IBPS SO Preparation Strategy : Tips To Crack The Exam

IBPS SO Preparation Strategy : The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is going to conduct the IBPS SO 2022 Preliminary Examination soon for filling up of 710+ vacancies for various Specialist Officer Scale I Posts – IT Officer, Agricultural Field Officer, Rajbhasha Adhikari, Law Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer. The Exam Date of IBPS SO Exam is fast approaching. While a lot of you may already be in the mid of your preparation, most of you may still be clueless about where to start. So, Oliveboard is here with IBPS SO Preparation Strategy to help you with your exam preparation.

IBPS SO Preparation Strategy – Course Pattern

IBPS SO Preparation Strategy – Course Pattern For Prelims

For Rajbhasha Adhikari and Law Officer

Sr. no	Name of test	No. Of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium Of Exam	Duration
1	English Language	50	25	English	40 minutes
2	Reasoning	50	50	English and Hindi	40 minutes
3	General Awareness with Special Reference to the Banking Industry	50	50	English and Hindi	40 minutes
	Total	150	125

For the Post of IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer

Sr. no	Name of test	No. Of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium Of Exam	Duration
1	English Language	50	25	English	40 minutes
2	Reasoning	50	50	English and Hindi	40 minutes
3	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	English and Hindi	40 minutes
	Total	150	125

• Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing minimum cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS.
• Adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination.

IBPS SO Preparation Strategy – Course Pattern For Mains

For the Post of Law Officer, IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer

Name of test	No. Of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium Of Exam	Duration
Professional Knowledge	60	60	English and Hindi	45 minutes

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Exam Pattern for the Post of Rajbhasha Adhikari

Name of test	No. Of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium Of Exam	Duration
Professional Knowledge(objective)	45	60	English and Hindi	30 minutes
Professional Knowledge(descriptive)	2	English and Hindi	30 minutes

Note: (For Prelims and Mains)There will be 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 penalty to arrive at 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.

(IMP – IBPS reserves the right to modify the structure of the examination which will be intimated through its website.)

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IBPS SO Preparation Strategy – Things To Follow

Know The Exam: The very first thing you should do before starting your exam preparation is knowing about the exam. Go through the complete pattern of the exam and time allotment to each section.

Study Enough: Give yourself enough time to study and make a proper schedule and study according to that do not wait for the last moment. While some students tend to focus more on the last-minute studying which is not the best approach for the exam preparation.

Study Plan: Time distribution is very important when it comes to exam preparation. Prepare a list of topics you find difficult and practice them a lot. Allot a separate time for the revision of topics that you have good command over. Overall study should include all the topics with their specific time allotments and a certain period for revision.

Mock Tests: It is one of the best ways to get self-prepared for the exam. Mocks give you a real-time view of the actual paper. Plan your study after taking the mock. This will help you in analyzing sections that require more effort and concentration. Mocks also helps a lot in time management. How to analyze yourself during the course preparation? Mock is the best solution to your question. Let Oliveboard help you with the Mock test here

Practice Old Papers: This is one of the most effective ways to prepare for your exams. Old test will help you see the format and formulation of the exam and will help you in what to prepare for the exam.

Revision: One of the very important things during preparations is, keep memorizing the tricks and patterns that you have already familiarised yourself with. Lack of revision often tends to candidates forgetting the formulas and tricks to the questions. So keep yourself in regular touch of the concepts that you have learned.

Time Management: Prepare yourself with strict timelines to finish the course and tests. This technique will help you bound the time limit for every section and overall exam. Remember clearing the sectional cut off and the overall cut off is your goal. Also, there is negative marking for every wrong answer. You need to be sure when marking an answer, this will increase your chances of clearing the exam. Do not stress habits usually takes time.

Last-Minute Notes: Start making study notes of the important topics which are very important from the examination point of view and which need to be revised at the end moment or before the D day.

IBPS SO Preparation Strategy – Sectionwise Tips

Reasoning Section

• Follow and practice questions of all Pattern from books, video lectures, live lectures.
• Practice questions with minimum timeframe.
• Explore the previous year’s paper for getting an idea of the type of questions.

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Quantitative Aptitude

• Try and apply shortcut tricks to solve the questions. This will help you in solving the questions with efficiency.
• Applications of shortcut tricks will help you in saving time and perform better.
• Figure out the chapters that troubles you and invest more time in the preparation for that chapter. While you’re focusing on the weak areas, do not completely neglect the strong areas. Practice an adequate number of questions from your strong areas.
• Follow books and video lectures for better understanding.
• Learn Tables, Basic and Advanced Formulas and Shortcuts (if any). It’s a good idea to maintain a Practice Workbook for Quant to make a note of all the important formulas, shortcuts and concepts. This workbook will come in handy during the revision before your exam.

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English Section

• Focus on English Vocabulary and Grammar the most, as most of the topics and questions that appear in the exam are broadly associated with English Grammar/Vocabulary.
• Build up a habit of reading a newspaper, this will help you in improving reading and will also update you with the latest news.
• Try to solve different types of questions in the mock tests.
• Analyze daily newspaper to enhance your understanding.
• Focus very much on the Cloze test section.

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