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  • IBPS Clerk Examination Pattern, Interview Process and Section wise details

    Updated : 08-Nov-2017

    Most of the aspirants are not aware about the IBPS Examination and they only ask one question which is how can I prepare for IBPS examination? Having a proper knowledge of it is more valuable. The first thing is that you should know about IBPS Recruitment Examination and then go for the preparation. And IBPS preparation tips and important things to notice are all provided in this article.

    Pattern of IBPS Clerk Examination

    • IBPS Clerk Prelims examination will include three sections i.e. reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude & English Language.
    • A total of hundred questions will be asked in Prelims examination divided thirty five, thirty five & thirty five in Reasoning, quantitative & English Respectively.
    • Aspirants will have a composite time of one hour to solve all the sections.
    • There will be negative marking of 0.25 for every wrong answer.

     Interview Process for IBPS Clerk 

    Those participants successful qualifying in IBPS clerical examination is further called for interview. It is an extreme situation for students to handle because this is the last step between you and your job. If you pass it, you got your dream job so don’t take it easy.

    There are only two outcomes of an interview- in or out. There is no grey in an interview IBPS Examination Interview majorly around in between these topics your personality, Banking sector knowledge, Latest current affairs related to banking industry & RBI. We cover this topic with more details and tips to qualify IBPS examination in next article.

    English for IBPS Clerk Examination

    English section of this examination can be easily prepared if you pay attention on this article. For the preparation of this examination you cannot just surf on the internet or books looking for the syllabus and the preparation tips. If you follow preparation of IBPS clerk examination, you can easily clear the examination as well as the cut off list. So, there is no need to feel unexplained as you should follow this article and do well in the examination.

    • Do not spend more than fifteen minutes on the English Section of the exam in Prelims Mock Tests and the actual examination by attempting mock test you can increase the speed and accuracy of your writing and time management ability.
    • Spend more time studying basic rules of Grammar. These rules will help you crack many topics in the examination. Unlike Vocabulary, the rules and concepts are often repeated. So, if you practice enough, you are very likely to score between twenty to twenty five marks.
    • Pick the questions which you feel are difficult, from past exams and solve them by timing yourself.
    • A good advice would be that if you start with the Vocabulary sections first as you can get several marks in one go. And it is the fastest to get through this topic or section. Get to the Reading Comprehension topic next. At last, you should always attempt the topic or that section, question of the examination that seems hard or difficult to you.

    Quantitative for IBPS Clerk Examination

    Quantitative aptitude test in IBPS clerk examination refers to the mathematical part of the banking entrance test. This is the most important section of this examination as banking is mostly related to math. Most of the candidates miss the banking job because scoring less or not passing in this section

    • You should start your preparation with the chapters or topics that you know. You should start with those who you are easy with. The aspirant should need to clear the difficult and easy topics so there should not be any traffic on the way.
    • During the last few weeks of the preparation, you should prepare an exam strategy on how to attempt the questions. Previous year’s question paper and sample question papers can come to great help as you will get an idea that how the questions are going to be presented. You should not analyze and summarize your study material during the last weeks of your preparation. This would cause traffic in your head as you will not have enough time to revise the syllabus but still you will have a lot of work pending.
    • To write important files and formulas a notebook can help a candidate in a lot of ways. This will ease your revising time and ability as it can be used at the end time of your preparation.
    • Start Attempting as many mock tests as possible because they are very helpful as these are time based and they will help you in managing time. When left with a few days, mock test are very helpful. Mock tests will provide you with insights, such as management of time ability, Selection of easy and difficult questions, preparing a strategy to attempt this section.

    Reasoning for IBPS Clerk Examination

    Reasoning, if prepared well, can turn out to be your golden goose. You can either score heavily or waste a lot of time in preparation and still scoreless. This section rewards your hard work and takes a lot of time to prepare. The more you have prepared, the better you score. Below are mentioned some points for reasoning section:

    • Do not try to study everything because if you try and study everything you will end up cramming your schedule and ultimately risk being under prepared.
    • Accuracy and Speed are the keys for scoring maximum in this section.
    • Give an hour daily for reasoning preparation.
    • For the next two or three days, go through basic concepts and questions for topics stated above.
    • Then take up each topic for three days and solve maximum questions possible on that topic.
    • While doing the above exercise, solve at least fifty questions per day.
    • Start having Mock Tests. And know the topics you are weak in and again attempt those topics.
    • Mock Tests will also help you to set a timing strategy.
    • There are many experts out there, so go and use their knowledge for your benefit.
    • And as "practice makes the man perfect" all the best.

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