What is the best way to prepare for General Awareness for BANK Mains exams?

Banking sector competitive job exams like IBPS PO, SBI PO, RBI ASSISTANT, IBPS CLERK, SBI CLERK, etc, have General Awareness Section where questions are asked on Current Affairs and General Knowledge. This section is now a part of Mains Exams of Banking sector. Those who have cracked preliminary exam of IBPS PO or SBI PO 2017 need to focus on four subjects namely, English, Reasoning, Mathematics and General Awareness.
The Exam pattern of SBI PO 2017-18 Mains is given below:
Section No. Of Qs Marks Duration
Reasoning & Aptitude 45 60 60 Min
Data Analysis & Interpretation 35 60 45 min
General Awareness about Economy/ Banking 40 40 35
English Language 35 40 40
Total 155 200 3 Hours
Looking into the weight age of marks 40 marks are entitled for General Awareness. It will have 40 questions based on Economics and banking sector, both current and static knowledge. There are certain tips to be followed to get a good score in this section these are:
  1. Read Newspapers on regular basis
  2. Read Magazines methodically
  3. Watch News Channels daily
  4. Plan your Preparation adequately
  5. Utilize Internet Resources
  6. Participate in Online Quizzes by joining any good portal providing it on regular basis.
Areas from which General Awareness questions are generally asked are:
  1. Banking facilities and Terminology
Questions are based on commonly used facilities and terms like savings and current accounts, term deposits, non-performing assets etc
  1. Latest news on Economic and Corporate Sector:
These questions are given to test your general awareness with respect to the economic progress and development in combination with finance and political aspects. Therefore questions can be asked on:
  1. Reserve Bank of India
  2. Financial progress – financial progress of major corporate, especially public banks.
  • Recent Mergers & Acquisitions, Takeovers, Buyouts, Joint Ventures, Government Policy Announcement
  1. Various Government Schemes and Constitutional Bodies
Questions from this topic are generally related to schemes initiated in the past 2-3 years, schemes currently in the news and schemes that have just been announced.
  1. Questions on Marketing Terms
Questions will be asked on marketing terms such as telemarketing, cross-selling etc.
  1. Static G.K
Questions based on purely general knowledge part of the segment. It has static GK i.e. GK that remains constant for long time.
These tips are very effective and have given outstanding outcomes as these are based on the analysis made on the successful candidates who have joined Probationary Officer’s post at various Nationalized Banks.
Hope to see you there too!!!
Wishing you all the very best in Future!!!
Author: Above content is written and published from IBT- Bank & SSC Coaching Institute Delhi, Laxmi Nagar.

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