IBPS CLERK MAIN EXAM SYLLABUS

COMMON WRITTEN EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT OF CLERKS MAIN EXAM (IBPS CLERK MAIN EXAM)

There is no fixed syllabus for COMMON WRITTEN EXAMINATION [CWE] FOR RECRUITMENT IN CLERICAL CADRE. However the exam mainly covers five areas

Quantitative Aptitude
Questions are asked mainly from the following topics/subtopics 

Elementary Mathematics
	Arithmetic (Number Theory)
		Number Systems
		Square Roots
		Cube Roots
		Fractions and Decimals
		H.C.F. and L.C.M.
		Simplification
		Variation
		Chain Rule
		Ratio and Proportion
		Average
		Logarithms
		Additional Topics In Arithmetic
			Ages
			Boats and Streams
			Clocks and Calendars
				Clocks
				Calendars
			Mixture and Alligation
			Pipes and Cisterns
			Races and Games
			Problems on Trains
			Unitary Method
				Time and Distance
				Time and Work
				Work and Wages
	Commercial Maths
		Interest
			Simple Interest
			Compound Interest
		Percentage
		Profit and Loss
		Partnership
		Discounts
	Mensuration- Areas and Volumes
		Area and Perimeter of Plane Figure
		Volume And Surface Area of Solid

Test of Reasoning/Mental Ability/Aptitude
Questions are asked mainly from the following topics/subtopics

Verbal Tests
	Reasoning Tests
		Analytical Reasoning
		Direction and Distance Test
		Linear Arrangement Test
		Complex Arrangement Test
		Analogy Test
		Classification (Odd Man Out) Test
		Coding Decoding Test
		Series Test
		Blood Relationships Test
		Symbols and Notations
		Alphabet Test
		Data Sufficiency Test
		Data Interpretation Test
	Logic Tests
		Syllogism
		Statements Assumptions
		Statements Arguments
		Statements Conclusions
		Statements Action

English
Questions are asked mainly from the following topics/subtopics

English Vocabulary
	Synonyms
	Antonyms
	Analogies
	Spelling Mistakes
English Proficiency
	Idioms and Phrases
	One Word Subsitution
	Sentence Formation
	Sentence Completion
	Sentence Improvement
	Sentence Reconstruction
	Rearrangement of  Words In Sentence
	Rearrangement of Sentence In Paragrph
	Paragraph Formation
	Paragraph Completion
	Fill in The Blanks
	Cloze Tests
English Usage Errors
	Common Errors
	Spotting Errors
	Inappropriate Usage of Words
	Sentence Correction
English Comprehension

General Awareness

General Topics
	General Knowledge
		Animals	Famous Personalities
		Books And Authors	First Largest Longest Etc In World
		Buildings	Inventions And Discoveries
		Calendars	Languages
		Countries	Music
		Currencies	Religions
		Dances	Sanctuaries
		Disasters	World Organisations
		Enviornment	Statistical Data - World
		Fashion	Prizes And Awards
		Famous Places	Trade Awareness
	General Studies		Solar System
		Universe	Earth
			Environment
			Pollution
		General Geography
		General History	General Concepts (Polity)
		General Economics Study
		General Polity
		General Science
		General Computer Science
		Sports And Recreation
	Current Events
		Current Events Period Wise	National
		Current Events Topic Wise	International
			Persons Places Awards Authors
			Economy
			Science And Technology
			Sports
			Trade Awareness
			Miscellaneous

 Computer Knowledge
Mainly from History of Computer Development ,Types of Computer, Computer Languages , Computer Arithmetic ,Computer Hardware ,Computer Software ,Computer Network ,Internet etc.

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NIACL OFFICER AO Exam Pattern

 NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY Ltd (ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER)

Online Examination Structure:-
The New India Assurance Company Ltd.(NIACL), ADMINISTRATIVE Officers in Scale I cadre Selection will be made on the basis of performance in the on-line test followed by a personal interview of short listed candidates.
Phase-I: Preliminary Examination
Preliminary  Examination  consisting  of  Objective  Tests  for  100  marks  will  be conducted  online.
This  test  would  be  of 1  hour  duration  consisting  of  3 sections as follows:

Section	Questions	Maximum Marks	Time limit
No.
1	English Language	30	1 hour
2	Reasoning Ability	35
3	Quantitative aptitude	35
	Total	100

Candidates  have to  qualify  in  each test by  securing  passing  marks  to  be  decided by the Company.
Phase –II: Main Examination
Main  Examination will consist  of  Objective  Tests  for  200  marks  and
Descriptive Test  for  30  marks. Both  the  Objective  and  Descriptive  Tests  will  be  online.
Candidates will  have  to  answer  Descriptive Test  by  typing  on  the  computer.
Immediately   after   completion   of   Objective   Test, Descriptive   Test   will   be
administered.
(I) Objective Test:
The  Objective  Test  of  2  hours  duration  consists  of  4  sections for total 200 marks.

Section	Questions	Maximum Marks	Time limit
No.
1	Test Of Reasoning	50	120 Minutes (Composite)
2	Test Of Quantitative aptitude	50
3	Test Of General Awareness	50
4	Test Of English Language	50
	Total	200

(ii) Descriptive Test:
The DescriptiveTest of 30  minutes duration  with 30  marks will  be  a  Test  of 
English  Language  (Letter  Writing-10marks&  Essay-20  marks).
The  descriptive  test  will  be  in  English  and  will  be  conducted  through  on-line mode.
Each  candidate  will  be  required  to  obtain  a  minimum  score  for  each  section  of
objective     test     separately     for     short     listing     for     the     Descriptive     test evaluation/Interview.   Descriptive   answer   script   would   be   evaluated   only   in respect  of  those  candidates  who  qualify  the  objective  test.
PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS  (Applicable to both – Preliminary and Main examination)

There will be negative marks for wrong answer, 1/4th of the allotted marks will be deducted for each wrong answer.
PHASE - III : INTERVIEW
Candidates   who   have   been   shortlisted   at   the   end   of   Phase-II   will
subsequently  be  called  for  an  Interview  to  be  conducted  by  the  Company.
Interview will be conducted at select centres. The weightage (ratio) of online
Examination and Interview will be 80:20 respectively.  
Final Selection :
Final  selection  would  be  based  on  consolidated  marks  of  main
examination (objective test)  &  Interview.  The  final  merit  list  shall  be  prepared  in  descending order  of  the  consolidated  marks  secured  by  the  candidates.
Cut off Score :

Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum total score for short listing for the interview. Depending on the number of vacancies available, cut offs will be decided for short listing.

The above tests, except the Test of English Language, will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi. The Company reserves the right to modify the structure of the examination which will be intimated through its website

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How to Prepare JEE MAIN 2019 Exam

JOINT ENTRANCE EXAMINATION (JEE-MAIN) 2019

For achieving success in any exam there are some fundamental rules common to all exams and there are some exam specific  preparations

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Fundamentals for Preparation

Construction of knowledge in your mind is the key because only you have to reproduce this knowledge in exam. Teaching (Instructions) from school / coaching class / digital media are methods of giving knowledge to you but far more important is how much have you gained (construction of knowledge in your mind) and for that only your efforts will matter.  Memorising is short lived. Learning is lasting as you have put in efforts to understand each topic. In objective exams there is no shortcut to learning

After school / college teaching if you go to coaching classes, you have moved from teaching mode again to teaching mode but what is required is to move to learning mode because you have already received instructions (teaching) once and now it is important to construct (learning) them in your mind because only this mind has to reproduce knowledge in exam. If you have enough time, coaching will help by further reinforcing instructions (teaching) but if time is a constraint, you have carefully to plan time management – may be take help in weak subjects. But even after coaching, learning is a must. Teaching should complement learning which is final goal in your education  endeavour.

Remember learning can be effectively undertaken when you understand what is known to you, what remains to be known and initiate steps to bridge the gap. Third party only will be able to tell you what is not known to you. Here self assessor is effective tool. Once you have identified gap in topic or key concept (questions done incorrectly in self assessor), first try to resolve it yourself by referring to any standard book. Thereafter take help of your colleagues or teacher. Kindly do not leave these gaps unattended/ unresolved. Fill them same day as next day you tend to forget and there are other topics to be completed in your schedule. Master this topic well before moving. Rome is built brick by brick.

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1. Understand your goal – JEE MAIN – Please go through tentative dates of the  exam and syllabus and define your weekly schedule to cover each topic. You have to master subject each topic wise step by step and the practice for final exam around two months before exam date. Please also understand exam pattern, go through exam analysis to understand the way exam was in last year and remember cut offs as they will help to bench mark your performance Go through the syllabus thoroughly. Most of your syllabus will be similar to that of 11th and 12th class of CBSE. Knowing your goal fuels achievement. Quantify your goals. Goals which cannot be measured are never achieved. For example your goal can have a short term objective - I shall complete laws of motion in next two days and shall be able to answer 80% objective questions on concepts and problems of laws of motion correctly and there after assess yourself to measure whether you have achieved your short term objective

2. Build timelines – Ideal start time will be 11th class. Build your study schedule week wise  alongside the schedule of your school curriculum as your CBSE and school syllabus are same.

3. Daily steps

• Concentrate during classes whether in school /college or coaching institutes.

• Take your notes, jot important points to remember

• Review the knowledge you have gained subject wise /topic wise/ subtopic wise or keyword wise by assessing yourself through self tests daily/weekly depending upon the depth of your course curriculum in Self Assessor. Remember to build enough challenge in your tests as this not only assesses your learning properly but also adds lot to your knowledge from its own knowledge pool during assessment.

• Analyse your self test results carefully. You would have committed some silly mistakes. Try to avoid them next time. There would be many areas at your level which were unknown to you but are required to be understood for the exam you are preparing for. Try to understand/clear your doubts preferably same day on these areas by referring back to your books, discussing with your colleagues or from your teacher next day. Do not leave this to unattended because on next day other topics are waiting to be mastered

• On completing the subject you can simulate mock tests/old papers and more tests from test patterns of JEE MAIN in Test Simulator. As these tests simulate exam like environment, you will have first hand experience of your knowledge depth, speed and accuracy. In addition you will be able to benchmark your performance with previous year results and shall have good information on your level of preparedness

• The test taken by you are kept as a history for a limited time. You can access the same, analyse the results and discuss the same with your teachers/guides/ mentors to improve further

The key in competitive exam is:

It is important how much you know about a subject but what is more important is how much you know more than others. That is what differentiates a winner from a loser

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Exam Specific Preparation

Time

Best time to start is at begining of 11th class itself. Complete syllabus two months before exam date. Build a weekly time schedule. Try to cover most of topics by synchronising them with your class curriculum. This will save most of time as well ensure good results in board exams besides JEE MAIN.

Methodology

Its very simple

Concentrate in class in the topics of all three subjects. Jot important points

Study yourself from any good book preferably same topics of the subjects for about 2 hour 15 minutes (45 minutes each subject at home)  to move from teaching to learning mode. For any additional chapter/topic which is in JEE MAIN and not in your class curriculum, an additional hour may be required but it will only be few cases and not daily. Then practice problems on same areas for about 1  and half hour (averagely half hour each topic of the subject)

Thereafter take a ten to fifteen minutes self test in self assessor on each topic of the subject studied by you to assess level of understanding achieved in the topic studied. These tests draw questions from a large and specific knowledge pool based on your selection criteria.  Kindly ensure that there is sufficient challenge in your self test. Your number of questions be more than 10 for the topic, (in keyconcept based on keyword they can be even less than 10), level of questions should be at least L2 and time should be bare enough to solve questions. If there are some specific concepts in topic studied by use, take tests on them also by inputting suitable keyword in self assessor.

Analyse results. For questions done incorrectly refer to books to understand where you have gone. try to complete this exercise alone. Alternatively take help of your mentor. The mentors can be your school teacher or teacher in coaching class. To economise time prefer coaching if necessary only in subjects where you are weak.

Thereafter retake test with new set of questions. Once confident, move to next topic. This is active learning as you have yourself put in efforts to understand topics. You will start enjoying your studies and these concepts will be long lasting in you mind

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Syllabus Of JEE MAIN

EXAM PATTERN OF JEE MAIN

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Books

There are many good books in market but stick to few books only.

Keep NCERT books as your base book alongwith one more textbook each subjectwise for theory and one book for problems. rest all should only be used as reference books only to clear specific doubts

Below mentioned is a exhaustive list of important books for JEE MAIN AND JEE ADVANCE

Name of Book	Writer / Publisher	To be used as
PHYSICS
NCERT Physics for 11th and 12th	NCERT	Text book
Concepts of Physics Vol I and II	HC Verma	Text Book and Problems exercise
Problems in General Physics	I.E. Irodov	Problems exercise book
Advanced Level Physics	Nelkon and Parker	Reference book
Aptitude Test Problems in Physics	S.S Krotov	Reference book
Collection of questions and Problems in Physics	L.A. Sena	Reference book
Dynamics of a Particle & of Rigid Bodies	S.L. Loney	Reference book
Elements of Dynamics Part I & II	S.L Loney	Reference book
Fundamentals of Physics	Halliday, Resnick & Walker	Reference book
Physics Problems w/solutions	Chen, Min	Reference book
Physics Vols I & II	Tipler	Reference book
Problem in Physics	V.Zubov & V.Shalnov	Reference book
Problems in Physics	A.A Pinsky	Reference book
The Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol. 1 and 2	R.P. Feynman	Reference book
University Physics	Sears and Zemansky	Reference book
MATHS
NCERT Maths for 11th and 12th	NCERT	Text book
Maths XI & XII	R. S. Agarwal	Text book
Plane Trigonometry Part I	S.L. Loney	Text book
Co-ordinate Geometry	S.L. Loney	Text book
Algebra	Arihant Prakashan	Reference book
Algebra Made Easy	K.P. Basu	Reference book
Calculus	J. Edward	Reference book
Complete Course IIT Mathematics	Tata McGraw Hill	Reference book
Co-ordinate Geometry	Dr. Gorakh Prasad	Reference book
Differential Calculus	Arihant Prakashan	Reference book
Elementary Math’s	DoroFeev, Patapov	Reference book
Higher Algebra	Hall & Knight	Reference book
Higher Algebra	Bernard & Child	Reference book
IIT Mathematics plus	A Dasgupta	Reference book
Integral Calculus	Arihant Prakashan	Reference book
Intro. to Probability & its Applications	W. Feller	Reference book
Maths	Krechmar	Reference book
Problem Book in Mathematical Analysis	G.N. Berman	Reference book
Problems in Calculus of One Variable	I.A. Maron	Reference book
Problems in Mathematics	V Govorov, P.Dybov, N.Miroshin, S.Smirnova.	Reference book
Vectors	Shanti Narayan	Reference book
Vectors & 3-D Geometry	Arihant Prakashan	Reference book
CHEMISTRY
NCERT Chemistry for 11th and 12th	NCERT	Text book
Physical Chemistry	P. Bahadur	Text book
Organic Chemistry	Solomons	Text book
Inorganic Chemistry	O.P. Tandon	Text book
Numerical Chemistry	R.C. Mukhrjee	Problems exercise book
Chemistry Principles & Applications	Sienko & Plane	Reference book
Concise Inorganic Chemistry	J.D. Lee	Reference book
General Chemistry	Ebbing	Reference book
IIT Chemistry	O.P. Agarwal	Reference book
IIT Chemistry	Tata McGraw Hill	Reference book
Inorganic Chemistry	Arihant Prakashan	Reference book
Organic Chemistry	Morrison and Boyd	Reference book
Organic Chemistry	Francis Carey	Reference book
Organic Chemistry	Arihant Prakashan	Reference book
Organic Chemistry	O.P. Tandon	Reference book
Organic Chemistry	Paula Bruice Yurkanis	Reference book
Organic Chemistry	Bahal & Bahal	Reference book
Organic Chemistry-Vol I	I. L. Finar	Reference book
Physical Chemistry	O.P. Tandon	Reference book
Physical Chemistry	P.W. Atkins	Reference book
University Chemistry	Bruce H. Mahan	Reference book

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TestBag's Test Simulator - The Final Plunge

With the test simulator, a summative assessment system, one can take the final plunge! You can prepare yourself for one or several challenges in the real world and prepare yourself for the entrance , recruitment and professional tests. The tests are available in four categories – medical, engineering, management, computer courses, and public service exams .
Practice makes man perfect and just the fact that a candidate can prepare for more than one institute or board exam gives the person a head start in self-assurance, confidence and skill. It is really a wonderful way to build awareness – since now the candidate has a wide variety of sub-categories and challenges to choose from. For instance, if you want to take the medical entrance, you can have a look at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Test papers, the AFMC tests papers or the secondary board exams .
Again, you could go level-wise or subject wise. For instance, in the Civil Services, you could look at the preliminary exams or the subject topics.
Alternately, you could look at model tests in chemistry, physics and other subjects at the AIEEE tests.
Given the temperament of the candidate, she can either choose to start practice by solving question papers of the previous years or take mock tests based on old test papers. Yet others might move a step ahead and raise the level of complexity and challenge by solving question papers created by experts who have analysed the pattern of questioning of the previous years and formulated these tests on the basis of their observation taking different parameters into consideration, for instance the emphasis on topics, and guide the students through these tests to concentrate on aspects that need to be dealt with in detail in the syllabi .
The most interesting aspect of this section is however the independence of choice given to the candidate to simulate mock tests and the unique feature here is that these tests can be created randomly and instantaneously. This is yet another step in facilitating independent learning and self-assurance.
The benefits of this module are only too palpable. It makes for a more positive enforcement of an attitude to competitive exam. It is possible that the candidate will understand that excellence is just a wonderful combination of building up of awareness, discipline, purpose, clarity and sustained practice and aspiration. And that finally, it is upto him to exercise that will to do it, for he ceratinly has, in the test bag the perfect tool for actualisation.

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TestBag.com's Self Assessor a wise facilitator

The Self Assessor, a formative assessment system is like a patient, gentle and wise facilitator at school, college, office or home. The one who will suggest, invite and gently persuade the learner to discover the rewards of self-discipline, tenacity and perseverance. Depending on what level one is, the tests are available for students of ninth grade to twelfth grade, undergraduates, post-graduates and candidates appearing for professional exams.
One could take this module as a way to keep up with the teacher in class, or stay ahead, inspired by one’s own improvement or better still, the slow initiation into love of knowledge. This is one of the most exciting possibilities that this module holds forth; one could, by moving up through the levels of tests, go deeper into the subject or go onto other related topics and widen the the scope of one’s learning. Or preferably, get hooked onto both, the deepening and widening of one’s field of learning. Finally, this would translate into the building up of one’s own capacities through practice. This practice itself can get very thorough and precise, with the candidate being able to choose from a very relevant variety of objective and subjective questions – they are among others. Five kinds of options available in multiple choice, there are multiple choice matching type, assertion type , multiple response, multiple response matching type, fill in the blanks, true and false and integer type questions; comprehensive questions based on common data.
The module actually moves very subtly towards helping the user perceive gaps in his own learning by initiating , just through a comprehensive and systematc upgradation of testing and questioning, a process of self-review. And the test history which keeps a record of the user’s performance can actually clear away doubts and improve time-management through practice.
So, the uniqueness of this module is that it makes self-assessment itself a thrilling journey – one can become inspired to delve deeper into scholarly work, or keep fine tuning one’s understanding of subject-related topics and keep improving on one’s skills, speed and reflexes at exams. Among the more studious, it could also encourage inter-disciplinary learning. The possibilty of class room performnace and the relationship with the teacher changing also remains a clear possibility. Often teachers and students get locked in personal prejudice and preferential treatment simply because their perception of the challenges of learning are often neither assessed, nor fair, nor clear,focussed and interactive.
Finally, this is more or less given that the user will be able to perceive his own capabilities and enhance his perception of the subject vis a vis his performance in the tests.
The subjects covered in the module are Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Economics, Physics, Geography, History, Political Science, English, Professional Topics and General Topics.
One can start module tests by either going into the subject and seeing the topics or use key words or terms and zero-in on the area of specific, focussed learning. The key word facility is available for most subjects except general mental ability and English.
The general mental abilty includes verbal and reasoning tests and these are further classified into tests relating to analogy, classification, coding decoding, series and relationship tests.
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