S.N
|
Name of Test
|
No. of Questions
|
Maximum Marks
|
Duration
|
1.
|
Reasoning Ability
|
50
|
50
|
Composite time of 2
hours
|
2.
|
English Language
|
50
|
50
|
|
3.
|
Quantitative Aptitude
|
50
|
50
|
|
4.
|
General Awareness (with
special reference to Banking)
|
50
|
50
|
|
Total
|
200
|
200
|
Sectional Time Division -
Since composite time has been provided for
all the sections, it is essential that you divide your time smartly among
different sections. This is imperative to clear the Sectional as well as
Overall Cutoff. You can follow the undermentioned time division for your exam.
Try to practice different sections within that time frame.
Name of Test
|
Time to be allotted
|
Reasoning Ability
|
35 minutes
|
English Language
|
20 - 25 minutes
|
Quantitative Aptitude
|
40 minutes
|
General Awareness (with
special reference to Banking)
|
15 - 20 minutes
|
This time division is for reference purpose.
You may vary time for different sections depending upon your strong and weak
areas.
Week Wise Sectional Strategy
Since you still have more than 2 weeks for
this exam, try to revise your topics thoroughly first. You can frame a proper
time division for this purpose by defining different topics for different days.
But make sure that you attempt quizzes or mock tests as well.
Since time hasn’t been allocated sectionally, you will have to take utmost care of time management. Besides this, Speed and Accuracy will also play important role in this exam.
Since time hasn’t been allocated sectionally, you will have to take utmost care of time management. Besides this, Speed and Accuracy will also play important role in this exam.
Reasoning Ability
50 questions will be asked from this
section. Try to thoroughly practice following topics -
- Syllogism
- Inequality
- Alphanumeric
Series
- Miscellaneous
Topics (Blood Relations, Direction sense, Ranking etc.)
- Coding -
Decoding
- Seating
Arrangement & Puzzles
Above mentioned topics have high probability
of being asked in the exam. While preparing these topics, keep in mind the
following -
- Make sure
that you practice Coding - Decoding and Syllogism questions
based on new pattern as well. You can attempt quizzes for these topics
based on new pattern from the links below -
Quiz on Coding - Decoding (New Pattern)
Quiz on Syllogism (New Pattern)
- Practice
Inequality of both patterns i.e. coded as well normal.
- Thoroughly practice both seating arrangements and puzzles since maximum question in reasoning ability section will be asked from these topics. Make sure you consider all possible scenarios while practicing.
Quantitative Aptitude
50 questions will be asked from this section. Make sure you thoroughly practice under mentioned topics -
Maximum questions in this section will be
asked from these topics. Besides that 5-10 questions might be asked from
Miscellaneous section as well. While practicing, keep in mind following things
-
- Number
series are usually less time consuming if practiced well. So thoroughly
practice this topic because there are certain fixed set of patterns based
on which number series questions are asked.
- Have a
thorough practice of averages, ratios and percentages because questions in
data interpretation will be based on these topics.
- Work on
your calculations properly, because this is vital to score well in this
section.
- Use
approximate values in Simplification/ Approximation questions rather than
exact values.
English Language
This section will comprise of 50 questions. Questions in this section will be asked from following topics -- Spotting Errors
- Sentence
Improvement/ Correction
- Para Jumbles
- Fillers
- Reading Comprehension
- Cloze Test
While preparing this section, keep following things in mind -
- Questions
from Reading Comprehension and Cloze Test are most likely to be based on
Economy. So, try to read at least 2-3 such articles regularly. This will
also help you with your vocabulary.
- For this,
you can also go through our section, ‘Shape up your Vocabulary from
Newspaper Wordlist’, where we not only provide you an article from
newspaper but also difficult words as well as question that may be framed
in form of RC.
- Thoroughly
practice Spotting Errors and Cloze Test. For Spotting Errors, try to have
a clear idea of the grammar rules. You can also go through the link below
for this -
GrammarRules for spotting errors
- Pattern of
Para Jumbles was also changed this year, so it would be better to practice
questions based on new pattern as well. You can go through the link
below to practice parajumbles question based on new pattern -
Quiz on Para Jumbles(New Pattern)
Try to practice as many mock tests as you
can. This will help you get in the flow of exam pattern and will also
familiarize you with the exam interface.
