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An SBI PO plan built for sectional timing.

Prelims with a clock on every section, a Mains dominated by Data Analysis, then descriptive writing and the interview — planned as one continuous cycle.

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Most competitive exams let you rescue a weak section with a strong one. SBI PO does not. Sectional timing in Prelims means your weakest section sets your ceiling, no matter how good the others are.

That single fact should shape your whole preparation, and for most candidates it does not — because it is more comfortable to practise what you are already good at.

Plan against that instinct: give your weakest section the first block of every day.

How the planner builds your SBI PO plan

You tell it:

  • The exam you're preparing for
  • Your exam date
  • How many hours a day you can study, and when you usually study

The AI builds a daily routine of timed sessions across Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, Data Analysis, English, and Banking and Economy Awareness, weighted towards the topics that appear most in previous papers. You can add sessions of your own, such as descriptive writing.

A typical SBI PO study day

  • Weakest section first — at your sharpest hour, not squeezed in at the end.
  • Data Analysis block — one DI set type in depth: caselet, tabular, mixed, missing data.
  • Reasoning block — puzzles, seating arrangement, syllogism, input-output.
  • English — reading comprehension, error spotting, or para jumbles.
  • Banking and Economy Awareness — 20–30 minutes, static plus current affairs.
  • Timed sectional set — against the clock, replicating sectional limits.

Sectional timing has to be practised, not just known

Knowing there is a 20-minute limit is not the same as having sat twenty of them. Candidates lose marks in Prelims not because they cannot solve the questions, but because they spend nine minutes on a puzzle set that was never going to break.

Full-length mock tests on the SBI PO Prelims pattern lock you into one section at a time, as the real exam does, and apply negative marking. Each test ends with your score, your accuracy and a full answer review, so across weeks you can see whether your instinct for when to abandon a question is developing. Your first mock test is free.

Mains is a Data Analysis exam

The step up from Prelims to SBI Mains is mostly a step up in DI. The sets are longer, involve more layers, and reward calculation speed and comfort with approximation.

Give DI its own daily session rather than folding it into general Quant, and it accumulates hours over months instead of being crowded out by easier arithmetic practice. For any DI topic, study material gives you notes, practice problems and MCQs, fact-checked before you see them.

The descriptive paper and the interview

Add essay and letter writing to your routine as sessions of their own. They run on the same timer as the rest of your plan, so the wastage report shows whether that writing time is really happening — for most candidates it is less than they think.

Once you clear Mains, add interview preparation as sessions too, so the short gap before the interview is planned rather than improvised.

Features for SBI PO prep

  • A plan from the SBI PO pattern — sessions weighted towards the topics that appear most in previous papers.
  • Prelims mock tests — full-length, on the real pattern, with sectional timing and negative marking. Your first test is free.
  • Spaced revision — topics return after 1, 3, 7, 14, 30 and 60 days, which matters most for Banking Awareness.
  • Focus timer — keeps running when you lock your phone and stops at the scheduled length; on Android, Focus Shield silences your phone.
  • Wastage report — shows, session by session, how much of your planned time you actually studied.
  • Your own sessions — add descriptive writing or interview practice; they run on the same timer.
  • Lumi, your AI mentor — remembers your exam and weak subjects, and checks in when you've gone quiet.

Who this is for

  • First-attempt candidates who need structure across a full cycle
  • Repeat candidates who clear Prelims but stall in Mains
  • Working candidates fitting bank prep around a job
  • Anyone preparing for SBI PO and IBPS PO in parallel

Build your SBI PO plan today

Open the app, set your exam date, and start with today's first session.

Frequently asked questions

How does sectional timing change how I should prepare?
It removes your safety net. In an exam without sectional limits you can borrow time from a strong section to rescue a weak one; with sectional timing you cannot, so your weakest section becomes your score ceiling. Give it the first block of your day, and sit timed mock tests until working inside each section's limit feels normal.
Why is Data Analysis treated separately from Quant?
Because SBI Mains leans on it. DI sets in Mains are longer, more layered and more calculation-heavy than the arithmetic most candidates practise. Give DI its own sessions in your routine rather than squeezing it into general Quant practice.
Does it cover the descriptive paper?
You can add essay and letter writing to your routine as sessions of their own. They run on the same timer as everything else, so the wastage report shows how much of that time you really spent writing. The planner does not mark your essays, so have someone read a few each month.
I'm preparing for SBI PO and IBPS PO together. Does that work?
Yes. Add both as separate exams, each with its own exam date and plan, and switch between them on Today's Plan. The two Prelims test similar sections, so most of your practice helps both, and the app has mock tests on both Prelims patterns.
How does it handle Banking and Economy Awareness?
Awareness is recall, and recall fades. Topics you study come back on a spaced schedule after 1, 3, 7, 14, 30 and 60 days, with a harder question each time, so a scheme or ratio learned early is still there months later. You can also filter the daily current affairs for Banking (the full digest comes with Lighthouse Pro).
Is it free?
Yes. You can build a plan, run the session timer, revise on a spaced schedule and see where your study time went without paying. AI features such as generating study material use credits, and every account starts with 50,000 free.