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RRB Clerk Mains 2021-GA Preparation Tips

General Awareness is a scoring section of the RRB Clerk Exam. But it becomes hard for many candidates who don’t invest enough time in its preparation from the beginning of the preparation for the preliminary period.

 

In this article, we will discuss tips that if followed will help you in fetching maximum marks in the GA section of the upcoming RRB Clerk Mains Exam 2021!  

IBPS RRB Office Assistant/Clerk Exam Pattern 2021

The selection process for the IBPS RRB Office Assistant Exam comprises two stages:

  1. Prelims Exam
  2. Mains Exam

Given below are the brief details about the Exam Pattern for the IBPS RRB Office Assistant prelims and mains exam:

StagesSubjectsNumber of QuestionsMaximum MarksTime Duration
PrelimsReasoning Ability404045 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude4040
MainsReasoning Ability40502 hours
Quantitative Aptitude4050
Computer Knowledge4020
General Awareness4040
Hindi/English4040

Tips to accelerate your General Awareness Preparation-RRB Clerk Mains Exam 2021

Here are the 3 important ways by which you can do GA Preparation for RRB Clerk Exam 2021:

1. Prepare all the topics sequence-wise

The General Awareness section invites 40 questions of 40 Marks. Hard work and time management are two important factors that can help you score more and more marks in the RRB Clerk Exam 2021. It is most important for aspirants to evaluate the GA section smartly and devote proper time to each topic in the section.

Read the study material, or any news article or information keeping in mind the syllabus. And also try to cover the related topics but stay away from any diversions during the preparation of the General Awareness Section.

Try to revise all the topics like:

-Current Affairs (National & International)

-Sports News & Abbreviations

-Currencies & Capitals

-General Science

-Government Schemes & Policies

-Banking Awareness

-Major Financial/Economic News

-Budget and Five-Year Plans

-Who’s Who

-Economy

-General Abbreviations

2. Go through current Affair Books & E-Books

The emergence of the internet has given rise to many online platforms that facilitate the RRB Clerk aspirants with quality study materials in a user-friendly way. They offer books and articles on current affairs that cover almost all the big and important events that happened during the year that may influence the questions makers of the RRB Clerk Exam.

These EBooks can prove to be immensely valuable to you. Plus, these EBooks are made in such a way that all questions are explained easily and accompanied by in-depth analysis for better understanding.  They also come in handy for quick revision, as one-liner questions are also included in them.

Grab PracticeMock’s Monthly GA PDFs 

These very useful PDFs cover all the topics which you need to prepare for the upcoming RRB PO exam 2021. It is an absolutely FREE source!  

Download monthly GA PDFs 

3. Follow Newspapers and Magazines

Reading a newspaper daily is one of the most effective and traditional ways to get updated with the day-to-day events happening around us. It is also the cheapest source of all, and perhaps the best when it comes to General Awareness Section. Reading it daily will keep on updating the aspirants with trending topics happening in India and across the globe. In addition, reading magazines, like India Today and The Outlook Etc. can also serve this purpose. Magazines can keep you updated about weekly, monthly, half-yearly, and annual events.

Conclusion

It is essential that you keep assessing your skills via Mock Tests from time to time for speedy and successful General Awareness preparation. By it, you will get to know your weak points, not just in GA but in other sections as well, and you can make improvements in time before the Exam. Because you can’t make these changes in the Exam-time. Give Mock Tests as much as you can, and practice more. After giving every RRB PO Mock Test, analyze your weaknesses through wrong answers given, and revise them again. Mock Tests are the easiest, easily assessable, and most result-oriented method made for this purpose.

Asad Yar Khan

Asad specializes in penning and overseeing blogs on study strategies, exam techniques, and key strategies for SSC, banking, regulatory body, engineering, and other competitive exams. During his 3+ years' stint at PracticeMock, he has helped thousands of aspirants gain the confidence to achieve top results. In his free time, he either transforms into a sleep lover, devours books, or becomes an outdoor enthusiast.

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