Study Plan for Banking Exams Preparation

To be successful in the Common Written Examination like IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk and other bank exams like the SBI PO & Clerical etc., you need to have a proper study plan. Here is a study plan that you can adopt to prepare yourself and to make yourself fully ready for the banking exams.

Week Planning	Reasoning	English	Quantitative Aptitude
Week 1	• Sitting Arrangements • Puzzles • Coding & Decoding	• Reading Comprehension	• Data Interpretation • Bar Charts& Pie Charts, • Graphs and Other pictorial representations
Week 2	• Data Sufficiency • Blood Relations • Round table sitting arrangement	• Para Jumbles • Sentence Rearrangement	• Pipes and Cisterns • Inequalities • Simplification • Profit and Loss • Data Sufficiency
Week 3	• Syllogism • Odd Man Out • Analytical reasoning • Direct Questions • Syllogism	• Grammar • Synonyms & Antonyms	• Permutation and Combination • Simple and Compound Interest • Probability
Week 4	• Odd Man Out • Analytical reasoning • Direct Questions	• Vocabulary	• Partnerships • Number System • Time and Work • Time and Distance

Week Planning	General Awareness	Computer Awareness / Marketing Awareness
Week 1	• Banking and Financial Terms • Taxation System • Financial policies in India	• Basic Computer Knowledge/ General Marketing concepts
Week 2	• Mutual Funds • SEBI, IRDA, RBI, SIDBI -working	• DBMS / Marketing Funnel & Banking
Week 3	• Union Budget • Rail Budget	• Networking/Principles of Marketing
Week 4	• Current Affairs	• Microsoft Office Suite/ Current Marketing trends & Scenario

By devoting at least 2-3 hours per day across each of the sections, a candidate will be able to master the topics. One has to do a lot of practice sessions after understanding the concepts.  This is a tentative study plan for a month. The next month can be used for revision and more of practice.