IBPS PO 2016- Tips and Tricks to crack the exam

Are you going to appear for IBPS PO 2016? Want to know how to prepare and successfully crack this exam?  Then you are at the right place. Just read this article and get easy tips and tricks to crack IBPS PO- 2016 easily.

Every year IBPS conducts various banking exams for banking like clerk, PO etc. Lakhs of students appear every year and only few get lucky to hit a job. First, let us understand the pattern of exam:

Examination Process

To successfully get the job, following process is followed by IBPS and each level has to be cleared.

a.      IBPS PO- Pre: This exams contains three sections :

·         Reasoning (35 marks)

·         English (30 marks)

·         Quantitative aptitude (35 marks)

Total duration of the exam is one hour. To clear Pre exam, one has to put lot of efforts as number of aspirants is high.

b.      IBPS PO- Mains: This exam have following sections:

·           Reasoning

·         General Awareness

·         English

·         Quantitative Aptitude

·         Computer knowledge

Total duration of the exam is approximately 2:00 to 2:30 hours.

c.   Interview

Those who successfully clears IBPS PO- Mains, are called for interview which are conducted at various centre of IBPS, which aims at evaluating your confidence and know- how about the current affairs.

Now, let us discuss the focus areas under each section:

a.  English

Following are the focus areas for English:

·         Reading comprehension

·         Fill in the blanks

·         Sentence correction

·         Sentence Exclusion

·         Para Jumble

·         Sentence Re-arrangement

b.      Quantitative Aptitude

Following are the main focus areas in Quantitative aptitude

·         Data interpretation – You get almost 15 questions from this topic, so you need to focus majorly in this area and have a sound command over pie- chart, graphs etc. If you have practiced enough for DI, your cut-off in this section is likely to be cleared very easily with good score.

·         Sequence, series

·         Number System

·         Quadratic Equation

·         Proportion, percentage and ratio

c.       Computers

·               Basic of computers

·             Operating System Functions

·              Network basics

·           Generation of computers

·           Input and output devices

·           Basics of MS Office

d.      General Awareness

·             Current affairs of last six months

·            Awards & Honors

·            Sports

·           Finance

e.      Reasoning

·            Making series/analogy

·          Number Series questions

·          Logical Reasoning Problem Solving

·          Passage and conclusions type questions

·          Coding and decoding

·          Comprehension Reasoning

Some important tips for IBPS PO -2016

1.      Preparation needs a clear cut planning and schedule. Proper time management is required.

2.      You should focus on each and every section of the exam, as sectional cut-offs need to be cleared along with total cut-off.

3.      One should avoid reading current affairs just before the exam. Best trick is to read newspaper daily or visit current affairs page on www.oureducity.com

4.      Practice enough sample papers before you appear for exam.

5.      Do not skip your meals. Skipping meals can lead to malnutrition body and mind which will ultimately lower your energy level and you may not perform as expected.

Take enough sleep before the day of exam so that you are fresh enough while appearing for exam. A fresh mind does wonder.