IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Syllabus Details

IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam is one of the important examinations that can change career life of many especially for those who are aiming for the Clerk position in a very reputed bank.

The complete detailed tables emphasizes on the essential features and major sections that shall be asked in IBPS Clerk preliminary examination.

Important topics of each section:

Please go through the table and prepare for the following topics properly:

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When you go and ask a number of PO aspirants a questions “Name a bank in which you want to work as a PO”, the answer would definitely be “SBI”. When most of my friends used to prepare for the banking examinations, listening the name of ‘SBI’ from them was not a new thing for us. It was probably the most common answer among all PO aspirants.

The SBI PO exam has turned up the heat by its interview round. All the aspirants have pulled up their socks and started preparing for it. Most of the aspirants have an approach full of hesitation towards interviews. People often start stammering when they answer the questions asked in an interview. Nervousness makes this happen. Even I have experienced the same in many of my interviews. The utmost thing which is required to ace an interview is ‘confidence’.

Worried about how to give your best in the interview? Well, we have the right solution for you! In this article, we bring you some incredible tips and probable questions to make you emerge as a “rising star” in the SBI PO interview. So, keep calm and do well.

Before going to the tips, let us go through some probable questions which could be asked in SBI PO interview:

Questions based on the candidate’s profile:

• Tell me about yourself.
• Why did you choose this career?
• Tell us about your education?
• When did you decide on Banking career?
• Aren’t you over qualified for this position?
• How will your professional knowledge be helpful in the Banking career?
• Do you have any plans for further education?
• Do you have any actual work experience?
• What have you been doing after graduation?
• Why are you leaving your current position? ( for working professionals)
• What other career options do you have?
• What goals do you have in your career?
• How do you plan to achieve these goals?
• What do you know about banking?
• What is a Bank?
• Why do you want to work in the Banking industry?
• What do you know about our company? (Should have an idea about important products from various banks, tag lines etc…)
• Why are you interested in our company?
• Why don’t you join some private company?
• How is your professional knowledge useful for our organization?
• Why should I hire you?
• What will you do if you get a better offer?
• Who is your role model?
• What are your short-term goals?
• What is your long-term objective?
• Where do you see yourself, five years from now?
• What is your greatest strength?
• What is your weakness?
• What are your hobbies?
• Tell us about your extracurricular activities.
• Q’s related to your achievements?
• Are you a team player?
• Do you handle pressure well?
• Do you have any location preferences?
• Will you relocate?

Questions based on the Current affairs:

• Who is the Governor of RBI/chairman of SBI?
• Who are the deputy governors of RBI?
• What are the basics of ‘Monetary policy’?
• What are the functions of RBI?
• What are the important products or schemes launched by various banks recently?
• How is your professional knowledge going to be useful for the bank?
• What is CBS?
• CORE stands for?
• What is ‘Green Channel’?
• NEFT/RTGS
• IMPS
• Any Ideas to improve Banking services…?
• What is PO’s?
• What is Plastic currency?
• What is an ATM?
• What is a Debit card & a Credit card..?
• Different types of A/Cs and their features?
• What is a fixed deposit? (min and max periods for the same.)
• TDR/STDR?
• What is a gift card?
• What is Dubai Crisis?
• What is subprime crisis?
• What is repo rate?
• What is Reverse repo?
• What is Bank rate?
• What is SLR?
• What is CRR?
• What is Call money rate?
• What is prime lending rate?
• What is e-commerce?
• What is m-commerce?
• What is marketing?
• What is an NPA?
• SAFRAESI Act
• What are NBFCs?
• Online Banking?
• Mobile Banking?

Questions based on contemporary general knowledge:

• Fiscal Cliff.
• Anti-Rape law.
• Gujarat Elections.
• FDI in retail/ aviation and broadcasting.
• NPAs of Banks.
• Banking law amendment bill.
• BASEL III Norms.
• CRR issue.
• India/ Pakistan series.
• COP summit.
• Anti-Corruption movement.

Now, it’s time for some tips which will enable you to succeed in the interview:

• Please make sure you go through the questions given above and other questions relevant to the interview. Prepare well and give your cent percent.
• Carry all the required documents with you. Do not miss any of the documents and check before leaving to make sure you have all of them.
• Prepare answering questions in front of a mirror or a friend. This method will boost your confidence.
• Improve your knowledge in all the concerned areas asked by reading newspapers, magazines, watching news etc.
• Practice standard mock interview sessions and improve where you feel you are lagging in. In fact, practice as much as you can. Remember, there is no glory in practice, but without practice, there is no glory.
• Try to eradicate all nervousness related to speaking in front of an audience. This can only be done when your confidence level raises up.

We hope that this article will help you with your preparation and we hope to see your name in the list of “successful candidates”. Stay tuned for more updates. Good luck!

Hello SBI PO Aspirants. We have a news for you which will make you skip a beat! The SBI PO Results 2016 have been declared. The candidates can check the results online on the official website of SBI . The time of result declaration becomes one of the most crucial times for a student. The day when their expectations are on the top of their head and all the hopes are associated with this day.

The candidates who cleared the main examination (Phase 2) which was conducted on July 31 were called for a group discussion and an interview (Phase 3).

We anticipate the results of the aspirants would be very good. The candidates are advised not to get panic and keep patience as it yields better results. As per a notification released by SBI, the recruitment process is intended to recruit candidates for 2, 260 posts of ‘Probationary Officers’.

Procedure to check results:

• Please visit the official website of SBI i.e. www.sbi.co.in
• Click on the relevant link
• Enter the details asked in the necessary places in the prescribed format (for ex- roll number)
• Please take a hard copy and keep it with you for future reference

Criteria for selection:

Candidates will be finally selected based on the marks obtained in the main examination (objective and descriptive), and group discussion followed by interview round. The marks of the preliminary examination will not be considered.

State Bank of India (SBI) is the largest and prominent name in the banking industry. Having a career with SBI will make it a glorious career forever.

Stay tuned for more updates. We wish you good luck!                                     

IBPS conducts clerk level exam to successfully place candidates in various banks and other related institutions. IBPS Clerk Exam requires strong and dedicated preparation pace from aspiring candidates.

IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern

The below given table shows IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern for your better assistance.

As it is clear, Numerical Ability is one of the major sections asked in the exam of IBPS Clerk Exam.

The topics to be prepared for the IBPS Clerk Numerical Ability 2016

• Number system

• Roots & Averages

• Percentages

• Profit & Loss

• Ratio & Proportion

• Partnership

• Chain Rule

• Time & Work

• Pipes & Cisterns

• Time & Distances

• Problems on Trains

• Boats & Streams

• Allegation & Mixtures

• Simple Interest

• Compound Interest

• Clocks

• Volume & Surface Area

• Permutations & Combinations

• Heights & Distances

• Trigonometry

How to Prepare for IBPS Clerk Numerical Ability 2016

• Go through the complete question paper first and stat solving from those which you are 100% sure about.

• Practice from online and offline tools, study material and books.

• Work with a set timer and clock during practicing.

• Work on accuracy and speed by solving as many papers as you can.

• Analyze your weak spots and work on those topics regularly.

• Divide your week for the topics and target those topics within certain hours. Use remaining hours to practice the same topics.

• Fix your Sunday only for practice.

• Work for small dedicated hours.

• Fix your Saturday as revision day. Revise whatever you have learnt from Monday till Friday.

Letter writing is an important component of the English section of major banks exams like SBI PO,   IBPS PO etc. Letter writing allows you with an opportunity to show your writing skills and vocabulary. You need to express your views along with writing style on the paper so that your writing and communication skills are assessed in the examination.

Many of the aspiring candidates face problems while writing formal/informal letter asked in the PO exams. Here are the Letter Writing Tips for Bank PO Exams – SBI, IBPS for your assistance.

• Follow the format: No matter what always follow the format. The general format of a letter is given below:

• Heading of a letter: address of the writer and the date. Heading must be written on the left corner of the first page of the letter.

• Salutation is an important part of the letter is an important part. Always put the salutation at the left hand of the page, at a lower level to the Heading. Start the first and last word of the salutation in Capital Letters.

• Subject: Mention the purpose of the letter in short.

• Body: The body must cover the entirety of the subject given in the question. Be short and precise.

• Subscription: A polite form of thanking. It is generally written on the left hand side corner of the lines after the body.

• Designation follows the subscription.

• Be specific, Stick to the subject of the letter: Do not write stores. Elaborate things with a limit.

• Do not repeat sentences or the matter that you are writing about. Generally, candidates repeat too many things in order to show lengthy letter. This is absolutely wrong.

• Check your command over the Language and tone: Use language tone according to the letter type that has been assigned t you. If it is formal then use formal and precise tone.

• Maintain a Flow: Yes, you must maintain a steady flow while writing a letter. From start till the end, stick to particular type of flow.

Practice from online and offline mode to improve.

Name a factor you seek from a job you are employed in apart from the associated benefits. There can be multiple answers for this. When it comes to choose an option between Rural Bank PO and Commercial Bank PO, which one would you choose? 

Let us take a look at some of the reasons why should you for RRB bank exams:

• If you wish to get a posting near your native which will enable you to look after your family, nothing can be better than a job in regional bank.

• The work load in case of a regional bank is relatively less as compared to a commercial bank.

• You can contribute to the rural developments and these areas need intense attention when it comes to advancement and development.

• The crowd in the regional banks will be relatively less as compared to commercial banks. This will allow you to focus on a customer at one time and provide him/ her with the best of services.

• If you are well- acquainted with the local mass of your region, the environment would be rather friendly for you.

• To become an officer in any of the 56 RRBs spread across various Indian states, you need to apply for the IBPS RRB common exam. This test is conducted to fill officer and office assistant posts

• As India has a sizeable rural population, regional banks becomes their first point of access for banking activities. So, if you are a part of any regional rural bank at this stage, it would definitely bring you various growth opportunities – both inside and outside the organisation. A person who joins as a Scale I officer can get promoted to Scale II and III officer through promotion.

So, on a concluding note it can be said that having a job in a regional rural bank will prove to be a major staircase which will lead you to the floor of growth. Stay connected for more updates. We wish you Good Luck!

Result time- The most crucial time in case of any aspirant appearing for an examination. This is the day when your efforts bear fruits and you get appreciation from your well-wishers. Such a wonderful feeling it is to see a delight on your parents’ face when they see you succeed in your efforts, isn’t it? We strongly believe that you will experience this for sure if your efforts and dedication are well driven.

The SBI Clerk Mains results will be declared shortly. The examination was held in the month of May/ June. The results are expected to be released in the next few days. The tentative date of result declaration is supposed to be 30^th September 2016 on the official website of SBI i.e. www.sbi.co.in. All the candidates are advised to take print out (hard copies) of their results and keep it with them for further reference.

Steps to be followed to view results:

• Please log on to SBI’s official website: www.sbi.co.in
• Click on the option saying ‘Career’ on the homepage
• Click on the option JA & JAA in ‘Clerical Cadre Mains Results’.
• Please fill in your registration number and date of birth.
• SBI JA & JAA Clerk mains exam results 2016 will appear on screen.
• Please take the hard copies of the results.

Cut off Marks (Expected):

The expected cut – off marks per section are expected to be as follows:

English Language: 10- 15 marks

General Awareness: 12- 16 marks

Reasoning: 8 to 14 marks

Quantitative Aptitude: 7 to 13 marks

Highlights of SBI Clerk Mains 2016:

• The candidates will be shortlisted on the basis of 3 candidates per vacancy. After declaration of the results of SBI Clerk 2016 Mains exam, the call letters for interview will be released.
• The candidates who will secure a higher rank in the merit list of the Mains Examination will be called up for an interview.
• The number of students who cleared the Prelims and had appeared for the Minas exam is said to more than 3. 5 lakh in order to fill up 10, 726 posts for Junior Associate (JA) and Junior Agricultural Associate (JAA).

Stay tuned for more updates. We anticipate that you will achieve great results out of your sheer hard work and determination. We wish you good luck!

Attention all the RRB Grade B aspirants!! Cross your fingers and get ready to be taken by surprise. The Reserve Bank of India or RRB has released the results of RBI Grade B Phase II examination. This is the day you have been waiting for so long after attempting the examination. You will get the rewards of your hard work and dedication.

You can check the roll numbers of the candidates who are shortlisted here: List of candidates

Note- Worthy Details:

• The call letters for interview with the dates and venue of the interview will be sent separately to the shortlisted candidates to their respective email address. Please keep an eye on your inbox and also check the spam and junk box regularly.
• Please take a hard copy of the call letters and carry it with you on the day of interview with original documents.
• The candidates who are shortlisted are advised to send the photocopy of the documents (one set of copies) in support of their Date of Birth, Academic Qualifications (From Matriculation/ SSC Exam) onwards - Mark sheets of all years/semesters and Passing/ Degree certificates, Caste certificate (if SC/ST/OBC), Disability certificate (if Persons with Disability-PWD).
• With respect to academic qualification, if instead of percentage of marks, Aggregate Grade Points (i.e. CGPA/OGPA/CPI, etc.) are allotted, then the candidate must forward the criteria for conversion as defined by the Board/University/Institute. The conversion criterion must be printed on the mark-sheet or the candidate must obtain a certified copy from competent authority of the Board/University/Institute and forward the same to us. If they fail to do so, then the conversion criteria as mentioned at para 2 (b) of the recruitment advertisement no. 1A/2016-17 will be applied.
• The candidates must submit the relevant certificate if he/ she has taken any privilege of age relaxation.
• The Staff candidates those who are shortlisted should submit their documents through the HRMD/Staff section of respective Regional Office/COD.
• The candidates who are shortlisted are also requested to take print out (hard copies) of the relevant proforma as mentioned below, fill them with the necessary details and send after completion along with copy of above mentioned certificates to “The General Manager, Reserve Bank of India Services Board, Reserve Bank of India Building, Third floor, Opposite Mumbai Central Railway Station, Byculla, Mumbai 400008” by Courier/Speed Post. Please make sure that it reaches the Board office within seven days of the date of result declaration on the official website.
• All Candidates – All candidates need to submit:
  • 5 copies of ATTESTATION FORM (all in original) 
  • 7 copies of BIO DATA with prescribed sized, signed photographs affixed.
• OBC candidates – The candidates belonging to this category need to submit:
  • In addition to (i) above, and a copy of latest OBC CASTE CERTIFICATE (issued on or after 01.07.2015) and OBC DECLARATION in original as per the prescribed format.
• SC/ST candidates – The candidates belonging to this category need to submit
  • In addition to (i) above, latest SC-ST CASTE CERTIFICATE as per the prescribed format.
• PWD candidates – In addition to (i) [and (ii)/(iii)-if applicable] above, disability certificate in the prescribed format issued by the Competent Authority. The Candidates who have availed the facility of a scribe (other than the Visually Impaired candidates) will have to produce a medical certificate from an authorised Govt. of India/State Govt. Department/Hospital, to the effect that the candidate has physical limitation to write including that of speed. This certificate will be required in addition to his/her disability certificate. The medical certificate about physical limitation to write, including that of speed, should be dated prior to the date of on-line/written exam/test.

Stay connected for more updates. We wish all the very best!

“Analysis is the critical starting point of strategic thinking”- Kenichi Ohmae

What is the first thing you do before an examination? Plan for the preparation? You go for a proper plan of what to practice based on different weightages of the topics. But have you ever thought of what your strategy should be based on? You are right, it should be based on “analysis”. Analysis is highly important to make probable predictions about the events in future.

The Bank of Baroda has successfully completed its examination in two slots for the position of “Probationary Officer”. The first slot of the examination was conducted in 9: 00 AM to 11: 30 AM and the second slot was held between 2: 00 PM to 4: 30 PM. As per sources, the overall level of the examination was “Easy-Moderate”

Before going to analysis, let us take a look at the pattern of Bank of Baroda (BOB) syllabus:

Let us now go through the complete analysis of the Bank of Baroda PO analysis for both of the slots:

Objective Test:

English Language (50 Questions):

The level of the questions were of “Easy to Moderate “level.

1. Reading Comprehension – 10 Qs (Moderate)

RC of both 1^st and 2^nd slots was based on the idea of “Education System” 

2. Cloze test – 10 Qs (Easy)

1st slot – was based on the idea of “Boost of Tourism in Brazil due to RIO Olympics”

2nd slot – was based on the idea of “Internet”

3. Para jumble – 5 QS (Moderate) 

1st slot – was based on “Deforestation due to Agriculture”

2nd slot – was based on “Road Accidents in India”

4. Spotting Error – 10 Qs (Moderate) 

5. Fill in the blanks – 5 Qs (Easy)

6. Phrase Replacement – 10 Qs (Easy)

Reasoning Ability (50 Questions):

The level of the questions were of “Easy to Moderate “level.

1. Puzzle – 5 Qs (Moderate to Tough)

1st slot – Puzzles – 5 questions

• Seating Arrangement – Circular and Linear arrangement
• Ranking based

2nd slot

Puzzle – Ranking based – 5 questions

Seating Arrangement- 8 persons wearing different cartoon dress – 5 questions, Linear Seating Arrangement- 12 persons facing North South – 5 questions

2. Data Sufficiency – 5 questions (Easy to moderate)

3. Inequality – 5 questions (Easy to moderate)

4. Miscellaneous questions (Easy to moderate)

Quantitative Aptitude (50 Questions):

The level of the questions were of “Easy to Moderate “level.

1. Number Series – 5 Qs (Moderate) 

2. Data Interpretation – 2 set (10 Qs) – One Line Graph DI was easy & Pie Chart based DI was moderate 

1st slot – 2 set (10 Qs) – One Bar Graph (company & production) DI was easy & Table graph (Dance) based DI was moderate 

2nd slot – 3 set (10 Qs) – One Line Graph & was easy & Table graph (Simple) based DI was moderate. One Pie Chart was easy as well

3. Approximation – 5 Qs (Easy)

4. Quadratic Equation – 5 Qs (Easy)

5. Miscellaneous – 10 Qs (Moderate)

General Awareness (50 Questions):

The questions asked from this section in both of the slots were from the following areas:

• Urjit Patel – 24th RBI Governor
• Current CRR Rate
• IDB bank setting first branch where in Gujarat
• Current MD of SBI
• Monaco grandprix winner – Lewis Hamilton
• DSIB banks related
• Icc member : Sunil Bharti
• How many Indian companies are there in Forbes list
• RBI sachet portal
• Saudi Arabia Bank has opened branch in which City – Ahmedabad
• HRD minister – Prakash Javadekar
• Sbi mingle app
• Green bond
• Maximum amount in small account
• First GST state – Assam
• Theme of World Humanitarian day

Descriptive Test:

Slot 1:

Letter Writing: The level of the questions asked in letter writing was “Easy”. The word limit for letter was of 150 words worth 20 marks. The topics asked include: a. Letter regarding Lokpal Bill, b. Letter to Police Commissioner regarding Cyber Crime, c. Letter to Newspaper Editor regarding Noise Pollution.

Essay Writing: The level of the questions asked in easy writing was “Easy”. The word limit for letter was of 250 words worth 30 marks. The topics asked include: a. Is it right to pry into the lives of politicians and film stars? , b. Government initiative on start-ups, c. Reality of Paid Journalism and its impact on Ethical Journalism

Slot 2:

Letter Writing: The level of the questions asked in letter writing was “Easy”. The word limit for letter was of 150 words worth 20 marks. The topics asked include a.  Letter to UN Secretary about Nuclear weapon, b. Letter to Newspaper Editor regarding enlarge the Reader section

Essay Writing: The level of the questions asked in easy writing was “Easy”. The word limit for letter was of 250 words worth 30 marks. The topics asked include: a. Festival as a means of National Integration, b. Interlinking of Rivers for food security

We hope that this article helps you to get an insight of the Bank of Baroda PO- Exam Analysis. Stay connected for more updates. Good luck!

“Don’t practice until you get it right, practice until you can’t get it wrong”

The IBPS PO Prelims 2016 preparations are in the air. We anticipate that the aspirants might be extremely curious about the pattern that will be asked in the examination. We suggest them not to worry as the pattern must not have changed to a remarkable extent. But then, what really matters for setting a record of your performance in the IBPS PO Prelims is “Effective Strategy”. Effective strategy coupled with smart preparation is required to make your performance up to the mark. The IBPS PO Prelims is scheduled on 22^nd and 23^rd October 2016. No doubt this is the only qualifying phase, the candidates clear neither the sectional cut- off marks nor the overall cut-off marks.

What do you feel might be the reason behind students’ inability to clear the examination? Well, there may be many but the most crucial one is perhaps “Time Management” and another one is “Lack of Effective Preparation”. So, in this article we will give you a few tips which will help you prepare for IBPS PO Prelims via a super smart approach.

IBPS PO Prelims 2016: Pattern

The pattern of IBPS PO Prelims 2016 is as follows:

Do you know what the most appealing point of IBPS PO Prelims is? It is you can switch to any of the sections you want within the allotted time period. It depends on how you complete all the sections within the 1 hour time.

We suggest you some standard time limit which we feel should be allotted to each section:

But, again another major concern is “How much time to be allotted to individual topics?”. Well, we also have a solution for this.

Let us go through the topic- wise time allocation:

English Language:

• Go for the synonyms and Antonyms questions before going for the passage questions.
• Para Jumbles- Try to find the first and last sentence. It will be relatively easy. Find rest of the sentences as well and try to attempt at least 2 to 3 questions out of the 5 questions asked from this.

English Language is relatively an easy section and you will be easily completely it within 10 minutes if you are that proficient in it.

Quantitative Aptitude:

If you had an effective practice session, you will be able to attempt 15 questions in a time span of 10 minutes. After attempting these questions, go for questions of “Data Interpretation” or Miscellaneous questions.

Find out the most difficult one which you feel in the “Data Interpretation” section and attempt them first in this topic. Please note that this observation comes only and only if you have a sound practice.

In the Miscellaneous section, try to attempt the questions from topics like time and work, averages and ratio and proportion first when you are attempting this topic.

Reasoning Ability:

Besides these time management tricks, there are a few more tips which can help you create wonders in the examination:

• Attempt as many as you can, but not all: Focus more on clearing the cut – off marks with minimum negative marking rather than increasing number of attempted questions.
• Confidence is the ultimate weapon: It is the factor which is going to make you give the best of your performance. Over confidence is harmful but self-confidence is good.
• Don’t over analyse: Over Analysis will give you nothing but you will end up with an unexpected and bad performance. So, make sure that you don’t overanalyse.

We hope that this article presents you a smart strategy to attempt IBPS PO Prelims 2016. Stay connected for more updates. Good luck!