How to Prepare Reasoning for IBPS PO

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How to Prepare Reasoning for IBPS PO in 2 months-

how to prepare reasoning for IBPS PO:

Hello Friends,

Are you preparing for IBPS PO ?

If yes, then you know that Reasoning preparation is a crucial part of competitive exams. Here, we are sharing some effective tricks and simple exercises that can help you improve your reasoning skills and be fully prepared in just 2 months with focused practice and smart strategies.

1.First understand the Structure of Exam then we will discuss how to prepare reasoning for IBPS PO –

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As you Know, Now In IBPS  we have fixed  time for all Sections in the Main Exam

And

For Preliminary exam we have 1 hour for all sections-

Here are the structures for IBPS PO-

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Preliminary Exam Structure for IBPS PO-

Sl. No.	TestName	No. of Questions	Marks	Duration
1	Reasoning	35	35	1 hours
2	English	30	30
3	Quantitative Aptitude	35	35

Main Exam Structure for IBPS PO-

Sl. No.	Test Name	No. of Questions	Marks	Version	Time Allotted to each test
1	Reasoning	50	50	English/hindi	40 Minutes

Now we have to cover at least as much as number of  questions that can help us to clear cut-off.

2. Set your Goal while asking question how to prepare reasoning for IBPS PO-

Set your goal of  attempting at least 20-25 questions in preliminary exam and 30-35 in main exam.

3. Check Out the Full Syllabus and important topics of Reasoning  –

Before starting preparation, you must know what topics are covered in IBPS Reasoning.

Here are some important topics with weightage, you must prepare for IBPS PO.

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Topics for Verbal Reasoning

Sl.No.	Topic	Weightage	Time Duration
1	Analogy	1-2
2	Blood relationship	2-3	2hours
3	Inequality	3-4	2hours
4	Classification	1-2
5	Distance and Direction	2-3	1 hour
6	Series(Part-1)finding missing term Series(Part-2)number Test	1-2
7 8	Coding-Decoding Syllogism	4-5 5-6	2 hour 4 hour
9	Statement and conclusion	1-2
10	Ranking	2-3	1 hour
11	Alphabet	3-4
12	Sequential Output Tracing/Machine Input	5-6	10 hour
13	Problem Solving/Puzzle 1.Classification Test 2.Sitting arrangement 3.Sequential order of Things 4.Family based problem puzzle 5.Comparison type Puzzle 6.Selection based puzzle	10-12
14	Argumentation	1-2
15	Assumption	2-3
16	Courses of Action	3-4	1 hour
17	Data Sufficiency	4-5	1 hour
18	Data Analysis	4-5	1 hour
19	Cause & Effect	4-5	1 hour
20	Number Test	1-2

Topics for Non Verbal ReasoningTotal hours=26 hours

Sl.No	Topic	Weightage	Approximately time to cover topic
19	Series	4-5	2 hour
20	Analogy or Similarity	4-5	2 hour
21	Classification	2-3
27	Finding the missing figure	2-3

Total hours-4

The topics showing in green box are very important from the exam point of view because they have more weightage as comparison to other topics. So firstly you should focus on these topics.

Total time required for these topics = 30 hours.

If you practice 2 hours daily, you can cover all important topics just in 15 days remaining 45 days are for practice.

4. Find Shortcuts and Tricks-

Here are some useful links which will help you to understand the shortcuts and tricks of all topics-

 

5. Practice Previous year Questions and practice sets-

After getting and understanding the tricks always do some practice set.

For Previous year questions and practice set visit here-
Best of Luck

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