IBPS PO Exam: English Language-Tips and Strategies

Institute of Banking & Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts Common Written Examination for Recruitment to the post of Probationary Officers in Public Sector Banks of the country

Jagran Josh

Updated: Sep 25, 2013 10:49 IST

Institute of Banking & Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts Common Written Examination for Recruitment to the post of Probationary Officers in Public Sector Banks of the country. The question paper for CWE PO Exam comprised of 5 Sections including Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry, Reasoning, English Language, and Computer Knowledge. Each section contains 40 objective type questions with 5 options.

The banking team of jagranjosh.com has come up with section wise tips and strategies for the candidates in making them perfect for exam. Some tips and strategies for English Language Section are mentioned below.

English Language Section is included in IBPS PO Exam to test your English language ability.
Questions from the topics like Reading Comprehensions, One Word Substitution, Phrase Substitution etc are asked
The candidates should have good knowledge of rules of Grammar and its correct usage in right perspective
They should have good reading ability for attempting questions of Reading Comprehensions
Vocabulary of candidates should also be strong to answer synonyms and antonyms.
The candidate should give attention to the various exceptions to the grammatical rules also.

List of Some Important Topics of English Language Section is mentioned below

Chapter	Guidelines
Spotting The Errors	The candidates should have good knowledge of rules of Grammar and its correct usage Knowledge of Elimination Technique is required
Fill in the Paragraph Gaps(Cloze Test)	Good Knowledge and usage of Grammar in right way command over vocabulary
Sentence Skills	Good reading and understanding ability Grammatical concept and vocabulary
Sentence Reconstruction	Candidate should try to arrange the sentences in chronological order Command over vocabulary, knowledge of grammatical rules
Synonym	Methodology of eliminating the incorrect answer safely Good command over vocabulary and lit bit of common sense
Antonym	Methodology of eliminating the incorrect answer safely Good command over vocabulary and lit bit of common sense
Idioms and Phrases	Rules of various grammatical concepts, notions, phrasal verbs, idiomatic expressions, preposition, conjunction and their proper usage Good command over grammar
One Word Substitution	Word power should be strong to answer the question correctly. lit bit of common sense
Reading Comprehension	Good reading ability Underlining important instances and fact