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3StepstoprepareforSBIPOOnlinePreliminary
Examin1month
Wednesday,May25th,2016

TheSBIPO2016OnlinePreliminaryExam(http://handakafunda.com/sbipoonlineexampreparationcoachingsyllabustests/)isscheduledto
starton2ndJuly.Someofyoumighthavejustfilledtheformyesterday.Therewereabunchofstudentsthatfacedissuesinfillinguptheformas
wellbecauseofthefaultygatewayandpresumablyalargenumberofSBIPOaspirantstryingtodoitonthelastday.Well,whatsdoneisdone
andnowyouneedtolookforwardandplanastrategysothatyoucanprepareanddowellintheSBIPOPrelimsExam.

PreparationStep1SyllabusforSBIPOOnlinePreliminary
Exam
Thefirststepinthisjourneyshouldbetounderstandthesyllabusandtherelativeimportanceofvarioustopics.Dokeepinmindthatthecutoffin
2015wasaround47markswithanindividualsectionalcutoffofaround5.75forEnglish&Quantwhereas9.75forReasoning.Itwouldbesafeto
targetaround50marksoveralland12ineachofthesectionstocleartheexam.Letusnowlookatthekeyhighlightsofthesame.

TopicstoprepareforEnglishLanguageinSBIPOOnlinePreliminaryExam
Therewillbeatotalof30questionsintheEnglishLanguagesection.
1.ReadingComprehension(1set)10Questions
2.Spottingtheerror5Questions
3.Clozetest5Questions
4.Parajumbles5Questions
Thismakesitatotalof25outof30questions.Theother5couldcomefromanyofthethreecategoriesgivenbelow:
SentenceImprovement
FillintheBlanks
SynonymAntonym
In2015,itwasSentenceImprovementandmostprobablythesamewouldcontinue.
ImportanttopicsThefirstthingthatyoushouldtargetinthepaperisReadingComprehension.Typically,thepassagescouldbeanywhere
from300to500words.Itisunlikelythatyouwouldgetapassagelongerthanthat.Itisimportantthatyoupracticealargenumberofpassages
beforegettingintotheexam.Isuggestthatyoutryyourhandatapassageadayfromnowtilltheexam.Parajumblesistheareathatrequiresthe
mostamountofpracticeandpreparation.Butbeverycarefulaboutthisparticulartopic.Unlessyouhavemastereditandhaveimmense
confidenceonyourself,itwouldbewisetosimplyskipthesequestionsintheexam.Thechanceofmakinganerrorinthesequestionsishigh.You
haveslightlymorethanamonthtoprepareforSBIPO(http://handakafunda.com/sbipoonlineexampreparationcoachingsyllabustests/)andit
isenoughtogetthatconfidence.Tobehonest,youcannotpreparemuchfortheotherareasoftheEnglishLanguagesection.Mostoftheother
questionstestyourGrammarandVocabulary.TobecomegoodatGrammarandVocabulary,youwouldneedtoputinalotmorethan1month.

UsediscountcodeSBI100toget100Rs.offonSBIPOCourse/TestSeries
Validtilltoday25thMay(http://handakafunda.com/sbipoonlineexam
preparationcoachingsyllabustests/#pnp)
TopicstoprepareforQuantitativeAptitudeinSBIPOOnlinePreliminaryExam
1.DataInterpretation10Questions
2.Simplification5Questions
3.Quadratic5Questions
4.NumberSeries5Questions
Thismakesitatotalof25outof35questions.Theother10couldcomefromthebelowcategories:
Ratio
Average
ProfitandLoss
TimeandWork
TimeSpeedandDistance
CompoundInterestandSimpleInterest
Percentage
PermutationandCombination
Geometry
Probability
Asyoucansee,theseare10topicsand10questionswouldbeallottedtothem.Nowitishighlyunlikelythatallthetopicswouldget1question
each.Whatwouldmostlikelyhappenisthatyouwouldget2questionsfromsomeofthecategorieswhereassomeoftheotheroneswouldbe
missed.
ImportanttopicsWhileitmightbeobviousthatDataInterpretationhasthemostnumberofquestionsanditisthemostimportanttopic,Iliketo
takeaslightlydifferentview.ThereisnodoubtthatyouneedtoprepareforDIandyourcalculationsshouldbefastsothatyoucandowellinthe
paperbutthereareotherareaswhichIwouldsuggestthatyoushouldprioritize.AndIamnottellingyoutoprioritizethemjustinthepreparation
butalsoduringtheexam.ThoseareasareQuadraticEquationsandSimplification.Yourperformancecandrasticallyimproveinthesetwo
areasifyoupracticejust100questionseachonthesetwotopics.IamsurethatmostSBIPOaspirantswouldeasilysolvethesequestions
correctlywithoutthepressureoftimebutonceyouhave100suchquestionsunderyourbelt,yourspeedandconfidencewouldpropeltoa
differentlevel.Thatwillhelpyoualotintheexam.AnotherareathatIbelieveyoushouldprioritizeisNumberSeries.Onceagain,youshould
practiceatleast100questionsonitjusttogetthehangofthemostobvioustypeofquestionsthatcanbeaskedintheSBIPOexam
(http://handakafunda.com/sbipoonlineexampreparationcoachingsyllabustests/).AnothertipthatIwouldliketogiveyouforNumberSeries
questionsisthisifyoucannotobservethepatterninthefirst30seconds,moveon.Thereisnopointwastingtoomuchtimeonit.Youshould
inculcatethishabitwhilepreparingandwhilegivingmocktestsforSBIPO(http://handakafunda.com/sbipoonlineexampreparationcoaching
syllabustests/).

TopicstoprepareforReasoningAbilityinSBIPOOnlinePreliminaryExam
1.CodingDecoding5Questions
2.Inequality5Questions
3.Syllogisms5Questions
4.SeatingArrangement5Questions
5.GridMatrixarrangement(PuzzleType)5Questions
Thismakesitatotalof25outof35questions.Theother10couldcomefromthebelowcategories:
DirectionSense
Numberseries
StatementandArguments
StatementandConclusion
GridMatrixarrangement(PuzzleType)
BloodRelations/FamilyTree(Regular)
BloodRelations/FamilyTree(Symbolbased)
NowtherearesomethingsthatIwouldliketoclarifyhere.YoumightseethatNumberSeriesappearsinbothQuantitativeAptitudeand
Reasoning.ItisquitepossiblethatyougetquestionsonNumberSeriesinboththesections.Youcanget2setswhichareofPuzzletypeaswell.
Thatisthereasonyouseeitinboththedefiniteandtheprobablecategories.
ImportanttopicsTobehonest,itishardtodefinetheimportanttopicsinreasoning.Fromapreparationperspective,Iwouldrecommendthat
youconcentrateonSyllogismandInequality.Thesearetheareaswherepeoplehavetroubleunderstandingthebasicsandmakemistakesin
solvingeventhesimplestofquestions.Iwouldrecommendthatyouspendsometimeonunderstandingofthebasicsofthesetopics.Theother
topicsintheReasoningAbilitysectionarepurelyagameofpracticeandluck.Puzzlebasedquestions/seatingarrangementbasedquestions
canbereallyeasyorreallydifficult.Asastudent,itwouldbehardforyoutoidentifythatinthepaper.Asamatteroffact,sometimesevenaneasy
questionseemsalittledifficultinthepaper.Ifyoupracticealargenumberofquestionsonthesetwoareas,perhapsyourabilitytoidentifythe
difficultylevelwouldincrease,whichwouldhelpyoumaketherightdecisionunderpressure.

UsediscountcodeSBI100toget100Rs.offonSBIPOCourse/TestSeries
Validtilltoday25thMay(http://handakafunda.com/sbipoonlineexam
preparationcoachingsyllabustests/#pnp)

PreparationStep2MockTestsforSBIPOOnline
PreliminaryExam
OneofthebiggestmistakesthatSPIPOaspirantsmakeisthattheydonotwritemocktests.Orsometimestheyjustdoquestionsfromabookor
aPDFthattheyhavedownloadedandbelievethattheyhavegivenamock.Pleasedonotmakethatmistake.Youneedtosimulatetheexam
environmentandgiveadecentnumberofmocktests.

IdealnumberofmocksforSBIPOOnlinePreliminaryExamPreparation
Ifyougiveeven5onlinemocktestsforSBIPOPreliminaryexam,youwouldgetafeeloftheformat.Forquiteafewaspirants,itisthefirstonline
examinationthattheyareattempting.Itisabsolutelynecessarythatyouarecomfortablewithitbeforetheexamstarts.
TomystudentsIsuggestthattheyneedtotakeatleast10onlinemocksbeforetheexam.Atlessthan10mocks,youwouldnotknowwhatyour
strong/weakareasare.Youwouldnothowyoushoulddivideyourtime.
InourSBIPO2016onlinecoachingcourse(http://handakafunda.com/sbipoonlineexampreparationcoachingsyllabustests/),wehave20full
lengthmocktests.Thesetestshave100questionseachandarebasedonthenewpattern.Allquestionshavedetailsolutionsaswell.These
mockswillnotonlyhelpyouunderstandyourstrongandweakareasbutwillalsotellyouhowyouarefaringagainstthecompetition.Also,these
20mockswillgiveyouasetof2000uniqueexamlevelquestions.WealsohaveanoptiontoregisterjustfortheSBIPOmocktestseriesfor749
Rs.Inthis,youwouldgetaccesstonotonly20mocksfortheprelimsbutalso10mocksforthemains.
ThereasonwhyIthinkthat20istheidealnumberofmocksforanSBIPOaspirantisbecauseinthefirst5,hewouldbecomefamiliarwiththe
formatofthepaperandgetcomfortablewithgivingonlineexams.Mocks610wouldbeusedtofigureoutthestrengthsandweaknessesonthe
basisofatopicorasection.Mocks1120willbetheoneswhereyouaregoingtoimprove.YouwouldfigureouthowtotackletheData
Interpretationproblem.Youwouldfigureoutwhatistheidealorderforyoutoattemptthequestions.Youwouldfigureouthowyoushould
distributetheprecious60minutesthatyouhaveintheSBIPOOnlinePreliminaryExam.

ScheduleforwritingthemocksforSBIPOOnlinePreliminaryExam
WhilethereisnoidealtimelinethatIcansuggest,Iwouldrecommendthatyoustartwritingthemassoonaspossible.Evenifyougetlowscores,
thereisnoneedtobedepressedbyit.Obviouslyyoucanandwillimproveintheremainingtime.Thatisthepurposeofthepreparation.Thatis
thepurposeofthemocks.
Startingnow,youcanandyoushould2mocksaweek.Onceyoudownloadthecallletterforthepreliminarilyexamonthe14thofJune,you
shouldwriteatleast1mockaweekintheexacttimeslotthatyouhaveyourexamin.Youshouldcontinuewritingtheother2mocksaweek.
Noticeifthereisasignificantdifferenceinyourperformanceinthetimeslot.Ifyouaredoingpoorlyinthatparticulartimeslot,probablyyouwould
needtotrainyourbodyandyourmindtoperformoptimally.Normallyaslighttweaktothesleepingpatterndoesthetrick.

UsediscountcodeSBI100toget100Rs.offonSBIPOCourse/TestSeries
Validtilltoday25thMay(http://handakafunda.com/sbipoonlineexam
preparationcoachingsyllabustests/#pnp)

PreparationStep3StudyPlanforSBIPOOnline
PreliminaryExam
Everystudentisdifferent.Hisstrengthsaredifferentfromothers.Hisweaknessesaredifferentfromothers.Asamatteroffact,eventheamount
oftimethathehasavailabletopreparefortheSBIPOOnlinePreliminaryExamcanvarydrasticallyfrom2hoursadayto10hoursaday.So,
therecannotbeanidealstudyplanthatwouldsuiteverySBIPOaspirant.Havingsaidthat,letmetryandputoutsomesortofguidelinesthatcan
helpaspirantspreparedependingontheamountoftimethattheyhave.

FirsthalfofSBIPOOnlineExamPreparation
Inthefirsthalfofyourpreparation,youshouldfocusonthebasics.Youshouldalsoworkenoughontheimportantareassothatyouareconfident
inthem.Ifaneasyquestioncomesonthosetopics,youshouldbeabletosolveitquickly.
Youshouldgiveregularmocksinthisperiod.Itisalsoveryimportanttoanalyzethemockstofigureoutyourweakareas.TheRevisionportion
mentionedonSundaysshouldbededicatedexclusivelytoweakareas.Theycanalsobeusedtocoverupthepartthatyoumighthaveneglected
duringtheweek.Thisisthesortofabufferzonethatwouldkeepyourpreparationontrack.

MondayQuantitativeAptitude(DataInterpretation/QuadraticEquations/Simplification)
TuesdayQuantitativeAptitude(Everythingelse)
WednesdayEnglishLanguage(Everythingelse)+MockTest
ThursdayEnglishLanguage(ReadingComprehension/Parajumbles)
FridayReasoningAbility(Syllogism/Inequality/Arrangement)
SaturdayReasoningAbility(Everythingelse)
SundayRevision+MockTest

SecondhalfofSBIPOOnlineExamPreparation
Inthesecondhalfofyourpreparation,yourmainfocusshouldbeonmocktestsforSBIPO.Alotofstudentsmakethemistakeofattemptingmore
andscoringmoreinthemocktests.Yourfirstpriorityshouldbetoclearthesectionalcutoffs.Althoughthecutoffsareonthelowersidebutstillyou
shouldalwayskeepaneyeonthat.Ifinamockyouaregettinglessthan10marksinanysection,itshouldbeacauseofconcern.Ifithappens
rarely(oncein5mocks),itisokbutifithappensfrequentlyyoushoulddedicateallyourenergyandresourcesonclearthat.
Obviously,yourmaingoalistocleartheSBIPOOnlinePreliminaryExam.Forthat,youwouldneedaround50outof100marks.Themocksthat
yougiveinthisperiodwillhelpyoufigureouthowtogettothatscore.
MondayQuantitativeAptitude(DataInterpretation/QuadraticEquations/Simplification)
TuesdayQuantitativeAptitude(Everythingelse)+MockTest
WednesdayEnglishLanguage(ReadingComprehension/Parajumbles)
ThursdayEnglishLanguage(Everythingelse)+MockTest
FridayReasoningAbility(Syllogism/Inequality/Arrangement)
SaturdayReasoningAbility(Everythingelse)+MockTest
SundayRevision++MockTest

HowtoattempttheSBIPOOnlinePreliminaryExam
BytheendofyourSBIPOExampreparation(http://handakafunda.com/sbipoonlineexampreparationcoachingsyllabustests/),youshouldbe
abletoanswerthefollowingquestions:
WhichisthesectionIamattemptingfirst?
WhatistheorderinwhichIamgoingtoattempttheexam?
Whataremytargetscoresinthethreesections?
HowamIgoingtodistributetheonehourintheexam?
WhileIcantellyoumyanswersandpreferencesfortheabove,youwouldneedtofigureouttheanswerstothesequestionsonyourown.The
onlywaytodothatistoexperimentwithvariousideasandseewhichonefitsyoubest.GivenbelowistheplanthatIthinkworksbestformost
students:
YoushouldstartwiththeEnglishSection.In710minutes,attemptasmuchasnonReadingComprehensionasyoucan.Afterthat,attemptthe
passageandthequestionsthatfollow.
MoveontotheReasoningAbilitysection.Fromallthepuzzles/arrangements/setbasedquestionsfigureoutonesetthatyouaregoingto
attempt.Ifpossible,markanothersetforlater(iftimepermits).Attemptasmanyindividualquestionsasyoucan(codingdecoding,syllogism,
etc.).
Ifthetotaltimespenttillnowislessthan35minutes,doonemoreset.
Ifthetotaltimespenttillnowismorethan40minutesjumptoQuantitativeAptitude.
Ifyouarebetween35to40minutes,takeacallbaseduponhowconfidentyouareofclearingthesectionalcutoffforReasoningAbility.Dokeepin
mindthatthecutoffforReasoningAbilityistraditionallythehighest.Lastyear,itwascloseto10markswhereastheotherswerecloseto6.
WhenintheQuantitativeAptitudepart,figureouttheDataInterpretationsetthatyouaregoingtoattempt.Dothatfirst.Afterthat,justdoasmany
questionsasyoucan.
PleasekeepinmindthatwhatIhavewrittenaboveisjustatemplatethatyoucanstartwith.Youshouldtweakittosuityourneeds,strengths,and
weaknesses.IhopethatyoufoundthisposthelpfulanditwouldhavegivenyouagoodideaabouthowtoprepareforSBIPO2016Online
PreliminaryExam(http://handakafunda.com/sbipoonlineexampreparationcoachingsyllabustests/).
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