Bank PO -‐ Introduc8on Bank PO Exams – Introduc8on
Bank PO -‐ Introduc8on
IBPS-‐PO/MT Age
between 20-‐30 years
Completed GraduaAon Degree
CiAzen of India, Nepal, Bhutan or Tibetan Refugee
IBPS-‐Clerk
Age between
20-‐28 years
Completed GraduaAon Degree
CiAzen of India, Nepal, Bhutan or Tibetan Refugee
IBPS-‐RRB
Age between
18-‐28 years
Completed GraduaAon Degree
Should have passed local
language exam in Matric
SBI-‐PO Age
between 21-‐30 years
Completed GraduaAon Degree
Max 4 aQempts for General Category
SBI Clerk
Age between
20-‐28 years
Completed GraduaAon Degree
For Detailed Eligibility Criteria & RelaxaAons, kindly refer to www.ibps.in & www.sbi.co.in
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Bank PO -‐ Introduc8on
IBPS Exams PaIern
PO Pre
PO Mains
RRB-‐ Office Assistant
SO Specialist Officer
RRB PO
Clerk Pre
Clerk Mains
Reasoning 35 50 40 50 40 35 40
English 30 40 40 50 40 30 40
Maths/ Quant 35 50 40 50* 40 35 40
GK -‐-‐ 40 40 50* 40 -‐-‐ 40
Computers -‐-‐ 20 40 -‐-‐ 40 -‐-‐ 40
Professional Knowledge
-‐-‐ -‐-‐ -‐-‐ 50 -‐-‐ -‐-‐ -‐-‐
Total Qs 100 Q 200 Q 200 Q 200 Q 200 Q 100 Q 200 Q
Total Time 60 mins 120 mins 150 mins 120 mins 150 mins 60 mins 120 mins
* GK for the Law officer & Rajbhasha Adhikari & Quant for IT/ MarkeAng/ HR/ Agri officer
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SBI Exams PaIern
PO Pre PO Mains Clerk Pre Clerk Mains
Reasoning 35 50 35 40
English 30 50 30 40
Maths/ Quant 35 -‐-‐ 35 40
GK -‐-‐
50
-‐-‐ 40
Computers -‐-‐ -‐-‐ 40
MarkeAng -‐-‐ -‐-‐
Data InterpretaAon -‐-‐ 50 -‐-‐ 40
Total Qs 100 Q 200 Q 100 Q 200 Q
Total Time 60 mins 120 mins 60 mins 135 mins
Bank PO -‐ Introduc8on
• For Tier II,
– Only candidates securing minimum 40th percenAle in each of the secAons in the preliminary examinaAon and
with an aggregate 40% (35% for SC/ST/PWD) marks will be invited for the main test (Tier II), if ranked sufficiently
high. The number of candidates who will be invited for Tier -‐ II vis-‐a vis number of vacancies, subject to
availability of adequate number of merit ranked candidates, shall be as under :
• General/OBC -‐ 15 Ames the vacancy and SC/ST/PWD-‐20 Ames the vacancy.
• The Descrip8ve type examina8on will be a test of English knowledge – Time 60 minutes
• For Tier III
– Candidates securing minimum 40th percenAle in each of the above 4 tests and in the descripAve paper with
aggregate 40% (35% for SC/ST/PWD) marks and ranked sufficiently high in main examinaAon will be called for
Group Discussion and Interview (Tier III) in the raAo of three Ames the vacancy in each category.
• Candidates will have to pass both in Tier II & Tier III for final selecAon as marks in both the Tiers are taken into account
while preparing the merit list.
General Informa8on About the Exam
Bank PO -‐ Introduc8on
Managing Time
ü There is No Formula that fits all.
ü You have to c l e a r a l l s e c t i o n s individually to qualify the test.
¤ The Score does not matter, Rank does!!! ¤ Know your Strengths Attempt the Section, that looks easy to you before others ¤ Know your Weakness Save time for Sections that you find difficult ¤ Limit your Attempt Do NOT try to attempt all questions, you can not ¤ Do NOT Waste Time Do not spend much time on difficult questions, skip them
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Math – The Challenge!!
ü Standard is Class X.
ü It is NOT d i f f i c u l t , but needs practice.
¤ PracAce, PracAce, PracAce…
¤ Solve A Lot of QuesAons
¤ AQempt Previous Papers
¤ AQempt Sample Papers
¤ Balance Speed and Accuracy
¤ Buy a “Good Book” or Some Notes
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Reasoning – The Saver!!
ü EASY!!
ü Scoring
ü Saves Time
ü C o m m o n S e n s e Helps…
ü No Formulas, Good News ehhh!
¤ Concentrate, Concentrate, Concentrate, …
¤ Solve Puzzles
¤ Work on thinking “logically”
¤ Solve some practice sets
¤ Work on Accuracy
¤ Buy a “Good Book” or Some Notes
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English – HELP!! HELP!! HELP!!
ü I t i s o u r S E C O N D language.
ü No one is Perfect.
ü Needs time to improve.
¤ Work on your Grammar (verbs, tenses)
¤ Improve Vocabulary
¤ Find that DicAonary. Where is it? L
¤ Read “Editorial” secAons in news paper
¤ AQempt Comprehension Passages
¤ Don’t be Scared – You can do it!!!
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Marke8ng – What’s That??
ü Part of GK.
ü Important p a r t o f exams
ü SBI exams focus on it
¤ Read Financial Times
¤ Concentrate on Banking and Economy News
¤ Focus on Product Launches, Government Policies, Share Markets etc.
¤ Clear your Concepts and terms like CRR etc.
¤ Keep a Customer Centric Approach when answering questions.
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Computers – Special AIen8on
ü Part of GK.
ü Increasingly being added to more and more exams
ü Easy
¤ You MUST know computer basics
¤ You SHOULD buy a book
¤ Its better if you join a basics course like MS Office and DTP.
¤ Practical Knowledge will help
¤ Attempt Objective Questions before exam
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