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Welcome to Bank PO Exam Preparation Section.  Here you will find How to Prepare for Bank PO Exam 2012, Bank PO Exam Preparation Tips & Bank PO Exam Books and Bank PO Exam 2012 Preparation Online Sample Papers.

Bank PO Preparation:-

There are four sections in Bank PO Exam Reasoning Section, Quantitative Aptitude, Test of English, General Awarenenss.

Welcome to Bank PO Preparation Tips Section. Here you will find Useful Tips & Tricks to crack Bank PO Exam.   

Bank PO Preparation Tips - I:-

• If you are preparing for PO exam, the first thing you need to know is the pattern of the exam. A written test for a PO exam consists of 2 parts, objective part and a descriptive part . The objective part consists of four sections namely, English language test, quantitative ability, Reasoning and General Awareness/ Marketing aptitude.
• The exact pattern for a specific bank can be found in the ‘acquaint yourself booklet’ which you get when you apply to an exam.
• But for now I’ll discuss on how to attempt a standard bank PO exam which has 225 questions in total with 135 minutes time i.e., 2 hrs and 15 minutes.
• 225 questions in 135 minutes comes out to be 36 seconds per question. It may seem daunting but it’s not the end of the world since we aren’t attempting every question. If you can attempt 175-185 questions (> 190 is excellent) with 90 percent accuracy, you’ve done a good job.
• So as soon as you are told to start answering, I would recommend starting with the General awareness/ Marketing aptitude section and there won’t be much to think or solve in it. Just see the question and mark the answer. Attempt as many questions as you can in this section (only if you’re sure of the answer) but you should be able to complete the section in 25 minutes (20 minutes would be excellent).
• The next section to go for would be English and I generally the first 9-10 questions in it will be that of comprehensive passage. So I would recommend leaving that part of the questions as the rest of the section is pretty Basic English which is very easy. Again you should be able to complete this section in 20-25 minutes.
• So we’ve done with 2 sections in 40-50 minutes and left with another 135 questions which should be done in 85-95 minutes.
• Depending upon your strength, go for either Reasoning or Quant but remember to solve the easiest questions first (this will be the deciding factor). Any thing that requires serious calculation in Quant or serious thinking in Reasoning should be left behind at first and come back to it if time permits at the end. For example questions on circular arrangement in Reasoning and compound interest calculations in Quant could be avoided.
• From the feedback given by many test takers, what I found is that the DI part in Quant will be an important part in the test which is also very easiest part. Most of the question in it could be solved without even using your pen. So work hard on DI.
• Coming to the time for these 2 sections, 50 questions in Quant (or all that you could solve) should be completed in 40 minutes which leaves out 45-55 minutes to solve 75 questions in Reasoning. Don’t neglect the non-verbal part in Reasoning as there would be atleast 15 questions from it.
• All said and done, you should have atleast 5 minutes at the last which you could either use to solve the Reading comprehension in English or the arrangement questions in Reasoning.

Bank PO Preparation Tips - II:-

   1. As you have to give 200-250 word answers do fast calculations, use all short cuts available in the world to solve your math related problems
   2. Aptitude & resoning can be confusing, so allocate more time to solve them
   3. Beleive me your 10th maths bok will help you in dealing with Quantitative aptitude!!!
   4. Reasoning Questions cant be learnt over night. Only practice can help you and if you are creative in nature it will help you a lot( i took just 3 days to master it)
   5. Read basic English grammar books as you will definitely have synonyms & antonyms. Grammar Questions and sentence Formation.
   6. Read The Hindu or any national English paper( dont start with the middle page, you will definitely get a nice sleep, instead start with interesting Regional news and procede to National and financial news).
   7. Finally dont guess and answer in your exam. Remember there are negative marks waiting to drag you down the pit.
   8. Increase your speed by working on Question papers to increase the Speed and concentration level.

Welcome to Bank PO Preparation Books Section. Here you will find Bank PO Exam 2012, Top, Best Reference, Recommended Books for Bank POExam.   

Reference, Recommended Books for Bank PO:-

• Reasoning by R.S.Agarwal - Verbal and Non- Verbal
• Logical Reasoning as well as Data Interpretation by Arun Sharma
• Reasoning - Arihant publication
• English by:- Wrien and Martin, R.P.Sharma, Essential of Grammars-Oxford Publications
• N.C.E.R.T. Book - Std. xi & Std. xii
• Upkars Banks Probationary Officer Book by Khanna
• Upkars Ever Latest Today’s General Knowledge books by Verma and Khanna
• BANK P. O. & Specialist Officers Exam by G. K. Publishers (p) Ltd    
• Previous Papers BANK P. O. Recruitment Exam - G. K. Publishers (p) Ltd    
• Upkars State Bank Probationary Officers Examination  by T. S. Jain    
• Sura’s Bank Probationary Officer’s Examination (free Previous Years’ Question Papers With Answer) by Sura