Phase I

S. Section Book/Reads
No.
1 General Awareness (in 2011) Economics Theory
NCERT economics
Economy 56 NIOS
Yearbook 13 Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh (TMH Publication)
Diplomacy 7 Economics Current affairs
Geography 3 CST or Pratiyogita Darpan
Science 1 Priority areas in a magazine in descending order of
their importance.
1. Economy
2. International
3. National
4. Science tech
5. Persons in News
Newspaper

Newspaper reading TIPS

Press conference of government (various policies, administrative reforms etc.)
Various bills, minutes of Cabinet meetings.
The advertisements given by ruling party, about their achievements
Election related items: initiatives taken by the election commission? Any problems or controversies
Press conferences of political parties and civil society (not important)
No need to do Ph.D on every scam. All you have to do is brief highlight of what was the scam, how
was it committed, what is the presence status in investigation or court and how to prevent it in future
National News
National News
Maoists kidnap a collector = name of the collector is not important. But now experts and politicians
say we need a comprehensive hostage-crisis guideline after this incidence= important.
Railway accidents, how many killed =not important. Reason for the rail accident and suggestions to
prevent future accidents = important.
How many killed in floods, landslides or tsunamis on which date= not important. But the reason
behind those geographical phenomenons = important.
ISRO sends an artificial satellite = important. How much does it weigh? = not important.
When and How many men did leopards kill in Maharashtra = not important. Why is leopard killing
men in Maharashtra= important. What is Government doing to stop the leopard? = important.
International News
Bilateral visits of prime ministers and presidents. What treaties or trade pacts did they sign?
What is going on in UN, IMF, World Bank?
Elections in the big nations: USA, Russia, China, France, UK.
Political or military coup (usually in South America and Africa.)
Any major event: the democratic uprising in Middle East, Israel palestine, US vs China / Russia missile
defence, NATO-Afghanistan and so on.
Meetings of organisations such as ASEAN, G20 etc , and particularly what India did in such
conferences and meetings.
Climate change, environment related news.
Science and Tech related items for example CERN, Chinas space program, missle tests by N.Korea,
Irans nuke program and so on.
Economy
Press conference or press note by Government, SEBI, RBI, Planning Commission etc.
ASSOCHAM, NASSCOM etc. (they usually complaint or suggest about Government policies that affect
 the business houses.)
Columns and Editorials related to Economy.
IIP, GDP, WPI, CPI etc. Not the numbers but the reasons behind that number and the future because
of that number.
International: ASEAN, World Bank, EU etc.
Those preparing for Bank exams, should also note down the names of Chaimen of various companies
and banks.
FrontPage
There is a narrow column on the left hand side of the front page, most of the time, the yearbook
related information, and government schemes etc. appear here.
The main news item on the frontpage: it is usually not-very-important. Reason most of the time it is
the political news. (Only related to your states)
What to prepare from Columns/ Editorials?
Usually columns are made up of 7-8 paragraphs. But not every sentence and line is important; there
are just 3-4 gemstones in it, which you can use in your mains / essay / interview answers.
Some people use highlighters to mark important lines and then file those newspaper cuttings. So do
whichever method suits you (noting down or filing the cuttings).
Quants Reasoning
1. Data Interpretation (percentage, ratio, fractions, 1. Statement and conclusion (syllogism style, which
venn digram data) (15 marks) conclusion is true) (5 marks)
2. Permutation, Combination, Probability 2. Statement and conclusion (based on inequalities,
3. STD, RTW, Pipes, Trains, Boats, Race mathematical equations)
4. Profit, Loss, Discount 3. Statement and conclusion (what conclusion can you
5. Averages derive from the given statement)
6. Mixtures, Alligations 4. Sitting arrangement (circular, row, building floor)
7. SI, CI (10 marks)
8. AP, GP, HP 5. Input-Output machine (5 marks)
9. VBODMAS 6. Statement and inference (which statement can you
10. Linear equations, Quadratic equations (5 infer from the given statement)
marks) 7. Statement and assumptions (which assumption is
11. Geometry area, volume, surface area implicit in the statement)
12. Series completion (5 marks) 8. Blood relations (5 marks)
13. Number system 9. Data sufficiency (can you answer the question with
14. Venn Diagrams Logical given two statements) (5 marks) TIME
10. Statement and course of action (what will be your
course of action for the given problem statement)
English 11. Name-Place-Colour-Thing mapping (10 marks)
1. Find which part of sentence has grammatical error 12. Direction test (N, E, W, S, NE, SW, NW, SE)
(5 marks) 13. Coding-Decoding, find the coded words and
2. Reading Comprehension (10 marks) numbers (5 marks)
3. Fill in the blank with the correct pair of words (5 14. Series completion (picture, number) (5 marks)
marks) 15. Pick the odd one out
4. Replace an grammatically incorrect phrase with General Awareness
the correct phrase (5 marks) Open http://www.bankersadda.com/ and
5. Fill the appropriate words in the passage (5 http://www.affairscloud.com/
marks) Download the monthly GK capsules, GK quizzes etc for
6. Rearrange the sentences in correct order 6-8 months before exam date.
jumbled paragraph (5 marks)
7. Choose the pair of synonyms or antonyms from
the 4 given words (5 marks)