It is very important to prepare well for the IBPS SO IT Officer exam 2017.Although one must follow their own method for the preparation of the exam. However, certain generic tips can surely help you in doing performing better.
Here are few general tips which can be used.
Plan your schedule:
It is very important for you to prepare your schedule and the way in which you go about preparation. Various training institutes provide online packages and tools that provide awareness on the test-taking strategies, simulated tests on all areas and much-needed insight on how to crack IBPS IT Officer exam. In addition to your exam preparation, you have to include adequate sleeping hours during the preparation days, so that you do not reach a zombie state bereft of sleep. Also, never put in too much of last hour cramming lest you might consider dozing off during the exam.Know you exam:
The IBPS IT Officer Exam consists of Objective test which has 200 questions with 80 marks based on what you have studied in your B.tech or raduation. You would really do well, if you are aware of the exam format and the interface.Test of Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude & English Language are qualifying in nature and marks thereon will not be reckoned for arriving at the Merit listFocus on your weak areas of study:
IBPS IT Officer requires you to have impeccable data analysis skill, immaculate reasoning ability, and polished English grammar skills, all of which does not come naturally to many. You have to identify the areas in which you are strong and those which require enhancement and specifically focus your preparation in that direction. You have to guard against laying more emphasis on the areas you are traditionally strong in, while neglecting other comparatively weaker areas of study. This invariably leads to a skewed level of preparation and below standard performance in the final exam.Practice simulated tests:
Apart from getting a real life experience of taking a simulated IBPS IT Officer test, it also helps you budget your time, and to pace and strategize the way you should take the exam. You may have your own way of taking exam and should stick to it, but you should also apply small tricks of elimination, backward answer taking etc. that goes a long way in ensuring a strong performance.
Section wise Preparation Strategy for IBPS IT Officer
REASONING:
Most of the questions in the reasoning section focus on choice-making based on critical and scientific thinking. It is very important to practice as many questions as you can from reasoning section. You should also focus on how to solve different types of reasoning question.QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE:
Try to work on your calculation speed and get good understanding of various concepts which you have studied from class 8 to 10. You should also do lot of practice questions to improve your speed in this section.
ENGLISH :
You should focus on improving your Vocabulary and English grammar knowledge. You must read Newspapers, articles, novel etc and try to focus on the words whose meaning you don’t know.PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE :
Most Important piece of paper is Professional Knowledge. For this section you must go through books of your academics like B.tech or graduation books.
Note:Test of Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude & English Language arequalifying in nature and marks thereon will not be reckoned for arriving at the Merit list.
Penalty for Wrong Answers:
There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate; there will be no penalty for that question.
Apart from that, there are many mobile based app, which offer IBPS IT Officer training packages for Mobile. IBPS IT officer course is also available on web. You can choose any of the course packages based on your requirement. You must also take as many mock test as possible to be prepared for IBPS IT Officer Exam.
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