Quick IBPS Guide for PO Exam Preparation

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Quick IBPS Guide

IBPS PO Exams are on head. Candidates preparing for the exam must be worried about the preparation. IBPS PO is gaining much popularity and competition is increasing day by day. IBPS PO exam demands proper time management and efficiency. This IBPS Guide for PO Exam Preparation will help you to plan your strategy in most crucial time. Further, this will help you to wrap up your preparation in the last 15 days for PO Exam. Read to know the most important topics to be revised in the most crucial time.

Last 15 Days PO Exam Preparation Tips – Revise Important Topics wisely

As you all know, only few days are left, aspirants must be looking for ways to grab important things quickly so that they can crack the PO Exam. The preliminary stage of IBPS PO Exam 2019 is scheduled to be held on 12th, 13th, 19th and 20th October 2019 while the mains exam is to be held on 30th November 2019. Only 15 days are left for the examination so tighten up your belts candidates.

Aspirants who are about to attempt IBPS PO 2019 must have confusion in their minds about how to prepare for IBPS PO exams in less time. Some may have completed the syllabus while some may still be dwindling in between few topics. Here we are guiding you to crack the preliminary examination as it is about to be held.

It’s High time – Dont Deviate From Your Focus

IBPS PO exam has a definite pattern. The preliminary stage consist of three sections: English, Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude. Before going into the preparation guide, here is the pattern of IBPS PO prelims:

S.No.	Name of Test	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	English Language	30	30	20 minutes
2	Quantitative Aptitude	35	35	20 minutes
3	Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 minutes
Total		100	100	60 minutes

The three-section of the IBPS PO exams needs equal attention as there is sectional cut-off as well as time is fixed for each section. So, if you think you are good at quants or reasoning and you can clear the examination by ignoring english, you are wrong. First, go through the syllabus & previous year question paper of IBPS PO and then follow the tips given below. The section-wise preparation guide with a study plan is given below:

Quantitative Aptitude

Practice as much as you can for this section. Go through the previous year’s paper and practice mocks so that you do not have to miss anything for the exams. As only 15 days are left, you should go for maximum scoring areas of quants like Data Interpretation (DI), Simplification & approximation, etc that can make you score more. Do not stick to a single topic for more than a day as it can decrease your efficiency as well as motivation.

Reasoning Ability

Reasoning is a very tricky section and it can be aced with a smart technique. There are some common topics like seating arrangement, puzzle, inequalities that take less time and improves your score easily. This section can also be dealt with practice. Also, the reasoning is the section that needs brainstorming rather than learning. So, once you go through a topic in reasoning, try to use the easiest way to solve it. This will help you in retaining the method of solving and will not waste your time in the examination. This section is considered a big obstacle for aspirants. However, it can be dealt with in the easiest way possible.

English

English section demands knowledge of grammar. Comprehension, cloze-test, fillers, are the common topic asked in the IBPS PO exams. You can go through the previous year’s paper and can read all the rules related to the grammar which are asked in the examination. Cloze test can be aced through making command on verb, preposition, subject-verb agreements. So read the basic rules of english grammar, antonyms-synonyms, vocab and keep on practicing mock which can provide you with more comprehensive knowledge of the subject.

Quick IBPS Guide for PO Exam Preparation in 15 Days

Start giving finishing touch to your preparation from today onwards and here is a plan of 15 days to be followed from today. Stick to this study plan and get assured success.

Days	Quant	Reasoning	English
1	Simplification and Approximation	Blood Relation, Coding-Decoding, Ranking and Direction	Jumbled Paragraph(Odd one out), Fillers-New pattern, Select Appropriate Word (four/five- sentence), Paragraph Completion
2	Number Series	Puzzle and Seating Arrangement	Cloze Test
3	Quadratic Equations and Inequalities	Inequalities, Puzzles	Vocabulary New pattern, Connectors word/phrase, Paragraph concluding Question
4	Ratio and Proportion, Percentage, Profit and Loss	Syllogism	Analogies (word pair relationship), Jumbled word-odd man out, Questions on Writing Styles (Most concise manner)
5	Partnership, Alligation, and Mixtures, Problem on Ages	Strength of an Argument, Data Flow Diagram,	Idioms/phrases, Select grammatically correct sentence, Sentence Improvements, Find the best restates sentence
6	Time and Work, Time and Distance, CI and SI	Alpha Numeric Symbol Sequence, Alphabetical series, Numeric series	Find the ODD sentence, Find the most logical Complement, Phrase/Word Replacement
7	Permutation & Combination & Probability, Mensuration, Data sufficiency	Logical Reasoning	Reading Comprehension
8	DI(Table Graph, Bar Graph, Pie Graph, Line Graph)	Puzzle and Seating Arrangement	Jumbled Paragraph(Odd one out), Fillers-New pattern, Select Appropriate Word (four/five sentence), Paragraph Completion- Revision
9	DI(Missing, Radar Graph, Caselet)	Puzzle and Seating Arrangement	Idioms/phrases, Select Jumbled word-odd man out, Sentence Improvements, – Revision
10	Arithmetic Problems-Revision	Puzzle and Seating Arrangement	Cloze Test- Revision
11	Simplification and Approximation, Number Series, Quadratic Equations and Inequalities -Revision	Blood Relation, Coding-Decoding, Ranking and Direction	Reading Comprehension- Revision
12	DI-Revision	Miscellaneous	Analogies (word pair relationship), Jumbled word-odd man out, Questions on Writing Styles (Most concise manner) – Revision
13	Practice Set I + Revision	Practice Set I + Revision	Practice Set I + Revision
14	Practice Set II + Revision	Practice Set II + Revision	Practice Set II + Revision
15	Practice Set III + Revision	Practice Set III + Revision	Practice Set III + Revision

Do not miss anything and keep on practicing a mock every day. Without practicing question paper, you will not be able to crack through IBPS PO 2019 exams. We are providing you with the link of the mock tests below this. You must practice them as well to emerge in flying colours.

All the best aspirants!!