If you want to succeed in SBI clerk prelims 2021, then you have to work hard and score 30+ in reasoning ability. You take have enough time for preparing for these exams. Prepare a study plan and adhere to the timing and topics. If you are also preparing for competitive exams like, Bank PO Clerks (IBPS SBI), SSC Exams (CGL, CHSL, CPO), Police SI Constable and Defence exams (CDS AFCAT) these tips will be very useful.
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Tips for Scoring 30+ in SBI Clerk Reasoning Section
Firstly we will discuss some Tips for reasoning section followed
by Exam pattern and Topic wise Tips and tricks:
Important Reasoning tips for IBPS / SBI Exams:
1. To score more in the SBI Clerk Prelims 2021 exam, you should
start with those topics in which you have a very good command..
2. While you start preparing, start with easy
topic solve practice questions for that chapter. Begin with the easy questions
and gradually move on to questions that are more difficult. This will act as catalyst
for your confidence.
3. Since in Bank exams like SBI/ IBPS exam, there is a negative marking of 0.25 mark, accuracy is the most
essential aspect to score high marks in reasoning. This only comes with
practice.
4. Competitive exams is all about Speed,
Accuracy and time management skills. So during the practice sessions make sure
that you maintain these three factors and solve questions in a time-bound
manner lead to a higher score.
5. Study Plan:
6. Questions like 2-3 variables puzzle or
seating arrangement are time[1]consuming, so ry
attempting these questions at last. As there is only 20 minutes allotted for 35
questions of Reasoning this is one the main tip to remember.
7. Start with questions on miscellaneous
topics like syllogism, alphanumeric series, direction & distance, and other
topics likewise. Note: start your reasoning section with questions that are not
in the form of puzzles.
8. Allocate the preparation time based on the
number of expected questions from each topic. If you spend more time on topics
that do not yield questions in exam, then you are on the wrong track.
9. If you are aim is to crack any exams then
ensure that you will not take gap in preparation and will have to be consistent.
To achieve your goals you have to sacrifice all deviating activities like social
media and maintain a disciplined schedule until you write the exam. Maintain a
daily schedule time table and adhere to
the timings.
10. YouTube Videos:
There are number of videos available for free
in YouTube for bank exam preparation. These videos will be helpful for revision
and clearing any doubts. You Can find good number of videos in RankersHub YouTube Channel or also similar channels.
11. Mock exams / tests:
Writing as many Mock tests as possible, you
should take both sectional and full-length mock tests during preparation. While
analyzing your performance, you should identify the weak areas and work upon
improving those areas. Before the last 15 days, try to should attempt at-least
two mock exams per day. Also, you must analyse your performance after every
mock test.
Before starting your preparation, it is quite
essential to know the weight age of each topics in SBI exams. Though there are
many topics in reasoning the under mentioned topics are most important and approximate
expected number of questions is given against each topic:
1. Seating Arrangement and Puzzles – 20 Questions
2. Coding-Decoding / Inequality / Input output
– 5 Questions
3. Blood Relations - 3 Questions
4. Distance and Directions - 2 Questions
5. Syllogism – 3 to 4 Questions
6. Miscellaneous – 1 to 2 Questions
Topic-wise Tips and Tricks in SBI Clerk Reasoning
We have discussed about topic wise tips and
tricks in Quantitative in our previous article. In the someway it is also
important to understand the same in Reasoning to score more marks. Lets us
study about the reasoning section topics one by one.
1. Distance and Directions.
This one of the easiest and most scoring of all
the questions asked in Reasoning. If you can read the statements carefully by
focusing on one aspect at a time and make diagrams then you answer is not far away.
You should have a clear understanding about the directional coordinates and
facing directions concept. If you perfect in the concept then you will never
miss a mark.
2. Analogy
Starting reasoning session with Analogy, Order
and ranking, Alphanumeric Series, syllogisms will fetch easy marks as these sections
is straightforward based on general knowledge and common sense.
In analogy questions, you have to identify the
relation between two components and find out the missing element having a
similar relationship with another element. Practicing more number of questions
will fetch you marks.
3. Order & Ranking
In order and ranking there are a few formulas
to solve these types of questions and making diagrams can also help. These
questions are given to determine the rank/position of the person from top[1]bottom/left-right.
4. Alphanumeric Series
Perhaps one of the most interesting topics in
reasoning is series questions. These questions are based on the identification
of the pattern in a given series
5. Syllogism
There are two methods to chose to solve syllogisms,
either you can choose the A, E, l, O rules method, or the traditional Venn Diagram
method. It’s up to you to decide which method you will practice, scoring is
important. It is important to read the questions before attempting the answers
in syllogisms. Be clear regarding the statements and about the assumptions.
6. Blood Relations
We can expect two questions from this topic.
Read the question carefully and draw a family tree accordingly. It should be
noted that generations and relations in between the characters asked should not
be confused. You can easily score marks if you draw a perfect family tree.
7. Inequalities
Mathematical Inequalities questions are
complex expressions with mathematical symbols. You need to determine the
relationship between different variables. Coded Inequalities questions consist
of expressions coded with symbols. So first, you have to decode the symbols and
then find the conclusions.
One the best way is to make a table and decode
the given symbols. Thereafter rewrite the relationships using the decoded
symbols. Combine all the relationships to get the combined statement to draw an
accurate conclusion.
8. Seating Arrangements
In seating there are various models like
circular, linear, square etc. These questions are critical, tricky and time
consuming. To master the topic there is only one tip to “more you practice, the
more you gain mastery over this topic”.
9. Puzzles
Year by year the importance of the topic is increasing.
More questions are asked from this topic, these are tricky and also time
consuming. Analyze and collect all the statements, do not miss any clue. The
only way to master this topic is again the same practice – practice and more
practice. You cannot ignore this topic to succeed in Bank exams. Complete your
syllabus and do practice and practice & more practice.
10. Input and Output: Questions on Input and Output are not difficult to solve, but are time taking. To solve these questions its important to remember that you should not miss any detail when processing the input because that is common error which lead to wrong answer.
11. Miscellaneous topics.
There are other small topics that come under
reasoning and may need attention such as data sufficiency etc. Practice these
topics as they can be handy in fetching one or two marks. Data Sufficiency
questions may be of any form. Data Sufficiency questions are likely to take the
maximum time in solving them. Hence, with adequate practice and solving mock
tests, candidates will be able to be score good marks.
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