Everything You Need To Know About IBPS Exam 2016

With over the edge competition making officers’ level job in banking sector more difficult, one must pay attention to prepare for the Common written exam for IBPS PO with a well made preparation strategy that also includes evaluation. Every year more than lakhs of candidates appear for thousands of job vacancies in PSU banks that is conducted by Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS), the consolidation of this IBPS exam has only made the competition more intense and tougher.

If you learn the bookish language then forget about cracking this competitive exam. In order to get through this exam, you need to prepare a well-laid strategy with a good preparation as well as evaluation plans. The exam’s objective is to test your overall personality, communication skills, intelligence level and marketing traits. Make sure that your preparation strategy adapts to all the approaches.

Every year, IBPS PO selection process is conducted in three stages. These stages are-Preliminary Exam, Main Exam and a personal round of Interview.  In the written exam, there is no scope of making guesses as a deduction of 0.25 marks is done as a negative marking for every wrong answer marked in the multiple choice questions.

Further to this, those candidates who have qualified in the Common Written Exam (CWE) will be then called by the participating banks and IBPS for a Common Interview as the final round of IBPS PO Selection and recruitment Process. If successful, the qualifying candidates in the final round will then be appointed in PO cadre of any bank participating in it.

In order to crack such a sought after exam, it’s important to stick to a daily routine of preparation and revision. IBPS Experts say 4-5 hours of rigorous practice can help you crack the exam.

Most of the challenges are faced in Mathematics and Reasoning papers, here, in this section, speed and accuracy play very crucial role. You can fetch high scores in these tests only through time management, proper practice and most importantly -clear concepts. Apparently, daily practice can help you get perfection in these subjects.

With good IBPS Books and through study material for bank exam, you can make the struggle easier.
After preparation, testing your level is also important. Try solving online test and mock papers, this will immensely help you to complete you preparation. A rigorous daily practice will help you enter in the exam hall with confidence.

How to Start With Revision For CBSE Board Examination

After the preparation, comes another stage and that is Revision. This is one of the most crucial stage of the entire preparation cycle for an exam. Once you have completed your entire syllabus and all subjects, start with revision. It is highly possible that when you just complete preparing your syllabus and don’t revise it, you may tend to forget the concepts and jumble everything together.

Moving ahead, your mission should be to revise the entire syllabus of all subjects at least twice before exams, rest we’d say- the more, and the better. Revising more than once is the key to attempt the paper well and with very precise efficiency. This may sound to be a tough task but it is actually not as what all you need is solution to each topic of the syllabus recommended.

Revision Materials-

1.    Solved Papers- Going through the solutions give you a fair idea about how should you solve a particular question in order to attain maximum scores. Sometimes, students tend to write more than required, this consumes all the time and further there is less time remaining to solve other questions and so happens vice-versa. Therefore, we recommend you to go through solved papers.

2.    Mock Tests- It is important to keep a check on where your preparation stands, therefore, keep testing yourself. Solve the entire paper in 3 hours. This will help you to know how much time does a particular section requires. You will also have an idea on what kinds of questions can you expect.

3.    Past year papers- Solving past year papers will again give you a direction and a good understanding of what kind of questions you can expect. The exam pattern keeps changing slightly every year. Target to solve past 10 years of papers or at least 5 years.

4.    Revising again and again- As already mentioned above, keep revising as much as you can.

5.    Make notes- Make small notes and keep studying them, it has been proved by research and experiences that the notes and key points get imprinted in your brain. For example- Jot down all the formulae and stick them in front of your bed, washroom, wherever possible or let’s say whichever place grabs your eye contact even for few seconds. You’ll see the difference.

6.    Give yourself break- Refreshment is an important part of preparation, take a break for say 15-20 minutes- go out for a walk, listen to your favorite music or do anything that refreshes you, then get back to studies.

Tips to Crack SSC Exam At First Attempt

Since November 1975, the Staff Selection Commission has been recruiting Indians to Group B governmental posts, Group C technical posts etc.

There are more than 62,390 job vacancies across governmental organizations such as CRPF, SSC, ITBP etc. The exam is held in two Tiers.

TIER 1: This consists of four sections. The subjects in Tier 1 are General Awareness, English Comprehension, Quantitative Aptitude, and Reasoning.

TIER 2: This consists of two subjects, namely- Quantitative Abilities comprising  English Language & Comprehension
Paper I is of Quantitative Abilities consists of 200 marks to be solved in 2 hours while Paper II comprises of questions from English Language & Comprehension. It also consists of 200 marks to be done in the duration of 2 hours. All the questions are multiple choice questions (MCQs) i.e the candidates will be gives with options of answers out of which they have to choose one correct answer. This is a common pattern in most of the competitive exams in India.

Following are few of the tips that will help you crack SSC exam in one go.

1.The candidate must be updated with the latest syllabus for the exam. The syllabus may tend to change with time, hence it is important for the candidate to keep a track on them.

2.All the relevant study material like SSC book, ebooks, online or mock tests etc should be collected. Make sure you do not waste time pondering over the inappropriate study material.

3.Aptitude and reasoning enhanced with a lot of practice, hence it is advisable for students to solve as many practice papers as possible. This will give you a good gist over the subject and different kinds of questions.

4.According to the previous patterns, the General Awareness section consists of one-third questions from Science while rest of the questions are asked from current affairs and static general Knowledge. Prepare accordingly, read newspapers, current affairs books and ebooks etc.

5.It is very important to score well in English comprehension, for this, the candidates must be good at English as well as grammar portions like antonyms, synonyms, idioms, spellings etc.

6.To prepare for Qualitative Aptitude, solve as many tricky mathematics sums as possible. You can also practice elementary mathematics.

7.Start reading newspapers and magazines on regular basis.

8.Dedicate most of your time in preparing for the exam.

Tips to Qualify SSC CGL At One Shot

Out of hundreds of exam, SSC CGL (common Graduate Level) is in top list in terms of popularity.
Majority of graduate aim to qualify it as it opens the door of success for them. Every year, the number of students aiming to crack the exam keeps increasing. Aspirants who do a proper preparation with full dedication and passion make it too qualify this exam. Staff Selection Commission each year organizes SSC 10+2 exam for Posts of Lower Division Clerk & Data Entry Operator for students who want to begin their career at an early stage. From Year 2015, SSC has also included Posts for Postal/ Sorting Assistant under Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam-2015. Candidates who have passed 10+2 are eligible to take give this exam. As the name suggests SSC 10+2 exam, it is typically for 12th level students. 

Below are the tips on how to qualify SSC Exam(CGL, CHSL, Steno, Police, Translator etc.)

1.    Take down the syllabus of SSC exam; you can download it from the official SSC website.

2.     Buy the best preparation material for SSC Exam such as ebooks, SSC online test paper etc. Students with hindi background can opt for SSC books in Hindi.

3.    Design a proper time-table for you daily routine. Dedicate ample amount of time to prepare for the exam. You can cut down your leisure time till the exam gets over. Make sure you study for at least 4 hours every day for an year.

4.    Start studying with basics and then get to difficult topics, basic are the roots of complicated topics. 

5.     In order to save time, remember shortcuts of solving the questions, you can also create your own shortcuts to solve the problems faster. There are various guide books that can help you learn the shortcuts. It will help you improve you time management and give you time for other questions.

6.    Once you have learned the shortcut techniques, try solving past year question papers and online test papers. This will help you evaluate yourself, so start solving as many question papers aas possible.

7.    Focus more on your weaker sections and make them stronger with a lot of practice. Practice more on weaker sections.

8.    While attempting the exam, first solve the questions that you are sure about. Keep the questions you’re not sure about for last.

9.     If by any chance you get stuck on a particular question then move on to next one but don’t waste your time on particular question.

10.     Keep time to revise the entire answer sheet once you are done with completing the exam.

Medical Exam In India

Since the ancient times, Doctors have been known as saviors. Medical profession is considered as most respected and lucrative profession in India.

There are approximately 390 medical colleges in India with the entire capacity to train 51,979 Indian medical students each year at the under graduate level and about 24,196 students at the post graduate level. With the competition and number of medical aspirants increasing each year, students with solid preparation, and the capacity to handle pressure have a tendency to perform better in these medical entrance exams and get entry to a reputed medical college such as AIIMS, CMC, AFMC and many others.

The thought of Medical exams evolves the very first question of syllabus.  Although the syllabus for all the major medical entrance exams in India especially for the M.B.B.S programmes is similar. The AIPMT Syllabus as a reference point and be kept, it is the center point of all the medical entrance exams.

The preparation for medical entrance depends from ability of an individual, basically person to person but the beginning of class 11th is considered the best time to start preparing for the medical entrance exams because the syllabus for these exams is same as that of class 11^th and 12^th.

Medical Entrance Exam Basic Pattern

Medical question paper can be bilingual i.e in both Hindi and English.

These tests usually are either of one or two stages. If the test is of one stage then only a mains exam is conducted to execute the selection process, whereas if it is a two stage entrance test, then first a preliminary followed by mains exam is conducted to fulfill the purpose of selection.

The medical entrance exam basically consists of four subjects; these are Physics, Chemistry, Biology and General Knowledge.

A typical pattern of the exam contains 200 objective and reasoning type questions; 60 each from Physics, Chemistry and Biology. The General Knowledge section include 20 questions, in order to check the aspirants general awareness.

Students who have completed their class 12 with science stream are eligible to apply for any medical entrance exams.

The objective type question constitute of 4 options of answers wherein you have to choose one right answer. Here, you have to be very careful as the wrong answers can fetch you negative marking. If you are not sure about any answer, we suggest you to skip that question. Hence, students must answer only those questions for which they are very specifically sure of the answer.

With good preparation you can crack the exam, right study material and dedicated is what it takes. You can check online medical entrance exam books and PDF to prepare well and at your convenience. 

Current Affairs- The Important Part of any Competitive Exam

Current Affairs are today considered as one of the most importantly studied subject everywhere. From School to college and further while preparing for competitive exams- current affairs are everywhere! Even many of the workplaces and companies demand its employees to have sound knowledge of what’s going on. Let’s talk about school- Every school has made it compulsory to teach General Awareness and Current Affairs as a dedicated subject. This is a good practice for students to get acquainted with the current affairs around the world and stay updated.  
 

What are Current affairs? So basically, Current Affairs refer to the important incidents that have occurred in the world and hold social importance to it. The crucial role of current affairs can obviously seen with the various eligibility criteria adopted by various job sector, where people are hired based on their knowledge of their surroundings, especially Public and Government sector.

Knowledge of current affairs works on two levels. For some people it is just knowledge of an event that occurred, while for others it is a very important part of their exam syllabus. The biggest importance of currents affairs can be seen in Competitive exams. Exams like IAS, MAT, CAT, JEE etc dedicate a major section of their question paper to current affairs with huge marks aligned to them. In fact, today, competitive exams are more inclined towards current affairs. For example, in UPSC exams, since the previous year’s more questions consist of current affairs. Even, LLB exam, it is formally declared that current affair questions will be maximum in number.  Even maximum of interviews consist questions related to current affairs where the interviewer checks the candidate’s presence of mind and how up-to-dated he or she is. 

Therefore, for students appearing for any competitive exam like civil service exam, bank exam, and insurance sector jobs etc it is very essential to stay updated with the latest happenings.

Preparing for current affairs is not that a big task. Reading newspapers every day, keeping a note on magazines is very helpful. You can switch on the electronic media like FM channels, TV News channels etc in order to stay updated.

You can also study with current affairs books by Arihant publications and other major publication houses in India. Another mediums are social media like facebook, twitter as well as participating in quizzes is another fun way to get a gist of current affairs. It is simple; some people update themselves to stay vigilant, others do it for exam preparation- in both the ways, it is smart to keep yourself updated and connected to the world always.

Reaching Civil Services- Not A Hurdle Anymore!

Each year, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts an examination to recruit candidates for different types of Civil Services posts like IAS- Indian Administrative Service, IFS- Indian Foreign Service, IRS- Indian Revenue Service any many more.

The Exam contains the below given parts- 

 (i) Civil Service Aptitude Test (CSAT)

(ii) Civil Services Main Examination

(iii) Personality Test

The Civil Services Aptitude Test or commonly known as CSAT includes two papers and each paper carries a total of 200 marks. Like any other regular competitive exam, this exam also contains objective type of questions and includes syllabus like General Awareness, Current Affairs of the World, History of India, World Geography, Social and Economic Development, Environmental Issues or Ecology, General Science and Technology, Logical Aptitude and reasoning, Analytic ability as well as English language which basically includes comprehension skills.

Once a student is able to crack the Civil Services Aptitude Test, he or she is not qualified to appear for the Main Examination.

So now, The Civil Services Main Examination consists total of nine papers. After the CSAT objectives, mains carry questions of descriptive type. These questions are typically intended to assess the overall intellectual abilities and knowledge of the aspirant.

This is further completed by a Personality Test, which is an interview conducted to assess the candidate's personality in terms of his intelligence level, abilities, traits, values etc.

It is said that Civil Services Examination is one of the most difficult and sought after competitive examinations of the country. So, if you are aspiring to appear for the Civil Services, you have to be persistent, passionate and hard working. You need to keep yourself updated and connected to all the happenings in the world especially India. This can be done if you regularly read newspapers, magazine and keep yourself updated with the news of all the beat. Simultaneously, keep practicing using UPSC online test papers to get a hold on your speed.

Taking a coaching depends upon individual ability to prepare. You can buy IAS preparation books and prepare for the exam rigorously by yourself or if you need a proper guidance then you can go for coaching institutes. There are plenty of coaching institutes in India where you can get guided well. In both the cases, you need self motivation, passion, confidence and persistence. If you have all of these then no obstacle is too difficult to cross. If you are preparing on your own, you have the privilege to prepare your own convenience

Know the Basics about Bank Exams 2015

Amongst the most demanding jobs in India, Bank job tops the list. Each year, around 20 lakhs aspirants appear for bank recruitment exams conducted by IBPS, State Bank Of India (SBI), Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and other private banks that are taken together. These banking exams can aspirants who are able to crack the exams, lucrative jobs in RBI, SBI (and associated SBI banks), 21 nationalized banks, 20+ private banks of India, some selective foreign banks and a large number of small to medium co-operative banks as well as the gramin banks at the clerical, PO (Probationary Officer) and SO (Specialist Officer) levels. It is announced that vacancies in banks are set to reach 7.5 lakh in the upcoming 5 years, since only banking jobs are appearing lucrative in times of an economic drops.

Once the aspirant is able to crack the exam, he/she then goes through rounds of group discussion and personal interviews for a more filtered selection process.

Bank exams are typically conducted no different than aptitude tests in order to examine the basic aptitude and intelligence level of the aspirant. The tests examine your IQ level, basic concepts learnt in school and your general awareness levels. Though they are different from the tests you may have taken in school. Following points will tell you how are they different-

-The questions have a problem followed by multiple-choices that makes them as objective type of questions. You need to go through the problem thoroughly and mark the correct answer.

-Unlike schools, the steps involved in solving the questions do not give you marks. You grab the mark only for the right answer, and that is it! In case you are confused between two choices, do not mark both of them as they will not at all fetch marks to you.

-Every wrong answer makes you pay penalty as a negative marking. Unlike school or college where you used to get a “zero” for a wrong attempt, in these exams you will get negative marks to wrong answers.  So, if you do not be careful, you can end up with a scoring less than zero as well.

Out of all five sections, each may carry different cut off.  You need to achieve some minimum marks in each section to qualify for the next level of the bank recruitment process.

For Bank exams, there is no fixed syllabus. Still you can prepare through various kinds of Bank PO Books and try to grab the job.   

JEE Mains 2015- Last Few Days Preparation

After the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) exams ends, the aspiring engineers from across the country will start gearing up and sweating out for their biggest test i.e the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE). Scheduled to be held on 4th April 2015 (offline), JEE is expected to be taken by about more than 18 lakh students in over 1500 centers across India and abroad.

The JEE is a three-hour test comprising of three sections namely physics, chemistry and mathematics. The syllabus of the exam has been taken from that of CBSE class 11^th and 12^th. Each subject comprises of 30 questions that are of objective type in nature (multiple choice with single correct answer). These questions carry 4 marks each. Students should be very careful as there is one-fourth negative marking for every wrong answer.

To solve the problems, try the obvious conventional methods first, say experts. If they don’t work out, try to understand the problem again and find tricks and clues that can help you solve the problem. Most of the JEE Mains books provide tricks and techniques of solving a question in multiple ways. Go through all the concepts related to the problem once again and see how they can be applied to the problem spontaneously. At times, you can even try to relate the problem to real-life situations as it will help you to analyse the question better. Refer to the solution, only when you have exhausted your number of limits. Practice similar problems many times, you will get a gist of solving such questions. Remember one thing doing 100 quality and concepts-based questions is more important and helpful than doing 1000 non-concept questions, therefore, select the questions carefully and then start preparing. Consult to past papers to know what kind of questions you can expect. Create your own shortcuts and ways to tackle particular kind of question.

Generally, paper 2 tests a student for visualizing three dimensional objects from two dimensional drawings, visualizing different sides of a three dimensional object and also analytical reasoning and mental ability.

Nothing can give you a better understanding than solving previous year papers is the most important and required thing to do if you want to succeed in JEE Main 2015 exam. JEE Main 2015 books and sample papers will provide you an insight into the type of questions, marking scheme and time management. Solving these sample papers will give you an idea about how the questions will appear in actual exam