Exam Pattern:
Preliminary Exam:
S.No |
Test Name |
Questions |
Marks |
Duration |
1 |
Reasoning |
35 |
35 |
1 hour |
2 |
Aptitude |
35 |
35 |
|
3 |
General English |
30 |
30 |
|
|
Total |
100 |
100 |
|
Negative marking is applicable with an effect of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer.
Mains Exam:
S.No. |
Test Name |
Qus. |
Marks |
(Separately timed) |
1 |
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude |
45 |
60 |
60min |
2 |
General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness |
40 |
40 |
35min |
3 |
English Language |
35 |
40 |
45min |
4 |
Data Analysis & Interpretation |
35 |
60 |
45min |
|
Total |
155 |
200 |
180min |
5 |
English Language (Letter Writing & Essay) |
2 |
25 |
30min |
S.No. |
Name of the Test |
Marks |
1 |
Group Discussion |
20 |
2 |
Interview |
30 |
Total |
50 |
S.no |
Name of the Test |
Maximum Marks |
Normalized to |
1 |
Main Examination(Tier-II) |
225 |
75 |
2 |
GD-Interview(Tier-III) |
50 |
25 |
Total |
275 |
100 |
· Marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) will not be considered for the selection.
· The candidates will have to qualify both in Phase-II and Phase-III separately.
· Marks secured by the candidates in the Written Test (out of 225 marks) are converted to out of 75 and marks secured in Group Discussion & Interview (out of 50 marks) are converted to out of 25.
The topics to be covered in this section are
· Data Interpretation [ Bar Graph, Pie Chart, Table, Line Graph, Radar Chart, Mixed Graph]
· Number Series
· Data Sufficiency
· Quadratic Equations
· Miscellaneous- Time and Work, Partnership, Profit and Loss, Mensuration, Time, Distance and Speed –Trains, Boats n Streams, Simple and Compound interest, Mixture and Alligation, Ratio and Proportion, Percentages, Averages, Age, Problems based on Numbers.
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude:
The topics to be covered are
· Puzzles – Seating Arrangement(North – South, Circular, Rectangle, Square)Based on Floors, Hierarchy, Boxes, Months, Days etc.,
· Machine Input/Output
· Blood Relation
· Direction Sense
· Inequalities
· Logical Reasoning
· Coding Decoding
· Ranking
· Statement and Assumptions/Conclusions
· Analytical Reasoning
· Syllogism
· Flow Chart based questions
English
The topics to be covered in this section are
· Reading comprehension including Synonyms and Antonyms
· Sentence rearrangement or Para jumbles
· Sentence Correction/ Error Finding
· Spell Checks
· Fillers(Sentence/word)
· Cloze Test
General Awareness(With Special Reference to Banking)
The syllabus for this section remains vast
The topics included are
· Banking/Financial terms
· Current Affairs – covers every current news including related to the banking industry, latest appointments, obituaries, awards and honors, books and authors, new schemes of central and state governments, sports, etc.
· Static GK – topics like headquarters of financial organizations , Country-capital, country-currency, constituencies of ministers, dance forms, nuclear and thermal power stations, Superlatives of World and India, First in India & World, Places with surname, Palaces, International Lines/Boundaries, Important Monuments of India & World, Rivers, Parliament names of different countries, Important Temples, National Parks,Airports, Wildlife Sanctuary, Stadium, Important Days,memorial place / crematorium, etc.
· Descriptive Test:
· It includes one Essay writing and One letter Writing.
· Sample Questions:
Letter:
Write a letter to the bank manager to share an innovative idea on File management system in banks
Write a letter to the newspaper editor on how to stop crime in city
Write a letter to your old teacher to thank him/her for making you a good human being
Essay:
Pros and cons of ‘one rank one pension’ scheme
Over-dependence on monsoon for farmers
Ethical problems of e-commerce
Essay on effects of increasing FDI