Recommended Book List for Probationary Officer Exams ( SBI PO and IBPS PO )

There are 7 main topics in this exam :
1. Reasoning Ability
2. General Awareness
3. Quantitative Aptitude
4. English
5. Marketing
6. Computer Awareness
7. Banking Knowledge

Following are the books to be used for each section :

1. Reasoning Ability

A Modern Approach To Verbal And Non Verbal Reasoning - R. S. Aggarwal
Analytical Reasoning - M K Pandey ( BSC publication )
Syllogism -

2. General Awareness

Pratiyogita Darpan ( for current affairs monthly magazine )
Lucent General Knowledge
Tata McGraw Hill GS Manual

3. Quantitative Aptitude

Choose one of the two -
Quantitative Aptitude - R S Aggrawal OR  Fast Track Objective Arithmetic - Rajesh Verma
If you want to go higher level then only solve this book > Quantum Cat - Sarvesh Kumar Verma

4. English

Word Power made easy - Norman Lewis
Objective General English - SP Bakshi (Arihant Publication)
Current English Grammar and Usage with Composition - R P Sinha ( Oxford Publication)

5. Marketing Awareness

Objective Marketing Aptitude - Arihant

6. Computer Awareness

Objective Computer Awareness - Arihant

7. Banking Knowledge

Banking Awareness - Arihant