SNO Name Of The Tests
1 Reasoning
2 Quantitative Aptitude
3 Professional Knowledge Relevant to the
Post
4 English Language
Total
No. of Questions Maximum Marks Time Duration
50 20
50
50
50
100
2 Hours
50
200
25
200
SO exam Syllabus: Exam Syllabus for Syndicate Bank Specialist Officer Exam is given below:-
General Subjects
Reasoning: Focus on Comprehension Reasoning, Venn Diagrams, Number Series, Coding and de-coding, Problem Solving Techniques, Statement & Conclusion type questions, Input
& Output, Arithmetic reasoning, arithmetical number series, non-verbal series, syllogistic reasoning, Seating Arrangements.
English Language: Mainly Focus on the topics like Synonyms, Antonyms, Sentence Error,
Sentence correction, fill in the blanks, Comprehension & Cloze Test etc.
Quantitative Aptitude: Questions will be asked from Simplification, Average, Percentage,
Time & Work, Area, profit & Loss, Simple & Compound Interest, Time & Speed,
Investment, HCF LCM, Problem On Ages , Bar Graph, Pictorial Graph, Pie Chart. Date
Interpretation is the section which has to be focused.
General Awareness: Questions will be asked from Indian Current Events, Banking, General
Science, General Knowledge. Focus will be mainly on Current affairs of National &
International news, important dates, Current Science, Technology, and Sports & Culture &
Banking Sector. Some questions from Marketing can come in the exam.
Professional Knowledge
►►Chief Manager/ Senior Manager IT◄◄
Data Base Management System (DBMS) – RDBMS, Normalization, Overview of SQL queries, E- R Diagrams & Transaction Management.
Data Communication & Networking – Network Architecture, OSI Model. TCP-IP Model,
Data Communication & IP Addressing (Sub netting).
Operating System – Process, Thread, Types of OS, Semaphore, Scheduling, Dead Lock,
Memory Partitioning, Page Replacement.
Computer organization + Hardware (Microprocessor) – Bus Structure, Topology- Ring
Topology, Bus Topology & Star Topology.
Network Security – Cyber Crimes, Risk Management, Firewall & Cryptography.
Software Engineering – Software Development life cycle (SDLC), Software Development
Models.
Data Structures – Array, Linked List & Stacks.

Web Technologies – HTML Tags, XML & Network Security
Programming Languages (BASIC) – C, C++, OOP (Objected oriented Programming).
►►Chief Manager Law◄◄
Law and Acts with direct and Indirect Implication on the banking sector like Contract Acts,
Partnerships, Companies, Firm, RBI Constitution, RBI Acts, Important laws and rulings related to negotiable instruments, securities, Foreign Exchange, Prevention of money laundering, Limitation Act, Bankers Book Evidence Act, DRT Act, Offences and Penalties,
SARFAESI, Consumer Protection Act, Banking Ombudsman Scheme, RTI Act, Information
Technology Act. The above sections need detailed study.
►► Technical Officer (Electrical)◄◄
ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS AND NETWORKS: Kirchhoff’s laws, mesh and node analysis, network, theorems, sinusoidal steady state analysis of single phase and three phase circuits, resonance, transient response of RL, RC, RLC circuits for different inputs, two-port networks, elements of two element network synthesis.
Control Systems: Modeling of physical systems, Block diagrams and signal flow graphs,
Time and frequency domain analysis, Steady state errors, Routh’s criterion, Nyquist and
Bode plots, compensation, root loci, elementary ideas of state variable analysis, control system components.
Measurements And Instrumentation: SI units, measurement of current, voltage, powerfactor and energy. Measurement of resistance inductance capacitance and frequency-bridge methods, transducers and their applications to the measurement of non-electrical quantities like temperature, pressure, strain, displacement etc., cathode ray oscilloscope.
Analog And Digital Electronics: Characteristics of diodes, BJT, FET, SCR, Amplifier biasing, equivalent circuits, frequency response, feedback amplifiers power amplifiers, oscillators, operational amplifiers and applications, wave shaping circuits, multivibrators flipflops, universal gates, combinational circuits, A/D and D/A converters.
Electrical Machines And Power Electronic Drives: Single Phase Transformer, equivalent circuit, tests, regulation and efficiency, three phase transformer connections parallel operation, auto transformer, principle of energy conversion, windings of rotating machines,
DC generators and motors, characteristics, starting and speed control, three phase induction motors performance characteristics, starting and speed control, single phase induction motors, synchronous generators, performance, regulation parallel operation, synchronous motors, starting characteristics and applications, synchronous condensers, fractional horse power motors, permanent magnet and stepper motors Characteristics of Power electronic devices, phase control, bridge converters, choppers and inverters, basic concepts of adjustable speed drives.

Power Systems: Electrical power generation, thermal, hydro, nuclear: transmission line parameters; steady state performance of overhead transmission lines and cables, surge propagation, distribution systems, insulators, bundle conductors, corona, and radio interference effects; per-unit quantities; bus admittance and impedance matrices: load flow: voltage control and power factor correction; economic operation, symmetrical components, analysis of symmetrical and unsymmetrical faults; principles of over current, differential and distance protections, circuit breakers, concept of system stability – swing curves and equal area criterion.
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Technical Officer (Civil)◄◄
Theory of Structures: Principles of superposition; reciprocal theorem, unsymmetrical bending. Determinate and indeterminate structures, simple and space frames; degrees of freedom; virtual work; energy theorem; deflection trusses; redundant frames, three-moment equation; slope deflection and moment distribution methods; column analogy; energy methods; approximate and numerical methods. Moving loads-shearing force and bending moment diagrams; influence lines for simple and continuous beams. Analysis of determinate and indeterminate arches. Matrix methods of analysis, stiffness and flexibility matrices.
Steel Design: Factors of safety and load factor, design of tension; compression and flexural members: built up beams and plate girders, semi-rigid and rigid connections, design of stanchions, slab and gusseted bases; cranes and gantry girders; roof trusses; industrial and multistoried buildings, plastic design of frames and portals.
RC Design: Design of slabs, simple and continuous beams, columns, footing-single and combined, raft foundations; elevated water tanks, encased beams and column, ultimate load design. Methods and systems of processing; anchorages, losses in priestess.
Soil Mechanics and foundation Engineering: Social Mechanic Origin and Classification of soils; atterburg limits void ratio, moisture contents permeability laboratory and field tests, seepage and flow nets, flow under hydraulic structures uplic and quick sand condition.
Unconfined and direct shear tests; triaxial tests; heat pressure theories, stability of slopes; theories of soil consolidation; rate of settlement. Total and effective stress analysis pressure distribution in soil; boussinesque and westerguard theories. Soil exploration. Foundation
Engineering; bearing capacity of footings; piles and wells; design of retaining walls; sheets piles and caissons. Principles of design of block foundation for machines.
Building construction: Building materials and constructions-timber, stone, brick, sand, surkhi, mortar, concrete, paints and varnishes, plastics, etc. Detailing of walls, floors roofs, ceilings, stairs cases, doors and windows. Plastering, pointing, painting, etc. Use of building codes. Ventilation, air conditioning, lighting and acoustics. Building estimates and specifications, construction scheduling PERT and CPM methods.
Surveying: Plans table surveying equipment & methods; solutions of 2 & 3 point probes.
Errors and precautions. triangulation; crades, baselines and its measurement, satellite station;

indivisibility of stations; errors and least squares; general methods of least squares estimation with inter disciplinary approach, adjustment of level nets and trangulationntes. Matrix notation solutions. Layout of curves; simple, compound, reverse, transition and vertical curves. Project surveys and layout of civil engineering works such as building tunnels, and hydroelectric projects.
Environment Engineering: Elementary principles of ecology and eco-systems and their interaction with environment. Engineering activity and environmental pollution, environment and its effects on human head and activity. Air environment; major pollutants and their adverse effects and disposal methods, their selection and operation. Typical features of water distribution systems; demand, available need, network analysis, storage, corrosion.
Permissible velocities, partial flow in circular sewers, non-circular sections, corrosion, in sewers, construction and maintenance, sewer systems. Environment.