The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts the IBPS RRB Officer and IBPS RRB Assistant Exams to recruit Officers and Office Assistants in Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) respectively. The IBPS RRB 2017 Mains exams are just few days away; RRB Officer Mains is scheduled on 5th Nov and RRB Assistant Mains is on 12th Nov. We hope that you have already completed the syllabus once by now. Here are few last-minute tips for the upcoming IBPS RRB exam. Let’s glance through the exam pattern first.
|
Section |
No. of Qs | Max. Marks | Duration |
| Reasoning | 40 | 50 | Composite time of 2 Hours |
| Quantitative Aptitude |
40 | 50 | |
| General Awareness |
40 | 40 | |
| English Language | 40 | 40 | |
| Computer Knowledge |
40 | 20 | |
| TOTAL | 200 | 200 |
Reasoning
Important Topics:
- Seating Arrangement
- Syllogism
- Logical Reasoning
- Puzzles
- Data Sufficiency
- Blood Relation
Books:
- RS Agarwal’s Reasoning
Tips:
- Keep basics clear
- Build your own shortcuts through practice.
Expert Tips – Chirag Gera (Cleared IBPS RRB, PO, Clerk 2016)
- Practice 100s of Puzzles
- Focus on scoring topics like puzzles/arrangement
- Solve different types of questions
- Attempt multiple mock tests
Quantitative Aptitude
Important Topics:
- Data Interpretation
- Number Series
- Data Sufficiency
- Quadratic Equations
- Simplification/Approximation
Books:
- NCERT (Basics)
- RS Agarwal’s Quantitative Aptitude
Tips
- Practice mental math and revise all quant formulas.
- Analyse mocks and improve in weak areas
General Awareness
Important Topics
- Banking and economy
- Exchange rate
- Currencies of various countries
- Merger of banks
- Government schemes, policies
- Indian states
- Constituencies
- Budget
- Financial organizations etc.
Books:
- NCERT (up to class 10)
- Year books like Manoroma
Tips
- Make notes of important events and keep revising
- Read all the latest newspapers especially the last 4 months
- Watch television news headlines
English Language
Important Topics
- Reading Comprehension
- Sentence Improvement/Phrase Replacement
- Para Jumbles/Odd one out
- Cloze Test
- Error Spotting
- Single Fillers / Double Fillers / Sentence Fillers
Books:
- Wren & Martin
- 100 important idioms
Tips:
- In reading comprehension, choose the one with less number of words
- Revise all the grammar rules
- Improve your vocabulary by reading English Newspapers and Magazines everyday
Computer Knowledge
Important Topics
- History of Computers
- Internet
- Hardware
- Software
- Database Management System
- MS Office (Word/ Excel/ PowerPoint)
- Important Shortcuts and Abbreviations
Books:
- Computer Awareness by Arihant
- Computer Awareness Ebook
Revision Plan for IBPS RRB Mains
|
Date |
Reasoning Ability | Quantitative Aptitude | English Language | General Awareness | Computer Knowledge |
| Oct 31 | Arrangement and Pattern, Coding & Decoding, Inequalities, Syllogism | Simplification, Number system, Algebra, Data Interpretation, Average, Percentage, Ratio & Proportion | Reading Comprehension | Mock Test | Computer Fundamentals & Terminologies |
| Nov 1 | Machine Input Output, Blood Relations, Data Sufficiency, Seating Arrangement | Mock Test | Sentence Improvement, Para jumbles, Odd one out | Financial and Banking awareness | Internet, Operating Systems |
| Nov 2 | Mock Test | Speed time & distance, time & work, Mixtures & Allegations | Mock Test | Current Affairs | Memory, Computer Software, Keyboard shortcuts & abbreviations |
| Nov 3 | Puzzles, Direction & distance | Mensuration, Interest, Profit & Loss, Permutation & combination, Probability | Cloze test, Error spotting, Fill in the blanks | Static GK | Networking, Microsoft Office, Computer Hardware |
| Nov 4 | Mock Test | Mock Test | Mock Test | Mock Test |
Mock Test |
Tips
- Practice difficult questions to gain edge over others
- Devise an exam strategy that works for you
- Order of attempt for sections
- Time to be spent on each section
- Minimum number of attempts
- Improve the mediocre and weak topics; spend some extra time
- Revise and revise more
- Do not learn any new concept in the last few days
- Use these last few days for extensive practice and revision
- Attempt the easy and high-scoring questions first
- Do not spend more time in one question
Hope this helps!
We wish you all the best for the exam!
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