Hello people,

Hope you are doing well. The IBPS PO 2016 VI first slot was held 8 AM onwards. The slot had arrived along with a lot of surprises and aspirants have a lot of hopes associated with it. It is mandatory for a candidate to clear the prelims rounds in order to be eligible for the mains examination. The examination of IBPS PO Prelims on 27^th October 2016 will be conducted in four slots:

 Click Here to Read the IBPS PO Exam Analysis 27th October 2016 (Slot 2)

The results of the IBPS PO Prelims 2016 will be declared in the month of November 2016. Students are advised to go through the analysis in detail and be ready for the upcoming slots.

English Section:

Good Attempts for this section: If you attend 16-18 number of questions, it can be a sure shot attempt to clear the cut- off marks.

Difficulty Level: The difficulty level of the examination was of moderate level.

Analysis:

1. Reading Comprehension (Based on Mexico & U.S. GDP)– 7 Questions (Moderate)

2. Cloze Test (Based on Economy)– 8 Questions (Easy)

3. Spotting Error/ Sentence Correction – 10 Questions (Moderate)

4. Para jumbles – 5 Questions (Moderate)

Note:- No Synonym Antonym questions were asked

Quantitative Aptitude Section:

Good Attempts for this section: If you attend 20-22 number of questions, it can be a sure shot attempt to clear the cut- off marks.

Difficulty Level: The difficulty level of the examination was of easy- moderate level

Analysis:

 1. Number Series – 5 Questions (Moderate)

2. Approximation/ Simplification – 5 Questions (Easy )

3. Data Interpretation (2 Sets) (Line graph and Tabular graph)– 10 Questions (Easy to Moderate)

4. Quadratic Equation – 5 Questions (Easy)

5. Miscellaneous Questions – 10 Questions (Moderate)

Some of the Miscellaneous questions asked were from topics– Age, Probability, Partnership, Profit Loss, Average, Boats & Stream, Compound/Simple Interest, Time & Work, etc.

Reasoning Ability Section:

Good Attempts for this section: If you attend 21- 24 number of questions, it can be a sure shot attempt to clear the cut- off marks.

Difficulty Level: The difficulty level of the examination was of moderate level.

Analysis:

1. Syllogism – 5 Questions (Easy)
2. Inequality – 5 Questions (Easy)
3. Puzzle and Arrangement (Floor arrangement, Circular arrangement, Linear arrangement – 15 Questions (Moderate)
4. Miscellaneous Questions (Blood Relation, Direction based) – 10 Questions (Easy to Moderate)

Note- No Coding – Decoding Questions were asked.

Overall analysis of IBPS PO Prelims 2016 for Slot 1- 26^th October 2016

We already had a sneak peak at the section- wise analysis. It’s high time that we take a look at the overall analysis of the examination. The overall analysis will give us an insight about the pattern and types of questions asked from every section. So, the overall difficulty level of the examination was moderate

IBPS PO Prelims 2016 for Slot 1 held on 22^nd October: Summary of the Section wise Analysis

We hope this article is helpful. We will be back with few more important updates on IBPS PO Prelims 2016. Till then, Prepare and Succeed!

Hello people,

Bank of Maharashtra has successfully completed the second slot of the examination. The second slot of the examination was a big success with many aspirants attempt the examination. The students must be having a high end curiosity to know about the questions asked. Well, we bring the analysis for the second slot of the Bank of Maharashtra Clerk examination held on 26^th of October 2016 (Shift 2).

Students are advised to go through the analysis and accordingly revise your topic preferences. Practice the sections from which questions has been asked in the examinations and keep an eye on the types of questions asked.

Bank of Maharashtra Clerk 2016 on 26^th of October (Shift 2): Summary:

Bank of Maharashtra Clerk 2016 on 26^th of October (Shift 2): Section wise analysis:

Reasoning Ability:

Good Attempt: 20- 24 number of questions can be a decent attempt in order to clear the cut- off marks.

Difficulty level: This section was of moderate level in terms of difficulty.

Some of the topics from which questions were asked are as follows:

1. Number Series and Analogy test
2. Coding and Decoding
3. Problem Solving
4. Conclusions, Assumptions and Actions
5. Comprehension Reasoning
6. Classification
7. Blood Relations
8. Alphabet Series
9. Data Sufficiency Test
10. Syllogism

Quantitative Aptitude:

Good Attempt: 20- 24 number of questions can be a decent attempt in order to clear the cut- off marks.

Difficulty level: This section was of moderate- difficult level in terms of difficulty.

Some of the topics from which questions were asked are as follows:

1. Number Systems
2. Ratio and Proportion
3. Profit and Loss
4. Time and Work
5. Time and Distance
6. Volume and Surface Area of Solid
7. Permutations and Combinations
8. Symbols and Notations
9. Coding Decoding test
10. Number Series test
11. Data Sufficiency test
12. Data Interpretation
13. Bar charts, tables, pie charts and line graphs

English Comprehension:

Good Attempt: 15- 18 number of questions can be a decent attempt in order to clear the cut- off marks.

Difficulty level: This section was of easy- moderate level in terms of difficulty.

Some of the topics from which questions were asked are as follows:

1. Idioms and Phrases
2. One word Substitution
3. Sentence Ordering
4. Gap fillers (pair of words)
5. Error spotting
6. Cloze Test
7. Inappropriate word usage
8. English Comprehension
9. Sentence Improvement
10. Inappropriate word usage

General Awareness-

Good Attempt: 23- 26 number of questions can be a decent attempt in order to clear the cut- off marks.

  Difficulty level: This section was of moderate- difficult level in terms of difficulty.

1. Geography
2. History
3. Economics
4. Polity
5. Science
6. Computer Science
7. Sports and Recreation
8. Books and Authors
9. Discoveries and Inventions
10. Famous organizations
11. Famous places and personalities
12. Sports
13. National and International affairs
14. Miscellaneous

 Bank of Maharashtra Clerk 2016 on 26^th of October (Shift 2): Overall analysis:

The sectional analysis of the exam gave you the idea of types of questions asked and the pattern. Let us now take a look at the overall analysis for which will result in all round preparation of the candidate. The overall difficulty level of the exam was moderate level.

We hope that this article was helpful. We will be back with some more important updates on Bank of Maharashtra Clerk examination 2016. Stay tuned with us. Till then, happy learning!

Hello people,

The most awaited examination amongst all other bank exams i.e. Bank of Maharashtra Clerk exam has arrived. It is all set to recruit candidates for the posts of clerk.

• Name of Organization: – Bank of Maharashtra
• Post Name: – Clerk
• Exam Date:- 26^th October 2016
• Official Website:-www.bankofmaharashtra.in

Let us take a look at the timings of the slots:

Slot 1: 9: 00 AM (Morning Shift)

Slot 2: 1: 00 AM (Afternoon Shift)

This analysis will let you figure out the pattern and types of questions asked in the Bank of Maharashtra Clerk examination held on 26^th of October 2016 (Shift 1). Let us take a look at the section- wise analysis:

Bank of Maharashtra Clerk 2016 on 26^th of October (Shift 1): Overall analysis:

After having an idea of the section wise asked questions and the difficulty level, let us take a look at the overall analysis which will make you have an idea of the difficulty level status of the whole shift. All in all, the 1^st shift was of Moderate level.

Bank of Maharashtra Clerk 2016 on 26^th of October (Shift 1): Summary:

Bank of Maharashtra Clerk 2016 on 26^th of October (Shift 1): Section wise analysis:

Reasoning Ability:

Good Attempt: If you attend 20- 25 number of questions, you will easily be able to clear the cut- off marks.

Difficulty level: The difficulty level of the questions was of moderate- difficult level

Some of the topics from which questions were asked are as follows:

1. Number Series and Analogy test
2. Coding and Decoding
3. Problem Solving
4. Conclusions, Assumptions and Actions
5. Comprehension Reasoning
6. Classification
7. Blood Relations
8. Alphabet Series
9. Data Sufficiency Test
10. Syllogism

Quantitative Aptitude:

Good Attempt: If you attend 20- 25 number of questions, you will easily be able to clear the cut- off marks.

Difficulty level: The difficulty level of the questions was of easy- moderate level

Some of the topics from which questions were asked are as follows:

1. Number Systems
2. Ratio and Proportion
3. Profit and Loss
4. Time and Work
5. Time and Distance
6. Volume and Surface Area of Solid
7. Permutations and Combinations
8. Symbols and Notations
9. Coding Decoding test
10. Number Series test
11. Data Sufficiency test
12. Data Interpretation
13. Bar charts, tables, pie charts and line graphs

English Comprehension:

Good Attempt: If you attend 15-20number of questions, you will easily be able to clear the cut- off marks.

Difficulty level: The difficulty level of the questions was of moderate level

Some of the topics from which questions were asked are as follows:

1. Idioms and Phrases
2. One word Substitution
3. Sentence Ordering
4. Gap fillers (pair of words)
5. Error spotting
6. Cloze Test
7. Inappropriate word usage
8. English Comprehension
9. Sentence Improvement
10. Inappropriate word usage

General Awareness: 

Good Attempt: If you attend 23- 27 number of questions, you will easily be able to clear the cut- off marks.

Difficulty level: The difficulty level of the questions was of moderate- difficult level
 

Some of the topics from which questions were asked are as follows:

1. Geography
2. History
3. Economics
4. Polity
5. Science
6. Computer Science
7. Sports and Recreation
8. Books and Authors
9. Discoveries and Inventions
10. Famous organizations
11. Famous places and personalities
12. Sports
13. National and International affairs
14. Miscellaneous

Some of the questions asked were:

1.Reliance Jio Money ties up with –Federal Bank

2.Buddy App –SBI

3.Olympic Bronze Medal –Sakshi Malik

4.The first Indian Paralympian to win two gold medals –Devendra Jhajharia

5. Maximum Limit Shishu, kishore Tarun

We hope that you would be well prepared for the exam. Always, remember that the combination of self-confidence and smart preparation is the perfect blend to achieve success. Stay tuned for more updates. Till then, keep going!
 

What is one of the most important concerns that comes to mind if you are an IBPS PO aspirant? If we are not wrong, cut- off marks is one of the basic concerns right? Definitely, it is one. IBPS PO examination has been one of the most crucial and competitive examinations till date in the banking domain. The IBPS (Institute of Banking Personnel) conducts the PO exam in order to recruit candidates for the post of ‘Probationary Officers”.

The cut- off marks will be declared by the month of November 2016 along with the results of the exam. The IBPS PO Mains examination will be held on 20^th November 2016. The candidates who manage to clear the cut- off marks will be called for the mains exam. The final cut- marks of IBPS PO will be provided by the month of April 2017.

IBPS PO Cut- off Marks: Highlights-

• The number of candidates who will be shortlisted for the online main examination will be in accordance to the number of vacancies.
• Every candidate needs to score obtain a minimum score in each examination. Along with it, the candidate also has to score a minimum total score to be considered to be shortlisted for interview.
• Cut- off marks will solely depend on the number of available vacancies. The cut- off marks will be finalized and accordingly candidates will be shortlisted for interview.
• The scores of the candidates of the online mains examination will not be shared with the candidates unless and until the interview process comes to an end.
• Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS.
• In order to shortlist candidates for interview and also for listing of final merit, the marks obtained in the mains examination is the only thing which will be considered.

IBPS PO Cut- off Marks: Factors affecting cut- off marks:

The prominent factors affecting the cut- off marks are as follows:

• Vacancies
• Number of Candidates
• Difficulty level
• Scheme of Marking
• Reservation Norms

IBPS PO Prelims 2015: Cut- off marks (Category wise)

Let us take a look at the cut- off marks of 2015:

Now, let us take a look at the expected cut- off marks for IBPS PO Prelims 2016 (Category- wise):

Finally let us go through the sectional cut- off marks of IBPS PO Prelims 2016:

Please note that a candidate needs to clear the sectional cut- off marks of the respective sections as well as the overall cut –off marks. The sectional cut- off marks for each section is around 12- 15 marks for each section. In order to clear the cut off marks, try to attempt at least 70- 80 percent overall and a 40- 45 percent of questions in each section.

 We hope that this update will be helpful. We shall be back with more updates. Stay connected with us! Happy learning!

Bank of Maharashtra has concluded the process of accepting registrations of the candidates who aspire to be recruited for the job of clerk and probationary officer. The bank has opened up the recruitment process for total 1315 vacancies. The candidates who have registered for the exams should abide by the simple and perquisite tips and strategies to crack it.

Before finding the tips and preparation methods to nail the PO and Clerk exam, it is important to understand the pattern of the syllabus and section wise weightage of the topics to deal them smartly.

The exam will include total 200 questions and the candidate will have to score minimum the cut off marks as finalized by the recruitment authority. The duration of the exam will be 120 minutes or two hours and this is the important factor which holds importance while preparing to crack the exam.

Eyeing the Section wise Syllabus and Weightage of Important Topics

The syllabus for the BOM PO and Clerk exam includes variety of topics that can be dealt smartly if we focus on the topics according to their weightage and on the basis of the frequencies they had been put up in the previous papers of general IBPS and other banks’ PO and clerk exams. Here we have enlisted the important topics section wise of the exam and in the latter part we will discuss how to deal these topics wisely.

• Reasoning Ability: Logical Reasoning, Syllogism, Blood Relations, Input Output, Coding Decoding, Alphabetic and numeric Series, Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test, Data Sufficiency, Coded Inequalities, Seating Arrangement, Puzzle Tabulation.
• Quantitative Aptitude: Simplification, Ratio & Proportion, Percentage, Number Systems, Profit & Loss, Mixtures & Alligations, Simple Interest & Compound Interest and Surds & Indices, Time and Work, Time & Distance, Mensuration, Sequence & Series, Permutation, Combination & Probability, Data Interpretation.
• General Awareness (specially in reference to Banking Sector): Current Affairs, Indian Economy Questions, Government Introduced Fiscal Policies, Marketing Trends, Awards & Honors Sports , Finance , Agriculture , Banking History, Banking Terms , RBI Functions
• English: Tenses/Sequence of Tenses, Voice: Active and Passive, Narration: Direct and Indirect, Transformation of Sentences, Use of Articles, Verb, Noun, Pronoun, Tenses, Use of Prepositions, Synonyms and Antonyms, One word substitution, Comprehension of the given passage.






 

Tackling Topics Smartly-Section Wise Planning and Preparation

Reasoning Ability:

1. The most frequently asked topic is puzzle and it has high difficulty level. However this topic has high weightage because under one puzzle situation it gives 3-5 questions that allow the candidate to fetch more marks. Therefore, it is wise to give some decent amount of time on the topics like puzzle and seating arrangement.
2. Learn squares, cubes and multiplication tables thoroughly. You can simply write them on paper and just read them before going to sleep for a week and your brain will automatically register it. This will help you to score easily in the questions of series which are based upon the logics of squares, cubes and other arithmetic operations.
3. Practice doing addition, subtraction, multiplication with maximum speed using the tricks that you can easily find in mental mathematics books or you can browse it on search engines.
4. Vision based reasoning: It is one of the easiest sections that you can easily score with proper concentration. Make sure that you don’t mark the option in haste as the questions can confuse you easily. Always look for the right picture option 2-3 times.

Quantitative Aptitude:

1. The candidate can focus on the Data Interpretation topic which gives many questions to score marks. You need to have apt edge over solving the percentage, ratios, converting the degree of circle into the percentage and analyzing the graphs and table with maximum speed.
2. Other important topics include Mensuration for which you need to thoroughly learn the formula. What you can do is make a separate notebook for all the formulae and understand their concept as the questions are based more on it.
3. If you feel that you totally get lost in the formulae and concepts of mathematics that you find in the study material then you better trace the roots in NCERT mathematics books of 7^th-10^th standard. You don’t need to practice questions from there, just take one topic and start finding the basic concept from the scratch. It will help resolve all the confusions. Though it would take a bit of time but will speed up your practice later.

General Awareness:

1. Focus on the current affairs of past six months and mainly study the business section of the newspaper.
2. Learn about the latest fiscal policies introduced by the government and important tie ups of major business tycoons.
3. Formulate your opinion on the fiscal policies and interpret them with the latest and previous trends. It will help you have strong hold during the group discussion and interview level of the exam.
4. Read newspaper regularly and focus on the section of national political and development news, business news and international economic affairs that has impact on nation’s economy.
5. Make sure that you know all the recent appointments in the banking sector and finance ministry.
6. Make sure that you have thoroughly mugged up the latest & different fiscal rates that RBI sets for all the banks, like bank rate, repo rate, CRR, SLR etc.

English:

1. Make a notebook for vocabulary and you can find the trend from previous papers for the type of one word substitution, synonyms, antonyms, words based on diseases, manias and phobias etc.
2. Make a rule book for the grammar section and separate out the special words which consist of exceptional dealing in grammar.
3. Develop reading habit which will help you in solving the questions based on comprehensions and it will enable to you to answer the question without getting confused between the lines.

General Strategies to Score Maximum in BOM PO and Clerk Exam

• Time Management: Start using the timer and practice on the mock tests. Apart from doing the entire mock tests, you need to practice each and every question especially for logical and quantitative aptitude by setting the timer. This will enhance your speed and will give you fair idea in dealing questions in the limited time during exam.
• Meditation and Proper Sleep: It is crucial to retain the learned concepts in your mind and it requires the candidate to take proper sleep of 7 hours. One should also practice meditation to keep mind calm and healthy body to study properly.
• Practice without Pen: This strategy means that you need to practice solving questions in your mind than doing entire solution on paper. Try to write minimum and do the calculations in your mind and for this you need to have strong grip over arithmetic operations and squares, cubes etc.
• Enhance the Verbal Skills: You need to have strong opinions on what you learn and see around. If you crack the pre level then in the next stage you will have to face the group discussion and personal interview level. Here you will have to be best in putting forth your opinion and you should also need to give positive impression in the interview.
• Practice Online Mock Tests and Score Board Competitions: You can practice by going through the online mock tests as the exam is online it is better and smart to practice through online tests. This will enhance your speed and will give you fair idea of your own ability to perform during the exam. There are many score board competitions where you can compare your score with others and it will make you more competitive.

National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has unrolled the recruitments for its institution for the post of Development Assistant. It has offered job opportunity for 85 vacancies which will be filled to the posts vacant all over India. The candidates who aspire to hold job in NABARD will have to undergo the phases of recruitment that is preliminary and mains exam.

NABARD PRE EXAM

NABARD MAINS EXAM

Looking Closely at the Topic Distribution Section Wise

The candidate needs to prepare for the NABARD exam with proper time management and distribution according to each section and also question wise. We will follow the preparation tips with adequate time distribution section and topic wise. Let us go section wise and learn the most important topics that need major share of your time.

Reasoning Ability :

Quantitative Aptitude :

English Language :

General Awareness :

The mains exam will also have a paper of Computer Knowledge which will embrace topics like development in computer technology, knowledge of the software and hardware, computer programmes, computer arithmetic, computer languages. The candidate is required to be updated with the latest versions of software, systems and other technologies.

Simple and Smart Study Plan to Crack NABARD Exam

1. Combination of Subjects: The best way to study is to learn the concepts in an easy manner that can allow you to retain it for long. If you are taking two difficult topics or subjects, for instance if you practice the puzzles and the data interpretation on same day you will feel hectic. To resolve this problem, you can choose the combination of one difficult topic of mathematics and one simple topic of reasoning a day and vice versa. Similarly you can also choose the combinations like mathematics and English a day and on the alternate day you can study reasoning with general awareness topics and computer knowledge.

2. Time Allotment: The time allotment for each subject and topic is crucial, you have to make sure that you are not giving unnecessary time for only one topic. First of all make sure that you are giving more time to high weightage topics but amidst this don’t forget to pay attention to moderate scoring topics. Give adequate time to those topics as well.

3. Daily Newspaper Reading: If you are reading newspaper daily and focusing on the special section that is banking, fiscal and development policies and going through the magazines that give information on the latest appointments and development in the banking and agriculture sectors would help you. You just need to give half an hour to newspaper reading daily.

4. Separate Notes and Crisp Rule Book: While making notes and doing notes make sure that you are doing it in separate notebooks. You can make a separate rule book for English section and note down the special questions that you confront while practice and note down there in the notes. Similarly, write down the formulae, tricks and methods for reasoning and quantitative aptitude, it will help you to have a glance over it before going for the exam and all the concepts will get refresh once again in your mind.

5. Regular Mock Tests: You need to practice doing the mock tests and solving the previous year papers that will help you in getting the idea of the strength of each topic, type of questions, and your own level of solving questions. You can also do the section wise mock test and solve each section within limited time, like try to solve the quantitative aptitude and reasoning section in 20-25 minutes for each section for pre exams. And for English section try to solve in 15 minutes.

Tricks to Solve Questions in Less Time

1. Solving Questions in Mind: It is a smart exercise that you can try while practicing papers at home. Try to use the pen and paper least and do the calculations in your mind and try to unlock the hidden idea to solve question mentally. It will reduce your time to solve the exam and will enable you to solve maximum questions with proper accuracy. Make sure you do such practice only when you are confident enough.

2. Thorough Learning of Multiplication Tables: The candidates should thoroughly learn multiplication tables, squares, cubes, percentage table as this will help them to reduce major share of time for solving data interpretation questions, numeric series in reasoning and these questions will enable you to fetch huge marks.

3. Checking the Latest Trend: Make sure that you know the latest pattern of topic distribution in other such competitive exams. This will help you to focus on the important topics and you will be prepared for the best. You can analyze the question papers of IBPS, Indian post office exams and you can check question papers of other banks’ exams as well.

4. Write down Basic Rules on Exam Sheet: Have you observed that you are given some decent amount of time before the actual commencement of exam? You will be given with blank sheets to do rough work and that time you can utilize in writing down the alphabetic series, squares and cubes, and difficult formulae that you feel that can get fade away in pressure later while doing the paper. This will help you to see the information in front of your eyes and you will not feel pressurized in the time constraint.

5. Revise Daily: Apart from doing the practice you should also revise the topics that you have covered, no matter if you master them but revising the content helps in retaining the matter for long. You can revise the rules of English grammar that generally students forget as they are not able to judge while rule to apply when and where. Making a rule book and revising it on alternate days or weekly would help you.

IBPS has recently called the aspirant candidates for the recruitment of RRB assistant multipurpose for the post of officer for scale 1 and scale 2. The recruitments are done to post the deserving and qualified candidates in the public sector banks and the government financial institutes across the country. There are total 1650 posts available under different categories.

Before we jump to the plans and strategy to prepare for these exams, it is important to know the eligibility criteria.

RRB Officer Scale 1: Candidates who have degree from the recognized university and proficiency in any local language along with computer awareness can enroll for the scale 1 job. However the preference is given to those candidates who have degree in agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, engineering, management, law, economics and accountancy etc.

RRB Officer Scale 2:The recruitment authority has different eligibly criteria for officer scale 2 (general banking officer) as it seeks for the candidates having 50% of aggregate marks in graduation and the preference is given to those who have degree in banking, finance, agriculture, marketing, animal husbandry etc. For the Scale 2 (specialist officer), the candidate should have degree in electronics / communication / computer science / information technology and minimum 50% aggregate and one year experience. The candidate will have to thoroughly prepare for the professional paper.

Understanding the Exam Pattern and Topics Distribution

The candidates need to understand the exam pattern first for these recruitments. It will help them to understand how to allot time for different sections according to their score weightage. Let us undergo the basic sections of the pre level of assistant multipurpose, Officer Scale 1 and scale 2 (general banking officer) and find out the topic distribution in each section. We can understand the importance of topics in different sections which we find pervasive in all the three exams at pre level.

Reasoning Ability: This section comprise of the topics like seating arrangement, puzzle, coding decoding, coded inequalities, blood relations, syllogism, input output, alpha numeric series, data sufficiency, tabulation etc.

1. Scoring Topics: Puzzle, seating arrangement, syllogism, coding decoding are such topics that are highly scoring. The candidate may find them difficult but the best part is that these questions come with 4-5 sub questions based on one. You can invest your time in solving the puzzle by writing down in tables and similarly you can draw proper sequence of seating arrangement with right approach and fetch good marks.

2. Difficult Topics: The topics which have high difficulty level include input output, puzzle, coding decoding. You need to practice on these topics thoroughly before you go for exam. These topics need extensive exercise of brain on different types of questions as you cannot solve them with the blind stroke.

3. Practice Basic: Arithmetic Operations: Learning the multiplication tables, squares, cubes and tricks to do arithmetic operations fast will help you to solve the questions based on numeric series, coded inequalities and tabulation.

Quantitative Aptitude: This section comprise of the topics like data interpretation, permutation and combination, probability, ratio and proportion, mixture and allegation, profit and loss, percentage, discount, number system, sequence and series, time and work, time and distance, simple interest, compound interest, surds and indices etc.

1. Highest Scoring: The topics that can enable you to fetch highest marks include data interpretation, permutation and combinations, sequence and series, number system and simplification. The candidates must focus on the data interpretation as it alone contains 15 marks of questions.

2. Difficult Topics: Mixture and Allegation, Sequence and Series and Simplification are bit of difficult level and can take some time to solve. However regular practice and understanding of the concepts would help you to solve these questions on time.

3. Learn percentage table and arithmetic tricks: To tackle the quantitative aptitude the candidate should have strong hold over basic calculations. You can learn tricks of doing basic arithmetic operations in less time. And it is advisable that learning the percentage table, multiplication table would help the candidate to solve the high scoring data interpretation topic in least time.

English: This section includes topics like comprehensions, grammar topics like verb, noun, pronoun, preposition, vocabulary check through one word substitution, synonyms, antonyms, cloze test etc.

1. Highest Scoring: Reading Comprehensions and Cloze Test are the highest scoring topics and the candidate need to develop regular reading habit and work upon the grammar topics to fetch marks from this area.

2. Working upon Vocabulary: Learning the words from word bank that includes the type of difficult words asked in general competitive exams would help the candidate.

General Awareness: The section of general awareness includes the current affairs dealing with the economy of the nation, developmental policies, banking awareness, Indian constitution, budget, banking schemes. The thrust is mainly on the fiscal policies, banking sector and economy in this section.

1. Reading Newspaper: The candidate should read newspaper regularly and mainly focus on the business and economy section. Make sure you know the latest appointments made in the banking sector and finance ministry and other crucial ministries. Keep yourself abreast of the latest fiscal and national developmental policies introduced by the government.

2. Basic General Knowledge Magazines: The candidates can go through the general knowledge magazines for competitive exam and can learn the latest developments and appointments in the government and crucial institutions.

Computer Knowledge: In today’s digital world, it has become imperative for the government employees to connect with masses and perform regular functions through computer technology. And such skill is tested in the RRB exams by the recruiters.

1. Basic Computer Knowledge: Candidate must be aware of the hardware, software, basic computer programmes, and security tools and should also have decent knowledge of the computer such as history of computer, inventions in development of computer etc.

2. Latest Technology: The candidate should be aware of the latest developments in computer technology and new inventions being introduced such as new software, window programmes.

Smart Strategy to Crack IBPS RRB Exams

• Practice Mock Tests Daily: It is important for the candidate to go through the mock tests regularly as it will enhance speed and will give strong control over solving the questions. The candidate should set the timer and solve each question within limited time however make sure you do this time bound practice only when you have strong grip over topics and you just need to pace up the speed.

• Keep yourself Updated about Government Policies: The government schemes, especially in the banking and finance sector should be checked regularly. The policies introduced by the government also need to be checked.

• Keep Updated about the banking rates: The candidate should know the latest rates as set by the RBI, like Cash reserve ratio, banking rate, repo rate, SLR, teaser rates.

Achieving Goal through Wise Study Plan

1. Refer to Previous Year Papers: It is basic to refer the previous year papers so that you can understand which topic has what weightage. It helps you to grow confidence and understand you own level of performance.

2. Check the Changed Trend in Other Exams: Being in present and analyzing the latest trend is the smart strategy. You must check if the government recruiters have brought any change in the pattern they ask questions in other exams, you can refer to present year question papers of other IBPS exams.

3. Precise Study: You must know what your goal is and accordingly you should hit on the mark. There is no point of understanding deep concepts and multiple theories if that is not required in exam. For instance, in quantitative aptitude you should know that most of the questions are asked on data interpretation and mainly from arithmetic section so you should not waste time on the advanced mathematics section and learning the formulae.

Hello Readers,

IBPS PO examination held on 23^rd October 2016 has finally completed the fourth slot. The last slot was conducted 3: 30 pm onwards. Students are highly anxious to go through analysis of the 4^th slot. In this article, you will find a detailed analysis of the 4^th slot of IBPS PO Prelims 2016 examination.

English Section:

Good Attempts for this section: Attending 15- 18 number of questions can make you easily clear the cut – off marks.

Difficulty Level of the section: Moderate- Difficult

Analysis:

• Reading Comprehension (Based on Economy)– 7 Questions – (Moderate- Difficult)
• Cloze Test– 8 Questions (Moderate)
• Spotting Error/ Sentence Correction– 10 Questions (Easy- Moderate)
• Para jumbles – 5 Questions (Easy) 

Quantitative Aptitude Section:

Good Attempts for this section: Attending 20- 23 number of questions can make you easily clear the cut – off marks.

Difficulty Level of the section: Easy- Moderate

Analysis:

• Number Series- 5 Questions (Moderate)
• Quadratic Equations- 5 Questions (Easy- Moderate)
• Data Interpretation- (2 Sets) – 10 Questions (Easy - Moderate)
• Approximation- 5 Questions (Easy )
• Miscellaneous- 10 questions (Moderate)

Reasoning Ability Section:

Good Attempts for this section: If you attend 20- 23 number of questions, you will most probably clear the cut- off marks.

Difficulty Level of the section: Moderate

Analysis:

• Syllogism – 5 Questions (Easy)
• Inequality – 5 Questions (Easy)
• Puzzle and Arrangement– 15 Questions (Moderate)
• Miscellaneous Questions (Blood Relation, Direction based) – 10 Questions (Easy to Moderate)

Overall analysis of IBPS PO Prelims 2016 for Slot 4 held on 23^rd October 2016

We have travelled through the sectional wise analysis of the IBPS PO Prelims 2016 examination conducted on 23^rd October 2016. Now, in order to prepare “the best” for the upcoming slots, we need to have a glance at the overall analysis of the examination. It will give you an overall idea of difficulty level of the entire slot. The difficulty level of the entire slot 4 was of Easy- Moderate level

IBPS PO Prelims 2016 for Slot 4 held on 23^rd October: Summary of the Section wise Analysis

We hope that the analysis of the 4^th slot of 23^rd October 2016 will make your preparation level even more enhanced. Students are advised to go through all our analysis and prepare an agenda accordingly to prepare rigorously for the upcoming examinations. Till then, prepare well and fly high!

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English Section:

Good Attempts for this section: If you attend 15-20 number of questions, you will most probably clear the cut- off marks.

Difficulty Level of the section: Moderate- Difficult

Analysis:

• Reading Comprehension (Based on Economy)  – 7 Questions – (Moderate) (No Synonym Antonym questions were asked)
• Cloze Test (Based on Online Education with reference to Khan group for IAS Preparation) – 8 Questions (Moderate)
• Spotting Error/ Sentence Correction (Based on Road Accident) – 10 Questions (Moderate)
• Para jumbles – 5 Questions (Moderate) 

Quantitative Aptitude Section:

Good Attempts for this section: If you attend 20-24 number of questions, you will most probably clear the cut- off marks.

Difficulty Level of the section: Easy- Moderate

Analysis:

• Number Series- 5 Questions (Moderate)

(a) 11 12 26  81  ?
(b) 11 13 18  35  100  ?
(c) 48 53 46  57  44
(d) 12  7    6     10  19
(e) 3 10  21   40   71

• Quadratic Equations- 5 Questions (Easy)
• Data Interpretation- (2 Sets) – 10 Questions (Easy to Moderate) (Line graph – 2 companies with number of bags produced in different years and Tabular graph – 3 colleges with the total number of students and total number of female students)
• Approximation- 5 Questions (Easy )
• Miscellaneous- 10 questions (Moderate) Problems were asked from topics like Age, Probability (Based on number of rotten eggs), Partnership, Profit Loss, Average, Boats & Stream, Compound/Simple Interest, Time & Work, etc.

Reasoning Ability Section:

Good Attempts for this section: If you attend 20-24 number of questions, you will most probably clear the cut- off marks.

Difficulty Level of the section: Moderate

Analysis:

• Syllogism – 5 Questions (Easy)
• Inequality – 5 Questions (Easy)
• Puzzle and Arrangement (Floor arrangement with the players and the amount they have has other parameters, Circular arrangement with the mobile they have as other parameter, Linear arrangement – people in a straight line, facing north and south) – 15 Questions (Moderate)
• Miscellaneous Questions (Blood Relation, Direction based) – 10 Questions (Easy to Moderate)
  Note: No Coding – Decoding Questions were asked.

Overall analysis of IBPS PO Prelims 2016 for Slot 3 held on 23^rd October 2016

The sectional analysis gave you the idea of how to score in different sections. After getting an insight of section- wise analysis, let us now take a look at the overall analysis. As per the overall analysis, the level of difficulty of the exam was Moderate.

IBPS PO Prelims 2016 for 3^rd slot held on 23^rd October: Summary of the Section wise Analysis

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English Section:

Good Attempts for this section: In order to clear the cut- off marks, you need to have a good attempt of 15- 20 questions.

Difficulty Level: The questions asked in this section were of Moderate level in terms of difficulty.

Analysis:

1. Reading Comprehension- 7 questions ( R.C. was based on Economy) (Easy- Moderate)
2. Error Spotting- 10 questions- (Easy - Moderate)
3. Para Jumbles- 5 questions (China road accidents)- (Moderate)
4. Cloze Test- 8 questions (based on Technology)- (Moderate)

Note: No questions from antonyms/synonyms was asked

Quantitative Aptitude Section:

Good Attempts for this section: In order to clear the cut- off marks, you need to have a good attempt of 20- 24 questions.

Difficulty Level: The questions asked in this section were of Moderate level in terms of difficulty.

Analysis:

1. Number Series- 5 questions(Pattern- Multiplication, Subtraction, Square) – Easy- Moderate
2. Quadratic Equations- 5 questions – Easy
3. Data Interpretation- 2 sets (10 questions) (One line graph and Table graph DI)– Moderate
4. Approximation- 5 questions – Easy
5. Miscellaneous- 10 questions – Moderate

Reasoning Ability Section:

Good Attempts for this section: In order to clear the cut- off marks, you need to have a good attempt of 20- 24 questions.

Difficulty Level: The questions asked in this section were of Moderate level in terms of difficulty.

Analysis:

          1. Puzzle (floor based) – 5 questions – (Moderate)

          2. Seating arrangement (circular)- 5 questions-  (Moderate)

         3. Linear Seating Arrangement – 5 questions – 8 persons facing north south- (Moderate)

         4. Inequality (Direct)- 5 questions (Easy to moderate)

         5. Direction – 3 questions (Easy to moderate)

         6. Blood Relation – 3 questions (Moderate) 

         7. Syllogism – 5 questions (Easy to moderate)

         8. Rest Miscellaneous

Overall analysis of IBPS PO Prelims 2016 for Slot 1 held on 23^rd October

We go to see the section wise analysis and could get a clear idea of the types of questions asked and the pattern as well. The next concern which comes to our mind is the overall analysis. All in all, the examination was of Moderate level.

IBPS PO Prelims 2016 for Slot 2 held on 23^rd October: Summary of the Section wise Analysis

We hope that you got a transparent idea of the analysis of IBPS PO Prelims 2016 held on 23^rd October (Slot 2). We will be back with further updates. Stay tuned for more updates. Good luck!