The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection, popularly known as the IBPS is an autonomous body. It conducts recruitment examinations for all Public Sector Banks except the SBI. IBPS RRB Clerk, IBPS RRB PO, IBPS Clerk, IBPS PO, SBI Clerk, SBI PO are some of the major exams in banking sector. You just have to prepare for one exam because al the exams have almost similar syllabus and they only differ in marking standard. follow these steps to do effective preparation and clear bank exams :
- Examine the exam pattern and syllabus
- Make a study schedule and time management
- Search and gather the right and latest exam based study material
- Practice mock test and topic wise quiz and enhance conceptual clarity
- Analyze your performance in mock test and identify your weak and strong areas
- Revise regularly
- Stay positive and motivated
- Examine the exam pattern and syllabus- To clear any exam, you need to know the pattern and syllabus first. This will help you to prepare judiciously for your exams. First of all write down your syllabus on your notebook or take its print out.
IBPS RRB Clerk, IBPS Clerk, SBI Clerk recruitment is conducted in two stages- prelims and mains while IBPS RRB PO, IBPS PO, SBI PO recruitment conducted in three stages- prelims, mains and interview. It is mandatory for a candidate to clear each level of examination to get selected to the respective post in multiple Public Sector Banks.
Prelims exam pattern- The preliminary examinations conduct online and candidates are allocated a total duration of 1 hour to complete the examination. It consists of 3 sections with total 100 questions and a maximum score of 100 marks. 3 sections are English, Reasoning ability and Numerical ability while in IBPS RRB PO and Clerk there will be 2 section i.e. Reasoning ability and Numerical ability with total 80 questions and a maximum score of 80 marks. It is necessary to clear sectional cutoff as well as final cutoff to qualify for mains exams.
Mains exam pattern- The mains examination conduct online and it consists of 5 section in IBPS RRB PO and Clerk. You can choose your language preference between English and Hindi. There will be Reasoning ability, Numerical ability, Computer awareness and General awareness while in rest mains examination consists of 4 sections i.e. English, Reasoning ability, Numerical ability and General banking/economy awareness.
In IBPS PO and SBI PO examination there will be descriptive paper in its mains examination in which candidates will be judged on their written skills. An essay and a letter will be given to write that will constitutes of 25 marks and that has to be completed in 30 minutes.
There will be no separate paper of computer awareness. Reasoning will be teamed up with computer aptitude.
Interview process- There will not be any interview in clerk examination. Interview will be conducted in only PO examination only if you pass mains examination. You will be called for interview process by IBPS. The interview process will constitute of 100 marks and minimum marks for qualifying this will be 40% which is reduced to 35% for SC/ST/OBC/PWD candidates.
- Make a study schedule and time management- Before preparing a study schedule first analyze your day-to-day activities, what you do whole day other than study. You can clear bank examination by studying daily 5 hours.
Numerical ability- 1:30-2:00 hours
Reasoning ability- 2:00-2:30 hours
English- 1 hour
General economy/ banking awareness- 30-45 minutes
Computer awareness is not there in every examination, so you can start preparing it 15-20 days before examination as the questions asked are not of very high level.
This is the general study schedule for preparing bank examinations but you can change in time according to your capability and strength.
- Search and gather the right and latest exam based study material– Finding what you need is called the information literacy. Without any preparation, give a mock test and check your score and percentile. If your percentile is less than 90, check the topics you are lagging in and prepare them from book/ Youtube channel/Website. Keep repeating this until you start a scoring percentile of 90+ in each subject.
You can also prepare from our website and youtube channel. We are providing topic wise quiz in every subject. We knew that making regular routine is really important to clear bank exams and making streamline preparation. We are providing lecture video of every topic from basic to advance. This will help you in well understanding of each topics. There are plenty of video on our youtube channel and blogs on our website where you can go and check how to prepare for any topic.
- Practice mock test and topic wise quiz and enhance conceptual clarity- Mock test play an essential role in preparing bank exams because it provide real time exam environment and helps you to manage time effectively. You can go on our website we are providing topic wise quiz of each and every subjects. We will analyze your performance on daily basis and provide feedback each and every candidate, tell you about strengths and weaknesses, what should you have to do for better performance, how can you increase your marks and percentile. If you are facing any kind of problems related to your preparation, you can directly contact us and we will try to solve your problems.
- Analyze your performance in mock test and identify your weak and strong areas– It become so important to analyze your mock test if you want to performance better than yesterday. Analyze your mock test slowly and understand, due to which type of questions you are getting less marks, then prepare that topic thoroughly and revise it on daily basis. When you are working om your weak areas one thing is really important to work on improving your accuracy.
- Revise regularly– The best way to understand whatever you learned and covered so far is regular revision. Revision will tell you about your understanding on whatever you covered so far. Revision time for each section should be dedicated separately. Make concise notes of formulas and tricks so can revise quickly during the last few days of exams. It will help you in quick understanding of concepts and boost your confidence.
- Stay positive and motivated– The most difficult thing while studying is being positive and motivated but important aspect too. To stay positive always remember your “why.” Set clear goals and celebrate your small goals. Try to understand your study style and never doubt about yourself and your abilities. Focus on your daily task and try to complete it, avoid procrastination.
