How to Prepare for IBPS Clerk Mains

How to Prepare for IBPS Clerk Mains 2017

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How to Prepare for IBPS Clerk Mains 2017

How to Prepare for IBPS Clerk Mains 2017

The IBPS Clerk Mains 2016 exam is scheduled to take place on 31st December onwards. Since only a few weeks are left until the exam, this is the time for you to completely immerse yourself in exam preparation. However, this immersion needs to be a well-planned, so that you not only cover your syllabus in time, but also gain speed and accuracy. This article will tell you how to prepare for IBPS Clerk Mains and ensure a top rank in the exam! But to understand how to prepare for IBPS Mains exam, you need to first get accustomed to the pattern of the exam first.

How to Prepare for IBPS Clerk Mains 2017

The below IBPS Clerk Mains exam pattern will give you the names of the subjects you need to study along with their weightage and time limit:

Name of Section
(Not in Sequence)
No. of
Qs
Max. MarksTime Allotted
for each
Section
Reasoning405030 minutes
English Language404030 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude405030 minutes
General Awareness
(with special
reference to Banking)
404025 minutes
Computer Knowledge402020 minutes
TOTAL200200135 minutes

The IBPS Clerk Mains exam is obviously going to be very different from the Clerk Prelims exam. The major differences are going to be:

  • Mains exam will have two additional subjects – General Awareness & Computers.
  • Difficulty level and weighatge of various topics will be higher in the Mains exam.
  • There will be section-wise time limits.

To modify your preparation strategy for the Mains exam, go through the following tips to efficiently prepare for the IBPS Clerk Mains 2016.

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English – How to Prepare for IBPS Clerk Mains

The english section can be very scoring for you if you study strategically in these crucial days. Here are certain rules that you should follow while studying English:

#1. Read a Newspaper daily. In these reading sessions,

  • try to re-title news and editorial articles
  • make sure you learn to quickly grasp the main idea of various edtorial articles
  • note down new terms and phrases and find out their meanings, synonyms/antonyms, etc. to strengthen your vocabulary

#2. While practicing or taking Mock Tests, develop a habit of reading the questions before skimming through the passage. This will help you deduce the central idea and spot answers more quickly. Chances are that you will be given a tough passage based on banking and finance, social issues, (poverty, education, etc.), economy, geo-politics, etc. in the exam. So practice accordingly.

#3. For honing your grammatical proficiency, read some articles on Error Spotting, Active Passive Voice, Commonly confused terms, Expert Tips to solve Para Jumbles, etc.

#4. To improve your vocab, we hope you are already keeping a track of our series on: Word Power Capsules, Phrasal Verbs Made Easy Capsules and Error Spotting Capsules.

#5. Expect changes in the upcoming IBPS Clerk Mains exam! From the trend that Testbook experts have observed in the past few months, the pattern of various exams is changing unpredictably. You can expect some changes as gieven below:

  • English questions are progressively becoming logic based. For example, you had to choose an odd sentence out of 5 closely related statements in a question. So be prepared to solve more verbal ability based questions in english.
  • No Para Jumbles appeared in the Prelims paper. So there is a chance that you will be given Para Jumbles in the Mains exam.
  • Cloze Test will need you to spot relations among given sentences with the help of contextual usage, prepositions, etc.

General Awareness – How to Prepare for IBPS Clerk Mains

In General awareness (GA) questions, you either know the answer or you don’t. There is no scope to deduce the answer by just reading the question. However, you can still find the general awareness section confusing as the options can be closely inter-related sometimes.

Most of the GA questions in the IBPS Clerk Mains exam will be related to Banking, Finance and Economy. In the time that you have until the exam, make sure you have the knowledge about:

  • Finance Committees and related reforms since last 2 years
  • Changes in Growth Rate of various sectors and parts of the economy – Agriculture, Industry, EX-IM, etc.
  • Basic Macroeconomic Concepts like CAD, Foreign Trade, etc.
  • Reforms in RBI Monetary Policy since last year.
  • Important Banks and their headquarters.
  • Important Financial Institutions (Indian and International).
  • Micro and Macro Financing Institutions in the country and Rural Banks
  • Budget of last 2 years.

Also cover static GK mainly pertains to Culture, Indian History, Geography (India+World), Environment, Economy and Polity. Instead of cramming mindlessly, make notes and mindmaps to remember facts, chronology of events, cause and effect, etc. Doing this will also make your revision process quicker. Attempt at least 50 questions of GA everyday within 30 minutes.

The following material will help you cover almost all aspects of General Awareness:

  • Static GK: These capsules are important to keep you up to date on trivia and events and to boost your General Awareness.
  • Current Affairs App: Since you have only one month left, instead of reading newspapers, go through the notes and capsules in the App. Also, take the Daily/Weekly/Monthly Quizzes.
  • GK Quiz: Improve your General Awareness with these short quizzes. To prepare for IBPS Clerk Mains exam and simultaneously test yourself, these quizzes are the best platform.
  • Current Affairs Capsules: If you don’t have an Android app, read Daily/Monthly Capsules.
  • Current Affairs Quiz: Take these quizzes daily.

Quants – How to Prepare for IBPS Clerk Mains

Quantitative Ability is a section that calls for unabated practice. You need to focus on these topics from Quants, in the following manner to effectively prepare for IBPS Clerk Mains 2016:

#1. Number Series + Simplification – Since you have already practiced these topics for Prelims exam, solving these questions in just the Mock Tests would suffice. However, if you feel the need, solve around 10 extra number series questions daily.

#2. DI – In addition to Data Interpretation questions that you solve in Mock Tests, solve 2 questions daily until you achieve expertise in these topics.

#3. Quadratic Eqns – Practice 5-10 questions daily of comparison between x and y.

#4. Averages, Percentages and Ratio & Proportion – These are the topics that you need to practice frequently for shrinking your calculation time in DI, Profit and Loss, etc. topics.

#5. Mensuration – There is a good chance that you will find questions involving either 3-D figures or complicated 2-D figures, in the paper.

#6. Profit & Loss – Practice problems that involve partnership concept, the most. However, do make sure not to leave out other types of questions.

#7. Speed, Time and Distance – Try to practice as much trains & boats questions that you can. Practicing these will speed up your calculation and you will find yourself arriving at solutions more quickly.

#8. Algebra – Practice problems on Ages, more than otehr types of questions.

#9. Interest & Time and Work – You should focus on problems based on “Pipes & Cisterns” and “Work & Efficiency”. Clear your concepts of Compound Interest and practice questions based on mixed problems (SI + CI)

#10. Mixture Problems – Apart from the Mock Tests, make sure to practice at least 200-300 problems in the time you have until the exam.

#11. Permutations & Combinations and Probability – Practice from Mock Tests and Previous Years’ Papers.

Reasoning – How to Prepare for IBPS Clerk Mains

  • Testbook Reasoning:  This is definitely the best place to clear all your concepts in order to prepare for IBPS Mains exam.
  • Textbook Reasoning Quiz: To ensure that you are actually learning and not just wasting time, keep a track of your preparation by taking these quizzes.

Start your preparation with easy and scoring topics like Arrangement & Pattern and Coding Decoding.These two topics will most probably hold a weighatge of 10-15 marks. Apart from these, regularly practice Puzzles, because it can be asked for (10-15 marks) in the exam.

After you clear your concepts regarding these, move on to other topics like Series, Analogy, Direction & Distances, Blood Relations and Oredering & Ranking. Post covering these topics, move on to Syllogisms, Coded Inequalities, Analytical Decision Making, Input-Output, etc.

Also, recently in IBPS PO exam, in syllogism questions, the conclusion was given in the question and a set of statements were the options. Therefore, be prepared to find similar changes in the set pattern of the exam.

As per our experts, there will be 2-3 questions based on Verbal Reasoning in the exam. The best way to prepare this topic would be by practicing questions similar to the ones that you find in Mock Tests.

Note: While practicing, your aim is to be able to attempt at least 20-30 questions in 20 minutes with reasonable accuracy.

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