SBI Clerk Prelims will take place in the month of June 2021. This leaves you with only 1 month of exam preparation. Since the notification of this exam was out some 3-4 day back by SBI, we believe that by now aspirants must have started their exam preparation. If you haven’t started your preparation hitherto, take a free mock test of SBI Clerk Prelims exam and start your preparation as soon as possible. Last year, the number of aspirants who applied for this exam was in lakhs for 8,000 vacancies and we are expecting more number of applicants this year. This obviously means that the competition will increase for 5,000 vacancies. To stay ahead of the crowd, you need to have a targeted approach for each of the sections. In this article, we will be sharing the strategy for you to get maximum marks in the Reasoning section. Let’s first have a look at SBI Clerk Prelims exam pattern.
| S. No. | Name of Tests | No. of Questions | Max Marks | Time alloted for each test (separately timed) |
| 1 | English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 mins |
| 2 | Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 mins |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 mins |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 60 mins |
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As you must have noticed that in the reasoning section, you need to solve 35 questions in 20 minutes. This is for sure going to be a challenging situation considering the fact that there is a negative marking of 0.25 mark. After all, you need to maintain a balance of speed and accuracy to make the most of this section. Remember that this section will have a mix of easy, moderate and difficult questions. And it does make sense to solve easy & moderate questions first before touching the difficult ones. Now, you must be wondering how to differentiate easy & moderate questions from difficult ones.
Remember, this skill can only be learnt if you are crystal-clear with the basic concepts and have done enough practice. Let’s plan out a strategy that will help you utilize the remaining 30+ days in clearing your concepts and make you practice more & more. Have a look at the syllabus first.
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Pick a topic say, Alphanumeric Series. Read a couple of articles understanding its concept. Alternatively, you can watch videos online as well for this purpose. Solve at least 15-20 questions to get a hang of Alphanumeric Series questions. By now, you must have got an overall idea of the kinds of questions asked. Try to develop your own tricks & shortcuts for these kinds of questions. There are plenty of videos online; take their help as well. Now, start practising questions using these tricks & shortcuts. Solve at least 40-50 questions on this topic. After solving these many questions, your speed must have increased and you must have got an idea of the different types of questions.
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Start doing this for all the topics. This exercise should get over by the second week of May 2021 and as you keep giving sectional tests you will keep developing and will understand a lot of tricks to solve different types of questions. Now is the time to start taking tests in a controlled environment. Start taking sectional tests and use the report card to see which areas still have a scope of improvement. Start putting extra efforts into those areas and if at all, you get bored doing all this, remember that your competition is with around lakhs of aspirants. This much understanding & practice will definitely help you identify the easy & moderate questions.
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Keep taking Mock Tests in between as well as you would definitely like to see your performance in a completely simulated test in a controlled environment. Use Mock Tests’ report card to assess your performance and put continuous efforts to improve. Also, don’t ignore the questions which you have answered incorrectly or the ones which you have skipped. Take help of the detailed solutions of the mock tests to understand why you couldn’t solve it or answered incorrectly. Remember, there is no alternative to practice. So keep practising via Sectional/Mock Tests, use the analysis to review your performance and ace the reasoning section.
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