Highly Recommended Preparation Plan for Banking Exams 2016

India is a country, where we have immense craze of doing the government jobs. A lot of government job notifications are released every year. The most common of them being Banking Sector, Insurance Sector, Railways and SSC CGL.Apart from all these exams, there are also various other exams that are conducted throughout the year.
Today we will talk about the Banking Sector Exams. Banking Exams are the most sought after government job exam in India. The reason being, they offer the highest number of overall vacancies as compared to any other government job exam. Every year more than 50000 banking sector jobs are generated. The most common banking exams being IBPS PO, SBI PO, IBPS Clerk, SBI Clerk, RBI etc.

Every year, lakhs of aspirants apply for these exams.Today in this article, we willl discuss about the preparation strategy for these Banking Exams.But even before you start your preparation, the first step is to knowthe exam structure and processs.

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1. Written Examination (Online Computer Based Objective Exam)
2. Interview and Sometimes Group Discussion also.
3. Document Verification & Medical Fitness Test

Written Exam Basic Features

The common written exam is now conducted in two phases:

• Prelims
• Mains

Banking Prelims Exams Pattern

Total 100 marks exam containing 100 questions having a time duration of 1 hour

• English – 30 marks
• Reasoning 35 marks
• Numerical ability 35 marks

Each correct answer will fetch one marks and for every wrong answer, 0.25 marks shall be deducted. The question paper shall be of objective multiple choice. The question paper shall be in both English and Hindi Except for English.

Banking Mains Exams Pattern

Total 100 marks exam containing 100 questions having a time duration of 1 hour

•  Reasoning
• Quantitative Aptitude
• English Language
• General Awareness
• Computer Knowledge

Banking Exams Preparation Tips:

1. There is no secret to success, What you need is consistent efforts.
2. The first step should be to make a proper study plan for revision and stick to it.  For it carefully check the syllabus of the exam and also the type and level of questions likely to be asked in the Bank exams.
3. Practice as many mock tests as you can

Preparation Tips for Reasoning Section:

• Blood Relations
• Syllogism
• Statement and Conclusions
• Directions
• Seating Arrangements
• Ranking
• Data sufficiency
• Puzzles
• Non-Verbal Reasoning
• Coding-Decoding
• Analogy
• Classification

Preparation Tips for Quantitative Aptitude Section:

• Number Systems
• Simple Interest & Compound Interest
• Time & Work
• Time & Distance
• Profit & Loss
• Percentage
• Average
• Ratio and Proportion
• Bar graph & Pie-chart
• Probability

Preparation Tips for English Language Section:

• Reading Comprehension
• Spotting the Error
• Parajumbles
• Idioms & Phrases
• Synonyms & Antonyms.

Preparation Tips for General Awareness:

General Awareness is one such section where you can’t predict as to what will come in the exam.General Awareness Questions are based on Banking related issues and topics. You just need to keep yourself updated about current happenings of the world and also bit knowledge of static GK would be enough from the examination point of view.
You can focus on topics like Current Affairs of last 6 months, Topics related to finance, economics, History of Banking, Banking Terms, and Fiscal & Monetary Policies etc.

Preparation Tips for Computer knowledge:

Computer knowledge is an additional subject for the banking exams. It also contains subsequent marks, so don’t take it easy. You will mainly be asked questions related to basic knowledge about computer. So you need to be aware about computer here.

Exam Study material and Books:

You can take the help of these books and boost your preparation to crack the examination easily and make your career bright because these books can change your way of thinking.

1. Quantitative Aptitude For Competitive Examinations (S.Chand) R.S.Agarwal
2. Fast Track Objective Arithmetic (Arihant) Rajesh Verma
3. A new approach Verbal and Nonverbal Reasoning (Arihant) by BS Sijwali
4. A Modern Approach to Verbal and Nonverbal Reasoning (S.Chand) by R.S.Agarwal
5. Lucent General Knowledge
6. NCERT+NIOS books
7. Pratiyogita Darpan
8. Manorama Year Book.

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Friends this is all for Bank Exams.We will also publish preparation tips for all Upcoming Exams too. If you have any queries/questions, feel free to ask them in the comments section below and we will be glad to answer them for you.