Dear candidates, there are only 33 days left for IBPS PO Exam to knock at your doors! This year, more online applications have poured in. As the competition is going to be very tough, we have come with a 3-day Preparation plan to help you clear the IBPS PO Prelims exam in 30 days. This plan will greatly help those candidates who have already got a taste of the syllabus and now want to revise the entire syllabus before the arrival of the exam.
Before moving further, it should be noted that completing the entire syllabus from the beginning is somewhat an impossible task. But if you are a super-busy job-goer and can dedicatedly and smartly invest only 30-days in the IBPS PO preparation, you can achieve this goal.
If you too are aiming to clear this year’s IBPS PO exam, then you will have to keep in mind the:
- The Latest syllabus
- The Subject-wise study material
- A study plan to cover every topic of the syllabus
And to help you cover every topic of the exam in just 30 days, we have come up with a 30-day study plan that can equip you with the knowledge to secure a better ranking in the examination.
Before jumping over to the study plan you should take a look at the exam pattern of the IBPS PO Exam 2021. The selection process of IBPS PO includes a Preliminary Exam and a Mains Exam. The preliminary exam is an objective type online examination of 100 marks.


30-Day Preparation Plan for IBPS PO 2021
Given below is the 30-day study schedule for the three subjects:
Day | Quantitative Aptitude | Reasoning Ability | English language |
Day 1 | Trigonometry | Number Series | Subject-Verb Agreement |
Day 2 | Algebra | Seating arrangements | Reading Comprehension |
Day 3 | Geometry | Alphabetical series | Adverb |
Day 4 | Profit and loss | Coding and decoding | Verb |
Day 5 | Time and distance | Blood relations | Error Correction |
Day 6 | Time and work | Directions | Unseen passages |
Day 7 | Number system | Syllogism and Venn Diagram | Tenses |
Day 8 | Ratio and proportion | Nonverbal reasoning | Idioms |
Day 9 | Data Interpretation | Analogy and classification | Sentence Improvement/Phrase Replacement |
Day 10 | Calendar and clock | Analytical reasoning | Synonym and antonyms |
Day 11 | Ratio and proportion | Similarities and differences | Sentence/ Para Completion |
Day 12 | Simple and compound interest | Statement and conclusions | Para jumbles |
Day 13 | Age calculations | Arguments and assumptions | Sentence rearrangement |
Day 14 | Geometry | Data Interpretation | Fill in the blanks |
Day 15 | Number system | Decision making | cloze test |
Day 16 | Mensuration | Syllogism and Venn Diagram | Vocabulary |
Day 17 | Age calculation | Decision making | Grammar |
Day 18 | Trigonometry | Alphabetical series | Grammar |
Day 19 | Percentage | Analogy and classification | Attempt previous year papers |
Day 20 | Statistics | Numerical series | Attempt Mock test |
Day 21 | Doubts clearing session | Data Interpretation | Attempt Mock test |
Day 22 | Attempt Mock test | Non-verbal reasoning | Revise the topic you are weak in |
Day 23 | Attempt previous year papers | Revise the topic you are weak in | Attempt Mock test |
Day 24 | Revise the topic you are weak in | Attempt Mock test | Revise the topic you are weak in |
Day 25 | List important formulas -geometry | Revise the topic you are weak in | Revise the topic you are weak in |
Day 26 | List important formulas-mensuration | Attempt Mock test | Revise the topic you are weak in |
Day 27 | Attempt previous year papers | Attempt previous year papers | Attempt previous year papers |
Day 28 | Attempt previous year papers | Revise the topic you are weak in | Attempt previous year papers |
Day 29 | Revision | Revision | Revision |
Day 30 | Attempt Mock test | Attempt Mock test | Attempt Mock test |
Note: This study plan is not a perfect study plan. It is a format that you can take help from while making your own, as every candidate has his or her own preparation style and way of learning. It covers all the topics that the IBPS PO Exam invites in the form of questions.








Day-wise Preparation Plan for IBPS PO Prelims 2021
Day 1-5
Know the syllabus and the exam pattern. Find out which topics are easy and those that are tough and invest your time and energy into it accordingly. Since there are 32 days left for the exam, you can still focus on weaker areas and in sharpening your strengths. Keep reading English newspapers or a magazine to increase your reading speed and build vocabulary.








Day 6-9
Revise concepts and solve basic questions and Keep reading the newspaper and magazines. Tests yourself via Mock Tests.








Day 9-13
By the 11th day, you may have acquired basic knowledge of all the topics and have improved your reading speed. Start giving full-length and sectional Mock Tests and Keep improving your reading speed. Revise all that you have learned!








Day 14-19
By now you may have improved in the sections you were weak in. Now is the time to work on your speed. Leave out the sections you’re still weak in or are not confident in. You should focus on questions you can solve quickly, confidently, and correctly. Analyze your performance via PracticeMock’s Mock Tests and identify questions that are taking up most of your time. Try to solve maximum questions from that section and keep improving your solving speed. Build up your vocabulary every day, and read the newspaper. Reading will help you in going through the question quickly and saving time that can be invested in not just the answer to that very question but also in other questions. This will help you in solving 4-5 more questions than you could normally do.
Take as many Mock Tests as you can.








Day 20-30
In these 10 days, you should decrease your Mock Test attempts to three Mock Tests per week. Do a full revision of the concepts of all the topics that you have studied in the last 20 days. Examine all the Mock Tests you attempted earlier to analyze your performance. It is recommended to reattempt the Mock Tests where your performance is not good.








Day before the exam:
Do not take any Mock Tests on the last day. Glance through some previous Mocks Tests to get make any minute changes in the exam strategy the next day. Avoid studying on the last day. Keep your mind relaxed and take enough rest. You should have faith in your exam preparation and give your best in the exam.




Take a Free Mock Test
We recommend you to regularly take Mock Tests after covering every topic in the table mentioned above. IBPS PO Mock Tests, as you might be knowing, closely imitate the actual IBPS PO Exam, providing you with all sorts of questions, covering every topic from the updated syllabus. It will help you in understanding the exact patterns of questions that the actual IBPS PO Exam tests students with. It will inject in you the idea about the correct amount of time needed to deal with the different sections of an IBPS PO Exam 2021. Hence, it will help you in completing all the topics/subjects from the syllabus and will prepare you in a way that you will be able to answer all sorts of questions of every level in the upcoming IBPS PO Exam 2021.
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