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Quick tips to Prepare for SBI / IBPS PO, Clerk/Mains exams

There are many public sector banks in India at present exams of which are conducted regularly for various posts. There are mainly 2 posts for which fresher’s are eligible. These are:

Probationary officer (PO)

Quantitative Aptitude – Tips & Tricks:

1. First of all be thorough with the whole Quant syllabus of bank exams.
2. Regularly revise your Study Material
3. Try using short tricks and techniques for faster calculations.
4. Daily attempt 1 set each on Tables, Pie Chart, Line Graph, Bar Graph and Miscellaneous questions every day.
5. Maintain accuracy while attempting questions as there is negative marking.
6. Attempt as many mocks you can & solve them without breaks or disturbances.
7. Do detailed analysis after giving each mock test & keep a tab on what your strong topics are and what your weaknesses are. Adjust your strategy accordingly.

Reasoning – Tips & Tricks:

1. First of all you should be thorough with the whole Reasoning syllabus that comes in bank exams.
2. Puzzle is one of the most important topics as 15-20 questions are expected from this topic alone but is also time-consuming. Therefore, you should have a proper time management strategy while attempting this section.
3. Always attempt those questions first on which you have a strong command as time is the most important factor to crack bank exams.
4. Try using short tricks and techniques wherever required for faster calculations.
5. Daily attempt 1 set each of different types of puzzles, coding-decoding, syllogism, inequality & miscellaneous questions.
6. Maintain accuracy while attempting questions in the exam as there is negative marking.
7. You have to do complete analysis after giving each mock test so that you should know your strong areas are and weak areas & prepare your strategy accordingly.

General Awareness – Tips & Tricks:

1. You should be up-to-date with past six months’ current affairs to score good marks in the general awareness section.
2. Read a good newspaper daily to stay updated with the banking awareness.
3. Make your own short notes (national, international, defense, economics, person in news, static awareness, government' schemes, Bank' new schemes, etc.)
4. Revise all the important news just before the exam.
5. Mark the option only if you know the answer otherwise it will result in negative marking & maintaining accuracy is the key factor to crack the exam.
6. You have to do complete analysis after attempting each banking quiz so that you should know your strong areas are and weak areas so that you can prepare accordingly.

English – Tips & Tricks:

1. Read a good English Newspaper daily to improve your reading & writing skills.
2. To score good marks in English section, keep your focus on RC, Cloze test, para-jumbles and fill in the blanks.
3. Keep improving your vocabulary as it will help you in solving questions from fillers & cloze test topics.
4. You should have a strong command on your grammatical knowledge as it will help you a lot in solving error detection problems & improvement of sentences.
5. Always attempt those questions first on which you have a strong command as time is the most important factor to crack bank exams.
6. Daily attempt 1 mock test & analyze your performance in it so that you should know your strong areas are and weak areas & prepare your strategy accordingly.

Maintain accuracy while attempting questions from this section as there is negative marking in the bank exams.