45 Days Study Plan For IBPS SO Prelims Exam 2018 |

Dear Students, the IBPS recently released the notification for the recruitment of Specialist Officers and the prelims examination is scheduled to be held on 29th and 30th of December. The job of a Specialist Officer in a Public Sector Bank of India is one of the most sought after as well as the dream job of every banking aspirant. It not only provides one with the most reputed job in the banking sector but also serves her with huge perks and emoluments. That the exam is scheduled to be held in the next month, you must have started to prepare for the exam with all your heart and soul. Here is the Adda247 IBPS SO Study Plan for Prelims Examination 2018 to help you bring the house down this time.

IBPS SO Preliminary Exam Pattern

For the post of Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari:

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

Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing minimum cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS. Adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination.

Quantitative Aptitude

All that you need to do to perform well in the quantitative aptitude section is practice. Learn the basic concepts and practice 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. Instead of focussing on attempting the maximum number of questions, try focusing on the accuracy with which you attempt the paper.

Reasoning

Reasoning can be a tricky section for most of the students and it is important to the solve questions and at the same time keep a watch on the time that is passing by. Continuous practice will help you deal with this section too as the solution hits the mind quickly. To ace the grades in reasoning, all you need to do is to practice and only practice. After all, practice makes a man perfect.

English Language

The trick to scoring in the English section can vary from one person to another depending on his/her strengths and weaknesses. If you are good at vocab and reading then attempt the reading comprehension first and proceed with Cloze Test and other miscellaneous topics like Error Detection, Para Jumbles, Phrase Replacement, Double Fillers, etc. But if you are good at grammar, attempt Reading Comprehension in the end.

General Awareness

So much is happening every day that unless you keep yourself abreast of these changes, you cannot adjust yourself to them or tackle the GA section of any exam smoothly and easily. A busy person hardly gets the time to read everything that it contains. Avoid the habit of ignoring everyday news by telling yourself that you will do it in the end when the examinations are close, you only end up lying crushed under a pile of news. You can go through the Monthly Capsules provided by us for both Current Affairs as well as Banking Awareness.

S. No.	English Language	Reasoning	Quantitative Aptitude	General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry (Especially the ones based on Current Affairs of past 5-6 months)
14th Nov	Sentence improvement	Input-Output	Number Series	Reserve Bank of India and its policies, Government Schemes
15th Nov	Word Association(Synonyms, Antonyms)	Data Sufficiency	Caselet	Current Affairs (July 2018)
16th Nov	Reading Comprehension	Direction Sense	Data interpretation (TABLE)	Economic Survey
17th Nov	Error Spotting	Short Puzzles	Quadratic Equation	Monetary Policy
18th Nov	Parajumbles/Sentence Rearrangement	Syllogism	Data interpretation (Missing table)	Indian Financial Organization
19th Nov	Statement and Paragraph Completion	Inequality	Boat and Stream	Capital Market and Money Market
20th Nov	Odd one out	Blood Relation	Arithmetic ( Quantity I and Quantity II)	NBFC’s, BASEL Norms
21st Nov	Sentence Connectors	Circular Puzzle	Data interpretation (Pie)	Current Affairs (August 2018)
22nd Nov	Sentence Completion	Floor-based Puzzle	Data sufficiency	Negotiable Instruments
23rd Nov	Cloze Test	Linear Puzzle	Data interpretation (Bar)	Financial Inclusion, Indian Bank Association
24th Nov	Error Spotting	Box-based Puzzle	Permutation and combination	Current Affairs (September 2018)
25th Nov	Statement and Paragraph Completion	Puzzle on miscellaneous topics	Mix DI	NPA & SARAFAESI
26th Nov	Reading Comprehension	Order and Ranking	Ratio and partnership	MUDRA Bank
27th Nov	Statement and Paragraph Completion	Logical Reasoning	Mix DI	Union Budget 2018-19
28th Nov	Cloze Test	Coding-Decoding	Percentage	Current Affairs (October 2018)
29th Nov	Sentence Connectors	Input-Output	Arithmetic DI	Small Finance Banks
30th Nov	Error Spotting	Data Sufficiency	Profit and loss	Shares and Debentures
1st Dec	Parajumbles/Sentence Rearrangement	Direction Sense	Mix DI	Credit/Debit/Smart Cards
2nd Dec	Sentence improvement	Short Puzzles	Simple and compound interest	Priority Sector Lending
3rd Dec	Sentence Completion	Syllogism	Mix DI	NPCI and its products
4th Dec	Reading Comprehension	Inequality	Average and Ages	Mutual Funds, Cheque and its types
5th Dec	Odd one out	Blood Relation	Mix DI	Current Affairs (November 2018)
6th Dec	Statement and Paragraph Completion	Circular Puzzle	Time and work	Banking Ombudsman
7th Dec	Odd one out/Theme Based Questions	Floor-based Puzzle	Arithmetic DI	Important Committees
8th Dec	Error Spotting	Linear Puzzle	Speed, time and distance	World Bank/IMF/ADB/NDB/IBRD/AIIB
9th Dec	Reading Comprehension	Box-based Puzzle	Mix DI	Payment Banks, Headquarters of PSBs
10th Dec	Statement and Paragraph Completion	Puzzle on miscellaneous topics	Mixture and allegation	Current Affairs (Till 10th December 2018)
11th Dec	Parajumbles/Sentence Rearrangement	Order and Ranking	Arithmetic DI	Financial Abbreviations
12th Dec	Reading Comprehension	Logical Reasoning	Probability	Static Awareness
13th Dec	Error Spotting	Puzzle with Mathematical calculation	Problems on age	Static Awareness
14th Dec	Sentence improvement	Direction based puzzles	Pipe and Cisterns	Static Awareness
15th Dec	Reading Comprehension	New pattern coding decoding	Problemson trains	Types of Money, DICGC
16th Dec	Theme Based Questionsn	Blood relation based puzzle	Mensuration	Current Affairs (July and August 2018)
17th Dec	Odd one out	Sqaure/Rectangle based puzzles	Number Series	Mutual Funds
18th Dec	Cloze Test	Two parallel row based puzzles	Quadratic Equation	Government Schemes
19th Dec	Sentence Connectors	Logical reasoning	Simplification	Indian Financial Organization
20th Dec	Sentence Completion	Flat floor based puzzles	Approximation	NPA & SARAFAESI
21st Dec	Error Spotting	Indefinite number of persons based puzzles	Percentage	Capital Market and Money Market
22nd Dec	Parajumbles/Sentence Rearrangement	Coded blood relation	Simple interest	Current Affairs (September and October 2018)
23rd Dec	Cloze Test	Coded inequality	Compound interest	Important Committees
24th Dec	Word Association(Synonyms, Antonyms)	Coded Direction	Average	Static Awareness, MUDRA Bank
25th Dec	Sentence improvement	Figure based puzzle	Ratio and Proportion	Current Affairs (November and 28th December 2018)
26th Dec	Reading Comprehension	Timing based puzzle	Partnership	Types of Money
27th Dec	Sentence Connectors	Year or age based puzzles	Profit & Loss	World Bank/IMF/ADB/NDB/IBRD/AIIB
28th Dec	Theme-based Questions	date/month based puzzle	Time and Work	Static Awareness