The Institute of Banking Personnel has released official notifications for call letters of IBPS CWE- PO/ MT- VI 2017 exam for the post of ‘Probationary Officer’. The students who have managed to clear the cut- off marks in the IBPS PO Mains 2017 will be eligible for the interview round. The IBPS PO Mains examination was held on 20^th December 2016 and the notifications for the interview call letter is released in the month of January 2017.

                        Click Here to Download IBPS PO VI 2016 Call Letter

IBPS PO/MT-VI – Steps to Download the Call Letter for Interview

• Please click on the link provided above.
• Provide your credentials like Roll number/ Registration number and Password/ Date of Birth as per the call letter.
• Cross verify your details and click on the button which says submit.

IBPS PO/MT-VI – Important Dates with Significance

Here are the important dates associated with IBPS PO VI exam 2016- 17 Call letter:

• Call letter- Commencement: 17th January 2017
• Call letter- Closure: 14th February 2017

The total number of vacancies available for IBPS PO 2016 are about 8822 posts.

We hope this notification on IBPS PO VI 2016 call letter is helpful. Stay tuned for more updates. Good luck!

IBPS Exam Calendar 2017

The Institute of Banking Personnel (IBPS) has released official notifications for “IBPS Calendar 2017-18” for this year.  The calendar will have all the information about exam dates as per the official notification of IBPS.

IBPS Exam Calendar 2017: Exam Names and Stages of Recruitment

As per the IBPS schedule of 2017, following are the list of exams to be held:

IBPS Exam Calendar 2017:

The IBPS exam calendar is the official document released by IBPS (Institute of Banking Personnel) with the official information regarding exam dates and annual schedule of IBPS. This helps you start your preparation prior to the exam and the latest update is there will be a ‘Tier 2’ exam for SO post from this year.

The posts for which IBPS Recruitment 2017 is going to take place are:

• Assistant
• Deputy Manager

Let us now take a look at the IBPS exam Calendar 2017:

IBPS Exam Calendar 2017: CWE RRB-VI (Office Assistants) and RRBs – CWE RRB-VI (Officers)

IBPS Exam Calendar 2017:  CWE CLERK-VII and PSBs – CWE PO/MT-VII

IBPS Exam Calendar 2017: For IBPS CWE PO/MT-VII:

IBPS Exam Calendar 2017: For IBPS CWE CLERK-VII:

IBPS Exam Calendar 2017: PSBs – CWE SPL-VII

              Click Here to Download the Official IBPS Exam Calendar 2017

IBPS Exam Calendar 2017: IBPS Recruitment 2017 Eligibility Criteria

The Eligibility criteria of IBPS Recruitment 2017 goes as follows:

IBPS Exam Calendar and IBPS Recruitment 2017: Important Points to Remember:

• It has been officially declared by the authority to conduct a two-tier examination to recruit candidates in the post of ‘Specialist Officers’ from CWE-VII onwards.
• The candidates/ students who will register themselves under CWE SPL-VII will be invited to attend the Prelims exam.
• The candidates who will be called for Mains exam will be shortlisted based on the prelims examination. The Mains exam will comprise questions from the section of professional knowledge (as per the associated post).

We hope that this article proves helpful. Stay tuned for more updates. Good luck!

Indian Bank PGDBF is a prestigious exam to be held 22 January 2017. The Indian Bank has earlier released a notification to recruit bright candidates who are eligible and interested for admission in ‘Post Graduate Diploma in Banking and Finance (PGDBF)’, a one year course at Indian Bank Manipal School of Banking (IBMSB) jointly set up by Indian Bank and Manipal Global Education Service Pvt Ltd.

The recruitment process will be done in two steps: Prelims and Mains. The Indian Bank PGDBF (PO) Prelims will be the initial stage of the recruitment process and the Indian Bank PGDBF (PO) Mains will be the final stage. The Mains exam will be followed by a personal interview. The candidates who will get an admission to PGDBF at Manipal Global Education Services, Bangalore (MaGE) and will get a full- fledged job as a Probationary Officer at any of the Indian Bank branches.

Number of vacancies: 324

Before discussing the preparation tips, let us have a look at the exam pattern of the Indian Bank PGDBF (PO)

Indian Bank PO Prelims Pattern:

Time Duration: 90 Minutes

Negative Marks: 0.25 per wrong attempt

Indian Bank PO Mains Pattern:

 The mains exam will consist of two parts- (a) Objective Paper (b) Descriptive Paper

Time Duration: 120 Minutes

Negative Marks: 0.25 per wrong attempt

Indian Bank PO Mains Objective Paper Pattern:

Indian Bank PO Mains Descriptive Paper Pattern:

 It will be of 30 minutes duration and will test your English writing skills.

Topics can be:

1. Letter Writing
2. Essay Writing
3. Application Writing
4. Precise Writing

Indian Bank PGDBF( PO ) Preparation Tips:

1. Go through the complete syllabus at least once.
2. Make study notes of important topics.
3. Practice mock tests as much as possible. These mock tests will help you evaluate yourself.
4. The most important tip is time management skill. Computer and GK section can be solved in less time. So, utilize most of your time in solving sections which require more time – Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning. Do not spend too much time on English section.Make sure that you get at least 5-10 minutes to review all the questions.
   
   An ideal time management plan for each section can be as follows:

5. Previous year’s question paper play a pivotal role in the preparation . So, practice from past  3-5 year’s paper’s.
6. Get help in clearing doubts from an expert.
7. Do not attempt questions which you are unsure of.
8. Refer to Quant and Reasoning books for better practice.
9. Update yourself with last 6 months GK and current affairs. Give special focus to topics from banking and finance sector. Also make it a habit to listen to the news daily.
10. Improve your English vocabulary and acquaint yourself with grammar rules.

Tips for Letter Writing:

Identify the type of letter – whether formal or informal and decide the tone of writing. Formal letters have following sections:

(a)Address : It contains ‘From’ and ‘To’ section.

(b) Body: It consist of the subject matter. Start with Respective Sir/Madam etc.

(c) Conclusion

(d) Salutation: Yours truly/sincerely

Letter Writing topics:

• Letter to the News Editor – Air pollution due to festivals
• Letter to Police Commissioner - Cyber Crime Awareness Campaign
• Letter to a friend – Describe a vacation trip

Tips for Essay Writing:

 An essay should be ideally of 250-350 words. It should be divided into paratgraphs.

First para should introduce or outline the topic. Next few paras can include the ideas and points around the main topic. The last para will summarize the essay.

Essay topics:

• Effect of illiteracy on economy
• School dropout : reasons and measures
• Poverty
• Should students join politics?
• Demonetization: Effects

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today. Wish you Good Luck!

Bank of Maharashtra (BOM) has released notifications for call letters for post of PO- JMGS- I (PGDBF) interview. The examination of BOM PO- JMGS- I (PGDBF) was held in the month of October 2016. The official commencement of the call letters is from 13^th of January 2017. Bank of Maharashtra is one of the most popular private sector banks and every year lakhs of students aspire to set up a career in BOM centres across India.

   Click Here to Download Bank of Maharashtra PO- JMGS- I (PGDBF) Call Letters

Bank of Maharashtra PO- JMGS- I (PGDBF) Interview Call Letters Released: Steps to download the call letters

• Click on the link given above.
• Enter the credentials required i.e. registration number and date of birth in the respective boxes.
• Go through the drop down box displayed against ‘Select Post’ and select ‘Probationary Officers (PGDBF) in JMGS- I’.
• Enter the captcha code correctly.
• Click on the ‘Submit’ button. If you have not followed the correct approach of have not entered the correct details, click on the ‘Reset’ button.
• Download the call letter. Take a hard copy or print out and keep it for further uses.

Stay tuned for more updates. All the best!

The Institute of Banking Personnel (IBPS) has released admit cards online for IBPS Specialist Officer (SO) Exam 2017. The exam is scheduled on 28^th and 29^th of January 2017. Initially, the admit card was scheduled to be released on 18^th of January 2017 but is now released on 12^th of January 2017. The candidates who will sit for the CWE specialist officers VI will have to download the IBPS SO 2017 Exam 2017 by visiting the official website of IBPS i.e. www.ibps.in

IBPS Specialist Officers (SO) Exam 2017 is basically conducted to recruit candidates for the post of Specialist Officers. Those officers will be recruited in various fields like Law Officer, Agriculture Officers, Reseach Officer, Rajbhasa Adhikari and others. The aspirants those who will manage to qualify in the CWE (Common Written Exam).

               Click Here to Download the IBPS SO 2017 Call Letters

IBPS SO 2017 Call Letters Released: Steps to Download IBPS SO 2017 Admit Cards/ Call letters

We bring you the entire step- by- step procedure of how to download the IBPS SO 2017 call letters. Here we go:

1. Please visit the official website of ibps i.e. www.ibps.in
2. Click on the tab which says IBPS SO
3. After this, please find and click on the link which says ‘CWE Specialist Officers VI Admit Card’
4. Enter the credentials and details required to log in. Please make sure you enter the correct details.
5. Click on the ‘submit’ button. You will find your admit card displayed in front of you. Download the call letter.
6. Take a hard copy/ print out preserve it safely for future.

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 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 24^th 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.

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

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:

3. 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.

4. 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:

5. 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!

Reserve Bank of India will conduct a recruitment exam for the selection of Assistants in the Bank. There exist a total of 610 posts.

The prelims exam was held on 23^rd and 24^rd December 2016. The result of the pre exam was declared on 30^th December 2016. Those who have qualified will pass through the next stage which is RBI Assistant Mains. The exam is scheduled on 24^th January.

Most aspirants are still confused about the RBI Assistant(Clerk) Exam pattern and syallbus for the Mains examination. We are illustrating below the syllabus and pattern as notified by Reserve Bank of India.

RBI Assistant Mains Exam Pattern

RBI Mains exam will consist of 200 questions and a composite time duration of 2 hours will be provided to complete the exam. There

Negative Marks: There will be a penalty of 0.25 marks for each wrong attempt. Hence, it is advised to attempt questions which has certainity.

RBI Assistant Interview

The candidates who qualify for the RBI Assistant Mains exam will be called for an Interview. The interview panel will test the basic banking awareness and current affairs along with candidate's bio.

The interview will be of 35 marks.

RBI Assistant Mains Exam Syllabus

We are presenting the detailed syllabus for each section.

(a) Reasoning Ability:

The topics covered for Reasoning Ability section are as follows:

• Puzzles – Seating Arrangement(Directional, Circular, Rectangle, Square),Based on Floors,Hierarchy, Boxes, Months etc.
• Blood Relation
• Direction Sense
• Inequalities
• Logical Reasoning
• Coding & Decoding
• Data Sufficiency
• Syllogism
• Ranking

(b) Quantitative Aptitude(Numerical Ability):

The topics covered for Quantitative Aptitude section are as follows:

• Simplification
• Number Series
• Data Sufficiency
• Data Interpretation
• Quadratic Equations
• Time & Work
• Partnership
• Profit & Loss
• Mensuration
• Time, Distance & Speed – Trains, Boats, Streams etc.
• Simple & Compound interest(SI, CI)
• Mixture & Alligation
• Ratio & Proportion
• Percentages
• Averages

(c) English Language:

The topics covered for English Language section are as follows:

• Spotting Error
• Reading Comprehension
• Fill in the blanks
• Cloze test
• Para-Jumbles
• Fillers(Sentence/word)
• Antonyms & Synonyms

(d) General Awareness (Special Reference to Banking Industry)

The GK or topics asked can be divided into three broad categories:

(i) Banking/Financial terms

(ii) Current Affairs – It covers every current news including related to banking industry, latest appointments, obituaries, awards and honors, books and authors, new schemes of central and state governments, sports, etc.

(iii) Static GK – It covers headquarters of financial organizations ,Country-capital, country-currency, constituencies of ministers, dance forms, nuclear and thermal power stations, Superlatives of World and India, First in India & World, Places with surname, Palaces, International Lines/Boundaries, Important Monuments of India & World, Rivers, Parliament names of different countries, Important Temples, National Parks,Airports, Wildlife Sanctuary, Stadium, Important Days,memorial place etc.

(e) Computer Knowledge:

The topics covered for Computer section are:

• Basics of computer, different generations, hardware/software, etc.
• DBMS
• Networking
• Internet
• MS Office and Shortcuts used in MS Office
• Input/output Devices, their types
• Important Abbreviations

We will bring you more updates on RBI Assistant Exam. Till then, Keep Learning!

NIACL AO examination is one of the most sought after bank examinations of all times. NIACL AO stands for New India Assurance Co. Ltd. which conducts examination every year to recruit eligible candidates for the post of “Administrative Officers”.

NIACL has released notifications for “NIACL AO Prelims 2016- 17 Marks”. Students must be very curious to come across the marks declared.

Click to View NIACL AO Prelims 2016 Marks

NIACL AO Prelims Results: Steps to view marks

• Click on the link as given above.
• You need to enter the roll number and date of birth in the areas asked.
• You will be able to see the “NIACL AO Prelims 2016- 17 Marks”

NIACL AO Prelims: Expected Cut- off Marks

The NAICL AO Prelims cut- off marks will be calculated based on several factors:

• Number of candidates attempting the exam
• Difficulty level of the exam

NIACL AO Prelims: Expected Cut- off Marks (Category wise)

NIACL AO Prelims: Expected Cut- off Marks (Section wise)
 

Stay tuned for more updates. Good luck!

State Bank of India (SBI) has released official notifications for “Call letters of SBI SO 2017”. SBI SO conducts examinations on an annual basis to recruit eligible candidates for the post of “Specialist Officers”. SBI SO 2017 has been prominent of all examinations of all times. The recruitment method will comprise of written tests and interview round.

SBI SO 2017: Important Dates

Click Here to Download SBI SO Call Letter/Admit Card 2017

SBI SO 2017: Procedure to Download SBI SO 2017 Call Letter

• Click on the link mentioned above.
• Enter your login credentials i.e. roll number/ registration number, password/ Date of Birth and other required credentials which will redirect you to the page containing admit card.
• Download the SBI SO 2017 Call letter and save it for further use.

Stay tuned for more updates. Good luck!

Indian Bank has released notifications for the “Pre-exam training call letter for Indian Bank PGDBF 2016-17”. The filtered candidates would get into rigorous coaching for course of one year Post Graduate Diploma in Banking and Finance (PGDBF) at Indian Bank Manipal School of Banking (IBMSB). The Pre-exam training for Indian Bank PGDBF 2016-17 has been jointly set up by Manipal Global Education Service Pvt Ltd. and the Indian Bank.

Indian Bank PGDBF 2016-17: Important Dates

Click Here for Indian Bank PGDBF 2016- 17 Pre Exam Training Call Letters

Stay tuned for more updates. Good luck!