IBPS recently announced a great number of vacancies for the post of Clerks which come as a great opportunity for the candidates who are getting themselves ready to enter banking industry. The Preliminary Examinations are scheduled to be held in the month of December, the dates being, 8th, 9th, 15th and 16th December. So, you are still left with 12 weeks to give that final touch to your preparations for IBPS Clerk Preliminary Examination 2018. And in the last 12 weeks, if you travail all day & night following a strict study plan, nobody can stop you from getting through this year’s IBPS Clerk Examination.
Quantitative Aptitude
All that you need to do to score well in the quantitative aptitude section is practice. Master yourself at the basic concepts and follow them well, as for banking exams basic concepts will come in handy rather than tricks. Choose the questions wisely and try not to get stuck on a particular question or topic for too long. Try focussing on attempting the maximum number of questions keeping in mind the accuracy with which you attempt the paper.
Reasoning
Reasoning can be a difficult section for most of the aspirants and it is important to solve the questions and at the same time, keep a watch on the time that is passing by. We’ve seen in the recent Banking Exams that this section was quite challenging and time taking for students. Continuous practice will help you deal with this section too as the solution hits the mind quickly. To ace the grades in this section, all you need to do is to practice and only practice. After all, practice makes a man perfect.
English Language
If you are good at vocab and reading then try to make your grip stronger on the reading comprehension and Cloze Test and then do the other miscellaneous topics like Error Detection, Para Jumbles, Phrase Replacement, Double Fillers, etc. But if you are good at grammar, do the miscellaneous topics first and Reading Comprehension in the end. The important topics for cloze test are subject-verb agreement, preposition, and verbs. These topics may help you some other questions too that will be based on grammar. So make sure that you have these topics on your fingertips when you are to attempt the examination.
Following is the plan for IBPS Clerk Prelims 2018 Examination and it is to be followed from 19th of September onwards:
12 Weeks Study Plan For IBPS Clerk 2018
WEEK | REASONING | QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE | ENGLISH |
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WEEK 1 19th-23rd Sept |
Linear Puzzle, Inequality, Syllogism, Alphabets Based | DI, Quadratic Equations, Simplifications, Percentage, Ratio & Proportion, SI&CI, Average | Reading Comprehension, Cloze Test, Error Detection, Vocabulary |
WEEK 2 24th-30th Sept |
Floor-based Puzzle, Alpha-numeric Series, Coding-Decoding, Number Based | DI, Number Series, Approximation, Profit & Loss, Mixture & Allegation, Problems on age, Partnership | Reading Comprehension, Fillers, Error Detection |
WEEK 3 1st-7th Oct |
Miscellaneous questions, Circular Puzzle, Direction, Alphabets Based | DI, Quadratic Equations, Simplifications, Time and Distance, Time and Work | Reading Comprehension, Error Detection, Sentence Completion |
WEEK 4 8th-14th Oct |
Day-based Puzzle, Data Sufficiency, Syllogism, Number Based, Alphabet Series | DI, Number Series, Approximation, Pipe and Cisterns, Boat and Streams, Trains | Reading Comprehension, Error Detection, Spelling Errors, Idioms and Phrases |
WEEK 5 15th-21st Oct |
Mix Puzzle, Machine Input-Output, Alphabet Series | DI, Quadratic Equations, Simplifications, Permutation & Combination, Probability, Mensuration | Reading Comprehension, Error Detection, Parajumbles |
WEEK 6 22nd-28th Oct |
Puzzle and Seating Arrangement, Machine Input-Output, Syllogism | DI, Number Series, Approximation, Profit & Loss, Mixture & Allegation, Problems on age, Partnership | Reading Comprehension, Error Detection, Cloze Test |
WEEK 7 29th Oct-4th Nov |
Coding-Decoding, Alpha-numeric-symbol Series, Circular Puzzle, Number Based | DI, Quadratic Equations, Simplifications, Time and Distance, Time and Work | Reading Comprehension, Error Detection, Fillers, Parajumbles |
WEEK 8 5th-11th Nov |
Blood Relation, Ranking and Order, Alpha-numeric Series, Inequality | DI, Number Series, Approximation, Pipe and Cisterns, Boat and Streams, Trains | Reading Comprehension, Error Detection, Vocabulary, Idioms and Phrases |
WEEK 9 12th-18th Nov |
Square Puzzle, Syllogism, Numeric Series, Alphabets Based | DI, Quadratic Equations, Simplifications, Permutation & Combination, Probability, Mensuration | Reading Comprehension, Error Detection, Parajumbles |
WEEK 10 19th-25th Nov |
Short Puzzle, Linear Puzzle, Blood Relation, Data Sufficiency, Number Based, Alphabet Series | DI, Number Series, Simplification, Profit & Loss, Time and Work, Permutation & Combinations, Probability | Reading Comprehension, Error Detection, Spelling Errors |
WEEK 11 26th Nov-2nd Dec |
Practice Set | Practice Set | Practice Set |
WEEK 12 3rd-7th Dec |
Practice Set | Practice Set | Practice Set |
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