ALL ABOUT BANKING EXAMS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT

Banking is a fast-growing industry in India. Every year, government banks recruit more than 1,00,000 candidates for various roles. In the terms of the employment in government sector, Banking is the most lucrative sector to grab a government job. Also banking jobs, especially with the state or central government of India, are particularly lucrative since they guarantee a job security and time to time increment and salary promotions. If you wish to become a part of this sector, then you will have to find out about all the Bank Exams in India that you will be able to appear for.

India has 93 commercial and 27 public sector banks out of which 19 are nationalized and 6 are SBI and its associate banks as well as PSUs. Every year, multiple exams are conducted by Banking sector for the recruitment of Bank Probationary Officers, Management Trainees, Clerks and for various other posts. Bank exams for Bank recruitment are conducted by various agencies. Prior to 2014, All Public Sector Banks used to conduct their own entrance test, GDs and Personal Interview for recruiting candidates. However, after 2014, IBPS conducts recruitment Tests for 12 PSU Banks. SBI and NABARD conduct their own separate recruitment exams.

In this article, we will look at various entry level examinations which are held by different banks or institutes for various positions.

Bank Exams Pattern

Recruitment in government banks is generally done in three stage recruitment process. First two phases are written test, which are called Pre and Main; and last stage is the interview process. Shortlisting of candidates is done at each stage – Pre, Main and Interview.

Final merit list is prepared on the basis of marks in Mains and Interview (weightage: 80% Written Test & 20% Interview).

Bank Exams Syllabus

Written tests in bank exams generally ask questions to test the General Aptitude of the candidates. In Prelims, 100 questions are asked from three different sections – Quantitative Aptitude (35 Questions), Reasoning Ability (35 Questions), English Language (30). While in the Mains exams, 200 questions are asked covering Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, English Language, General Awareness and Basic Computer Knowledge.

Syllabus of all above sections is given below:

Quantitative Aptitude:

Number Systems, Ratio & Proportion, Percentage & Averages, Profit & Loss, Mixtures & Alligations, Simple Interest & Compound Interest, Surds & Indices, Time & Distance, Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere, Sequence & Series, Permutation Combination & Probability, Quadratic Equations, Data Interpretation.

Reasoning Ability:

Sitting Arrangements, Tabulation, Logical Reasoning, Syllogism, Input Output, Coding Decoding, Alphanumeric Series, Ranking / Direction / Alphabet Test, Data Sufficiency, Coded Inequalities, Non Verbal Reasoning.

English Language:

Reading Comprehension, Cloze Test, Error Spotting, Sentence Correction, Para Jumbles, Vocabulary, Multiple Meaning Words, Paragraph Completion and New Pattern Questions of various types.

Computer:

Number System, History of computers, Hardware, Software, Database (Introduction), Communication (Basic Introduction), Networking (Lan, Wan), Internet (Concept, History, Working Environment, Application), Security Tools, Virus, Hacker, MS Windows & MS Office, Logic Gates.

Current Affairs:

Banks in NEWS, Economy based current affairs, Business NEWS, Agreements, New Appointments, Visits, Government Schemes, Awards and Honors, Summits, Committees, National and International, Obituaries, Reports and Indexes, Books and Authors, Defense, Sports.

Banking:

RBI, Function of RBI, Banking Abbreviations, Banking Regulation Act 1949, Policy Rates, Types of Accounts, NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS ACT 1881, BANKING OMBUDSMAN SCHEME 2006, FINANCIAL INCLUSION, PRIORITY SECTOR LENDING, MONEY MARKET INSTRUMENTS, Capital Market

Bank Exams Preparation Tips

If you wish to join the reputed Banking Sector, then it is really important to get acquainted with the latest exam pattern of Bank Exams by practising from the previous years’ papers, Online Mock Test Series and sample papers based on the latest exam pattern and know your strengths and weaknesses. If you want to stay ahead of your competitors, it is really necessary to devise a proper strategy and work accordingly to scale Bank Exams. Always focus on the Syllabus of the Bank Exam you are appearing for. Time management and Accuracy are two key factors that you should keep in mind while preparing for Bank Exams 2019.

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Keep reading our blogs to enhance your skills and accelerate your preparation for Bank Exams. Buckle up and start your extensive preparation for Bank Exams 2019 today!

All the Best!

20 Inspirational Quotes About the Power of Practice

No one can become perfect in just first day. Only Practice makes a man perfect. But now the phrase is changed; only perfect practise makes the difference. You must strive for progress and not perfection. Progress happens with more and more practise. You need a lot of practice to master something.

As medical or engineering aspirants, you must be preparing for the NEET and JEE competitive exams. Any preparation is incomplete until it is not well supported with good practise and assessment. For exams like JEE Mains/Advanced, BITSAT, NEET, AIIMS, JIPMER and others, practice is the key factor. And one of the best ways to practice for such competitive exams is to solve as many sample papers and previous years papers as possible. Practising sample papers and previous years papers makes you aware about the type of questions asked from different topics in the exam. Also, it helps you to make assessment about your weak areas where you are needed to work on.

Mastering in NEET/JEE takes years(minimum 2 years) of efforts and determination. In this process, you may feel demotivated at times. To beat this and to keep yourself moving, read our blog - 5 Reasons Why You Feel Demotivated to Study and How to Overcome It.

The power of practise can do wonders. To stay motivated read on this article and inspire from 20 chosen good inspirational quotes on power of practice. Let these inspiring words sink into your mind.

1. Through practice, gently and gradually we can collect ourselves and learn how to be more fully with what we do.  - Jack Kornfield

2. Everything we do is practice for something greater than where we currently are.  Practice only makes for improvement.   - Les Brown

3. Don’t practise until you get it right. Practise until you can’t get it wrong.

4. The more you practice the better you'll be, the harder you train the great in you they'll see. - Alcurtis Turner

5. If you don’t practise, you don’t deserve to win. - Andre Agassi

6. Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.  - Anton Chekhov

               

7. The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.  - Jack Kornfield

8. I'm a strong believer that you practice like you play, little things make big things happen.  - Tony Dorsett

9. Best practices are those practices that generally produce the best results or minimize risk.  - Chad White

10. When you get to practice against the best, it brings the best out of you.         - Marshawn Lynch

11. Practice what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know.  - Rembrandt

12. Practice puts brains in your muscles.  - Sam Snead

13. Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience.    -Hyman Rickover

14. Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.  - Martha Graham

15. Practice makes comfort. Expand your experiences regularly so every stretch won’t feel like your first.  - Gina Greenlee

16. Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practise every day.

  

17. When you are not practising, someone else is getting better.

18.  Practise like you’ve never won. Perform like you’ve never lost.

19. Sweat more in practise, bleed less in war.  - Spartan Warrior Credo

20. When you practise, you get better. It’s very simple.

Practicing keeps you focused on what you want to do. It is a never ending refining process. If you are a persistent in practise, you will get it. And if you are consistent in practise, you will keep it.

With good practise, gear up well with 15 super study hacks to crack any competitive exam. Also, read our blog 5 lessons to get inspiration from the great APJ Abdul Kalam and know how a genius like him kept himself grounded and humble with sheer determination that brought remarkable changes in the face of Indian Science.

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CBSE Board Introduces Major Changes in Exam Pattern Know What’s New for 2020 CBSE Board Exam!

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has introduced major changes in the paper pattern of class 12 and 10 examinations. The changes are being made to improve the quality of education by focussing on a student’s analytical skills rather than rote learning. The Board exams are also expected to get preponed, Practical exams to be held in December and Main Exams to be held in February. Finishing off all the papers in the month of March will ensure that results are released early and students will get more time to prepare for competitive exams, such as NEET and JEE, as well as in searching for good course and college for their admissions.

The board will now give more importance to the internal assessment of the students. Major change will be observed in the questions paper format in the board exam 2020. This time, question papers will have a greater number of objective type questions (or MCQs).

CBSE changed the examination pattern with an aim to

·         discourage students from rote learning

·         develop analytical skills and reasoning abilities among students

·         produce better results and improve the academic quality of institutions

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     Major Changes in CBSE Class 12 Exam Pattern

   A.    20 Marks from Internal Assessment

As per the new assessment scheme, now, about 20% marks will be kept for internal assessment in all these subjects. Thus, from 2020 board exam, the CBSE board Exam paper will carry 80% marks. However, for the Science subjects and fine arts the weightage will remain unchanged.

To know the marks allotment for internal assessment and theory paper for other subject, visit the official site of CBSE and go through the latest CBSE syllabus for academic session 2019-2020.

The internal assessment will be like as following:

·         10 marks from internal evaluation: In Mathematics, 10 marks out of 20 will be taken from the results of the school exams. The remaining 10 marks will be taken from internal evaluation.

·         20 marks for Assessment for Speaking and Listening (ASL): In Class 12 English subject, 20 marks for internal assessment will be taken from ASL. This means students will be tested for their English language listening and speaking skills, on the basis of which they may secure maximum 20 marks. ASL will be conducted by the external examiners.

     B. More Number of Objective Type Questions

Now, for class 12 students, CBSE has introduced 25% Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) in all the subjects from 2020 board exam onwards. Thereby, out of 80, only 60 marks will be given to the subjective type questions where students are required to write the detailed answers. This step is taken to discourage students from rote learning and to improve reasoning abilities. According to the officials, CBSE Board Exam papers may pick any line from NCERT textbook and turn it into a fill in the blank or objective type question. Only those students who are thorough with all the subjects would be able to secure good marks.

This will definitely help students improve their scores in exams as it will save their time in writing lengthy answers.

C.   Increased Number of Internal Choices

This year only, CBSE Board already increased number of internal choices in all sections of question paper by 33%. The same practice will further be continued for all subjects in the class 12 board examination 2020. The increased number of choices between questions helps students to answer the question in which they are more confident about and so help them score more marks in board examinations.

D.  Practical Exam to be Conducted Externally

CBSE has proposed to conduct practical examinations at external centres same as for the theory exams from 2020 onwards. Board may also develop a new marking scheme for practical exams for CBSE Class 10 and Class 12.

E.   Practical Exams to be Preponed to December

As per the latest reports, CBSE may prepone the practical examinations for classes 10 and 12 to the month of December (Dec 15). As for the main examinations, CBSE 10th 12th Board Exams 2020 would begin from February 15. However, board has not issued any confirmation regarding the same. CBSE may release the CBSE 10th 12th Board Exams 2020 date sheets by end of November again.

F.    Changes in the Chronology of Exams

From 2020, the main examinations will be conducted before the vocational examinations. The chronological order of the subjects for CBSE 10th and 12th Board exams 2020 date sheet will be based on the number of students appearing for the CBSE Board Exam 2020. Basically, exams for the subject having the greatest number of students will be conducted first.

G.  Changes in Syllabus

For this year academic session 2019-2020, Board has also omitted some chapters from the syllabus. CBSE Class 12 Chemistry and CBSE Class 12 Physics. Students must go through the latest CBSE syllabus to know the topics prescribed for board examination 2020.

Major changes in CBSE Class 10 Exam Pattern

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is likely to change the exam pattern for class 10 board exams. After introducing internal marking for English and mathematics papers, two-level mathematics exam options, now the board is likely to decrease the number of objective questions asked in CBSE class 10 board exams. The questions will be replaced by more elaborate answers to ensure creative writing and discourage rote learning.

Board experts are considering if they can reduce the number of questions and increase the marks for each question and encourage students to write detailed answers.

“The changes will be part of the routine review exercise ahead of exams. Once the changes are finalised, sample papers will also be released so that students get an idea and also get to practice the same before exams,” a senior CBSE official said.

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Besides, all the major changes in the question pattern of board exams, syllabus, practical exams, chronology and time of exams, the board has also come up with some changes in the evaluation process. Board want to give more time to the examiners to evaluate the papers error-free. Some steps will be taken to ease the load of copy coordination, like reducing the number of copies to be evaluated in a day. An evaluator is now expected to check only 20 answer scripts instead of 25 in the main subjects. This will lessen the coordination work from 100 to 80 copies.

The board has also planned to introduce new by-laws. These are for evaluating the academic quality of an institution before declaring it as an affiliated school or to renew an affiliated school’s certification. The institution and its infrastructure will be inspected by the authorities of the state’s education department.

We hope these changes work in betterment of every student and help in producing better results. To perform at par with on-going changes and changed syllabus, refer to MTG’s CBSE Board Exam Resources, the most updated and recommended study resources.

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