for the candidates varies according to their categories. The details of the categories and the fee is given below.
| Category | Fee in Rupees |
|---|---|
| SC/ST/PWBD | 150 |
| General | 850 |
PNB SO 2021 Eligibility criteria
The PNB SO 2021 has the criteria such as educational qualification, Age limits, Nationality. The candidates who are interested to apply for the PNB SO recruitment process needs to satisfy the eligibility criteria to proceed further in the application process. The details are given below:
Educational Qualification:
| Name of the post | Educational qualification |
|---|---|
| Manager, risk | A bachelor/masters degree in math/statistics/economics/FRM/PRM DTIRM/MBA/CA, etc with at least 60% marks. |
| Manager, credit | CA/ICWA/MBA or a PG degree/diploma from any AICTE approved institute only. |
| Manager, treasury | MBA(finance) or any equivalent degree; CA/ICWA/CAIIB/PGPBF minimum 60% of marks |
| Manager, Law | 5 years integrated course or graduation with a law degree from a well-recognized university |
| Manager, architect | UG degree in architecture. |
| Manager, Civil | BE/B.Tech in civil engineering. |
| Manager, HR | PG degree/ diploma in personnel management/ industrial relations/HR/HRD/HRM with minimum 60% marks. |
| Manager, economics | PG degree in economics from a recognized university with 60% marks or respective CGPA. |
| Senior manager, risk | UG/ PG degree in mathematics/ statistics/ economics/ FRM/PRM/ DTIRM/ MBA(finance)/ CA/ ICWA/ CFA/ PGPBF with a minimum of 60 % marks. |
| Senior manager, credit | CA/ICWA/MBA(finance) or PG degree from AICTE approved institute. Candidates with marks less than 60% are not applicable. |
Age limit:
The age limit for the specialist officers post is given below;
| Post name | Lower age limit | Upper age limit |
|---|---|---|
| Manager | 25 years | 35 years |
| Senior manager | 25 years | 37 years |
Nationality:
- The candidate must be a citizen of India.
- Can be a subject of Nepal or Bhutan or a Tibetan refugee, who came to India before 1st January 1962 with the idea of getting permanently settled in India.
- The people migrated from India, from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the united republic of Tanzania( formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, and Vietnam to permanently settle in India.
- They should have the certificate of eligibility issued by the government of India.
- The offer letter will be given only after the candidates submit the certificates to the bank. The certificates should be issued by the government of India.
PNB SO 2021 Vacancy
The details of the number of vacancies of the PNB SO 2021 are yet to be announced. However, the total number of vacancies for the PNB SO in the year 2020 was 535.
The details of the vacancies for the Manager and the Senior manager posts are as detailed below.
| PNB SO post | Number of vacancies |
|---|---|
| Manager, risk | 160 |
| Manager, credit | 200 |
| Manager, treasury | 30 |
| Manager, law | 25 |
| Manager, civil | 08 |
| Manager, economic | 10 |
| Manager, HR | 10 |
| Manager, architect | 02 |
| Senior manager, risk | 40 |
| Senior manager, credit | 50 |
| Total | 535 |
PNB SO 2021 Salary
The salary for PNB SO for the year 2021 may vary according to the posts. However, the salaries may vary concerning the locations and the posts.
| PNB SO post | Salary |
|---|---|
| Manager , risk | Rs. 31,705- Rs.45,950 |
| Manager, credit | Rs. 31,705- Rs.45,950 |
| Manager, treasury | Rs. 31,705- Rs.45,950 |
| Manager, law | Rs. 31,705- Rs.45,950 |
| Manager, civil | Rs. 31,705- Rs.45,950 |
| Manager, economic | Rs. 31,705- Rs.45,950 |
| Manager, HR | Rs. 31,705- Rs.45,950 |
| Manager, architect | Rs. 31,705- Rs.45,950 |
| Senior manager, risk | Rs. 42,020- Rs.51,490 |
| Senior manager, credit | Rs. 42,020- Rs.51,490 |
PNB SO 2021 Syllabus
The syllabus has four sections (Reasoning, English, Quantitative aptitude, General awareness). The detailed syllabus pattern for each of the PNB SO 2021 exams is given below;
The syllabus for Reasoning and English are given in the below table,
| Reasoning | English |
|---|---|
| Analogy | Spellings/detecting misspelled words |
| Series completion | Antonyms and their correct usage |
| Verification of truth of the statement | Common error |
| Situation reaction test | Active/passive voice of verbs |
| Direction sense test | Comprehension passage |
| Classification | Spot the error |
| Data sufficiency | Cloze passage |
| Alpha-numeric sequence puzzle | Fill in the blanks |
| Puzzle test | Shuffling of sentence parts |
| Blood relations | Conversions |
| Coding-decoding | Sentence rearrangement |
| Assertion and reasoning | Grammar |
| Arithmetical reasoning | Shuffling of sentences in a passage |
| Operations of mathematics | Improvement of sentences |
| Venn diagrams | Synonyms/homonyms |
| Word sequence | Antonyms |
| Missing characters | Vocabulary |
| Sequential output training | Idioms and phrases |
| Directions | One word substitution |
| Test on alphabets | |
| Eligibility test | |
| Dot situation | |
| Identical figure groupings | |
| Forming figures and analysis | |
| Construction of squares and triangles | |
| Series | |
| Analytical reasoning | |
| Paper folding | |
| Paper cutting | |
| Cubes and Dice | |
| Water images | |
| Mirror images | |
| Figure matrix | |
| Completion incomplete pattern | |
| Spotting embedded figures | |
| Classification | |
| Rules detection |
The syllabus for Quantitative aptitude and General awareness is given in the below table,
| Quantitative aptitude | General awareness |
|---|---|
| Time and work partnership | Sports and culture |
| Ratio and proportion | Banking sector |
| Boats and streams | Marketing |
| Simple interest | General science |
| Time and distance | General knowledge |
| Problems on trains | International news |
| Areas | Indian current events |
| Races and games | National current affairs |
| Numbers and ages | Banking |
| Mixtures and allegations | Important dates |
| Mensuration | Current science |
| Permutations and combinations | Technology |
| Problems on HCF, LCM | |
| Pipes and cisterns | |
| Percentages | |
| Simple equations | |
| Problems on numbers | |
| Averages | |
| Indices and surds | |
| Compound interest | |
| Volumes | |
| Odd man out | |
| Quadratic equations | |
| Probability | |
| Profit and loss | |
| Simplification and approximation |
PNB SO 2021 Exam pattern
The exam pattern for the PNB SO Manager and Senior manager are detailed below:
- The PNB SO exam will be conducted in online mode.
- This test is available in two languages, English and Hindi.
- There will be 0.25 marks deducted from the question that is marked incorrectly.
- The candidates need to clear the PNB SO written examination round in order to attend the final interview round.
- The total marks allotted for the interview round are 35. The candidate needs to score at least 40% to clear the interview round.
- The online examination scores and the interview scores are put together to calculate the final score.
| Subject | Number of questions | Number of marks |
|---|---|---|
| Reasoning | 50 | 50 |
| Professional knowledge | 50 | 75 |
| English language | 50 | 25 |
| Quantitative aptitude | 50 | 50 |
PNB SO 2021 Admit Card
The PNB SO releases its admit card online. It will only be released on their official website and will not be sent through any emails or posts. They will issue separate admit cards for written and interview rounds. The candidate can download their admit cards 15 days before the exam date.
All the candidates who have cleared the written exams can download their admit cards from the official website link. It is compulsory to take the respective admit cards when they attend the examination center during exams and to the interview center.
The admit card download date has not yet been announced but will be declared very soon.
To download the admit card, the following steps need to be followed:
Step-1: go to the official website of PNB (www.pnbindia.in)
Step-2: Then click on the recruitment tab at the bottom of the page.
Step-3: Search For the PNB SO admit card.
Step-4: click and open the link and enter the details.
Step-5: download the admit card.
Step-6: print it for future use.
The candidates have to download the admit card one week before the date of the entrance examination.
PNB SO 2021 Result
The results of the examination that were conducted on the 22nd November 2020 were released on 9th March 2021. The results of the year 2021 is not yet released.
| Name of board | Punjab national bank |
|---|---|
| Recruitment | 2020 |
| Number of vacancies | 535 |
| Exam date | 22-November-2020 |
| Final result date | 09-March-2021 |
| Official website | www.pnbindia.in |
How to apply for PNB SO?
This process can be done online mode. No other modes will be accepted. The applicant will have to follow the following procedure,
- One applicant can apply for only one post.
- Apply online through the website www.pnbindia.in.
- Visit the official website of the Punjab national bank first.
- On the homepage, click the click here for new registration.
- Candidates need to have a valid personal email id and contact number. The email id and contact number should be kept active till the recruitment process is fully completed.
- Because the bank will send call letters for the online test, interviews through the registered mail id.
- Then, an email or SMS will be generated on the successful registration of the application. It will be sent to the candidate’s email id or mobile number which was specified in the application form as a system-generated acknowledgment.
- Next, pay the application fee for your category.
- Click on submit option.
Things to keep in mind while applying for PNB SO:
- In case, the candidate does not have a valid mail id and contact number, then he/she needs to create one before applying online.
- Candidates should have a scanned copy of their photographs and the signatures according to the specifications mentioned.
- The candidates need to fill in all the details correctly and verify them many times as there won’t be changes allowed once the forms are submitted.
- After clicking the final submit button, no changes are allowed.
- If the candidates have not received the mail and message intimations, then it shows that the registration is not successful.
- The application without any photograph or the signature or any wrong information would be considered an invalid form.
FAQ about PNB SO 2021:
Q1. What is the probation period for the PNB SO exam?
There will be a probation period of 2 years for the government sector job averages.
Q2. Can a final year graduation student apply for PNB SO?
The details of the eligibility criteria varies according to the post. The details are given in the page above.
Q3. What is the age criteria needed to apply for PNB SO?
The age criteria for the PNB SO 2021 is 25 to 35 years of age for the Manager post and 25 to 37 years of age for the Senior manager post.
Q4.When was the latest PNB SO recruitment notification released?
The PNB has released the latest recruitment notification on 7th September 2020.
Q5. How many vacancies are available under the PNB SO 2021?
The vacancies for the year 2021 are not yet released. But, there were 535 vacancies announced for 2020-2021.
Q6. How many times is the PNB SO exam conducted in a year?
This examination is conducted once a year.
Q7. Is there any application fee for PNB SO 2021?
Yes, the application fee is Rs.850 for SC/ST and unreserved categories. It is Rs.150 for the general category.
Q8. What is the salary for PNB SO 2021?
The salary range is Rs.31,705 – Rs.45,950 for manager posts and Rs.42,020 – Rs.51,490 for senior manager posts.
Q9. What are the posts under the PNB SO?
The posts are divided into Manager and Senior Manager posts. They are the Manager (Risk), Manager (Credit), Manager (Treasury), Manager (Law), Manager (Architect), Manager (Civil), Manager (HR), Manager (Economics), Senior Manager (Risk), Senior Manager (Credit).
Q10. What are the age criteria for PNB SO 2021?
The age should be from 25 years to 35 years for Manager posts and 25 years to 37 years for Senior Manager posts.
Q11. What is the selection process for PNB SO?
The selection process has the written exam and the final interview.
