Strategy and Plan for IBPS/SBI-PO/Specialist Officers Examination

CATAspirants.Com has started a series of blog on effective study plan for various examinations on popular demand of followers and readers. A good study plan can give you a right edge in this competitive world and also increases your odds in examinations. In this blog, We will explain an effective study plan for IBPS Specialist officers Examination.

Examination Pattern: 

Subjects	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks
Reasoning	50	50
Quantitative Aptitude	50	50
English	50	25
Professional knowledge	50	75
Total	200	200

Examination Duration: 120 Minutes.

Study Plan for Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude:

Buy a good reference book  and a question bank on reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude available in market. One should start with basic concepts and practice with given problems in end of each chapter. Once you finish reference book and go through all basic concepts, start solving question bank. one should repeat it above mentioned practice to increase the speed and also accuracy.

Key Points:- 

Reference Book: 1. Basic Concepts:  1 hr. daily 2. Problem Solving Practice: 1 hr daily

Question Bank: Initial Phase: 100 Questions in 2 hrs daily, Middle Phase: 150 Questions in 2 hrs daily, Final Phase: 200 questions in 2 hrs daily

Study Plan for English:

English paper  contains questions based on Vocabulary, Comprehension, Sentence ordering, Error and correction. So, one should practice questions based on all above mentioned sub-sections. For vocabulary section, you should take a dose of 5 words daily so that you can make a word power of  most frequently used 1000 English words. you should also make 2 sentences on each word daily to increase familiarity with these words. you should read newspaper daily and try to read fast so that you can perform good in Comprehension section. For other section, Solve a good Question Bank and model test papers.

Key Points:-

Vocabulary: Keep a pocket diary and revise it whenever you get time.

Comprehension: Solve 2 long comprehensions daily in 20 minutes.

Sentence ordering and Error/Correction: Initial Phase: 30 questions in 30 minutes (15 from each section), Final Phase: 30 question in 15 Minutes.

Study Plan for Professional Subjects: 

Revise your reference books and practice a good question bank. Try to get a objective book that relates your subject with Banking operations and solve it (Ex- Bank Marketing for Marketing Stream). you should also get a recent book on banking terminologies and read it. 

Key Points:-

Reference book: 2 hrs daily

Budget (Banking): 30 minutes daily

Banking terminology: 30 minutes daily

Question Bank: 1 hr daily

Note: 2 Week before the examination, you should solve model test paper daily in similar examination environment which can increase your speed and accuracy and you can perform better in real examination.

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