IBPS Clerk Mains Preparation Tips & Statewise Expected Cutoff

In this article you will get IBPS Clerk Mains Pattern, Preparation Tips for IBPS Clerk Mains, and statewise expected cutoff for IBPS Mains 2015.

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Dear IBPS Clerk Mains Aspirants

IBPS Clerk Prelims results were announced today.  We congratulate all of you who cleared the prelims exams. But be cautious about your celebrations, the road doesn’t ends here. Now that you have cleared prelims, its time to gear up for the Mains attempt. The competition will get intense and only the best will get through. To help you prepare the best we have started a series of articles on Clerk Mains Preparation and expected cutoffs.

If you have just started Clerk Mains preparation, we suggest you to go through the syllabus for Clerk Mains and then come back and read this post. Click here to see IBPS Clerk Mains Syllabus.

Pattern of IBPS Clerk Mains

Total Questions: 200 

Negative Marking: 25% i.e. 0.25 marks will be deducted from your score for every wrong answer

Duration: 2 Hours (120 minutes)

The exam will have 5 sections. These are enlisted below:

• Reasoning: 40 questions
• English Language: 40 questions
• Quantitative Aptitude: 40 questions
• General Awareness: 40 questions
• Computer Knowledge: 40 questions

Preparation Tips for IBPS Clerk Mains

1. You have 15 days left for IBPS Clerk Mains. The best strategy will utilize these 15 days with 100% efficiency. This means studying atleast 8-10 hours a day.
2. Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude and English sections require daily practice. Divide 5-6 hours equally between them. i.e. 2 hours each for the BIG 3.
3. Now you have GA and CK left. Devote 30-40 mins to CK and 1.5 hours to GA.
4. Prepare the following topics from each section:
   • Reasoning: Click here to read about Clerk Mains Reasoning – Pattern, Syllabus, Expected Cutoff and Preparation Tips
     • Syllogism
     • Data Sufficiency
     • Sitting Arrangement
     • Puzzle
     • Coded Inequalities
     • Miscellaneous
   • Quantitative Aptitude: Click here to read about Clerk Mains Quantitative Aptitude- Pattern, Questions, Expected Cutoff and Preparation Tips
     • Number Series
     • Data Interpretation(Pie-Chart, Table)
     • Simplification
     • Arithmetic (Profit Loss, Time & work, Percentage, Age, etc)
   • English: Click here to read about Clerk Mains English Booster- Pattern, Questions, Expected Cutoff and Preparation Tips
     • Reading Comprehensions
     • Rearrangement
     • Cloze test
     • Error Spotting
     • Phrases
     • Fill in the blanks
   • Computer Knowledge: Click here to read about Clerk Mains Computer Knowledge- Pattern, Questions, Expected Cutoff and Preparation Tips
   • General Awareness:
     • Click here to read how to crack General Awareness section of IBPS Clerk Mains. 
     • Current Affairs
     • Banking Awareness
     • Static GA
5. Make it a habit to solve 30-40 questions from each section everyday.
6. While you are solving the above set of questions. Do not worry about time limit. Instead focus on getting the concepts right.
7. The whole idea of solving questions is to improve your conceptual knowledge and increase your accuracy.
8. Only after your concepts are crystal clear and accuracy 90%+, think about the shortest way to solve particular kind of questions.
9. For GA preparation read newspapers daily. Try and cover news from last 3 months. This would be sufficient to cover current affairs and banking awareness. Do not worry about static.
10. Improve your reading speed. Click here to start speed reading 
11. Starting from the third day, give one full length mock daily(200 marks, 2 hours duration). This will help you to constantly monitor your performance and see the improvements. It will also help you identify chinks in your Armour. Like, are you taking too much time to solve DI, or you get confused while solving puzzles of Reasoning.
12. Mocks also help you improve upon your accuracy and validates your preparation filling you up with the much needed confidence.
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13. Exercise for 30 mins daily. You can use 7 Minute Workout App to do exercise. 
14. After every 45 minutes of your study, take a 5 minute break. Do not watch TV or do something which distracts you. Just stand up, walk, eat something and get back to studying. There is no time to waste. But yes resting is important too.
15. Get 7-8 hours of sleep daily. It will help you improve memory retention and also keep you fresh and brimming with energy.
16. Do not talk to people who have negative thoughts. Meditate, do your prayers or listen to peaceful music in your free time.
17. Expected Cutoff for Reasoning section of IBPS Clerk Mains 2015 will be 16-18
18. Expected Cutoff for Numerical Ability/Qunat section of IBPS Clerk Mains 2015 will be 12-14.
19. Expected Cutoff for English language section of IBPS Clerk Mains 2015 will be 9-11.
20. Expected Cutoff for General Awareness section of IBPS Clerk Mains 2015 will be 12-15. 
21. Expected Cutoff for Computer Knowledge section of IBPS Clerk Mains 2015 will be 17-19.

Expected Statewise Cutoffs for IBPS CLERK MAINS 2015

Friends this is it for IBPS Clerk Mains Preparation tips. If you have any queries/questions please ask them in the comments section below and we will be glad to answer them for you. Tomorrow we will post tips on quantitative aptitude or English language for IBPS Clerk Mains.

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