IBPS Clerks IV

Friends, its time to discuss about the IBPS Clerks IV Online Exam. We already have started updating detailed study materials about this exam. But people have been requesting us to discuss the pattern and syllabus. So this post is for them. As we have already mentioned in our previous posts IBPS Clerical Exam is not that much hard to crack. With little preparation and focus you can easily clear this exam with good score. The best thing in this exam is, almost all questions will be direct questions. There probably will be NO twisted questions like the ones they ask in PO exams. Lets start our discussion with the Pattern of the Exam.

  Pattern of IBPS CWE 3 Clerks Exam

As you might already have known, the exam is objective type. There will be 5 sections (40 questions from Section) for 200 Marks. Those are

1. Reasoning
2. English Language
3. Numerical Ability
4. General Awareness with Special Reference to the Banking Industry
5. Computer Knowledge

You should complete your online test in 120 Minutes. You should qualify in each section and there will be negative marking for wrong answers (1/4th mark will be reduced for wrong answers).

Now lets have a detailed analysis of the Syllabus.

 

Detailed syllabus of IBPS Clerks 3 Online Exam

Reasoning : This is a test to see how well you can think. It contains questions of various kinds. The areas you should prepare are

• Basics
• Completing the given series
• Analytical Reasoning - Basic Level
• Classification
• Odd Man Out Problems 
• Coding Decoding
• Blood Relations
• Direction Sense
• Logical Venn Diagrams 
• Syllogisms
• Number, Ranking & Time Sequence Test
• Decision Making
• Series

English Language :  This is a test to see how well you ‘know’ English. Your English language ability would be tested through questions on grammar, vocabulary, sentence completion, synonyms, antonyms, comprehension of a passage, etc. The areas you should cover are,

• Reading Comprehension (Basic Level - Possibly a story type)
• Spotting Errors
• Sentence Correction
• Sentence Completion
• One Word Substitution
• Synonyms
• Antonyms

Numerical Ability :  This test is designed to measure how fast and accurate you are in dealing with numbers. They mainly focus on your basic calculation skills. Most of the section will be based on simplifications. So you should practice simplifications and speed maths.  So you should focus on following areas,

• Simplifications (Very very important for clerical level exam)
• Mathematical Operations
• Squares
• Cubes
• Square Roots
• Cube Roots
• Decimals
• Percentages
• Time and Work
• Time and Distance
• Ratio and Proportions
• Mixture and Allegation
• Number Systems / Series
• Profit and Loss
• Simple Interest and Compound Interest
• Probability
• Partnership
• Data Interpretation

Important Note : Usually they wont ask Data Interpretation questions for Clerical Level. But IBPS clearly stated that " there may be some questions based on graphs and tables" in their Information Handout (page number 5). So its better to focus on Data Interpretation too.

Computer Knowledge : They will test whether you have basic knowledge on computers or not. So you should prepare the following topics

• Computer Fundamentals
• Basic Hardware and Software, their functionalists
• Shortcut Keys
• MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Operating Systems
• History
• Networking and Internet
• Future of Computers

General Awareness with Special Reference to the Banking Industry : This test is designed to measure your awareness about the past and present events, socio economic developments as
well as awareness about developments in the Banking Industry etc. We can divide this section into two parts. Those are 1. Current Affairs 2. Banking Awareness. Areas you should cover are,

• Current Affairs : Last Six months' are enough
• Summits
• People in News
• New Appointments
• Deaths
• Visits / Visitors
• Days 
• Books and Authors
• Sports
• Important Events
• Countries / Heads / Currencies
• Banking Awareness : 
• History of Banking
• Banking Terminology
• Functionality of Banks / Financial Organizations
• Last 6 months' Economy and Business News Updates

That's all for now friends. You can refer to our complete study material for IBPS Clerks 2013 from here. The important thing you should keep in mind is, avoid negative thinking. Be sincere to yourself and Try to give your best. After all, we are here to help you. Feel free to ask us if you have any doubts.... ............ All the Best :)