Indian Bank Personnel Selection Board (IBPS) has issued notification
for examination for selection of clerks to 19243 vacancies in 19 public sector
banks of the country. Candidates are required to clear IBPS Clerk Common Written Exam. Every year
around 20 lakh aspirants apply for CWE Clerk Exam for recruitment as Clerk in
the banking sector.
There are two stages which a
candidates is required to clear for recruitment to IBPS Clerk. First is
preliminary exam followed by the main exam. Only those who qualify in the
preliminary exam will be eligible to appear for the main exam.Disha Publication
is quite well aware of the fact that only a well planned and systematic
approach can help the aspirants to crack the entrance exam.Here Disha
Publication has devised an innovative and effective IBPS preparation tips to enable the
candidates success of a high quality. It is quite apparent that time duration
is a big constraint now. let's begin with proven beneficial tips to achieve
success.
Important Dates:
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Pre-Exam Training
Call Centre: 25th October 2016
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Date of Preliminary
Exam Call Centre: 18thNovember , 2016
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Preliminary Exam
Dates: 26th and 27th November, 2016 and 04 December, 2016
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Date of declaration
of Preliminary exam result: December, 2016
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Download of Online
Main Exam: December, 2016
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Date of Mains Exam:
31 December 2016, 1 January, 2017
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Date of Provisional
Allotment: April ,2017
Strategies to prepare for the exam:
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Study the IBPS exam pattern and the
syllabus:Candidates are required to examine the
exam pattern as it has been conducted in the previous years. It would be better
if the aspirant analyse the syllabus of prelims and mains written tests. There
is no need to burden yourself with every information that is avaiable in the
market. Concentrate only on thr given IBPS exam syllabus and consult selected
topics alongwith IBPS previous exam papets for practice.
The Pattern of the CWE-I Prelims
and tips to attempt
IBPS Clerk exam is as follows:
Topic
|
Questions
|
Marks
|
1.
Reasoning:
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35
|
35
|
2.
Quantitative Aptitude:
|
35
|
35
|
3.
English Language:
|
30
|
30
|
· English: candidates are required to
practice a lot of comprehension passages so that they take lesser amount of
time. Aspirants can refer to IBPS exam preparation guide by Disha Publications
to get a correct idea.
·
Quantitative
Aptitude: For quantitative Aptitude it is
essential that the answers should be 100% accurate. For that candidates should
prepare for the following;
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Practice mock tests: Candidates are required to practice previous year question papers
and also model test papers available in the market. This strategy is proved to
not only improve your speed and knowledge and help you with the knowledge of
correct format of the question paper. It is advisable for the aspirant to
attempt at least 1 mock test daily. This will help you to evaluate your preparation level and hence help you to improvise.
·
Avoid guessworK:It would be in the best of interest of the aspirant to avoid getting
into unneccessary guessing. There will be negative marking for wrong answers.
So it would be advisable to apply the strategy of elimination to reach a
correct answer
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For profficiency in long calculations work
on speed mathematics. memorize tables till 20, squares till 30 and cubes till
15.
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Negative marking: The test will consist of 100 questions. 1 mark would be awarded for
each correct question. And 0.25 marks will be deducted for each incorrect
entry.
Tips for cracking the IBPS Clerk Exam:
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Refer to right
study material: In order to crack
IBPS Clerk Exam, students must take note of the fact that among alot of
options of IBPS Clerk exam
books existing in the market, they are required to make a right
choice. Prepare for the exam form right
sources . Disha publication is most trusted source among IBPS Clerk aspirants
to for IBPS Clerk exam books
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Begin with English
section: It is recommended that the candidate
solves the english section prior to any other section; it takes minimum time;
about 10-15 minutes. And it is also the highest scoring section of the IBPS Clerk Prelims. Begine your paper with comprehension; this
will take 5 minutes but is believed to have the highest accuracy rate.
·
First and foremost
concern is time management: The candidate
must learn to manage time. You must divide time for different sections. Aspirants must be able to identify questions
that are easy and will take lesser amount of time ; they should be answered
first. Do not waste your time on questions that seem to be tricky and too
complex to answer.
·
After solving the
english section demarcate the left 45 minutes on your preferred subject.ideally
one should not spend more than 20-25 minutes on Quatitative Aptitude and
Reasoning. The answers need to be 100% accurate. It is advisable to
attempt questions which you are sure of. Remember to double check your answers
.
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Logical reasoning: In this section also you need to be 100% accurate. Do not answer questions based on your
guesswork; remember you will ne penalised for wrong answers.
·
Data
Interpretation: For data
interpretation the tip is that if the answers seem not to close to each other
then you can round off the numbers and do appropximate calculations.
You can find a large number of Publishers suggesting you various
books. Disha Publication has brought a list of few selected IBPS clerk exam books :
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Disha Publication's IBPS-CWE Bank Clerk 2014 Guide (3rd Hindi
Edition)by Disha Experts
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Disha Publication's
Lakshya IBPS CWE Bank Clerk Practice Workbook with CD - 2 Solved + 15 Practice
Sets - Hindi Edition by Disha experts.
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Disha Publication's
IBPS-CWE Bank Clerk Guide for Prelim & Main Exams with GK 2017 ebook 6th
English.
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Disha Publication's
20 Practice Sets for IBPS PO Preliminary Exam with 5 Online Tests.
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Disha Publication's
Target IBPS Bank Preliminary & Main PO/ MT Exam 20 Practice Sets Workbook -
16 in Book .
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Disha Publication's
Comprehensive Guide to IBPS-CWE Bank PO/ MT Prelim + Main Exam (5th Edition).
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Disha
Publication'sSBI & IBPS Bank PO Solved Papers - 26 papers (2010 - 2015).
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Disha Publication's
Banking & Computer Aptitude for IBPS Bank Clerk/ PO Exams.
