How to Prepare For General Awareness For Bank Exams?- Check Best Ways

If you’re preparing for any banking exams, then you should always prepare for the whole exam, not just for prelims, but for mains as well. To prepare for the Mains stage, one of the most important sections that you should focus on is general awareness. In this blog, we are going to discuss in detail the preparation of General Awareness. 

Why should you prepare for general awareness for bank exams? 

General awareness syllabus is quite similar in all banking exams, and questions don’t need to be solved, they just need to be answered and these questions are really scoring if prepared well. This is the first reason to prepare well for this section. Another important reason why you should give major importance to GA preparation is that it requires daily updation of current affairs; if you pile up this, it will be very hard for you to complete it after the prelims exam.

General Awareness Syllabus for Bank Exams (Topic-wise Table)

As already mentioned above, the general awareness syllabus is the same for almost every banking exam, and in the table given below, we have mentioned the syllabus thoroughly. There are minute changes in the syllabus when it comes to particular bank exams.

Best Sources to Prepare for General Awareness for Bank Exams

Nowadays, students have access to a lot of study material because of the internet, but what is the right material, and whether the material contains valuable information for the exam is a big question. The answer is most likely no. You have to find out the best resources and then prepare accordingly, but it is time-consuming. To save your time, we have come up with some of the best resource recommendations, and here they are:

Weekly & Monthly Current Affairs

At PracticeMock, we have compiled weekly and monthly current affairs that are targeted specifically toward banking exams and are updated on a weekly and monthly basis. The link is given below.

Banking & Financial Awareness

Usually, students find it difficult to prepare, but try to use the reverse method for preparation. In the reverse method, you just need to have the basics and then take a topic test from our website.  Analyze what questions have been asked, as a topic test is usually designed according to exam guidelines and previous years’ papers. Now, take the test, go through its questions, and prepare RBI reports, Monetary Policy, and Digital Payments topics in depth.

Static GK

For static GK again, students start reading Lucent without making any strategy and just mug up all the information. Instead, we suggest that we have covered all the necessary information required for the exam, and what you need to do is just read, memorize, and revise it rigorously. The link for static gk material is given below.

Topic-wise and full-length mock test 

At Practicemock, we provide topic-wise and full-length mock tests to help you level up for the exam and the competition. Our mock tests are designed according to the recent exam pattern and are made after thorough research and analysis of exam patterns and difficulty of questions. The link to the mock test is given below-

How to Prepare for General Awareness Effectively?

To prepare GA effectively, you need approximately 8 weeks, and in the table below, we are going to discuss what areas you should focus on and at what time. 

Daily Time Allocation 

At least devote 1.5 hours per day to general awareness, as this section requires rigorous memorization and revision along with an understanding of some technical banking terms. Here is a table that shows how much time you should devote to which topic. 

Final Week Plan (Before the Exam)

One must have a solid strategy for the general awareness section when only a week is left for the exam, as in almost all banking exams, mains are the deciding factor in the result, and general awareness can be the scoring area if you prepare strategically in the last seven days. 

Tips to Score High in the GA Section

Here are a few tips to score high in the general awareness section

• Revise current affairs at least 4-6 months before the notification of the exam comes.
• Attempt mock tests and quizzes daily.
• Make handwritten notes on government schemes, policies, and awards. Try to make it in the form of a flowchart, as it will help you to retain information for a much longer period.
• In this section, there is generally no sectional time limit. Because of this, maintaining accuracy is important.
• Remember to read and focus on the budget highlight, RBI news, and basic banking terms. 

Mistakes to Avoid while Preparing for General Awareness

There are some mistakes to avoid while preparing for general awareness, as this will save your time and energy and also increase your chances of selection.

Reading too many resources

Stick to one or two resources only, as you will get confused while reading the information from multiple resources. Also, memorization of such huge information is not necessary. 

Ignoring Budget and schemes

Keeping budgets and schemes for the last minute is the most dangerous disaster that a serious candidate can make. They are factual and require memorization along with some technical understanding, which is time-consuming, and if you do it in the last days, then you might leave some important information because now less time is available.

Cramming at the last moment 

Just do a revision of all the things that you have so far read and understand. Do not start a new topic just a few days before the examination.

Skipping static GK and banking awareness

Some students leave these topics as they require rigorous memorization, but we suggest using some memorization techniques, such as making acronyms out of full forms, and many other such techniques. 

Summary

In this blog, we have given a detailed strategy on how to prepare for general awareness and also shared some free and paid resources that are authentic and can add value to your preparation. You can check out our current affairs mock test series to help you get an idea of the exam pattern. 

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