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PREPARATION PLAN FOR SBI PO EXAM 2014 -TIPS/TRICKS/GUIDANCE FOR ALL SECTIONS

Overview: 

SBI has released the notification for the recruitment of Probationary Officers recently. Since the dates of the exam have already been announced, there is a hurl among the students as to how to prepare for the exam in the easiest and best possible way to score well in the Exam. Normally, we have seen that aspirants are in different state of minds about how to make strategies to prepare for each section in the SBI PO Exam, about the exam pattern and which are the important topics to be prepared first. If you plan well for the exam, we assure that you can crack this exam in your first attempt. But, you have to start your preparation from today itself. First and foremost thing every applicant must do is go through the SBI PO Exam pattern and syllabus 2014, to know the format of the exam. Prepare according to the syllabus and manage your time to cover all the topics.

SBI PO Exam Pattern:

Below is the SBI PO 2014 EXAM PATTERN –

NAME OF THE PAPER & SECTIONS	TIME DURATION	TOTAL MARKS
OBJECTIVE PAPER (Phase I)	Two hours allotted for attempting this particular section.	200 Marks
·         Logical Reasoning ·         Data Analysis & Interpretation ·         English Language ·         General Awareness + Computer Knowledge + Banking Awareness
DESCRIPTIVE PAPER	One Hour allotted to this section.	50 Marks
·         English Language
PHASE II
·         Group Discussion (GD)	Depending on the Authority	20 Marks
·         Personal Interview (PI)	Depending on the Authority	30 Marks

Note:  The candidate has to clear both the objective and descriptive paper separately and score minimum marks in order to qualify for further selection process. For every incorrect answer a certain 1/4th ratio of marks is deducted from the total score of the candidate.

Preparation Plan for each section: 

SBI PO Preparation plan is quite detailed, elaborate and descriptive and it has in total of four subjects which as follows:

·         Reasoning

·         Data Interpretation

·         English Language

·         General Awareness + Computer + Marketing

Tips for cracking each section are:

Reasoning –>

Reasoning is a test of observing our mental and problem solving ability. Reasoning is not like numerical skill where you learn some formula and solve question by applying that formula. Understand the question before solving it. Don’t take much time for single question .You have to be very careful while answering these questions. Practice similar questions from previous model papers or previous year’s exam papers are the key to do well in this section. The most important questions from this section are on the topics such as Seating Arrangements, Syllogism, Coding-Decoding, Statement and Conclusions, Directions, Blood Relations, Analogy, Classification, Series problems, Missing Characters, Odd Man out, Ranking Test, Data sufficiency, Assumptions and Directions. Non-Verbal is the toughest of all.

Which questions you have to attempt first –

It’s better to attempt first those questions on which you are very confident and you can attempt in a minimum time.Please do not start with Seating Arrangement/ Puzzle type’s questions because once you stuck in these questions, you will lose your valuable time.

Data Interpretation –>

This section contains the basic mathematical questions. Before exercising such questions, it is better to go through the basic mathematical formulae and learn some short cuts to solve the questions in lesser time. In this section, the questions act as Calculation Instruments. This section is extremely scoring and the right understanding of the problem can help the aspirants to sail through this section. The most important questions from this section are on the topics such as Number Systems, Fractions, Ratio and Proportion, Time & Work, Percentage, Profit & Loss, Problems on Ages, Simple Interest & Compound Interest, Average, Time & Distance, Mensuration, Partnership and Data Interpretation.

Data Analysis and Interpretation contains Pie charts, Bar Diagrams and graphs. It is one of the time consuming concept.So it’s better to do at leastfivequestions of this type a day to speed up your calculations.

Don’t try guesses in this section,Speed up your calculation and Learn Square up to 30 and multiplication tables up to 20 are some key points to score well in this section.

General English –>

SBI PO English exam is tough when you compare with other competitive exams and this is the section where many aspirants are not able to score minimum cut off marks. As you all read English books, chat with your friends in English and of course watch English movies. But you cannot get score good marks in English section. Most of the students face difficulty in this section. This is a test principally to determine candidate’s ability to remember main ideas and significant details. The most important questions from this section are on the topics such as Grammar, Comprehension, Error Correction, Vocabulary and Synonyms & Antonyms.

 Apart from this study material, few tips on my side:

·         Read English newspapers daily.

·         Improve your vocabulary by knowing 10 new words everyday along with its Synonyms and Antonyms.

·         Watch good English news channels.

·         Can refer the book ‘Wren n Martin’.

General Awareness + Computer + Marketing –>

This is the most important section of SBI PO Exam. This section acquires more importance because this is the only section which can be attempted quickly and at the same time, very high marks can be scored in this section. The most important questions from this section are on the topics such as Banking Knowledge, Current Affairs, Oscar Awards, Organizations and Headquarters, Important Days, Famous Persons and their Roles, Award Winners, Books and Authors Games and Cups and Abbreviations. The most important questions for Computer Knowledge are on the topics such as Computer History, Computers-Generations, Internet, Founders and Inventors, MS Office (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PPT, and MS Outlook), Operating System, Computer Hardware & Software and Abbreviations for Computer terms, Storage Devices,Computer organization & Microprocessor, Latest changes in Technology, Data Base Management Systems and Computer Networks.

Apart from this study material, few tips from MY side:

·         Listen and read National news on daily basis.

·         Go through the General Awareness books such as Competition Master, Competition Success Review or Pratiyogita Darpan on monthly basis.

·         Study the last budget passed by the Central Government.

·         Aware of all changes around the world 6-7 months before the date of the Exam.

·         Daily interaction with computer will give you guys an additional advantage while attempting the questions of Professional Knowledge Section.

Some Key Points to crack this Exam:

·         Keep Practicing – Practice as much as you can do for sections such as Data Interpretation and Reasoning as it will take time to solve questions of these sections. You have to be quick in solving mathematical calculations.

·         Get the detailed information about the syllabus – There will be two papers, first is Objective type test and second is Descriptive type test. You need to have a look at the sections and their topics of both these papers so that you can start your preparation well

·         Focus on each section – The selection process is based on the score of your exam in each section. Keep in mind that you have to clear the cut off marks of each of the sections.

·         Get an idea of questions from previous year’s papers – Practice from previous year’s question papers will give a clear idea about the difficulty level of questions and pattern of question paper.

·         Last time Revisions – After you have finished your course, go for one more reading. This will help you in memorizing the facts properly. It will be better if you prepare short notes as well. This helps in revision at a later stage when time is less.

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