• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • IBPS CWE PO-MT Exam Structure Written Stage: Multi choice Questions (MCQs) Section 2011,2012 2013 (online test) • Reasoning 50 50 • English Language 50 Qs x 0.5=25 marks 40 • Quantitative Aptitude (Maths + DI) 50 50 • General Awareness (+ Banking Awareness) 50 40 • Computer Knowledge 50 20 Descriptive Paper of English 25 -removed- Total Marks 250 200 Time-limit (minutes) 150 for MCQ+60 for descriptive 120 • Sectional cutoff? = yes • Negative marking?= yes, Minus 0.25% per wrong answer. Interview stage • Minimum qualifying marks in interview =40% for general and 35% for SC/ST/OBC/PWD candidates).

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• The weightage (ratio) of Written: interview = 80:20 IBPS: High priority topics In the game of chess, if you try to defend every piece, you’ll end up losing every piece. Competitive exams are no different. So in the first round of preparation, you try to get a steel grip over following topics. Section High priority area Revision Essential • General Awareness • Banking awareness theory • Economy current affairs • Computer • MS Office 2007 (or 2010 or 2013) • internet related topics Practice Essential • Reasoning • High level reasoning (Syllogism + assumption/inference) • Sitting arrangement • Quantitative aptitude • BOSMAS/simplification • Data interpretation (DI) • English • Grammar rules + Sentence correction • Daily practice of comprehension + sentence arrangement. Uske baad, you venture into other areas to enhance your preparation further. In this article, we see the approach for two sections • General Awareness + Banking awareness • Computer Awareness. Remaining sections, dealt in separate articles.

General Awareness + Banking Awareness IBPS CWE PO/MT Exam of20112012 Banking Banking Theory 18 15 Banking Current Affairs 4 6 Banking Subtotal 22 21 Economy Economy Theory 2 4 Economy Current Affairs 9 7 Economy Subtotal 11 11 IA International Current Affairs 4 5 Polity Polity Current Affairs 2 3 Current Affairs (IA+Polity) 6 8 Misc.GK Misc.PIN 6 3 Misc.Sports 2 4 Misc.Books-Authors 1 1 Misc.filler (Census, Geography, Nuke Reactors, Defense etc.) 2 2 Misc.GK subtotal 11 10 Total 50 50 Each year, more than 30 out of 50 questions came from (Banking + Economy) only. Hence Priority order for study: • Banking: and within banking: Theory >>Current • Economy: and within Economy: Current >>Theory #1: Banking Awareness (Theory) • Any one Book on Banking awareness (theory) Topics BOOK MY REVIEW/COMMENT • • Cheap, reliable work horse. • Not updated after 2009 (only reprinted), but for IBPS level theory, its coverage is sufficient and you can always google for any latest happenings. • Doesn’t contain practice MCQs. (Although doesn’t matter because you’ll be using a separate book on papersets anyways) • • Written for JAIIB/CAIIB type exams, printing-structure-explanation is professional grade.

• Few MCQs after each chapter. • Doesn’t burden you with lot technical-legal aspects, sticks to conceptual clarity. • Not updated after 2008, just reprinted. Yodot Rar Repair Keygen Free on this page. • • Written for JAIIB/CAIIB type exams. • Most updated information about banking topics, among the given books. (36 th Edition released in Jan 2013).

• But also burdens you with many technical-legal aspects that are not much relevent from IBPS exam point of view. • Contains more MCQs than previous book by IIFB. If you have any similar book from Arihant Publication, Kiran Prakashan etc.

That is also fine. All these books have overlapping content. Remember that you’ve to finish the topics, not the ‘books’. • + Various articles posted on Mrunal.org/economy • Anyone BankPO Paperset for practicing the MCQs • • • If you’ve paper set from any other publication, that’ll also work just fine. Minimum Topics from Banking theory You’ll have to face banking awareness, not only at the MCQ-stage but also during interview stage. Here is the list of Minimum Topics to be prepared.

Don’t do Ph.D on any topic, just get an overview from MCQ point of view. (same advice for all the topics listed in this entire article) RBI • Origin of RBI. Who is the current governor, whom did he replace? • RBI vs SEBI vs IRDA: Name of their main bosses, Who controls what? NBFCs, MFI, Gold Loans, ULIP, Mutual funds etc. • powers functions of RBI • How does RBI control the money supply? • Open market operations, MSF, liquidity adjustment facility • SLR, CRR, Repo, Reverse repo, bank rate • Priority sector lending: and its subsectors.

How do they apply to Domestic bank vs foreign bank? • Currency chest, Mint and press. Who signs coins and currency? • Measures of money supply • Foreign exchange management, components of forex reserves, approx. Forex under RBI. Powers under FERA/FEMA, Tarapore Committee on capital account convertibility • Banking regulation act and its recent amendment • Banking reform, Banking License, Narsimhan, BASEL.

Banks: Basics • What is bank? What are its functions? How is it different from an NBFC/NBFC-factor, Post-office savings, Chit Fund, Nidhi etc? • Types of banks: commercial banks, regional rural banks, cooperative banks, investment banks, development banks etc.

• What is a Scheduled commercial bank? Parivartak V3 6 Crack. • Public sector versus private sector banks. Where does RTI apply? • IDBI, ICICI, IFCI, SIDBI, EXIM, NHB etc.

• Bank nationalization, mergers and consolidations. • Names of chairman/CMD of big banks. • Basic GK related to banks: first commercial bank in India, first bank setup by Indians, origin of SBI/ICICI, subsidiaries of SBI, etc. Banking services • Assets, liabilities and working capital of a bank. • Demand liabilities vs time liabilities • Banker’s rights (lien).