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You're looking at our new document page format. Have any thoughts? Leave us your feedback. Topics to cover in banking awareness :1. Qu estions abo u t RBI, its governor, recent rate hikes will be asked. Visit rbi.org.in & look for thec u rrent rates (see table for latest)2. Latest technologies u sed in banking (Internet, Mobile & SMS banking)3. Names of banks chairman/MD, RBI governor & important financial organizations4. Terms u sed in banking field (like NEFT, RTGS, Repo rate, NPA etc.,)5. Money instr u ments (cheq u e, DD, ATM, debit, credit cards etc) & how, when to u se them.6. Five year plans, recent developments in banking sector, mergers, Indian economy, policydecisions (newspapers & GK books will cover this)7. Of the 50 q u estions, atleast 20 wo u ld be related to banks. G eneral awareness : This is a vast s u bject b u t we have listed some m u st-read topics based on previo u spapers.1. Names of pop u lar people, govt. departments, b u ilding, rivers, projects2. Abo

u t the f u nctioning of government (who reports to whom, job role etc.)3. Pop u lation of India (poverty line, planning commission, cens u s etc.,)4. Recent news of importance (Lokpal, RTI, Telecom policy, CAG, CWG etc.,)Prepare notes: Yo u may have a good GK book & newspapers b u u ring the final preparatory stage. Here are some tips that wo u ld help yo u

Make s u u nderstandable as yo u wo u

Glance thro u gh them every day to avoid forgetting. Num erical ability is all abo u t calc u lation of n u mbers. Unlike q u antitative aptit u de, this paper wo u ldreq u ire simple mind calc u lations only. Given the job profile of a bank employee, test of n u merical abilitymainly aims to find o u t how fast yo u arrive at the correct answer.The clerk exam pattern depicts this section to have 50 q u estions each carrying 1 mark.(50 x 1 = 50marks) & each wrong answer shall red u ce 0.25 marks. Topics to cover: Based on q u

estions repeatedly asked in previo u s banking exams, we have provided apredictive list of important chapters for preparing.1. N u merical problems (missing no., series completion etc)2. Percentages (like profit & loss %, marks, shares etc.,)3. Market price, Cash price & Expendit u re problems.4. Time & Work, Speed & Distance problems5. Fraction, Ratios, Average & Vol u me6. Factoring (LCM, HCF.)7. Mens u ration form u las (asking yo u to calc u late length, breadth or height of sq u are, rectanglec u be etc)8. Simple interest & Compo u nd interest (find missing variable or direct q u

Read & u nderstand the q u

Know abo u t BODMAS (Brackets, Order, Divide, M u ltiply, Add, S u btract) & worko u tproblems implementing the r u

Use common sense to solve q u

Calc u lators are not permitted inside the exam hall. Hence learn shortc u t methods orform u

las to solve a q u estion q u

Time management is essential while attending mathematical problems. So tryo u t somemock tests with the same n u mber of q u

Practice as many model papers & previo u s year q u estion papers with a clock - beca u setime management is essential for mathematical problems. T est of English Lang u age: As the name s u ggests, this section is to check yo u r knowledge abo u t english lang u age. Altho u ghq u estions are of basic level, the options will conf u se the candidate as 3 o u t of 4 wo u ld look similar.Practice & proper time allocation will enable yo u to complete the section easily.As stated earlier in the clerk exam pattern, this part comprises of 50 q u estions totaling 50 marks & willbe considered for final score.Topics to cover: The below list is not definitive, b u t covering these chapters will help yo u in attending atleast 80% of q u estions.

Comprehension q u estion (answer based on the given passage) y Qu estions wo u ld not be direct & hence have to u

Usage of words

Meanings & Opposites y A phrase may be given asking yo u

Tenses (past, present, f u t u re & their variations) y

Sentence formation y complete the sentence

Ordering (random sentences to be arranged in a seq u

Preposition (above, down, u nder, between, till etc.,) & Conj u nctions (and, b u t, or, yet,altho u

Choosing the right adjective, no u n or verb in completing a sentenceTest of C o mpu ter knowledge :The main intent of this test is to check the awareness of comp u ters & its operations among applicants.Comp u ter terminals have replaced large ch u nks of physical doc u ments in banks. So it becomesnecessary for a candidate to have good knowledge of operating a system in adding, retrieving orsearching details of c u stomers.The important chapters to concentrate while preparing for comp u ter test & the topics to cover u nderthem are given below along with few sample q u

Comp u ter hardware (f

u nction & u ses of vario u s devices) y What is the most widely u sed inp u t device? y What is the f u nction of CPU? y

Windows OS (origin of windows, versions, salient feat u res etc.,) y In Windows XP, what does XP stand for? y

Shortc u t keys & its actions y CTRL+O initiates what action y

MS Word, Powerpoint & Access (know abo u t the basic tools, operations & working on anew doc u ment) y What is the meaning of macros y What is find & replace? y

MS Excel (cells, col u mns, sorting, filtering, merging, f u nctions, form u las) y What program saves a file with .xls extension y

What is the p u rpose of u

Internet & Networks (LAN, WAN, Wi-Fi, File sharing, servers, ro u ter) y What is the command to check connectivity between 2 systems? y What is a modem y

Vir u s y Qu estions abo u t comp u ter vir u s, Trojan, Blackhorse, Keyloggers, Firewalls, Anti-vir u s & preca u tions to prevent vir u

Latest news from comp u ter field y What is the name of the recent s u percomp u ter y Apple comp u ters r u

Technologies & terms u sed in banking (ATM, Internet banking etc.,) y How ATMs comm u nicate with each other y What is the meaning of phishing y

What is e-governance Logical reasoning tests yo u r thinking capabilities. In this paper, options for each q u estion will looksimilar b u t the correct answer m u st be chosen by j u dging the right strategy & taking into acco u ntvario u s factors described in the q u estion.As mentioned in the clerk exam pattern, the reasoning section has, Qu estions: 50 | Total marks: 50 | Negative mark: 0.25 for wrong answerTopics: Along with a list of probable chapters, explanations or few sample q u estions are provided to giveyo u a better u

Arrangement of words (sample: If MOUSE has a code word of PRU Q

Representation thro u gh Venn-diagrams (yo u will have to choose the next pattern N u mber & symbols ordering (choose the next among a specific set of words or n u

Comprehension q u estions (max of 3)

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