HOW TO CRACK BANK EXAM 2015: (PART - 1)

Scheme of Selection:

Selection will be through Online Examination and Interview. The Online Examination will be for 200 marks

This exam consists of the following sections. Each sections consists of 40 Questions .

Reasoning :

•             No. of Question : 40

•             Maximum Marks : 40 Marks

English Language :

•             No. of Question : 40

•             Maximum Marks : 40 Marks

Numerical Ability :

•             No. of Question : 40

•             Maximum Marks : 40 Marks

General Awareness :

•             No. of Question : 40

•             Maximum Marks : 40 Marks

Computer Knowledge :

•             No. of Question : 40

•             Maximum Marks : 40 Marks

                                                                                                               

i) The above tests except the Test of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi.

ii) A candidate has to qualify in each part of the Objective test separately. There will be negative marks for wrong answers in the Objective tests. 1/4th marks will be deducted for each wrong answer. Candidates will have to pass in each of the objective tests.

Syllabus

Numerical Ability :

1.            Simplifications (Very very important for clerical level exam)

2.            Mathematical Operations

3.            Squares

4.            Cubes

5.            Square Roots

6.            Cube Roots

7.            Decimals

8.            Percentages

9.            Time and Work

10.          Time and Distance

11.          Ratio and Proportions

12.          Mixture and Allegation

13.          Number Systems / Series

14.          Profit and Loss

15.          Simple Interest and Compound Interest

16.          Probability

17.          Partnership

18.          Data Interpretation will be there for Clerical Level.

Numerical Ability Probable Question Pattern:

Questions will be of the level of class 10. Questions will comprise SI, CI, ratio and proportion, sequence and series based questions, simplifications( maximum number of questions will be from this section), mixture and allegation, speed and distance, boat and current, profit and loss, MP and SP etc.

Reasoning :

1.            Introduction

2.            Series Completion

3.            Analytic Reasoning

4.            Classification

5.            Coding Decoding

6.            Blood Relations

7.            Direction Sense

8.            Logical Venn Diagrams

9.            Syllogisms

10.          Number, Ranking & Time Sequence Test

11.          Decision Making

12.          Series

13.          Pay less attention on Non Verbal Reasoning.

Reasoning section Probable Question Pattern:

Only verbal reasoning will be there.  Questions will comprise Sitting arrangement (both circular and line arrangement), direction test, relation test, floor based test, puzzle based questions, syllogism, input and output based questions, assertion and reasoning based questions, inequalities (<= > etc), general reasoning.

Computer Knowledge :

1.            Basic Hardware and Software

2.            Uses of Computer

3.            Generations of Computer

4.            Basic Computer Operations / Shortcut Keys

5.            MS Office (Word, Excel, Power point)

Computer knowledge section Probable Question Pattern:

Questions will be asked form input/ output devices, operating systems, working of operating systems, generations of computers, parts of computers, peripheral devices, some common used technology in computer etc.

English Language :

1.            Reading Comprehension (Simple Level)

2.            Spotting Errors

3.            Sentence Correction

4.            Sentence Completion

5.            One Word Substitution

6.            Synonyms

7.            Antonyms

English section Probable Question Pattern:

 This will be of graduate level. Questions will be from passages(10 questions), error correction(5 marks), error spotting( 5 marks), re arrangement of sentences(5 marks), antonyms and synonyms, cloze test(10 marks)t, fill in the blanks( 5 questions).

General Awareness :

For Current Affairs you should concentrate all important events occurred for last 6 months (excluding 15 days before the exam). You should concentrate on….

1.            Summits

2.            New Appointments

3.            Deaths

4.            Visits / Visitors

5.            Days

6.            Books and Authors

7.            Important Events

8.            Countries / Heads / Currencies

9.            For Banking Awareness you should focus on (basic knowledge is enough)

10.          History of Banking

11.          Banking Terms

General awareness section Probable Question Pattern:

Question will be asked only from current affairs and banking awareness section. Some questions may be from Marketing awareness. Mostly it will be from General awareness ( current visits, MOUs, sports and awards, persons in news, economy of country, places in news, budget of 2015, census of 2015, Railway budget , all current news etc). Banking awareness questions will be from 10-12 in this sections.