Section Wise Preparation Tips for IBPS Clerk Prelims 2019

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has released the notification for the recruitment of 12,075 clerk posts. And now, it’s time to start your preparations for the examination. The preliminary examination will be held in the month of December and mains examination in the month of January as per the official notification. Getting recruited as an IBPS Clerk is the aspiration of many young graduates and post graduates of the nation. It is the beginning of a prestigious and esteemed career in the banking sector. Preliminary exam is the first stage of IBPS Clerk, it makes you a step closer to attain your desired goal. If you are preparing for the same, here we bring to you section-wise preparation tips for IBPS Clerk 2019 prelims. Let’s glance through the exam pattern first.

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IBPS Clerk Prelims 2019 Examination Pattern

The preliminary exam will be conducted online. There will be three section in total and the duration of the exam will be 1 hour. There will be total 100 questions with a penalty of 1/4 marks for each wrong answer. All questions will be MCQ types.

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Preparation Tips for IBPS Clerk 2019 - English Language

This paper tests the knowledge of the candidates related to English language. For this, candidates need to grab the hold of the basics of the language. The questions in this section are framed from the topics like synonyms, antonyms, word formation, sentence completion, reading comprehension, etc.

• Devote more time on Reading Comprehension and Paragraph Completion. These two sections can be practiced well with the help of previous years’ question papers and model practice sets. Solving question from these model test paper will give you an idea about the type of comprehension passage that you might get in the exam.
• Polish your English grammar, learn the rules and skills to score easily in this section.

Practicing para jumbles, cloze test, fill in the blanks, etc. can become easy if you have a good command over English language and grammar. Use the elimination method for cloze test and fill in the blanks type questions. Take help of good English grammar books  and start from the very basic to have a clear understanding of the language. Develop the habit of reading newspaper. This will boost your grasp over the language and latest vocabulary in use.

 Preparation Tips for IBPS Clerk 2019 - Reasoning

Reasoning section is completely based on the power of observation and mental ability of the candidate. It is not simple as you grab the formula and answer immediately after applying it. In reasoning, proper practice of the entire concept should be done to attain good marks.

• Start to spend some time in solving puzzles. These will sharpen your reasoning skills and train your brain to think logically. Try to solve puzzles in the previous IBPS clerk question paper, it helps you aware with the level of puzzle asked in the exam.
• With only couple of months left for the exam, start to practice on important and moderate reasoning questions. For example: Coding Decoding, Direction Sense, Blood Relation, Order & Ranking, Syllogism, Inequalities.
• These topics are easy to cover and get you good marks in the reasoning section of IBPS Clerk exam. You can prepare such type of questions from MTG’s Bank Clerk Guide. This book enlists the various pattern and complete mechanism to solve reasoning questions.
• After learning each reasoning topic, take a Diagnostic test to check your progress, to gauge your strength and weakness.

Preparation Tips for IBPS Clerk 2019 – Numerical Ability

This is the most difficult section of the IBPS Clerk Preliminary exam as it involves the application of innumerable formulas. However, if you are well-prepared, this is the most scoring section too. This section consumes most of your time if you are not familiar with shortcut tricks. Know how to be well prepared in formulas, concepts, properties, shortcuts tricks, etc. to solve higher calculation of this section in less time with 10 Vedic Math tricks .

• Clear your basics first about the different topics asked in this section.
• Remember the formulas of each topic by heart.
• Revise the formulas regularly and solve questions from topics that you find difficult.
• Buy some best writer and publication books for Numerical/Quantitative Aptitude, it will give you the proper analysis of upcoming IBPS Clerk exam 2019 and expected questions pattern.

Pay special attention to Data Interpretation (DI) questions, especially calculative sets. Because 2-3 sets of these questions are always asked in the exam. Each set often includes 5-6 questions based on the DI illustrations. Data Interpretation can be quite difficult and time-consuming if you are not familiar with all kinds of illustrations including graphs, bars, pie charts, etc. Therefore, practice each and every kind of illustrations which includes DI questions. You can practice with MTG IBPS Bank Clerk Guide.

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At the end, we would suggest you to practice as much as possible from previous years’ papers and mock test papers. With the help of mock tests, your capacity will increase to attempt more number of questions in the exam. Also, take diagnostic tests to know your weak areas and work on it to improve your score.

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We wish you all the best for your bright future ahead!