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IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 2016: Reasoning Preparation Tips and Strategies

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The IBPS Clerk Prelims examination is in second position of “Highly rated examinations”. The IBPS Clerk Prelims examination is scheduled on 26th, 27th November 2016 and 3rd, 4th December 2016. The candidates who will manage to qualify in the Prelims will be shortlisted to appear the IBPS Clerk Mains 2016 examination.
 

Reasoning is the trickiest section of all sections. One of the major concerns of students is how to crack “Reasoning Ability” section as the questions in this section are based on logic. We bring you the perfect tips to prepare for ‘Reasoning Ability” section of IBPS Clerk Prelims 2016 and crack it.

IBPS Clerk Prelims 2016: Exam Pattern

Let us take a look at the pattern of IBPS Clerk Prelims 2016:

Sl.No.

Section

Number of questions

Marks Allocation

Total Duration

1

Reasoning Ability

30

30

1 hour

2

Numerical Ability 

35

35

3

English Language

30

30

 Total

100

100


 


 


 

IBPS Clerk Prelims 2016: Syllabus

It’s time to look at the syllabus of ‘English Language” to get an idea of the important topics asked in the IBPS Clerk Prelims exam:

Reasoning Ability

(Syllabus and Important topics asked)

Inequalities

Linear and Circular Seating Arrangement

Coding and Decoding

Puzzle Solving

Ranking

Blood Relations

Direction Sense

Input and Output

Syllogism

Data Sufficiency

Logical Reasoning

Alphanumeric Series

IBPS Clerk Prelims 2016: Previous Year’s Marks Distribution (in 2015):

Let us now have a sneak peak at the previous year’s marks distribution:

Name of the topic

Number of questions

Blood relation

2

Ranking Arrangement

2

Coding decoding

2

Miscellaneous Puzzles

4

Circular arrangement

5

Row Arrangement

5

Number/Symbol coding

5

Number arrangement

5

Mathematical inequalities

5

IBPS Clerk Prelims 2016: Expected Marks Distribution in 2016

What can be the expected marks distribution of ‘Reasoning Ability’ in IBPS Clerk Prelims 2016? Here is the answer for this:

Name of the topic

Number of questions

Blood relation

3

Ranking Arrangement

1

Coding decoding

2

Miscellaneous Puzzles

3

Circular arrangement

6

Row Arrangement

5

Number/Symbol coding

5

Number arrangement

5

Mathematical inequalities

5

IBPS Clerk Prelims 2016: How to crack ‘Reasoning’ in IBPS Clerk Prelims 2016/ Tips to crack ‘Reasoning’ in IBPS Clerk Prelims

We give you a classification of the topics based on three categories:

  1. Easy to attempt/ Less time consuming topics

  2. Mediocre difficulty level questions

  3. Tough to attempt/ More time consuming topics

Easy to attempt/ Less- time consuming topics

The topics which require less attention and are easy to attempt in the examination are:

  1. Classification/ Odd pair

  2. Series Completion/ Analogy based questions

  3. Direction Sense questions

  4. Number, Ranking & Time Sequence questions

  5. Alphabet Test

Mediocre difficulty level questions

The topics which require medium attention and are in between the easy- tough level in terms of difficulty are:

  1. Syllogisms

  2. Inequalities

  3. Blood Relation Questions

  4. Coding and Decoding

  5. Data Sufficiency

Tough to attempt/More time consuming topics

The topics which require high attention and are relatively tough to attempt in the exam are:

  1. Seating Arrangement questions

  2. Complex Puzzle questions

  3. Floor Puzzle questions

  4. Input Output machine based questions

  • We recommend the candidates to prepare the topics in the following order:

Tough to attempt > Mediocre difficulty level > Easy to attempt

  • Start setting your time management criteria. Try to invest not more than 36- 40 seconds in one question.

  • Try to attend minimum of 15 questions and make sure at least 13 questions are correct. This will maximize your chances of clearing cut- off marks in ‘Reasoning Section’. Try to attend the questions you are sure about and avoid the questions you are not sure about.

  • Go through different sample papers and mock tests which will give brief idea about the questions asked in the exam.

  • Try to practice some short cut tricks which will help you solve questions faster than before with greater accuracy.

  • Follow a standard textbook like “Reasoning by R.D. Sharma” which will have pretty good questions to practice.

  • Be confident about yourself. Self- confidence can be your biggest asset.

We hope that you will definitely clear IBPS Clerk Prelims 2016 examination. Stay tuned for more updates and job notifications. Hope for the best and prepare for the worst!

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