Last Minute Tips For IBPS SO 2024 Exam, Check Topper Tips & Tricks

Last Minute Tips For IBPS SO 2024 Exam: The IBPS SO 2024 exam is conducted for the Agriculture Field Officer, Marketing Officer (Scale I), HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I), Law Officer (Scale I), IT Officer (Scale I) and Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I) posts. The IBPS SO Prelims will be held on 9th November 2024. There are just a few days left before the Preliminary exam; it is time to concentrate all the efforts on optimizing a preparation strategy to carry out a smooth performance on the exam day. Here are some essential last-minute tips that can help you maximize your efficiency and confidence when you approach the exam.

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Pattern 2024

The preliminary exam is the first stage of the IBPS SO selection process. The exam is objective in nature, with different patterns for different posts depending on the specialization. The preliminary exam consists of three sections, and there is a sectional timing for each part.

S No	Section	No. of Questions	Total Marks	Duration
1.	Reasoning	50	50	40 minutes
2.	English Language	50	25	40 minutes
3.	General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry	50	50	40 minutes
	Total	150	125

For other Specialist Officers (Agriculture Field Officer, Marketing Officer (Scale I), HR/Personnel Officer, IT Officer Scale I

S No	Section	No. of Questions	Total Marks	Duration
1.	Reasoning	50	50	40 minutes
2.	English Language	50	25	40 minutes
3.	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	40 minutes
	Total	150	125

IBPS SO Prelims Last Minute Revision & Exam Attempt Strategy

As you know the sectional timing is 20 minutes for each section, candidates have no choice but they will have to attempt that section only whichever comes first.

• The best last-minute revision tip that we would like to give you is that revise mock tests that you have already given before. This will give you an idea of where you went wrong so that you don’t repeat that mistake in the actual test tomorrow.
• Also, there is now no pressure on the candidates to clear the sectional cutoffs, however, one must try and increase the number of attempts maintaining both speed and accuracy.
• Revise again and try to understand the solutions of the mock tests already given. This will give you an idea of how will have to approach a particular question. It is important to revise and analyze the solutions of the mock tests once.

IBPS SO 2024 Prelims Section Wise Attempt Strategy

Numerical Ability

• Candidates can choose which topic to attempt first depending on their strong & weak areas.
• Topics like Inequality, Easier Data Interpretation, Simplification & Approximations & comparison questions are to be attempted first according to our understanding.
• Arithmetic questions generally are time-consuming thus, these should be kept for last.
• You should be an expert in picking and choosing questions based on their difficulty level so that you can attempt accordingly.
• Maintain both speed and accuracy.
• Practice Free Topic Wise Quant Quizzes

English Language

This section seems easy to some and difficult for others, however it is very important to comprehend the questions and the language that will sail you through this section.

• Error Detection, Para-Jumble and Phrase replacement can be tricky questions thus, try and keep these for the last.
• Synonyms & Antonyms, Cloze Test, Single & double fillers are to be taken up first while you are attempting this section.

Reasoning Ability

Solve questions based on Coding-Decoding, Syllogisms and Seating Arrangement first and then further move on to Puzzles and Logical Reasoning questions.

• Learn to pick and choose questions and at the same time candidates must have an understanding as to which questions they should skip.
• Attempting the reasoning section well will help you increase your overall score thus, try and maintain both speed and accuracy while attempting questions in this section.

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