Detailed Analysis on the written part of the Bank Examinations

Bank jobs promise a rewarding career and a good image among the society as well. Today, Jagran Josh will discuss each and every segment of the bank examination in order to help students with their study plans.

As most of us know, the bank recruitment process has two levels to it, one being the Written Examination and the other being the Group discussion or the Personal interview. The examination consists of objective type questions from the following sections

• General Awareness
• Quantitative Aptitude (For PO)/ Numerical Ability ( For Clerks)
• Reasoning
• Computer Aptitude/ Marketing Aptitude
• English Comprehension

General Awareness: This section generally checks how updated the student is at the time of the examination about the happenings world-wide. The questions test the General Knowledge and the Current Affairs knowledge of the student. Apart from these two, student may be asked on subjects like Economy and Banking questions also frequent in this section of the bank examination. Questions worth forty marks are asked in the examination from this segment.

Quantitative Aptitude: This section tests the Quantitative Skills of the student. This is a numerical segment and tests the mathematical prowess of a student. Subjects such as percentage, HCF and LMF of numbers, ratio and proportion, time distance and speed, linear equations, Volume and Surface area, Geometry, Data interpretation ETC are asked in this segment. Questions worth forty marks are asked in the examination from this segment

Reasoning: This section tests the Reasoning Abilities and mental aptitude of the student. This section is thoroughly divided into verbal and non-verbal reasoning. In verbal reasoning, questions on topics such as Forcefulness of Argument, Courses of Action, Input-Output, Analogy, Assertion and Reason, Clock are asked. In the non verbal reasoning, questions on topics such as Classification, Incomplete Patterns, Grouping, Cubes and Dices are asked. Questions worth forty marks are asked in the examination from this segment

Computer Aptitude/ Marketing Aptitude: Computer Knowledge section engulfs questions on the basic operating system, questions on the Microsoft word package – Microsoft word, excel, power points and internet. Marketing Aptitude asks the basic questions on the marketing model. Questions worth forty marks are asked in the examination from this segment

English Comprehension: This section tests the language abilities and understanding of English grammar of the student. This section consists of questions on Passage Comprehension, Synonyms, Error Detection, Idoms & Phrases, Spellings Test, Cloze Passages, Active/Passive Voice, Para-Jumbled, Words Usage ETC. Questions worth forty marks are asked in the examination from this segment

The above tests except the Test of English Language and Descriptive Paper on English Composition are printed bilingually, that is, English and Hindi.

The examination also thrives on negative marking meaning with ever wrong answer, 0.25 marks are deducted.  Jagran josh provides Bank Question Papers along with Model Test Papers & Previous Year Question Papers for bank job aspirants. These papers will not only help students understand the pattern of questions asked in the examination, but will also help students practice well before time and crack the bank exams smoothly.

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