How to prepare English Language for bank exams?

 

Hello everyone, today I am going to tell you how to prepare for the English language for any type of bank exam. Many candidates who are not from English background find it difficult to prepare for English language. No language can be memorized like a mathematics formula, we can only understand the rules. The more you read, the better it is.

The strategy that I am sharing with you is for all types of candidates whether they are beginners or such candidates whose score is less in English.

Let's break our preparation in step-by-step approach. English is divided into 2 parts,

1) Grammar :- For grammar you have to learn all the grammar rules from paramount book by Neetu singh. After completing this book you will practice from sp bakshi's book. After practicing from these two books, you will remember the rules of grammar very well. Grammar rules helps you to solve most of the questions in exam.

2) Vocabulary :- For vocab you need to read newspaper The Hindu or The Economic times or The Indian express as per your interest or availability. You can also read them online. You don't need to read the whole newspaper. Read only what is important such as news related to banks, editorial, business, economics, finance, sports. You can skip news related to politics, movies, personal comments, etc. The habit of reading newspaper helps you a lot in solving reading comprehensions. 

Syllabus of English for prelims and mains is same, the only difference is the number of questions and the level of difficulty. In prelims 35 questions are asked for 35 marks which you have to do in 20 minutes and in mains exam you get 35 questions of 40 marks which you have to do in 40 minutes. 

The chapters that comes in English are

1) Reading comprehension :- 2 types of reading comprehension are asked in bank exams, first is story based and second is factual based. I will tell you some tips and tricks through which you can easily ace this topic.

(i) Skim through the passage first with no intention of finding the answer. Just get a basic idea of what the question is talking about. 

(ii) Read all the questions carefully and mark the main point of each question which you have to search in the given reading comprehension.

(iii) Again skim the passage but this time you have to do it carefully with a intention of finding the answer.

(iv) You only choose that option which is directly given in the passage. No assumptions should be made by you.

(v) There are 2 or 3 questions based on vocab. You can easily solve them because you have read the passage very well.

2) Error detection :- This topic fully depends on grammar rules and for grammar rule, first you have to read the paramount book, then practice from sp bakshi book. 

3) Word swap :- For this topic you must understand the sentence. In this topic the position of some words of a sentence is changed and you have to put those words in the right position.

4) Match the column :- This topic is same which we have been studying since school time. There are 2 columns with 3 or 4 sentences each and you have to match the sentences which forms a correct single sentence. This topic is based on grammar rules because we have to match or add words, clauses and

phrases of the half sentences given in the columns.

5) Sentence improvement :- Sentence improvement includes phrase replacement and sentence correction. In this topic you are given a sentence in which a phrase or tense or parts of speech is highlighted, you have to choose the correct form of that phrase or tense or parts of speech. Here rules of grammar plays an important role.

6) Cloze test :- Cloze test can be solved in 2 ways, first by skimming the passage you can choose the word which should come in that blank, second with the help of parts of speech you can find out whether the blank will come in a verb or a noun or an adjective or an adverb. Second method helps you to eliminate options.

7) Fill in the blanks :- This topic is same as cloze test.

8) Para jumbles :- Para jumbles are of 2 types, first in which a single sentence is given in jumbled form and in other you have given 4 or 5 sentences in a jumbled form. First type is easy you can easily solve them with the help of options but for the second one you need to practice a lot of questions. Because if your arrangement is wrong then your whole question can be wrong. 

9) Idiom and phrases :- This topic can easily be covered by sp bakshi book and paramount book. You just have to revise this chapter daily.

Now your concept of all the chapters are clear. What will you do now? Now you will solve mock tests 

For prelims exam you can totally rely on bankersadda and practice mock sectional test. 

For mains exam you only need to solve oliveboard mock tests.

The more you practice, the better you get. After a long time of practicing, our work will become natural, skillful, swift and steady.

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How to prepare quantitative aptitude for bank exams?

Hello everyone, today I am going to tell you how to prepare quantitative aptitude for any bank exam.

Most of the candidates finding quantitative aptitude section difficult just because we don't understand the core of the chapters well enough and without understanding the basic we start giving mock test due to which our score is low and we find quants difficult. To become expert in any section we have to do step by step preparation. 

Let's start with prelims preparation, there are 35 questions, each question is of 1 mark for which you get 20 minutes. These 35 questions are asked from 18 topics. We divide these topics into 4 parts

Part 1 :- 1) Number series

              2) Simplification and approximation

              3) Quadratic equation

    

Part 2 :- 4) Data interpretation

Part 3 :- 5) Ratio and proportion

              6) Percentage

              7) Partnership

              8) Average

              9) Ages

              10) Probability

              11) Mensuration

Part 4 :- 12) Profit, loss and discount

              13) Time and work

              14) Pipes and cistern

              15) Time, speed and distance

              16) Boat and stream

              17) Simple and compound interest

              18) Mixture and allegation

Part 1 is the most scoring chapter that's why you will prepare this part first. For this part you have to follow Kaushik mohanty sir's video. After clearing your concept, you have to practice atleast 10 to 20 questions daily. 

Part 2 is also a scoring chapter but this chapter has some patterns and you have to understand each and every pattern carefully and practice it. It includes tabular data interpretation, pie charts, bar graph, line graph, caselet, missing data, mixed graphs, charts and tables, etc. For this part you have to follow Harshal agarwal sir or Yashraj singh chauhan sir. 

Part 3 includes the basic chapters of arithmetic which helps you to solve other chapters quickly. For this part you can follow RS aggarwal book, Arun sharma, Rajesh verma, after that you should choose some good youtube channels such as Aman sir, banersadda, meritshine, etc. 

Part 4 includes those chapters which are little bit time taking and require a lot of practice. For this part you need to clear concepts from the book of RS aggarwal or Arun sharma or Rakesh verma sir. After completing your chapters from the book you can choose some youtube channels to make your concept more clear such as Kaushik mohanty sir, Aman sir, Meritshine, Bankersadda, Ashish sir, etc. 

After learning the topics, search different type of questions of that chapter online. Once you attempt various types of questions, you will be very strong with its concept. After learning 2 or 3 chapters revise them in weekends. Because many times when we remember new chapters, we forget the previous ones, so it is necessary to revise them after some time. 

Now your concepts are very clear, so now the most important step is to take mock tests. Your speed is not fast and you have not practiced questions in time limit so your score may be low. But nothing to worry, practice will increase your speed and also increase your score. Another important thing after giving mock is analyzing it, without it, there will be less scope of improvement because analysis helps you to identify your mistakes, compare with others and also gives you alternate methods of solving. 

If you do your preparation in this way then you can easily score 35 out of 35 in prelims exam.

Quantitative aptitude in mains exam is mainly data analysis and interpretation. In this you get 35 questions of 60 marks which you have to do in 60 minutes.

Memorized chapters for prelims exam will help a lot in mains exam because the data interpretation in the mains exam is based om arithmetic chapters such as time speed and distance, boat and stream, time and work, profit/loss and discount. And chapters such as ratio and proportion, percentage, average helps you to solve questions quickly. Apart from data interpretation questions are asked from 

-Data sufficiency

-Number series

-Number system

-Permutation and combination

-Probability

-Geometry

You will prepare for the mains exam with Harshal aggarwal sir or Yashraj singh chauhan sir's mains level videos. Both has explained every pattern of the question in their videos. The preparation of the mains exam is little bit difficult because high level questions are asked in it but with proper study plan and practice you can crack the exam easily. After clearing your concept you have to practice mains level questions from olivboard app. Oliveboard mock tests are mandatory for mains exam.

The preparation of prelims and mains is same, first you need to understand the concept of the chapter, second you have to solve chapter wise questions, third take mock or sectional tests, fourth analyzing the test.

The more you practice, the higher you get. Only practice can cause reaching your goal.

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How to crack sbi po exam in 3 months?

Hello everyone, today I am going to tell you how to clear SBI PO exam in just 3 months with a proper study plan and strategy.

SBI PO is one of the most coveted exams in the country. Most of the candidates find it difficult to crack this exam only because they have no proper study plan and strategy to crack. Quantity and Quality of your attempts matters in both prelims and mains exam which further helps you in your interview process. So, without any delay lets start our journey in clearing sbi po exam in just 3 months.

As we know sbi po exam is divided in 3 phases prelims, mains and interview. All the 3 phases have different syllabus, sectional cutoff and sectional timing. That's why a separate study plan is required to clear all the 3 phases. 

Prelims exam has 3 sections quantitative aptitude, reasoning and english language.

Mains exam has 5 sections data analysis and interpretation, reasoning, english language, general/banking/economy awareness and descriptive (letter and essay writing).

Besides the prelims and the mains exam an interview process is also conducted for candidates who qualify the prelims and the mains exam.

Let's start with the quantitative aptitude section. I will give you the complete study plan for both prelims and mains of this section.

1) Quantitative aptitude :- 35 questions (1 mark each) are asked in prelims for which you get 20 minutes. These 35 questions will be asked from 18 topics which you have to learn from the basics. Some formulas, tricks, smart study helps you a lot to score 35 out of 35. For each topic you should allot 2 or 3 days where you could grasp the concept completely. Understand the basic concept of any topic is the first step for any type of exam. For basic concept you can follow R.S Aggarwal book,  Arun Sharma, Rakesh Verma and some good Youtube channels like Meritshine, Aman sir, Kaushik Mohanty sir, Adda247, etc.

You should start the topics in this sequence :-

1) Number series (wrong and missing)

2) Simplification and Approximation

3) Quadratic equation

4) Data interpretation

5) Percentage

6) Ratio and proportion

7) Partnership

8) Average

9) Ages

10) Profit, loss and discount

11) Time and work

12) Pipes and cistern

13) Boat and stream

14) Time, speed and distance

15) Simple and compound interest

16) Mixture and allegation 

17) Probability

18) Mensuration

The reason I am asking you to follow this sequence is because by doing this the chapters which are the highest scoring will be covered by you in the very beginning. The first four chapters covers 18 to 20 marks out of 35.

After clearing your basic what you should do is practice chapter wise questions from bankersadda and practice mock. From my point of view there is no need to go here and there when you have the actual place where you can find exam level questions. When you search online there are thousands of sites and apps which try to gives you exam level questions but when we have the exact location then why we waste our time. For prelims bankersadda and practice mock is the only site from where you can easily crack your prelims.

Third step you should follow is to give full mock test of quants or we can say you have to solve mock which gives you 35 questions in 20 minutes. I know many of you must be thinking why we give sectional test when our basic has already cleared then we will give full length test later. By doing this you will aware of the quants section of the exam and this will help you a lot when solve the actual exam.  Even if for some reason you don't appear for the full length before your actual exam, practicing this sectional test will help you to score maximum in your exam.

When you give mock test for the first time, your score may be low since you do have the practice to solve faster and under a time limit, don't be disheartened your score will gradually improve with practice. And one more thing which is most important is the analysis process. After giving mocks you have to analysis your mock in which you will see which of your questions went wrong and why and what could be the another way to do those questions that are correct. By doing this you will be able to increase your score that too in less time.

The quantitative section in the mains exam is called Data analysis and interpretation. In this you get 35 questions of 60 marks which you have to do in 45 minutes.

The quants section in mains exam covers arithmetic chapters in the form of data interpretation and remaining chapters are of high level as compared to that of prelims exam. But you don't need to worry, your basic is already strong. Before going to any app for mains exam you have to follow Harshal agarwal sir or Yashraj singh chauhan sir's mains level videos. They will make you clear all the concepts and pattern of mains level.

For mains exam you can rely on Oliveboard app. This app provides you the exact mains level question. All you have to do is to give sbi po mains level mocks on this app. 

Now the question is how to balance the preparation of prelims and mains. For both the exams basic concept is mandatory. After that mocks are necessary, following a teacher is necessary. So if you look both the exams have a lot in common. 

1st clear your basics with the sequence I told you. You have to practice mains level questions along with the prelims level. For example if you are practicing boat and stream chapter for prelims exam from any youtube channel you will take 2 days maximum from basics to prelims level after that from harshal sir or yash raj sir's videos you will practice mains level questions of the same chapter which you will complete in 1 or 2 days. This means that in 3 to 4 days you have understood the concepts from basic to mains level. But chapters like number series, simplification and approximation and quadratic equation concepts will be clear very easily in a day. All you have to do is practice these chapters from mock tests. Second thing is that chapters from 5 to 9 of the sequence that I have told you, you can complete each chapter in 2 days. One day for basic and for prelims level and second day for mains level. Chapters from 10 to 16 of the sequence need to be read a little carefully as they require a little more practice. Taking the mock test after this step will not be difficult as you have already practiced the mains level questions.

2nd give chapter wise mock tests of prelims level from bankersadda and practice mock. You can skip this step and give sectional test if you think your practice is enough.

3rd take sectional tests. This step is mandatory because this step will increase your speed and accuracy.

4th give oliveboard's mains level mock tests. This is the last stair of quants and on this stair you have to practicing mains level questions till the final exam.

2) Reasoning :- 35 questions (1 mark each) are asked in prelims for which you get 20 minutes.

1) Puzzles (box, floor, flat, designation, days, months, etc.)

2) Seating arrangement (single row, double row, circular, rectangular, uncertain, etc.)

3) Syllogisms

4) Blood relation

5) Direction and distance

6) Alphanumeric series

7) Coding and decoding

8) Inequalities

9) Ranking and order

10) Data sufficiency

So, this is the syllabus of prelims for reasoning in which puzzles and seating arrangement need daily practice and for the remaining chapters first thing you have to do is understand their basic concept because reasoning is the subject which we are not very familiar with. We don't know what syllogisms are, what are coding and decoding and how to solve them. And for this you have to follow Ankush lamba sir's videos on youtube. He explains all the concept from basics. I think you will understand these chapters very well in 10 to 12 days. After understanding these chapters, all you have to do is practice them from mocks on a daily basis. By doing this you will be able to solve these questions quickly and you will get 10 to 15 marks in the prelims exam. After 12 days you have to start puzzles and seating arrangement which you will practice with videos of Ankush lamba sir's and learn some tricks which will help you to solve puzzles quickly. He also have mains level videos which you will solve with prelims level videos. By doing this your prelims level puzzles and seating arrangement will be solve very easily. After that you will give sectional test of reasoning which will help in increasing your speed and accuracy. Accuracy completely depends on the analysis process. If you analysis your mock test very well then no one can stop you from clearing the exam.

If I talk about mains exam, then mains exam has the chapters of the prelims exam, the only extra thing is critical reasoning and machine input output. As we know mains level is a bit difficult than prelims level. But when we have a proper study plan, a proper strategy then even the difficult level will seem easy. 

45 questions are asked in mains exam for 60 marks and the time given is 60 minutes. So, what should be the strategy of mains exam? Let's divide the mains level in 3 parts.

1st part is prelims chapters but of mains level. What will you do for this, you will follow the chapter wise mains level videos of Ankush Lamba sir. Some videos are on YouTube and if you want, you can also purchase their courses in which he gives many online lectures and also gives the pdfs. You already started practicing mains level puzzles with prelims level. So, by the time of actual exam, your speed to solve the puzzles would have been built up.

2nd is machine input output. You can easily learn this chapter on YouTube. There are many teachers who have taught this chapter from basic to mains level.

3rd is critical reasoning in which questions are asked from decision making, cause and effect, statement and assumptions, course of action, statement and argument, statement and conclusion, and so on. For this chapter you have to follow Harshal Agarwal sir. After understanding these chapters properly from sir's videos, you need to practice on daily basis. Many candidates consider these chapters to be difficult as these chapters are a bit confusing so you have to practice them as much as you can. That's why you will practice these chapters along with the preparation of prelims.

3) English language :- 35 questions (1 mark each) are asked in prelims for which you get 20 minutes and 35 questions are asked in mains exam for 40 marks and the time given is 40 minutes. English syllabus is same for both prelims and mains exam. 

English is divided into 2 parts, first is grammar and the other is vocabulary. We can strengthen grammar by understanding its rules and vocab by reading newspaper. There are two steps to strengthen grammar, first is to read Paramount book volume 1 and 2 by Neetu mam and the other is to watch Nimisha bansal's 120 rules of grammar. The chapters that come in English are

Reading comprehension

Error detection

Cloze test 

Match the columns

Fill in the blanks

Sentence improvement

Word swap

Para jumbles

By memorizing the rules of grammar, your error detection, match the column and sentence improvement questions will be solved very easily. 

You will be able to solve Reading comprehension with your reading habit and vocabulary. 

There are 2 ways to solve cloze test, first is to know by skimming which word will come in the blank and the other is part of speech. You can find out from the part of speech whether the blank will come in a verb or a noun or an adjective or an adverb. Part of speech method helps to eliminate option. Fill in the blanks is just like cloze test.

Word swap is very easy and scoring topic if you understand English sentence very well. In word swap you are asked to adjust 3 or 4 words.

There are 2 types of para jumbles, first in which you are given a sentence in jumbled form and second in which you are given 4 or 5 jumbled sentences. The first one is easy and the second one needs a little practice. No book is needed to practice English. Just search online for any concept you want to practice.

For English mock test you have to practice from 2 sources, first is bankersadda or practice mock, whichever suits you best and the second is oliveboard. 

If you give 2 hours in English practice or mock test and 1 hour to newspaper and vocab everyday then really in 3 months you can score very well in English.

4) General/Banking/Economy awareness :- 40 questions (1 mark each) are asked in mains for which you get 35 minutes. This section contains static part of banking awareness and current affairs topics which are

1) Banking and Finance news

2) Economy news

3) Defense

4) Index (ranking and reports)

5) Government schemes

6) Appointments and recognition

7) Books and author

8) Apps and web portal

9) Acquisition and merger

10) National news

11) International news

12) Important days

13) Sports

14) Committees and Meetings

15) Events and Conference

16) Obituary

You have to remember the current affairs of the last 4 to 5 months. Suppose your exam is in june so you have to cover current affairs of the months of june, may, april, march, feburary. You have to choose 2 sources for current affairs, first is affairscloud which is mandatory and second you can choose any one from bankersadda capsules, studyiq, gk today, gradeup, oliveboard, etc. You will memorize affairscloud's weekly or monthly pdf and revise it from second source's weekly or monthly video.

If you are starting your preparation before 3 months of the prelims exam, then you have to memorize the current affairs of 5 months from the first day of the preparation till the exam so that you can revise after prelims exam. 

5) Descriptive :- The descriptive test will be of 30 minutes and contain questions from letter and essay topics. Both are of 25 marks. You have to write an essay of 250 words on any one of the two topics, in the same way you have to write a letter of 150 words on any one of the two given topics.

Out of 2 topics of essay, one is a general topic like child labor, social media bane or boon, women empowerment, etc. and one is specific purpose topic like future of banking industry, role of effective credit rating, bitcoin, benefits and disadvantages of e-commerce, etc. and also some current topics.  

Similarly, out of the 2 topics of letter, one is a general purpose topic like letter to your father for money, letter to your cousin to ask about his studies, etc. and other topic is like letter to municipal corporation for some complaints, letter to bank manager for delay in credit card process, letter to newspaper auditor, etc. 

You can practice descriptive topics on Guidely app. 

The final selection is based on the marks secured by the candidates in his/her mains and the interview process.

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How to crack sbi po exam in first attempt?

Hello everyone, today I am going to explain how to crack sbi po in first attempt. After reading this article, you will get to know tips and tricks to crack bank exam without any extra effort.

For BANK PO there are 3 steps which are prelims, mains, and interview. As we all know syllabus is the primary factor for any type of exam. Syllabus of bank po and clerk is almost same. 

Syllabus of prelims consists quantitative aptitude, reasoning and english language

Some says that you can pay less effort to one section if you want to give more effort to other section but honestly all sections plays an important role to clear the sectional cutoff because this sectional cutoff helps you to clear the overall cutoff and helps you to appear in the interview call.

In prelims there are 35 questions of quants and reasoning each and 30 questions for English section  which you have to tackle in 60 minutes(20 minutes each). Yes, there is sectional time as well. Each correct answer will fetch you 1 mark and for every incorrect answer 1/4th of the assigned marks shall be deducted. WORRIED! Well there is no need to worry because I will tell you the proper way in which you can maximize your attempts and score in the given time.

Lets discuss in brief about the syllabus of prelims.

1)Quantitative Aptitude:- This section includes,

  -Number series (wrong and missing)

  -Simplification and Approximation

  -Data interpretation( bar, graph, tabular, pie chart, line graph, missing data, caselet, etc.)

  -Arithmetic chapters (time, speed and distance, boat and stream, pipes and cistern, time and work,   mixture and allegations, ratio and proportion, partnership, averages, ages, percentage, profit and loss,     permutation and combination, probability, simple and compound interest and mensuration).

For quants divide the syllabus in 2 parts first one arithmetic and the other one is miscellaneous which includes remaining chapters other than arithmetic. Arithmetic portion can easily be tackled with the help of R.S Aggarwal book. This book helps you to build your basics. After completing the book the nest step you follow is to search online prelims level chapters wise questions. For Miscellaneous portion there is no need to solve any book you can master this section just by solving questions online because this portion is relatively easier than arithmetic portion and constitute almost 15 to 20 marks. Sites where you can solve prelims level questions are bankersadda and practicemock. Go to there sites or app select quants section and solve quizzes. There is no need to go here and there and give a try to any other site just follow these two sites and you can master this section.

2)Reasoning:- This section includes,

-Puzzles(box, floor, floor and flat, days and month, categorized, age)

-Seating arrangement(square, circular, triangular, linear, parallel, uncertain)

-Syllogism

-Blood relation

-Direction sense

-Alphanumeric series

-Coding and Decoding

-Inequalities

Just like quants divide this section in 2 parts first one is puzzle and seating arrangement and the other one is miscellaneous. Puzzle and seating arrangement only need practice because there is no formula to solve puzzle and seating arrangement. You can only fasten your speed with the help of practice which will give you the extra time to solve remaining questions. The other part which includes syllogism, blood relation, direction etc. will be a piece of cake once you understand the concept of these questions. Now the question is which site or which teacher you should follow? Follow Ankush lamba sir. He will provide you all types of puzzles and seating arrangement questions and miscellaneous questions. I don't think sir must have missed any exam level question in his videos.

3)English Language:- This section includes,

-Reading comprehension

-Para jumbles

-Fill in the blanks

-Cloze test

-Match the column

-Word swap

-Error spotting

-Sentence improvement

This section can easily be tackled if a candidate is well versed with grammar rules and vocabulary. For grammar rules you should follow paramount book volume 1 and 2 by Neetu singh and for vocabulary you should follow The Hindu newspaper's editorial portion. Do not do a mistake just by learning vocabulary by any book or site instead of following The Hindu newspaper because some times examiner gives the editorial in the reading comprehension. And one more advantage of following The Hindu newspaper is that it helps in the descriptive paper of mains exam. As I already mention in the quants section you just have to follow bankersadda and practicemock for prelims. For English you have to do the same. Go to there sites or app choose English section and solve quizzes.

So, this is the prelims the first step of your banking career journey. Same as prelims I will give you the proper guidance to crack mains exam in the very first attempt.

Mains exam includes Data analysis and interpretation, Reasoning and computer aptitude, English language, General/Economy/Banking awareness and Descriptive

The sectional timing and weightage of questions of mains exam is different from that of prelims. For correct answer there will be different sectional marking and for every incorrect answer 1/4th of the assigned marks will be deducted. The objective test in the mains examination will be conducted for 180 minutes and the total number of questions will be 155. 

Lets discuss in brief the syllabus of mains.

1)Data Interpretation and Analysis:- It includes 35 questions of 60 marks and the time duration for this section is 60 minutes. As the name suggests this section includes all types of data interpretation which are mostly based on arithmetic chapters. Apart form data interpretation it includes chapters like Data sufficiency, Probability and Permutation and Combination. For this section what you do is search Harshal agarwal sir on You tube and follow their videos. He gives you the exact level of questions which you will find in the mains exam. After that you have to follow oliveboard app for solving mains level questions. After following these two steps you can easily score 50+ marks.

2)Reasoning and Computer Aptitude:-It includes 45 questions of 60 marks and the time duration for this section is 60 minutes. Chapters in reasoning are

-Puzzles

-Seating arrangement

-Syllogism

-Blood relation

-Machine input output

-Direction sense

-Data sufficiency

-Coding Decoding

-Coded inequality

-Order and Ranking

-Critical reasoning(decision making, course of action, cause and effect, assumptions, etc.)

What you can do for this section is to follow Ankush lamba sir's mains level videos and for critical reasoning follow Harshal agarwal sir's videos. After clearing your basics in topics which are not in prelims exam follow oliveboard app quizzes. Why I give importance to olive board is because this app gives you hard level questions which are important to practice before the mains exam. Olive board is only for mains exam there is no need to follow this app for your prelims exam. You can easily clear your prelims by following bankers adda and practice mock but not the mains exam. Ignore Computer aptitude because there is hardly any question I don't know why they add computer in mains exam when there is not a single question.

3)English Language:- This section includes 35 questions of 40 marks for 40 minutes. All the chapters are same as in prelims. The only difference is that the level of difficulty is high as compare to that of prelims. Here your habit of reading The Hindu newspaper helps you a lot because there are 2 to 3 reading comprehensions which you can easily understand. What you can do for this section is to follow the same app which I told you before the olive board app. Solve their quizzes and no one can stop you to score 40 out of 40.

4)General/Economy/Banking Awareness:-This section includes 40 questions of 40 marks for 35 minutes. This section is nothing but current affairs of various fields such as banking, economy, finance, events, committee, state, international, defense, awards, obituary, science, important days in a month, environment, etc. For this section you have to follow 2 sources one is affairscloud which is mandatory and for the other one you can follow anyone whether it is bankersadda, gk today, studyiq, etc. First step you follow is to download pdf of  affairs cloud monthly or weekly in which you can see approx. 15 topics which you have to learn and you have to remember till exam. Like SERIOUSLY! Well yes I am serious. That's why this section plays an important role in your selection because in interview questions asks by interviewer are based on the current affairs of banking, economy and finance sector. That's why it has banking and economy awareness name in this section. Well all the topics are important in this section but banking, economy and finance is most important because most of the questions are asked from these topics. After learn from the pdf you should follow video of the other source for the same week or month. By doing this you will remember current affairs for the long time. One thing this section wants is daily revision. 

5)Descriptive:- This paper tests your English Language by giving you 2 questions Essay and Letter writing for 50 marks of 30 minutes duration. Topic of Essay is mostly asked from current affairs. You can easily deal with this section if you are aware of current topics. Even letter writing is also easy because we already know how to write the letter whether formal or informal. The word limit is 150 words but can write from 135 to 160 words. Correct use of grammar and vocab are the key points of essay and letter. For practice you should follow Guidely app. This app provides you the topics for practice.

Besides the preliminary and the mains exam, an interview process is also conducted for the candidates who qualify the first two phases of SBI PO exam.

The final selection is based on the marks scored by the candidates in his/her mains exam and interview process.

If you follow these steps I bet no one can stop you from taking the selection.

 

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