Your ECGC PO Preparation Strategy must be as good as the previous toppers of the exam. In many cases it should be better. To help candidates devise a standard and impactful preparation strategy, we are here with this blog. Tips and tricks mentioned here are honest representation of strategies from earlier toppers of the exam. ECGC PO exam is scheduled to be held on 29 May 2022, and it’s better to solidify your preparation early on. So lets start with some basic know how’s of the exam and built your strategy around that.
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ECGC PO Exam 2022
The before we move to the preparation strategy for ECGC PO Written Exam, here is a quick overview & important dates of the entire recruitment process. Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECGC) of India Ltd. conducts recruitment for the posts of probationary officers (PO) in two stages: online test and interview. Based on the scores obtained in the online test, a selected number of candidates will be called for the interviews for various branches of ECGC. Interview stage plays an important role in the final selection of ECGC PO recruitment.
ECGC PO Exam 2022 Overview
Particulars | Details |
Name of the Exam | ECGC PO Recruitment 2022 |
Full-Form of the Exam | Export Credit Guarantee Corporation Probationary Officier |
Name of the Organization | Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECGC) |
Exam Level | National-Level |
Frequency | Annually |
Application Fees | SC/ST/PWD: INR 175Others: INR 850 |
Mode of Application | Online |
Number of Vacancies | 75 (In 2022) |
Exam Mode | Online |
Exam Duration | Objective Paper: 2 hours 20 minutesDescriptive Paper: 40 minutes |
Language | English |
Pay Scale | 53600-2645(14)-90630-2865(4)-102090 |
ECGC PO Exam Important Dates
Stages | Exam Dates |
---|---|
Online Registrations Begins | 21.03.2022 |
Online Registrations Ends | 20.04.2022 |
Payment of application fee /intimation charges | 21.03.2022 to 20.04.2022 |
The download of call letters | 25.04.2022 Onwards |
Pre- Examination Training for SC/ST | 1st-2nd week of May 2022 |
The download of call letters for Online written examination | The first week of May 2022 |
Online written Examination | 29th May 2022 |
result of Online Written Examination | Between 15th – 19th June, 2022 |
Interview | July /August 2022 |
Download ECGC PO Official Notification Here
ECGC PO Recruitment 2022 – Exam Pattern
Section | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Time Duration |
Reasoning Ability | 50 | 50 | 40 minutes |
English Language | 40 | 40 | 30 minutes |
Computer Knowledge | 20 | 20 | 10 minutes |
General Awareness | 40 | 40 | 20 minutes |
Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 40 minutes |
Total | 200 | 200 | 140 minutes |
Note: There will be a penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as a penalty to arrive at a corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate; there will be no penalty for that question.
ECGC Preparation Strategy
Section-wise preparation strategy – ECGC PO 2022
Reasoning, English, Computer, General Awareness, and Quant constitutes the syllabus for ECGC PO written exam.
Reasoning Ability
Here are the strategies for the preparation of Reasoning section:
- Avoid any theory, practice with previous year questions and timed sectional tests on the topic (Register to get some free practice here).
- Try and maintain a fair balance between the number of questions attempted and the total duration alloted to the section.
- Make use of fast calculation tricks and shortcut to save time.
- Solving different types of reasoning question will boost your confidence. There is no easy or hard reasoning questions, they just need practice.
English Language
English language test is the Bible of banking and management related exams. Although for candidates not having English as their language of instruction in school find it tough, there are certain techniques that will help you to pass it they way it should be done. Here is how –
- Know the format and the question type of the exam pattern and find out how much time you spend solving all of them. Reduce the amount of time with an increased accuracy over the duration of your preparation.
- Practice with mock tests (Take a free one now) that brings out the best in you. Practice questions of a level higher than expected difficulty to get used to working under time pressure.
- Make use of online resources, you can find them on Oliveboard website here.
- And the last, but certainly the most important – Read, listen, speak and watch – and read some more English. Maybe it is time to watch some of your favourite Hollywood movies, not dubbed.
Computer Knowledge
Now computer knowledge does come with experience of the subject, but a bit of theory is never bad. Here is a consolidated computer awareness ebook prepared just for banking exams. Make sure you register to download more of such ebooks every time.
General Awareness
Now the links below will take you to the ebooks that suffice the general awareness preparation of any banking exam in the country. Yes, this is what our topper feel. So go ahead and download them.
- BOLT – Monthly Current Affairs PDF | For Banking, SSC, Railway, UPSC Exams
- Oliveboard BOLT Current Affairs in Hindi [2023] – Monthly PDF capsule
- SBI Clerk Mains BOLT 2022-23 | 500+ General/Financial Awareness MCQs
- IBPS PO 2022 Mains BOLT – 650 General/Banking Awareness/Economy MCQs PDF
- INSURANCE BOLT – Static Insurance Awareness GK E-book
- FREE Computer Awareness PDF: Study Notes for IBPS, IB ACIO & ECGC Exam
Quantitative Aptitude
Quant’s preparation has always remained a mystery to a lot of aspirants, no matter how they decide to prepare. But this is not unattainable. It’s basically a lot of practice based on the pattern and that too in very less time. Sometimes you just need a good mentor who can help to with your preparation strategy. In that case the ECGC PO Cracker Course should be really helpful. And if you are a self learner, even solving 1000 questions might not be enough. You should take on the section topic wise and master them one at a time, followed by sectional tests and full mock tests.
Quik Tips for ECGC PO Preparation
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- Go through a lot of self-written short notes.
- Practice previous year’s question papers in form of online mock tests available for free.
- Do a proper analysis of your test attempts to know your strong and weak areas, improve them before the actual exam.
- We have free ebooks that you can download. Find the links towards the end of the blog.
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