By: Admin | Posted on: Jan 8, 2020

IBPS stands for Institute of Banking Personnel Selection. In short IBPS conducts written exams, interviews and other recruitment processes for majority of the banks.

It is very crucial for banking job aspirants to know what is IBPS? What it does? How does it work?

Banking is one of the fastest growing and transforming sectors in India. Yearly around 5 to 6 lakhs aspirants write IBPS exams

Brief history of IBPS

Undoubtedly Indian Banking sector is vast. Indian banks nationalization in 1969 and 1980, after nationalization for expansion of banking network with new branched, the requirement for more staff sighted. Here National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM) came up with a small unit called Personnel Selection Service (PSS) to handle the recruitment and upskill projects. Later PSS got converted to IBPS.

IBPS is now autonomous body which handles all recruitment process for clerical and officers’ posts. From 2012 IBPS conducts only four recruitment process

• IBPS PO (Probationary Officer) Exam
• IBPS Specialist Officers Exam
• IBPS RRB (Regional Rural Bank) PO and Assistant Exam
• IBPS Clerk Exam.

Are IBPS/Bank exams tough?

IBPS/Bank exams are not very tough when attempted with right preparation strategies. We need to create a road map with exact syllabus and study materials in place. Below are generic tips to start with.

• Go through the complete syllabus and exam pattern.
• Dedicate 3 to 4 hours daily for your preparation.
• Increase General awareness, stay up to date.
• Attempt mock exams.
• Identify and work on your weak areas.

IBPS Generic Syllabus Topics

Depending on the examination the syllabus will change. Like in IBPS SO exam for Agricultural Field Officer Horticulture & Seed Science etc. are needed Below are general topics in IBPS exams.

• English Language
• Numerical Ability
• Reasoning Ability
• General/ Financial Awareness
• General English
• Computer Aptitude
• Quantitative Aptitude

IBPS Exam Patterns

IBPS PO 2019 Exam Pattern

IBPS Clerk 2019 Exam Pattern

IBPS SO 2019 Exam Pattern

IBPS RRB 2019 Exam Pattern

IBPS Preparation | Tips to Plan your IBPS Preparation

IBPS Preparation plan should be designed based on the aspirant’s strengths and weakness. SWAT analysis should be done before making preparation strategy.

After the SWAT analysis, personalized preparation plan should be made. As every aspirant have unique capabilities and weak areas. However below key points should be kept in mind at the time making preparation plan/strategy. 

Timetable:

Make a clear understanding of exam pattern and syllabus of your target IBPS exam. Our Timetable needs to fit in our daily routine. Plan your 24 hours wisely. Over tight and unrealistic timetables build unnecessary pressure.At least allocate 5-6 hours for your study.

Allocate more time for your weak areas. Section wise planning is more recommedend. Change your strategies or Timetable whenever needed. You will figure out more about your capabilities and weakness in the process of learning. So don’t hesitate to change your time table.

Reading:

Rigorous and appropriate reading makes particular sections easy to handle. Like English language section, General Awareness section and computer Aptitude sections demand lot of reading.

Taking notes while reading, like a new word, important events and points to remember makes a lot of advantage for your revisions. For Descriptive answers, develop habit of writing, clear and elaborate writing skills comes with practice only.

Basic:

IBPS is all about testing your analytical skills. Apart from remembering formulas and other important information,. To get into IBPS, the promary requirement is to have the basic knowledge of all concepts and their underlying theory.

For instance, getting the formulas by heart is not sufficient to score high in the Quant section, we need to learn their derivations as well. Similarly, you need to get underlting theory for all chapters of the Reasoning. For Language section, you need to get all basic English grammar.

Practive, revision and time management are the other very key aspects.

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