IBPS Clerk Prelims 2018 Study Plan: 12 Weeks

IBPS recently announced a great number of vacancies for the post of Clerks which come as a great opportunity for the candidates who are getting themselves ready to enter banking industry. The Preliminary Examinations are scheduled to be held in the month of December, the dates being, 9th, 9th, 15th and 16th October. So, you are still left with 9 weeks to give that final touch to your preparations for IBPS PO Preliminary Examination 2018. And in the last 12 weeks, if you travail all day & night following a strict study plan, nobody can stop you from getting through this year's IBPS Clerk Examination.

Quantitative Aptitude

All that you need to do to score well in the quantitative aptitude section is practice. Master yourself at the basic concepts and follow them well, as for banking exams basic concepts will come in handy rather than tricks. Choose the questions wisely and try not to get stuck on a particular question or topic for too long. Try focussing on attempting the maximum number of questions keeping in mind the accuracy with which you attempt the paper.

Reasoning

Reasoning can be a difficult section for most of the aspirants and it is important to solve the questions and at the same time, keep a watch on the time that is passing by. We've seen in the recent Banking Exams that this section was quite challenging and time taking for students. Continuous practice will help you deal with this section too as the solution hits the mind quickly. To ace the grades in this section, all you need to do is to practice and only practice. After all, practice makes a man perfect.

English Language

If you are good at vocab and reading then try to make your grip stronger on the reading comprehension and Cloze Test and then do the other miscellaneous topics like Error Detection, Para Jumbles, Phrase Replacement, Double Fillers, etc. But if you are good at grammar, do the miscellaneous topics first and Reading Comprehension in the end. The important topics for cloze test are subject-verb agreement, preposition, and verbs. These topics may help you some other questions too that will be based on grammar. So make sure that you have these topics on your fingertips when you are to attempt the examination.

Following is the plan for IBPS Clerk Prelims 2018 Examination and it is to be followed from 14th of August onwards:

12 Weeks Study Plan For IBPS Clerk 2018

WEEK	REASONING	QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE	ENGLISH
WEEK 1 19th-23rd Sept	Linear Puzzle, Inequality, Syllogism, Alphabets Based	DI, Quadratic Equations, Simplifications, Percentage, Ratio & Proportion, SI&CI	Reading Comprehension, Cloze Test, Error Detection, Vocabulary
WEEK 2 24th-30th Sept	Floor-based Puzzle, Alpha-numeric Series, Coding-Decoding, Number Based	DI, Number Series, Approximation, Profit & Loss, Mixture & Allegation, Problems on age, Partnership	Reading Comprehension, Fillers, Error Detection
WEEK 3 1st-7th Oct	Miscellaneous questions, Circular Puzzle, Direction, Alphabets Based	DI, Quadratic Equations, Simplifications, Time and Distance, Time and Work	Reading Comprehension, Error Detection, Sentence Completion
WEEK 4 8th-14th Oct	Day-based Puzzle, Data Sufficiency, Syllogism, Number Based, Alphabet Series	DI, Number Series, Approximation, Pipe and Cisterns, Boat and Streams, Trains	Reading Comprehension, Error Detection, Spelling Errors, Idioms and Phrases
WEEK 5 15th-21st Oct	Mix Puzzle, Machine Input-Output, Alphabet Series	DI, Quadratic Equations, Simplifications, Permutation & Combination, Probability, Mensuration	Reading Comprehension, Error Detection, Parajumbles
WEEK 6 22nd-28th Oct	Puzzle and Seating Arrangement, Machine Input-Output, Syllogism	DI, Number Series, Approximation, Profit & Loss, Mixture & Allegation, Problems on age, Partnership	Reading Comprehension, Error Detection, Cloze Test
WEEK 7 29th Oct-4th Nov	Coding-Decoding, Alpha-numeric-symbol Series, Circular Puzzle, Number Based	DI, Quadratic Equations, Simplifications, Time and Distance, Time and Work	Reading Comprehension, Error Detection, Fillers, Parajumbles
WEEK 8 5th-11th Nov	Blood Relation, Ranking and Order, Alpha-numeric Series, Inequality	DI, Number Series, Approximation, Pipe and Cisterns, Boat and Streams, Trains	Reading Comprehension, Error Detection, Vocabulary, Idioms and Phrases
WEEK 9 12th-18th Nov	Square Puzzle, Syllogism, Numeric Series, Alphabets Based	DI, Quadratic Equations, Simplifications, Permutation & Combination, Probability, Mensuration	Reading Comprehension, Error Detection, Parajumbles
WEEK 10 19th-25th Nov	Short Puzzle, Linear Puzzle, Blood Relation, Data Sufficiency, Number Based, Alphabet Series	DI, Number Series, Simplification, Profit & Loss, Time and Work, Permutation & Combinations, Probability	Reading Comprehension, Error Detection, Spelling Errors
WEEK 11 26th Nov-2nd Dec	Practice Set	Practice Set	Practice Set
WEEK 12 3rd-7th Dec	Practice Set	Practice Set	Practice Set