How to Prepare For General Awareness for Bank Exams

      General Awareness has now become an important part of so many mainstream competitive exams. General awareness Comprises of finance and economy, Current national and international events, Geographical, social, cultural aspects of the country and world etc. Many would have often wondered the need to test one`s general knowledge skills in bank exams. The answer is how much do you know of the surroundings, tells lot about your behavior & mindset.

 

     Candidates applying for a job for PO are now expected to have a good knowledge of current events of national and international level. That is why General awareness is being included in more and more competitive exams.

  General Awareness is quite beneficial for candidates if it is prepared properly. The reason for this is the General Awareness questions don’t take any time to solve; all you have to do is read and mark the answer if you know it. This section could well be attempted in less time without much effort and it’s highly scoring also. So General Awareness can help crack the exam comfortably if prepared properly. Depending upon the nature of the job, emphasis will be given to a particular category of questions. For Bank exams, General Awareness mostly consists of current Events, mainly including Finance, economical issues of national and international level. Questions on world politics, social & cultural events can also be asked. This test also helps in testing candidate’s ability to gather latest information around them.

     Preparing effectively for General awareness is not possible in a single day. It takes time as the candidate is required to be aware of events taking place at international level over a period of time and the range of questions is also quite large. So the preparation should be started well in advance.
     Reading Newspapers regularly is an integral part of preparing for general awareness as it keeps the candidate updated about current events. Going through previous papers, model papers, and magazines is quite helpful. Television channels report news with visuals as they occur; making it easier for anyone to know what has really taken place. While talk shows & debates on news channels could provide more insight on a specific issue that could be useful in group discussion, there isn’t any bigger advantage of watching news on TV.

   Remember that general awareness requires regular and dedicated effort. It requires time and patience and thus keep working hard with patience.But once prepared properly, it will eventually ensure your success in the exam.