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Bank job is still a very lucrative career despite emergence of so many new avenues and career opportunities in the recent times. Particularly in the time of recent global meltdown and after massive job cuts in private sector, bank jobs in public sector jobs seem a safe bet, as one gets a decent salary and also recognition in the society. Naturally it is not surprising to find people flocking towards these jobs which create a lot of competition for its entrance exams.

  

   Proper and right study material plays a vital role while preparing for bank exams, as the study material helps an aspirant to get a fair idea regarding the types of questions which one is going to face in the bank exams. Only consistent hard work and studying from the right study material will help you to clear the bank exams successfully. Lot of books is available in the market but only few of them helpful for the students and then there is problem of time which is really very less as compared to the huge preparation of exam.

      'IIB’ Package

   Indian institute of banking have developed a Multimedia study package which will help you to prepare for the exam at home. With no classes to attend, you can study at your own pace and in your own place. IIB Study Package has three parts. In first part printed notes will be given, in second part VCDs containing video lectures will be given and third part will contain practice exams with answers. Advanced technology has been be used to make study more easy and interesting.

The printed notes will provide you concise reading materials with laser like focus on all of the learning objectives. It is an invaluable tool for practicing, building confidence, and reviewing material for the exam.

The materials allow you to focus on the most relevant material, wasting less time trying to sort through the bulk of it and giving you better opportunity to understand the more complex material in detail.

Our printed notes will help you to identify the most important learning objectives and explain them concisely and clearly. Equally important, they will also provide examples of the concept alongside the objective as well as sample problems at the end of each chapter.

Nature of Exam

For written exam there will be two parts. First part will be objective/multiple choice questions. There will be five subjects and time allotted will be 150 minutes.

1] Reasoning – 50 Questions -50 Marks

2] Quantitative Aptitude – 50 Questions -50 Marks

3] General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking - 50 Questions -50 Marks

4] Computer Knowledge - 50 Questions -50 Marks

5] English Language - 50 Questions - 50 Marks

In total this exam will be of 250 marks. For every wrong answer 0.25 marks will be deducted.

IIB Self Study VIDEO HOME TUITION PACKAGE HAS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO PASS THE FIRST TIME!

Our Special Features

1. Concise Notes

           2. All categories of questions covering all concepts.

3] User-friendly format

       4] The answers of the questions have been provided with proper explanation and in     simple style

5] Questions section helps you to realize your weaknesses in areas where you need more concentration and will guard you against the mistakes in actual exam.

6] Practicing these questions increases student's speed, improves accuracy and scoring ability.

7] Our package develops sound examination temperament and confidence to face the actual exam.

8] Our package keeps mind frame of smart study with highly specific and accurately designed material for the period of first study till exam.

9] Our package contains shortcuts and alternative methods to solve the questions.

10] Our package has been designed to sharpen problem solving skills and to develop a competitive attitude.

11] The content of our material would generate confidence and skills to solve problem in the shortest possible time. This would automatically lead to improvement in the student's speed and accuracy.

12] Effective Video Lectures

13] With our video lectures, you can learn your lessons in the luxury of your own home.

14] It doesn’t matter if you choose mid-afternoon one day, late night the next

Or the wee hours of the morning to learn, our video lectures will always be ready.

15] Our video lectures give you the greatest advantage that no regular classroom can

Give you – fast forward, replay and pause.

16] In short, IIB Home Video Tuition Package is ALL IN ONE TEACHER which is available to you 24/7.

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Studies will not only greatly simplify, but in fact they will make the process much more enjoyable.

 

Time Tips

How well do you manage your time? If you're like many people, your answer may not be completely positive!

Perhaps you feel overloaded, and you often have to work late to hit your deadlines. Or maybe your days seem to go from one crisis to another, and this is stressful and demoralizing.

When we do manage our time well, however, we're exceptionally productive at our study, and our stress levels drop. We can make a real difference to a career. In short, we're happier!

Here are some time tips which will be useful.

1. Count all your time as time to be used and make every attempt to get maximum out of every moment.

2. Enjoy the study.

3. Stop regretting your failures and start learning from your mistakes.

4. Continually look at ways of freeing up your time.

5. Examine your old habits of study and search for ways to change or eliminate them.

6. Try to use waiting time­­-review notes or do practice problems.

7. Keep paper or a calendar with you to jot down the things you have to do or notes to yourself.

8. Always keep long term goals in mind.

9. Plan your day each morning or the night before and set priorities for yourself.

10. Maintain and develop a list of specific things to be done each day, set your priorities and the get the most important ones done as soon in the day as you can. Evaluate your progress at the end of the day briefly.

12. Look ahead in your week and try and anticipate what is going to happen so you can better schedule your time.

13. Do first things first.

14. Have confidence in yourself and in your judgment of priorities and stick to them no matter what.

15. When you catch yourself procrastinating-ask yourself, "What am I avoiding?"

16. Catch yourself when you are involved in unproductive work and stop as soon as you can.

17. Find time to concentrate on high priority items or activities.

18. Concentrate on one thing at a time.

19. Push yourself and be persistent, especially when you know you are doing well.

20. Think on paper when possible-it makes it easier to review and revise.

GO AHEAD AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

English Proficiency

English proficiency is the ability to speak, read and write in English. To be considered truly proficient, one should have advanced abilities in all three areas of communication.In today's globalised business environment, professionals interact with customers, vendors and colleagues from all over the world. Companies operate in a world without borders and English has become the standard language of business communication everywhere. Companies look to recruit employees with adequate English skills, and academic institutions include English language learning courses within their curriculum in order to make their graduating students internationally competitive. It is observed that candidates who scored low on English oral proficiency also scored low in English comprehension. Their difficulties included limited vocabulary knowledge and of course, lack of confidence.

    English is widely regarded as one of the most difficult languages to master but it is also one of the most useful and spoken languages in the world. There are a number of different ways that you can improve your English proficiency. Reading is undoubtedly the best way to improve your English language skills. The important thing to remember when you are picking out your literature whether it is a book, newspaper or magazine, is to pick something that is on your level of understanding. There is no point in overstretching yourself too soon as you may well lose interest. You will have absolutely no problem finding some excellent English grammar books that will not only help you to improve your proficiency but also your ability to string together sentences. Whenever you come across any words that you are unsure of pick up a dictionary and absorb the meaning, this will really help to speed up your learning. Engaging in conversation with English speakers is a fantastic way to improve your skills; this is especially useful if you have friends or family that can point out any errors that you may be making. It may sound strange but watching television can actually be a great help to your English proficiency. There are interesting television programs and they can be a great way to listen to the correct way that words should be pronounced so that you can then practice them yourself.

Improving your proficiency in any foreign language is something that you could work on the entirety of your life. When it comes to English, the best way to improve your proficiency is to make sure your foundation and understanding in all grammar concepts is more or less secure and then to work on using the language as much as possible. The more proficient your English is the more doors that can open for you in your career and life.

Be Self Motivated….Be Open to Learn New Things

To be expanding your knowledge base is always very important. The world is ever changing and you cannot expect to continue well with the same set of information always. If is an essential part of this competitive world where you are required to keep updating your knowledge base in order to stay up with changing times whether at work place or at home.

    Imagine simple things as using your microwave or operating a vacuum cleaner, if you are a person who has always thought that technology is not meant for you, you will never get over this mental hurdle and stay way behind the times when the new generation is talking all about software operated gadgets. Therefore, in order to not staying behind in the fast moving world, one should be always self-motivated in increasing the knowledge base. This comes in very handy not only in daily life, but it can be more aptly applied in a working environment.

    If you have not made an effort in learning how to work on computers instead of paper, it is quite difficult for you to be working in this computer age or even expecting a growth in your career. Besides technology, modern management and organizational behavior have also evolved greatly. To know, learn, understand and apply the same to a company’s working pattern is important for the top management in order to keep their company abreast with the market.

    Therefore, it becomes significant for one to learn the latest technologies, latest working methods, and latest market updates, so on and so worth depending upon the requirement of your job.

    Making an extra effort to learn new things means you are increasing your capacity of knowing. It makes you feel self elevated even in simple situations such as a group discussion where with your extra effort you have been able to contribute a vital piece of latest information and everybody else appreciates it.

    One should always be a good listener. If you feel you cannot spend hours reading, listen carefully to what people around you are talking when they are speaking to you. It is also an important tool of learning something new. Be open to discussions.

    One should understand that any extra knowledge is never harmful. It will always be useful to you. You will never feel out of place in any kind of discussion which will increase your confidence and also motivate you to always keep learning.

    For that extra self-motivation always remember that a human being is always a learner. The knowledge of no person can ever be complete. There is always a scope to learn more at each step.

How to Avoid Negative Marking in Bank Exams?

We all know the saying "practice makes a man perfect" and the same goes for the examination. Preparation and practice goes hand in hand. First priority should be given to the preparation of the entrance examination. This will build the platform on which practice as a tool will make you acquaintance with the pattern of the question. By this a student will also identify his or her weak lings and will check every time when they will face such questions. If an aspirant is able to gather such attributes and make it his own abilities then negative marking will surely avoid his pathway to success.

Practice – There is a common saying ‘Practice makes a person perfect’. So the more you practice, the more you become trained in avoiding silly mistakes & in turn help in reducing negative marking. Most of the bank exams have 120-150 questions which are to be solved in approx. 3 hours. So you must try to solve in short cut methods & try to develop easy problem skills so that time is saved.

Short notes preparation – Try to prepare notes of important formulae, theorems etc. This will help to have a look before the exam as going through the book is difficult at that time.

Analyze the question paper – Before starting to solve the question paper, analyze it carefully in 10 mins as this will give you a rough idea about what type of questions are there & you can manage the time accordingly.

Cool & Calm rule – Be cool & calm in the examination hall. If you are anxious & tensed, stressed, chances of attempting the question paper wrongly are very much. This will lead to negative marking.

Answer the sure shot questions – Firstly answer only those questions for which you are very confident about. Sticking on questions will lead to confusion & time wastage.

No guessing – Do not guess the answer until you are sure. Guessing often leads to wrong attempt.

No erasing or overwriting- Mostly in all the bank exams, OMR answer sheets are used. This OMR sheets are checked by computer, so improper erasing or overwriting will be considered as wrong.

Data Sufficiency

Data sufficiency questions are probably not like any test problem you've encountered before. They don't ask you to answer the question. Instead, they ask you to determine whether or not you can answer the question with the information given. Every data sufficiency question should be answered by continuing with the same technique. Simply by determining the sufficiency of just one statement, you should be able to eliminate approximately half of the answer choices. That way, you should be able to avoid completely random guessing on data sufficiency questions.

A data sufficiency question has a question followed by two statements. you will be expected to answer if the information provided in the statements is sufficient to answer the question.

You answer will be

Choice 1 if the question can be answered using one of the statements alone, while the other statement is not sufficient to answer the question.

           Choice 2 if the question can be answered using each of the statements independently

          Choice 3 if both the statements together are needed to answer the question

          Choice 4 if both the statements independently or taken together are not sufficient to answer the question

Please be careful to read the instructions before the data sufficiency questions.

Some probable mistakes can be avoided 

1) To be more specific, please do read the instructions for Data Sufficiency (DS) very carefully.

Many people have suffered here. Hope we don’t repeat it this time.

2) Read the instructions on the front page carefully. Don’t ignore them.

Data sufficiency questions to test your ability to "reason quantitatively." This stands in sharp contrast to the problem solving section, which is designed to test how well you manipulate numbers. If you find yourself doing a lot of number crunching on the data sufficiency questions, you are doing something wrong.

Math Concepts You Should Know

The data sufficiency questions cover math that nearly any college-bound high school student will know. In addition to basic arithmetic, you can expect questions testing your knowledge of averages, fractions, decimals, algebra, factoring, and basic principles of geometry such as triangles, circles, and how to determine the areas and volumes of simple geometric shapes.

 

Avoid Distraction While Studying

    Most of the students are astonished to know that learning is not easily absorbed by the brain. This is the belief that most of the adults cherish by assuming that brain’s only purpose is to learn and therefore expect that their children should be capable of learning in a faster pace. The actual reality is that the main purpose of the brain is to guarantee the survival of the learning. The best way to help our brain in remembering the boring stuff requires you to give some extra help to your brain by removing the necessary distractions that may arise in your studies. The human brain focuses on a single thing at a time. So, here are a few tips that can help you to eliminate distractions while you study.

    Tips for eliminating possible distractions: 

1. Make your own study area: It is you who has to decide the best possible place away from all the distractions for studies.  If your study area is close to a window, then you may get distracted at the sight that you see through the window. If you keep your visual field confined to education then you can have a better focus.

2. You can play instrumental music if you wish but without the words: Instrumental music can ease your stress and provide you a better learning environment. But one has to see that the instrumental music is not associated with the words of the song else you will end up humming the same and distract yourself from the studies.
3. Plan your study schedule and time: Choose the best time that can help you in retaining the information. You have to make a study schedule based on the said time frame and continue studying consistently. Stock your study area with all the educational supplies that you need to study along with a water bottle.
4. Studying on PC? Face your screen towards the family area: When you face your screen towards the family area, then you will automatically avoid possibly entering and wandering your head into your world of cyber technology and focus on your studies.
5. You can also include your family in deciding upon the removal of possible study distractions: Turn off your phones and ask you family members to co-operate in this task of yours.

6] Cell phone is the kryptonite of studies. One message or call will take your mind completely off of studies and your focus won’t be back until you check who the person is. The best way to avoid this problem is to put your cell phone on silent (Not even vibration), and turn its face down.  It might seem drastic, but even the slightest beep or light will ruin your studies.

You may feel that this distraction free routine is extremely difficult to establish but with proper planning and effort you will automatically be able to focus on your studies and avoid possible distractions.

Determination is one of the key factors when it comes to bank exam preparation. Strong determination will help you to remain focused on the exams and eventually it will help you to achieve your goals.