Topper’s Tips to Crack Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude Section of IBPS PO Mains 2016

IBPS PO Mains 2016 is one of the most popular examinations among all bank exams. The examination date is 20^th of November 2016 and all aspirants have pulled their socks up to crack the examination.

In this article, we will give you the perfect tips for preparation of Quant and Reasoning sections of IBPS PO Mains 2016. The IBPS PO 2016 examination is conducted in three phases:

• Prelims Examination

• Mains Examination

• Interview

IBPS PO Mains 2016: Pattern

Now, let us take a look at the IBPS PO Mains 2016 pattern. The IBPS PO Mains 2016 will consist of five sections:

• General Awareness

• Quantitative Aptitude

• Computer Awareness

• Reasoning

• English Language

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Sections	Number of questions	Marks
English Language	40	40
Quantitative Aptitude	50	50
Reasoning Ability	50	50
General Awareness ( Banking Industry Mains Focus )	40	40
Computer	20	20
Total	200	200

The total time duration of IBPS PO Mains 2016 will be of 140 minutes. There will be 200 questions and the entire paper will be of 200 marks. Negative marking of 0. 25 marks will be applicable for each wrong answer.

Let us take a look at the important topics of Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude:

Sections	Important Areas to Focus
Reasoning Ability	High Level Reasoning ( Assumptions And Syllogism) Questions on ‘Sitting Arrangement’ Coding and Decoding Inequality Data Sufficiency Seating Arrangement Puzzles Input and Output Miscellaneous Topics- Blood relations, Direction Sense, Blood Relations, Directions etc.
Quantitative Aptitude	BODMAS / Simplification Data interpretation (DI) Time And Distance Time And Work Profit And Loss Percentage Ratio and Proportion Simplification Averages Data Interpretation Number Series Simple and Compound Interest Permutation and Combination etc.

IBPS PO Mains 2016: Topper’s Tips to crack Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Sections of IBPS PO Mains 2016.

Here are some tips on ‘how to crack Quant section and Reasoning sections of IBPS PO Mains 2016’:

Quantitative Aptitude:

It is one of the ‘time- consuming’ sections of IBPS PO Mains examination and needs utmost practice for better results and accuracy. Let us take a look at the number of questions from each topic from ‘Quant section ‘in IBPS PO 2015 and expected questions from each topic in 2016.

Name of the unit	Topics	Questions asked in 2015	Expected questions in 2016
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning	Line Graphs	5	16
	Radar Graphs	5
	Venn Diagrams	5
	Table and Case lets	5	5
Numerical Aptitude	VBODMAS, Laws of exponents and Round off & approximations	5	6
	Series	5	6
	Income / Salary	1	1
	Place Value	1	1
Algebra	Quadratic and Linear Equations	5	4
	Selection( Combination)	2	1
Measurement & Rates	Boats & Streams and Trains	2	5
	Problems on Ages, Work, and Partnership	3
Ratios & Percentage	Compound Interest and Simple Interest	2	3
	Profit & Loss, Discounts, Inflation	2
Mensuration	Rectangle	1	2
	Triangle	1
	Total	50	50

• Practice from a standard book like “R.D. Sharma” which will have adequate number of questions of all variety.

• You will have 40 minutes to solve 50 questions. This implies that you have 48 seconds per question.

• Try to clear 11 marks of cut- off in this section. This gives a clear idea that you need to dedicate 3.5 minutes for a question. So, choose the questions you would like to solve. Try to make choices based on the questions you are comfortable with and ignore the ones you are not comfortable with.

• In order to score high and crack IBPS PO Mains 2016 examination, you need to attempt 30-33 questions with at least 80 percent accuracy.

• Solve mock tests and sample papers which will help you practice enough number of questions as per the exam pattern which will develop your accuracy.

• Practice formulae and short cut tricks which will help you solve questions faster and will, in turn, save your time.

Reasoning Ability:

The ‘trickiest sections’ of all, reasoning can be one of the scoring sections if you practice well. Let us take a look at the number of questions from each topic from ‘Reasoning section ‘in IBPS PO 2015 and expected questions from each topic in 2016.

Chapter	Topic	2015	Expected
Statements	Arguments, Assumptions, Cause & Effect, Inference	10	8
	Data Sufficiency	5	5
Selection puzzles	Selection on basis of 1 or more attributes and Eligibility Test	10	10
Circular Seating Arrangements	Circular Seating with inward/ outward or mixed facing	5	5
Output Tracing	Numerical, Alphabetical or mixed Input	5	5
Coding-Decoding	Message Coding and Rule Coding	5	5
Syllogisms and Venn Diagrams	Syllogisms using 1 or more statements	5	5
Miscellaneous	Linear Seating in 1 or 2 rows or Arrangements in buildings	3	5
	Blood Relations and Direction sense test	2
Other Important topics from previous year papers	Algebraic Inequalities and Comparison	_	2
	Total	50	50

• Practice from a standard book like “R.D. Sharma” which will have adequate number of questions of all variety.

• You will have 40 minutes to solve 50 questions. It implies that you will have 48 seconds to solve one question.

• Try to clear 10 marks of cut- off in this section. This gives a clear idea that you need to dedicate approx. 4 minutes for a question. So, choose the questions you would like to solve. Try to make choices based on the questions you are comfortable with and ignore the ones you are not comfortable with.

• In order to score high and crack IBPS PO Mains 2016 examination, you need to attempt 30-35 questions with at least 80 percent accuracy.

• Solve mock tests and sample papers which will help you practice enough number of questions as per the exam pattern which will develop your accuracy.

• In case of reasoning, please read the questions carefully. The questions of this section are mostly tricky and have to be logically understood before solving it.