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Important Tips to Crack SBI PO Prelims 2017:

Dear Readers, SBI PO Prelims examination was scheduled from 29^th April 2017, we hope that all your preparation was going good, here we have give some useful tips to crack SBI PO Prelims 2017. These will a clear cut idea to face the exam wisely.

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Phase I: Preliminary Examination (100 Marks):

English Language

The syllabus for English Section:

1) Reading Comprehension

2) Cloze Test

3) Fill in the Blanks

4) Jumbled Sentence

5) Error Spotting

Pre exam preparation for Comprehension:

· Read English Newspaper daily, especially Editorial, National, Business and Banking columns.

· You can figure out banking, financial terminologies and the scenario of banking operations.

· Make notes of important words.

· Read passage as fast as possible it will enhance you fast reading flawlessly.

Attempting comprehension:

· Read questions first and then passage.

· If passage seems to be too big read first 2 paragraph and last paragraph. You know the theme and tone of the passage.

· If the Synonyms and antonyms is given separately means the meaning is for that word only. If it is given along with comprehension questions means the word gives its sense along with the passage.

· Comprehension will give minimal negative marks because only if you know answer you could attempt questions.

Cloze Test:

· Read the whole passage completely then you know the theme of the passage.

· See the options in which all the words meaning are known to you then check does it suits in blank.

· You have to consider the word which should concord subject verb agreement.

· More Practising will help you to choose the words quickly.

Fill in the blanks:

· Consider the words list in the options and select the suitable one which makes the sentence meaningful.

· Even if you find out one word then you can easily sort out another one. Depends on the theme of the sentence you should took the word even though, the options might have same meaning. This only relies on the practice.

Jumbled Sentence:

· In Jumble Sentence, you have to connect each sentence sequentially.

· Co-relating each sentence and understand each sentence’s view point. Make it a story by arranging all sentences. Choose the option accordingly.

Error Spotting:

· Read the sentence carefully and try to translate in your mother tongue. If you understand the sentence without struck then there is no error in that sentence.

· Check whether any misspelt word which gives different meaning or not. If it gives different sense then there might be error in that part.

· Then check grammatical errors like subject verb agreement, Tense, preposition, etc...

· Then find, is there any inversion in sentence.

· Practice well and read sentence twice or thrice to interpret its meaning.

Daily Works for Improve marks in English Section:

· Read Editorial, Banking & Business column in Newspapers.

· Prepare repeated words from previous year question papers.

· Select tough words from newspaper and use in sentences will help you in all above sections.

Numerical Ability

The quantitative aptitude section is incorporated in almost every exam. It basically evaluates a candidate’s numerical ability and problem solving skills. As the quantitative aptitude section comprises of equal weightage of marks, you must start off your preparation with it.

In the following segment we are going to plan the overall strategy about how to prepare for SBI Quantitative Aptitude section.

Analyse the Exam Syllabus and the Time left for Preparation

The first and foremost step to follow is to make a list of the topics that are a part of the syllabus and allot specific time periods for the preparation of each. Try to finish of the preparation in the set time limit. Mark the topics that you full knowledge of. In this way, no topics will be left out and you will have sufficient time to pay individual attention to each topic.

The syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude consists of the following topics:

1) Data Interpretation (Bar Graph, Pie Chart, Table Graph, Cumulative Bar Graph, Radar Graph, Caselet, Missing DI)

2) Number Series

3) Simplification and Approximation

4) Quadratic Equation/Inequality

5) Miscellaneous Topics:

· Average

· Problems on Ages

· Percentage

· Ratio and Proportion

· Profit and Loss

· Partnership

· Problems on Trains

· Time & Work and Work & Wages

· Pipes and Cisterns

· Boats and Streams

· Allegation or Mixtures

· Simple Interest

· Compound Interest

· Probability, Permutation and Combination

· Mensuration

· Data Sufficiency

Note: We have provided a separate E-book on Application Problems you can also make use of it, download link was given below.

Data Interpretation:

This is the most scoring topic in Quants Section of SBI PO. However you are practicing, you can able to score good marks and leads to the front of any other Aspirants. Understanding the questions and the Calculation time you are spending on the questions is matters a lot in this exam. You are required to answer each question in faster and also in more accuracy.

Note: You can also get our Ultimate Hard Data Interpretation E-book especially for SBI PO, download link was given below.

Memorize Shortcut Techniques, Formulae and Tables

Lot of formulas and lengthy calculations are present in solving aptitude questions. So, to increase your speed and save time, practice a lot of shortcut techniques and use them while solving questions.

Try to memorize formulae, tables, common conversions, squares and cubes to escalate your promptness to solve. This is the best technique to help you prepare for SBI PO Prelims Quantitative Aptitude section.

Note: We have given the important Aptitude Shortcuts and Mind Tricks in the link given below, make use of it.

Reasoning Ability

The syllabus for Reasoning Ability consists of the following topics:

1). Puzzle (4 sets- Floor/ Data arrangement/ Ranking)

2). Seating Arrangement (Circular/ Linear/ Square)

3). Syllogism (New Pattern)

4). Coding-Decoding (New Pattern)

Miscellaneous

· Blood Relation

· Ranking & Direction

· Equality – Inequality

· Alpha Numeric Symbols

Puzzle & Seating Arrangement:

This is the most scoring topic in Reasoning Section of SBI PO. However you are practicing you can able to score good marks and leads to the front of any other Aspirants. Understanding the terms in the passage and Co-relating with each components of the passage is matters a lot in this exam. The way you are approaching the questions and how quickly you can able to derive the answer is most important. You are required to answer each question in faster and also in more accuracy.

Note: We have provided a special E-book on Puzzles (including Sitting Arrangements) you can also make use of it, download link was given below.

Concepts which should be viewed in a day:

There are Some Concepts in Reasoning Section to be seen at a glance in a day.


Ordering Numbers of Alphabets (in Ascending A-1, B-2....Z-26 and in Descending Z-26, Y-25, X-24...A-1)	The pattern could be easily identified in coding-decoding and Alphabet Series Topics
Blood relation Concepts (Relationship Names)	Getting an Idea of how the relations to be connected and it will increase the Solving speed during exam
Syllogism applying tricks and Drawing Venn-diagram	To fasten the Approaching of Syllogism
Numbers placed in a row or column(like from1 to 30) and in between the adding or subtracting the Numbers	We can get to know how many people are seated or ranked in between that Numbers. (Useful for Ranking Concepts- Mainly to improve speed).
Try to Read the passage of Puzzle and Seating Arrangement	We can get an idea of what are the Components are there and what we ought to find out

So, to increase your speed and save time, practice a lot of shortcut techniques and use them while solving questions.

This is the best technique to help you prepare for SBI Reasoning Section.

Think from Different Angle:

As that of the questions in the Reasoning Section getting tougher than previous one. So we have to think and analyse what are the possible ways the questions might be asked from each topic. And then Practising every questions within time limit will give you more benefit and confident to face furthermore topics in Exam.

Practice and Solve Mock Tests/Previous Year’s Papers

For scoring well in this subject, one needs to practice as many tests as possible to solve problems accurately in less time. Also, speed matters a lot in this subject, so practice a lot to improve speed. Attempt the mock tests similar to the final exam. This will give you a fair objective assessment of your preparation. Analyse the weak areas and concentrate more on those while preparing and try to avoid the same mistakes in next Mock Tests.

Note: We have provided the links of Previous Year Papers and Practice Mock Test Series Below, Kindly Make use of it.