How to Prepare GA for IBPS SO Law Officer & Rajbhasha Adhikari

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IBPS is all set to roll IBPS SO Exam to recruit 1163 candidates as a Specialist Officer in various Public Sector Banks. IBPS released IBPS SO Official Notification 2019 on November 5, 2019. This came out to be a golden opportunity for all the aspirants who want to work in their own field of study like Information Technology, Marketing, Agriculture, HR, Law etc. The Specialist Officers coordinate with other bank official to ensure systematic delivery of banking & financial service.

IBPS SO demands a consistent effort and effective strategy due to the level of questions asked in the examination. IBPS SO Exam has three stages: Prelims, Mains and Interview. As not much time os left for the IBPS SO Prelims Examination, so we are dedicating this article to one of the section of IBPS SO Prelims Exam.

If you not familiar with the IBPS SO Exam Pattern, let us tell you that there are two types of pattern for this exam. Here is the structure of both:

IBPS SO Preliminary Exam Pattern

For the post of Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari

Sr. No.	Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Duration
1.	English Language	50	25	English	40 minutes
2.	Reasoning	50	50	English and Hindi	40 minutes
3.	General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry	50	50	English and Hindi	40 minutes
	Total	150	125

For the Post of IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer

Sr. No.	Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Duration
1.	English Language	50	25	English	40 minutes
2.	Reasoning	50	50	English and Hindi	40 minutes
3.	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	English and Hindi	40 minutes
	Total	150	125

So, General Awareness (GA) forms a part and parcel of IBPS SO Exam for the post of Law Officer and Rajyabhasha Adhikari. This article will give you a proper guide that will help you sail through IBPS SO General Awareness section.

Preparation Guide: IBPS SO General Awareness

General Awareness is an essential component of most of the competitive examination. Talking about IBPS SO Law Officer and Rajyabhasha Adhikari, that has General Awareness as a section carrying 50 marks and a total score of 50 marks. There is also sectional timing as well as sectional cut-off for IBPS SO Exam. The total time alloted to IBPS SO GA is 40 minutes. So, it is important for an aspirant to prepare GA thoroughly to get through the examination. We have come up with a guide for you that will ease your preparation dilemma.

How to Prepare for IBPS SO General Awareness?

Nature: Understanding the concept of the IBPS SO GA is very important as it will help you in developing the right approach. The nature of IBPS SO GA is leaned towards banking awareness more. Question related to both current and static are asked. Economics news, committees, summit, awards, famous books, sports, national parks, banks are asked. So, a candidate need to go through important topics and have to give attention to the one-liner kind of information.

Newspaper: What else than newspaper can supplement you with the daily important updates? To keep yourself updated, read a standard newspaper daily like The Hindu, Indian Express, Business Standard, Economic Times, etc. This will not only help you in getting through the objective test but will also add score to your interview round. Also, reading newspaper develops a good communication skills with enhancing your knowledge. So, maintain a habit of reading a newspaper daily.

Monthly Dose: It is not possible to read the old newspaper or events by merely searching through. So, what you can do is search for possible alternate to cover all the important events. The best alternative is the monthly current affairs magazines and capsules that have both static as well as current events that will help you in retaining everything you have missed. Also, it will supplement your revision as well.

Previous Year’s Paper: It is important for an aspirant to go through the previous year’s paper so that you can have a glimpse of the type of question asked in the examination. Go through the previous year’s paper thoroughly.

Sectional and full length mock: Practice makes your dream come true. So, if you are still not sure about your knowledge, test your knowledge. Take sectional as well as full length mock test so that no stines are remained unturned.

Focus: Your focus should be on the economy, polity, sports, etc.

Our Help: We will by Monday launch GA Capsule that will provide you with every important events that is significant for IBPS SO Exam. The link to download GA Capsule will be active by Monday.

Click here to download GA Power Capsule

General Strategy

With handful of days left in the IBPS SO Prelims Exam, candidates need to tighten up their belt. Here are some general tips:

Make time for each section as there is sectional cut-off and timing. It will help you to crack the IBPS SO Prelims Exam.
Go through previous year’s paper.
Solve as many mock as possible.
Focus on the key areas to eliminate time wastage.
Do not forget to revise whatever you learn.

IBPS SO General Awareness: Important Topics

National Current Affairs
International Current Affairs
Person in News/ Awards
Economy Current Affairs
Sports News
Important organizations : SEBI, RBI
Schemes launched by governments related to banking and finance
Organizations:RBI; NABARD; Planning Commission; 5 year plans; Finance Commission; World Bank
Economic/ Financial terms & concepts: GDP; GNP; PPP; HDI; Inflation; WPI; CPI; IIP; SLR; CRR; Repo rate; Reverse Repo; Bank rate; Mutual Funds, Open Market Operations; Money supply
Different kind of accounts and corresponding interest rates
NPA and SARFAESI
Budget
Banking services: Assets, liabilities and working capital of a bank; NEFT; RTGS; Banking Correspondence agents;
BASEL norms
Types of Markets, Money and banking instruments
Banking Abbreviations, terms and concepts (Static)
Headquarters of Banks (Static)