RBI Assistant Mains Exam 2017 Preparation Tips and Startegy
The most awaited exam 'RBI Assistant Mains' is around the corner. It is a golden opportunity to get into the apex bank of India on a good post. The exam date is 24th January 2017.
There are12 days left for the exam. Read below our expert preparation tips and strategy which will surely help you have an upper hand in scoring good marks in RBI Assistant Mains exam.
This year RBI Assistant exam is divided into two stages: Prelims and Mains. The prelims exam was conducted in the month of December.
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How to prepare for RBI Assistant Mains – Get Preparation Tips and Strategy
1. Make yourself familiar with the exam pattern ans syllabus.
RBI Assistant Mains 2016: Exam Pattern
Sections |
No. of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
Reasoning |
40 |
40 |
English Language |
40 |
40 |
Quantitative Aptitude |
40 |
40 |
General Awareness |
40 |
40 |
Computer Knowledge |
40 |
40 |
Total |
200 |
200 |
There will be 40 questions in each section. The total time duration of the test is 2 hours.
2. Manage the time properly for each section
Time Management is an important part of competitive exams. If you pre plan and manage time well, it will be easier to get through and score well.
An ideal 'Time Management Plan' for RBI Assistant Mains:
Section |
Ideal Time to |
Reasoning |
25 Minutes |
Quantitative Aptitude |
25 Minutes |
English Language |
20 Minutes |
General Awareness |
10-15 Minutes |
Computer Knowledge |
10 Minutes |
- Practice RBI Assistant Mock test daily. There are Free as well as paid mock tests available. You can definitely improve your weak points before the actual exam.
- Give equal importance to all the sections. It is important to clear the sectional cut off marks along with the overall cut off. Here we are giving the safe or good attempts which can help you in clearing the cut off marks:
Section |
Good Attempts |
Reasoning |
28-32 |
Quantitative Aptitude |
25-30 |
English Language |
23-27 |
General Awareness |
26-32 |
Computer Knowledge |
22-28 |
Overall |
174-178 |
- Solve past year's papers. This will give you a fair inception about the type of questions and exam difficulty level.
- Reasoning section tips : In this section, concentrate more on verbal reasoning topics.
- English section tips: This section can be of easy to moderate difficulty. Prepare well topics like cloze test, sentence rearrangement, antonyms and synonyms. Focus on vocabulary and grammar.
- General Awareness section tips: GA section will ask current affairs and general knowledge questions.Be updated with all the latest news and updates. Read newspaper and good magazines. A major portion will be from the past 6 months. It should be notes that special focus will be on banking and economy related developments.
- Computer Knowlege section tips: This section will test the basic knowledge of computers.So, don't prepare high level topics. Be familiar with the basics of operating system, Database,MS Office, Software and Hardware and Internet and networking system.
- Quantitative Aptitude section tips: QA or Numerical Aptitude section is a scoring section. Learn all the formulas and short cut tricks. You need to have a lot of practice. Try to solve the mock tests and model papers for the quant section.
The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today. We wish you all the best for your success!
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