Verbal Reasoning Preparation

Like any other test you’ve ever taken in your life, the right preparation can improve your test results. Although you cannot significantly improve your oral and written verbal communication skills within a short time, you can learn and practice verbal reasoning test strategies and so reduce your stress levels which will quickly improve your performance. Mastering any ability or skill is no joke. It does not happen overnight. It has to be developed, worked upon and acquired through hard work, practice and persistence. A lot of applicants fail to understand this and they adopt the odd way of learning.

Another important reason for preparing for the verbal reasoning test is that your results are always compared against those of others. So even if you have a Bachelor in English Literature or you are an avid reader of English Literature, other people who are applying for the same role are likely to have a similar level of verbal reasoning skills. So you can get the edge you need by preparing for a verbal reasoning test which is appropriate to the role you applied for.

1) Practice vocabulary questions: Practice not only do you learn a great deal from your mistakes, you also avoid committing those mistakes. A point to be noted is that the vocabulary section guarantees high returns with minimum time investment. Pay adequate attention to the vocabulary section because it makes all the difference between a great score and a good score.
2) Increasing your reading pace: Sometimes, those who are good at comprehension suffer when it comes to quickly reading the passage. You need to be able to read quickly to attempt passages. It is highly recommended that you read similar passages in magazines and newspapers. This way you can increase your speed gradually. You need to strike a fine balance between ’speed’ and ‘comprehension’. This is where your managerial skills come into play and this is exactly what is tested by the examiners.

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Data Interpretation Tips

 Data Interpretation can be defined as "the application of statistical procedures to analyze specific observed or assumed facts from a particular study". They come as questions in tests to understand how much a student has understood the subject at hand. In bank entrance exams for data interpretation is used as a means to understand a student's grasp of the subject. It is very important to understand how to interpret data in order to do well in these tests. It is especially important in case of students planning to study finance and mathematics. An interpretation question will usually contain a chart or a graph. It will also contain some data or even sets of data which the student has to analyze and come to a conclusion. When you are solving an interpretation question you will have to understand what the graph or chart means. If there are numbers involved (most probably they will be) you will have to find out what they stand for. Next, you need to draw a data set that represents the graph or chart in question. Now you have to look at the data set and come to a conclusion about what it means. To do well in interpretation questions, practicing them regularly is extremely important.

     Data may be represented in a number of complex forms, and hence solving Data Interpretation problems becomes far more difficult. There is no fixed format for solving such problems, and each has to be tackled in its own distinct way. Thus, to answer such questions correctly, it is essential to practice all types of Data Interpretation exercises a number of times, so as to be familiar with all the data presentation types.

Read the data very carefully, as the smallest detail may change the meaning of the question completely. Similarly, the instructions have to be understood carefully to prevent wasting time. Try to understand the data provided carefully, before jumping to answer the questions. The questions are designed to be deceptive, and proper understanding of the requirements is a must. If the Data Interpretation is of the combined variety or if there are more than one data table/charts/graphs, try to understand the relation between the given tables. Be careful of the units used in the tables, and the units in which the answers are provided. A mistake in the units may yield an entirely different answer. Also be careful of whether the answer is required in decimal or percentage. Such errors are very common and easily avoidable.

Importance Of Reading Newspapers

  

    Nowadays, there are a lot of mass media for us to choose from, namely television, radio, computer and newspaper. Among the many media, why do people choose to read newspaper every day? It’s because reading newspaper has a lot of benefits’ Newspaper gives information about everything that is happening around us. News papers are very important for each one of us. Newspapers help us in knowing what’s the current situation in politics, economics, sports, etc. It helps us in knowing the current trends in business. It contains reviews from different analysts that help us in making judgments and decisions. Though there are many other sources of news like magazines and books in print media, radio and television channels and Internet connections in electronic media, words of mouth and telephone and wireless communications etc, no other source ever could come near the newspaper in importance. It is true of the past and the present and it is true of the future also. Neither the advent of the television nor that of the Internet could affect the importance of the newspaper. The reason for this is the width, breadth and the depth of the news provided by the newspaper, its low cost and the ease of providing the news at our leisure and comfort as many times as we desire.

Newspapers hold a very important place in the life of man today. They play an important part both in the national and the international arena. They give us news and views. Almost everybody reads some daily paper or other. A man who never reads a newspaper cannot keep in touch with the times. We have to know something of what is going on in the world, not only for our own satisfaction but also to be able to update our knowledge.

Reading English newspaper may help us learn a lot of vocabulary, raise our reading skills such as easy to find the points, or increase reading speed, etc. Another benefit is that we can learn new things or knowledge from newspaper articles.

General Awareness

General Awareness is another very important section of Bank Exams. One of toughest and high scoring section in Banking Exams is General Awareness. In the last few years we have seen a change in nature of Questions being asked in General Awareness Section. In this section approximately 35 to 45 % Questions are asked on "Banking Awareness”. With the inclusion of "Banking Awareness" Questions this section has become a bit tougher. Students can score very high marks in this section which may help them to enhance their overall scoring. General Awareness is quite good for applicants if it is prepared correctly particularly in Bank recruitment examinations. The cause for this is the query does not take any time to resolve, all you have to do is study and Mark the answer if you know it. This is possibly tried in 10 minutes time with little effort and it's highly scoring additionally. Therefore General Awareness can help snap the exam happily if prepared correctly.

 

     Current affairs are an integral part of bank exams, you know in bank exams current affairs constitute almost 95 % of General Awareness paper. You can easily solve 80-90% of these questions in 10-12 minutes of time, provided you are well prepared. Reading articles and newspapers will serve many purposes it will help you in strengthening your current affairs knowledge, it will also help you in the English language section, both objective and descriptive and at the same time it will help you in preparation of your upcoming interviews.

    This is a paper whose preparation can’t be done in a single day or within a limited period. This is an ongoing process & needs to keep an eye on all events going on. You must read newspaper daily. Also read news magazines, general knowledge books etc. Also try to gather information from all the available sources. Do not limit yourselves to 1-2 sources try to gather as much information as subsequent readings from different sources will not take much time, it will strengthen your knowledge. Once you have developed a good base you just need to carry on.

Attempt practice sets and try to finish General Awareness section in 10 minutes time.

Quality discussions help in improving your knowledge as well as communication skills.

Number System

We use ten symbols 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 called digits to represent any number. This is the decimal system where we use the numbers 0 to 9. 0 is called insignificant digit.

Natural numbers

Counting numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. .. are known as natural numbers.
The set of all natural numbers can be represented by N= {1, 2, 3, 4, 5…}

Whole numbers

If we include 0 among the natural numbers, then the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 … are called whole numbers.
The set of whole number can be represented by W= {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5…}
Every natural number is a whole number but 0 is a whole number which is not a natural number.

Integers

All counting numbers and their negatives including zero are known as integers.
The set of integers can be represented by Z or I = {…-4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 …}

Positive Integers

The set I+ = {1, 2, 3, 4…} is the set of all positive integers.
Positive integers and natural numbers are synonyms.

Negative Integers

The set I- = {-1, -2, -3…} is the set of all negative integers.
0 is neither positive nor negative.

Non-negative Integers

The set {0, 1, 2, 3…} is the set all non-negative integers.

Rational Numbers

The numbers of the form p/q, where p and q are integers and q ≠ 0, are known as rational numbers, e.g. 4/7, 3/2, -5/8, 0/1, -2/3, etc.
The set of all rational numbers is denoted by Q. i.e. Q ={x: x =p/q; p, q belong to I, q≠0}.
Since every natural number ‘a’ can be written as a/1, every natural number is a rational number.

Since 0 can be written as 0/1 and every non-zero integer ‘a’ can be written as a/1, every integer is a rational number.Every rational number has a peculiar characteristic that when expressed in decimal form is expressible rather in terminating decimals or in non-terminating repeating decimals.

For example, 1/5 =0.2, 1/3 = 0.333…22/7 = 3.1428704287, 8/44 = 0.181818…., etc.

Irrational Numbers

Those numbers which when expressed in decimal from are neither terminating nor repeating decimals are known as irrational number, e.g. √2, √3, √5, π, etc.
Note that the exact value of π is not 22/7. 22/7 is rational while π irrational number.
22/7 is approximate value of π. Similarly, 3.14 is not an exact value of it.

Real Numbers

The rational and irrational numbers combined together are called real numbers,
e.g.13/21, 2/5, -3/7; √3, 4 + √2, etc. are real numbers.
The set of all real numbers is denoted by R.
Note that the sum, difference or product of a rational and irrational number is irrational, e.g. 3+ √2, 4-√3, 2/3-√5, 4√3, -7√5 are all irrational.

Even Numbers

All those numbers

8, 10, etc., are even numbers.

Odd Numbers

All those numbers which are not exactly divisible by 2 are called odd numbers, e.g. 1,
3, 5, 7 etc., are odd numbers.

Prime Numbers

A natural number other than 1 is a prime number if it is divisible by 1 and itself only.

For example, each of the numbers 2, 3, 5, 7 etc., are prime numbers.

Composite Numbers

Natural numbers greater than 1which are not prime, are known as composite numbers.
For example, each of the numbers 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, etc., are composite numbers.

Classification

Verbal classification test which is popularly known as “odd man out” test requires assorting of the items of a given group on the basis of a certain common quality they possess and then spotting the odd one in the group—the stranger out. These questions test the abilities of the candidates to observe the differences and similarities among objects or things. In this type of questions out of 5-6 objects (may be letters, words, numbers or figures) all but one is similar in some respect. You have to sort out which one is different (i.e., does not bear the same characteristics as the others in the group) and that gives you the correct answer. There is no rule of thumb to solve problems of this type. You have to sort each answer choice to find out whether it has any association or connection with the other items of the question. The correct answer choice will be that item which has/does not has an association with the other words. Verbal classification questions may involve alphabet/letter, word or numbers.

Verbal classification is based on homogeneity or similarity between things like objects, pictures, letters, ideas and words. In this test, homogeneous items are grouped together but one will be different in some way. Your task is to identify the thing that does NOT belong to the group. For instance take the group “apple, orange, fruit, banana”. Of course they have many things in common but there is a fine distinction. While apple, orange and banana are specific, ‘fruit’ is a generic term: any fruit.

All probable relationships have to be explored while attempting such tests. Such relationships may be based on
1. Meanings and interpretations
2. Characteristics
3. Common prefixes/suffixes
As far as letter series is concerned, concern is given to
1. Position of letters in the alphabetical order
2. Capital and small letter relationship
3. Vowel-consonant relationship
4. Frequency or omission of letters