IBPS PO 2021-Last Minute Preparation Tips

The IBPS PO Prelims exam is falling on 4^th Dec 2021. With only 3 days left for the Exam, we have brought for you some proven last-minute revision tips recommended by subject experts and used by toppers to beat the exam. You must leave no stone unturned in revising the syllabus and making a perfect strategy to deal with the exam. As the IBPS PO exam is going to test your knowledge and time-management skills, it is important to have a calculated section-wise strategy to clear the exam.

So, to ensure you enter the exam room fully prepared and equipped with the best strategy needed to answer all the questions in a time-bound manner, we are sharing with you some last-minute tips that will ensure solid performance in the actual exam.

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But before heading towards those last-minute revision tips, let’s revisit the IBPS PO Prelims 2021 exam pattern and important topics for Quick Revision:

IBPS PO Prelims 2021-Latest Exam Pattern

The prelims exam of IBPS PO consists of a total of 100 questions with a time duration of 60 minutes.

• Question type remains Multiple Choice questions.
• There is a negative marking of 0.25 marks in the exam for each wrong answer.

This round of IBPS PO exams is only qualifying in nature.

Note: As per the official IBPS website, Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing minimum cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS. An adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination.

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Important Topics for IBPS PO Prelims 2021

Here are the section-wise important topics:

1.    Important Topics-English Language

The English section of the Prelims exam will invite 30 questions and carry a total of 30 marks. You need to focus on the following topics as per the previous year’s pattern.

Reading Comprehension: You can expect 8-10 questions in the IBPS PO prelims. The passage might be economy-based. Read Business Standard or The Economist to deal with such passages.

Cloze Test: Be ready to face 4-5 Questions cloze Test. Cover different types of questions and questions based on the new pattern.

Spotting Errors/Sentence Correction/Sentence Improvement: Expect 6-10 questions on this topic. You should also be ready to face questions from Sentence Improvement instead of spotting errors. You need to revisit grammar rules and understand them properly to successfully deal with this section.

Para Jumbles/Sentence Rearrangement: You may have to face 4-5 questions from this part of the syllabus. Practice questions based on the new pattern and practice as many questions as you can.

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2.    Important Topics-Reasoning Ability

Reasoning Ability Section invites 35 questions in the IBPS PO prelims carrying 35 marks. Focus more on the topics given below:

Puzzles and Seating Arrangement: You can expect 2-3 sets of puzzles and seating arrangements or 10-15 questions. Practice questions like:

• Moderate circular arrangement
• 1 floor-based puzzle
• 1 linear arrangement (people sitting in a single row, some facing south and some facing north)

Apart from floor puzzles, try to cover tabulation and box-based puzzles as well.

Syllogism: You can expect 4-5 questions from this part. Practice different types of questions and new pattern-based syllogism problems as well.

Input-Output: You can expect complex questions of Input-output. Don’t forget that in the new pattern of questions, there is some coding-decoding also involved in Input-output questions now.

Blood Relations, Direction, and Ranking-based questions: Expect 5-10 questions from Blood Relations and Direction. These topics are very easy to cover and score.

Data Sufficiency: You can expect 5 questions from the data sufficiency part. Data sufficiency is the amalgamation or combination of all the reasoning topics. It is essential to know all the concepts of each topic properly to answer Data Sufficiency questions. This includes questions from blood relation, direction, ranking, coding-decoding, etc.

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3.    Important Topics of Quantitative Aptitude

The Quantitative Aptitude section invites 35 questions in IBPS PO Prelims, carrying 35 marks out of the total of 100 Marks. You should practice the following topics to fetch maximum marks in this part of the exam:

Number Series: You can expect 4-5 questions from Number Series. Therefore, you need to practice different patterns of missing number series and wrong number series. Focus on arithmetic-based, squares/cubes-based series, the combination of arithmetic operations based, double level operations-based number series.

Data Interpretation: You can expect at least 2 sets, about 10 questions from Data Interpretation. Practice tabular DI since it is important and has been appearing in the exam for the past few years. Follow it with the line, bar, or pie chart. Also practice questions on Caselet, Missing and Mixed DI.

Simplification/ Approximation: You can expect 4-5 questions from these topics. Try to solve these questions with the BODMAS approach and practice questions from this topic regularly.

Quadratic Equations: You can expect 5 questions from Quadratic Equations. Practice factorization method.

Miscellaneous: You can expect 8-10 questions from the Miscellaneous category. You need to practice Age-based problems, questions on Simple and Compound Interest, Profit, Loss and Discount, Partnerships, Time, work and wages, Mixture and allegation, boats and streams, and probability. Expect more than 1 question from topics like time and work, partnerships, profit and loss. Practice these topics as much as you can.

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IBPS PO 2021-Last Minute Preparation Tips

Here are the section-wise tips you can follow to maximize your marks in the upcoming IBPS PO Prelims 2021 exam:

1.    Reasoning ability

Don’t go for new topics: The reasoning section will comprise 35 questions. Don’t try to exhaust yourself with new topics. Revise all important topics and the ones you have already prepared.

Attempt the difficult puzzles in the end: The trick to attempt the maximum number of questions in the reasoning section in minimum time is to attempt the difficult puzzles in the end.

Practice more and more puzzles: Practice more and more puzzles because the weightage of puzzles is more. Almost every time a puzzle and sitting arrangement comes with 4-5 questions and there are four sets. About 50-60 percent of the paper comprises questions on puzzle and sitting arrangement.

Revise Important Reasoning topics: Puzzle, sitting arrangement, coding-decoding, Inequality, syllogism, and alphanumeric symbol series.

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3.    English language

Revise basic concepts: The IBPS PO English language section tests a candidate’s understanding of and English language. It is easy to score maximum marks in the English language section if your basic concepts are clear.

Avoid wild guesses: Avoid making many guesses in this section as well as guesses will lead you to uncertainty

Regular practice, constant reading from various sources, and progress reports will help you understand your scale of improvement

For IBPS PO preliminary examination, there will be 30 questions in total from the following topics.

Revise Important English topics: Reading comprehension, error detection, cloze test, idioms and phrases, para jumble and sentence completion are the most important topics.

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4.    Quantitative aptitude

Learn shortcut methods: The QA section of the IBPS PO preliminary exam will test you with 35 questions. Learn or revise shortcut methods like memorizing squares, cubes, and common fractions to decimals to save time and become more productive at the time of the actual IBPS PO Exam.

Revise important QA topics: Data interpretation, number series, time and work, probability, percentage, and quadratic equation.

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