Before getting into intricate things about preparation let's first ponder upon the prerequisites.
1. Why are you writing this exam? Are you really serious?
2. If serious, how have you planned to approach it?
Planning is the most vital tool needed to achieve our goal(s).
"Failing to plan is planning to fail". We all know this adage.
So how to go about planning?
1. Collect raw materials needed (prerequisites)
IN DETAIL : Which exam are you appearing for? Is the exam conducted for the first time or has been conducted a lot many times previously? If it is the latter way, then your first step is to collect previous 3 year (at least) question papers. Now what? Consume space on your hard disk? Nope! Take a week. Analyse the question paper.
HOW........
Imagine we have three previous year papers...... 2011, 2012 and 2013.
First take the 2011 paper. Check the number of sections, number of questions in each section, marking pattern (whether negatives marks concept applicable or not) and time allocated for the exam (Also check if there is sectional time)
Most bank exams have these four topics in common
1) Quant
2) Reasoning
3) English
4) General awareness
Start with english. Check how the paper is. Find its blue print.
What is blue print?
How many fill in the blanks questions are asked, how many reading comprehension questions are asked etc
Eg. blue print would be
Reading comprehension-1 10+5
Reading comprehension-2 10
Spot the errors 10
Rearrange the sentences 5
Fill in the blanks (Cloze test) 10
Total 50 questions
Likewise do it for 2012 and 2013 question papers. Check if all the papers have common blue print. If not follow the latest question paper pattern (In our case it is 2013. It may vary with years to come. It is nothing but (Current year-1))
Do it for all the sections now. Here comes a question. In english it is easy to identify the topic....... whethere it is reading comprehension or fill in the blanks etc. I am new to reasoning. I do not know the topic name of the questions asked. What shall i do??
Nothing to worry. Copy the question. Put it in google. Many sites would have that question. In that same site you will be able to find the topic name. If that doesn't help, ask me i would help you with it.
Sample reasoning blue print
blood relations 5
syllogisms 5
inequality 5
seating arrangement 7
.
..
...
..... and so on
Same happens with quant. You can split quant into two parts.
1. Data Interpretation
2. Miscellaneous
Most officer level bank exams give importance to data interpretation. At least 10 to 15 marks will be from data interpretation. Trust me its a scoring topic. Now getting into miscellaneous part. Averages, percentages, ratios and find the next number/odd number out would rule this part. Anyway make a note of how many questions from each topic
Eg. Time and work 1
Time and distance 1
Averages 3
......... so on
Here comes the part that most people are new to,,,,,,,,,
GENERAL AWARENESS
We can get into detail about this section.
But as of now what you gotta know is ...... current affair questions of the last 6 months would occupy at least 0% of the 50 questions in this section
WEBSITES THAT WOULD AID YOUR PREPARATION FOR GENERAL AWARENESS SECTION
www.bankersadda.com
www.nirdeshak.com
www.gktoday.in
www.linkingsky.com
You can download last six months current affairs capsule from these sites (except gktoday. It comes at cost. But you have the facility to read it online). Now its september. So you need to start preparing from (september-6) month. Imagine your exam is on october 25. You gotta read current affairs till october 15.
As of now do this........ will come up with next post that would be even more detailed and helpful :)
Have a nice day !!
1. Why are you writing this exam? Are you really serious?
2. If serious, how have you planned to approach it?
Planning is the most vital tool needed to achieve our goal(s).
"Failing to plan is planning to fail". We all know this adage.
So how to go about planning?
1. Collect raw materials needed (prerequisites)
IN DETAIL : Which exam are you appearing for? Is the exam conducted for the first time or has been conducted a lot many times previously? If it is the latter way, then your first step is to collect previous 3 year (at least) question papers. Now what? Consume space on your hard disk? Nope! Take a week. Analyse the question paper.
HOW........
Imagine we have three previous year papers...... 2011, 2012 and 2013.
First take the 2011 paper. Check the number of sections, number of questions in each section, marking pattern (whether negatives marks concept applicable or not) and time allocated for the exam (Also check if there is sectional time)
Most bank exams have these four topics in common
1) Quant
2) Reasoning
3) English
4) General awareness
Start with english. Check how the paper is. Find its blue print.
What is blue print?
How many fill in the blanks questions are asked, how many reading comprehension questions are asked etc
Eg. blue print would be
Reading comprehension-1 10+5
Reading comprehension-2 10
Spot the errors 10
Rearrange the sentences 5
Fill in the blanks (Cloze test) 10
Total 50 questions
Likewise do it for 2012 and 2013 question papers. Check if all the papers have common blue print. If not follow the latest question paper pattern (In our case it is 2013. It may vary with years to come. It is nothing but (Current year-1))
Do it for all the sections now. Here comes a question. In english it is easy to identify the topic....... whethere it is reading comprehension or fill in the blanks etc. I am new to reasoning. I do not know the topic name of the questions asked. What shall i do??
Nothing to worry. Copy the question. Put it in google. Many sites would have that question. In that same site you will be able to find the topic name. If that doesn't help, ask me i would help you with it.
Sample reasoning blue print
blood relations 5
syllogisms 5
inequality 5
seating arrangement 7
.
..
...
..... and so on
Same happens with quant. You can split quant into two parts.
1. Data Interpretation
2. Miscellaneous
Most officer level bank exams give importance to data interpretation. At least 10 to 15 marks will be from data interpretation. Trust me its a scoring topic. Now getting into miscellaneous part. Averages, percentages, ratios and find the next number/odd number out would rule this part. Anyway make a note of how many questions from each topic
Eg. Time and work 1
Time and distance 1
Averages 3
......... so on
Here comes the part that most people are new to,,,,,,,,,
GENERAL AWARENESS
We can get into detail about this section.
But as of now what you gotta know is ...... current affair questions of the last 6 months would occupy at least 0% of the 50 questions in this section
WEBSITES THAT WOULD AID YOUR PREPARATION FOR GENERAL AWARENESS SECTION
www.bankersadda.com
www.nirdeshak.com
www.gktoday.in
www.linkingsky.com
You can download last six months current affairs capsule from these sites (except gktoday. It comes at cost. But you have the facility to read it online). Now its september. So you need to start preparing from (september-6) month. Imagine your exam is on october 25. You gotta read current affairs till october 15.
As of now do this........ will come up with next post that would be even more detailed and helpful :)
Have a nice day !!
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