How To Prepare For IBPS Specialist Officer SO Exam ?

How To Prepare For IBPS Specialist Officer Exam :Wishing to crack specialist officer(SO) exam? I guess now you are searching for the best tips on how to successfully crack the specialist exam, right? You need not have to worry anymore, as here we bring before you the detailed preparation tips and tricks which you just need to follow for getting yourself selected in the post. Yes!

How To Prepare For IBPS Specialist Officer Exam 

For this year, IBPS CWE for Specialist Officers will mostly be conducted on 30th/31st January, 2016(tentative), and the syllabus for SO exam has not yet been changed, which is no doubt  a good news for all candidates out there. So, are you ready to explore preparation mantra for your success? Here it comes.

Exam Structure And Time Management- 

• Specialist Officer Post Types:
  • Law Officer(Scale-I), Rajbhasha Adhikari(Scale-I)
  • IT Officer(Scale-I), Marketing Officer(Scale-I), Agricultural Field Officer(Scale-I) and HR/Personnel Officer(Scale-I)

• For Law Officer(Scale-I) & Rajbhasha Adhikari Posts(Scale-I) [Total Time-2hours or 120 Minutes]:
  • Subjects:
    • Reasoning( Total 50 Marks)– Solve At Last. Dedicate roughly 35 Minutes to it.
    • English Language(Total 25 Marks)– Try To Solve in 15 Minutes.
    • General Awareness With Reference To Banking Industry(Total 50 Marks)-Try To Solve in 20 Minutes.
    • Professional Knowledge(Total 75 Marks)– Maximum of 40 Minutes.

• For Agricultural Field Officer(Scale-I), IT Officer(Scale-I), Marketing Officer(Scale-I) and HR/Personnel Officer(Scale-I)[Total Time – 2hours or 120 minutes]
  • Subjects:
    • Reasoning(Total 50 Marks) – Try to solve this section within 30 minutes maximum.
    • English(Total 25 Marks) –  Solve In 15 Minutes.
    • Quantitative Aptitude(Total 50 Marks) – Solve at last. Dedicate roughly 30 Minutes
    • Professional Knowledge(Total 75 Marks) – Try to solve within 35-40 Minutes.
• Important Note: Time Management is of utmost importance in IBPS SO Online Exam. So try to divide the time limit into different sections. At last, keep in hand at least 5 minutes for revision.

IBPS Specialist Officer Exam Pattern, Syllabus and Eligibility Criteria

Subject Wise Assessment – Tips To Crack Specialist Officer Exam Of IBPS 

• Quantitative Aptitude:
  • This section will be consisting of general mathematics questions up to Class 10/Matriculation Level. Syllabus is fully extracted out from NCERT Syllabus, and various topics like Number System, HCF, LCM, Probability, Quadratic Equations, Average, Arithmetic Progressions, Geometry, Ratio and Proportions, Time and Distance, Percentage, Profit and Loss, Simple and Compound Interest
  • Try to eliminate the wrong answers one by one for answering- [ Easiest way to get the correct answer]
  • Note: Underlined topics need to be focused more for better preparation.

• Reasoning:
  • Reasoning is the best section to score marks if you have quick thinking potential. Reasoning for IBPS SO exam will mainly be consisting of questions like seating arrangement, blood relation and many other things. Try to solve paragraph puzzles in 1-2 minutes. Apply short cut method.
  • Topics To Be Considered: Number Series, Making series / analogy, Coding and de-coding, Problem Solving, Passage and conclusions type questions, Comprehension Reasoning etc.
  • Note: Try to solve linking questions first[Single paragraph followed by 5 questions].

• English Language:
  • English Section is another easy section to score marks. Basically the section will be consisting of Comprehension, Synonym-Antonym, Fill in the blanks, Phrases and Idioms, Sentence Correction etc.
  • Note: Try to touch the comprehension part after finishing all other questions.

• General Awareness:
  • This section tests your awareness about day-to-day activities happening around the world. So, if you read newspaper daily, then definitely you will be able to answer all the questions.
  • Topics To Be Considered: Current Affairs of last 6 months , Economy , Marketing , Awards & Honours Sports , Finance , Agriculture , History of Banking , Banking Terms , RBI, Fiscal Monetary Policies
  • Note: Current Affairs related to Banking sector are mostly asked in this section.

• Professional Knowledge:
  • This section will test your subject specific knowledge. For example, if you are applying for IT Officer, then questions might be asked from subjects like databases, data structures, object oriented programming
  • Note: This section is too much vital for your selection, as it determines how much knowledge you have on that specified subject.

Books To Be Considered

• Quantitative Aptitude:
  • Quantitative Aptitude Book By RS Aggarwal [Best In the market]
• Reasoning:
  • Verbal and non verbal reasoning by RS Aggarwal
• English:
  • Wren & Martin English Grammar Book.
  • Arihant’s IBPS-CWE Specialist Officer Recruitment Exam: Success Master
• General Awareness:
  • India 2015, by Govt of India
• Professional Knowledge:
  • Objective Computer Knowledge & Literacy (Professional IT knowledge)
  • IBPS IT Officers: Online Mock Test, Scale – 1 and 2 (Professional IT Knowledge)
  • Bank Agricultural Field Officer Common Written Exam (CWE) Guide ( Professional Agriculture Knowledge)
• Practice Mock Tests
  • IBPS-CWE Recruitment of Specialist Officers: 25 Practices Test Papers
  • IBPS Bank Specialist Officers: Common Written Exam (CWE) Guide
  • Click Here For Online Mock Test

General Useful Tips – IBPS Specialist Officer Exam

• Read Newspaper daily, and keep yourself updated with daily news.
• Make Short Notes On Important points of each subject.
• Manage the time according to your skills and ability.
• While attending interview, make sure that you have all the basic concepts clear.
• Stay Focused to your goal. You can do it. Yes You!

All The Best For Your Exam!