BANK COACHING IN MOHALI

TIPS FOR EXAMS :-

Bank exams, be it PO or clerical aren’t that difficult as people think. But the problem is the vacancies: applicant’s ratio. So all you need to worry is about your preparation and not the toughness of the paper.
If you are preparing for PO exam, the first thing you need to know is the pattern of the exam. A written test for a PO exam consists of 2 parts, objective part and Descriptive part.The objective part consists of four sections namely,English language test, quantitative ability, Reasoning and General Awareness/ Marketing aptitude.
225 questions in 135 minutes comes out to be 36 seconds per question. It may seem daunting but it’s not the end of the world since we aren’t attempting every question. If you can attempt 175-185 questions (> 190 is excellent) with 90 percent accuracy, you’ve done a good job.
So as soon as you are told to start answering, I would recommend starting with the General awareness/ Marketing aptitude section and there won’t be much to think or solve in it. Just see the question and mark the answer.Attempt as many questions as you can in this section (only if you’re sure of the answer) but you should be able to complete the section in 25 minutes (20 minutes would be excellent).
The next section to go for would be English and I generally the first 9-10 questions in it will be that of comprehensive passage. So I would recommend leaving that part of the questions as the rest of the section is pretty Basic English which is very easy. Again you should be able to complete this section in 20-25 minutes.
So we’ve done with 2 sections in 40-50 minutes and left with another 135 questions which should be done in 85-95 minutes.
Depending upon your strength, go for either Reasoning or Quant but remember to solve the easiest questions first (this will be the deciding factor). Any thing that requires serious calculation in Quant or serious thinking in Reasoning should be left behind at first and come back to it if time permits at the end. For example questions on circular arrangement in Reasoning and compound interest calculations in Quant could be avoided.
From the feedback given by many test takers, what I found is that the DI part in Quant will be an important part in the test which is also very easiest part. Most of the question in it could be solved without even using your pen. So work hard on DI.
Coming to the time for these 2 sections, 50 questions in Quant (or all that you could solve) should be completed in 40 minutes which leaves out 45-55 minutes to solve 75 questions in Reasoning. Don’t neglect the non-verbal part in Reasoning as there would be atleast 15 questions from it.
All said and done, you should have atleast 5 minutes at the last which you could either use to solve the Reading comprehension in English or the arrangement questions in Reasoning.
If you are accustomed with any procedure from the beginning, I would recommend following that so that you dont mess up completely. If this is your firstattempt for PO/ clerical exam, then this method would work well

Probationary Officer’s Examination (Courses of Study)

Lesson No.	Reasoning	Quantitative Aptitude	English	Descriptive
1.	1. ANALOGY 2. CLASSIFICATION (I) Practice Sets-1 A, 1B (II) Practice Set- 1B	1. NUMBERS (I) Number System (II) Test of Divisibility (III) HCF, LCM (IV) Rules of Summation (V) Fraction (VI) Problems on Ages (VII) Simplification (VIII) Practice Sets-1,1 A	1. NOUN (I) Case (II) Gender (III) Number (IV) Practices-1,2,3 (V) Practice Set-1
2.	1. ALPHABET CODING 2. BINARY PROBLEMS 3. ALPHABET RELATIONSHIP (I) Practice Sets – 2A, 2B, 2C (ll) Ans.toPr.Sets-IA, 1B	1. PERMUTATION-COMBINATION 2. PROBABILITY 3. UNEQUAL EQUATIONS 4. APPROXIMATE VALUE (I) Practice Sets-2A,2B,2C,2D (II) Ans. to Pr. Sets-1,1 A	1. ADJECTIVE, PRONOUN INTRODUCTION 2. REFLEXIVE PRONOUN 3. RELATIVE PRONOUN (I) Test-1 (II) Practices-4,5,6 (III) Practice Set-2 (IV) Ans.toPr.-1,2,3 (V) Ans. to Pr. Set-1
3.	1. ALPHABET & POSITION TEST (I) Practice Sets – 3A, 3B, 3C (II) Ans. to Pr. Sets-2A,2B,2C	1. AVERAGE 2. PERCENTAGE (I) Practice Set-3 (II) Ans. to Pr. Sets-2A,2B,2C,2D	1. CHANGE OF DEGREE (I) Exercise-1 (II) Practices-7,8,9 (III) Practice Set-3 (IV) Ans.toPr.-4,5,6 (V) Ans. to Pr. Set-2
4.	1. BLOOD RELATIONS: TYPESAB.C (I) Practice Set-4 (II) Ans. to Pr. Sets-3A,3B,3C	1. PROFIT & LOSS 2. DISCOUNT (I) Practice Set-4 (II) Ans. to Pr. Set-3	1. USES OF ADJECTIVE 2. PREPOSITIONS (I) Practices-10,11,12 (II) Practice Set-4 (III) Ans.toPr.-7,8,9 (IV) Ans. to Pr. Set-3
5.	1. PUZZLE TEST (I) Practice Set-5 (II) Ans. to Pr. Set-4	1. SIMPLE INTEREST 2. COMPOUND INTEREST (I) Practice Set-5 (II) Ans. to Pr. Set-4	1. USES OF PRONOUN (I) Practices-13,14,15 (II) Practice Set-5 (III) Ans.toPr.-10,11,12 (IV) Ans. to Pr. Set-4
6.	1. DIRECTION SENSE TEST (I) Practice Sets-6, 6A (ll) Ans. to Pr. Set-5	1. ALLIGATION OF MIXTURE 2. RATIO & PROPORTION 3. PARTNERSHIP (I) Practice Set-6 (II) Ans. to Pr. Set-5	1. ARTICLES 2. COMPREHENSION TEST 3. ANTONYM-SYNONYM (I) Practices-16,17 (II) Practice Set-6 (III) Test-2 (IV) Ans.toPr.-13,14.15 (V) Ans. to Pr. Set-5	Practices Set-1
7.	1. INPUT &PASSCODE (I) Practice Set-7 (ii) Ans.toPr. Sets-6, 6A	1. TIME & WORK 2. PIPES & CISTERN (I) Practice Set-7 (ll )Ans.to Pr.Set-6	1. VERBS & VOICE 2. CLOZE TEST (I) Exercise-2 (II) Test-3 (III) Practices-18,19,20 (IV) Practice Set-7 (V) Ans.to Pr.-16.17 (VI) Ans.to Pr.Set-6 (VII) Ans.toTest-2	I. Practice-2 II .Ans.to Pr.-1
8.	1. SYLLOGISM (I) Practice Sets – 8A, 8B (ll) Ans. to Pr. Set-7	1. TIME & DISTANCE (I) Practice Set-8 (II) Arts.to Pr. Set-7	1. MOOD 2. ERRORS IN WORDS (I) Practices-21,22 (II) Test-4 (III) Practice Set-8 (IV) Ans. to Exercise-8 (V) Ans. to Test-3 (VI) Ans.to Pr.-18,19,20 (VII) Ans. to Pr. Set-7	I. Practice -3 II. Ans. to Pr.-2
9.	1. STATEMENT ARGUMENT (I) Practice Set-9	1. MENSURATION (I) Practice Set-9 (I) Practice Set-9 (II) Ans. to Pr. Set-8	1. TENSE 2. IDIOMS & PHRASES (I) Tests-6 & 7 (II) Practices-23,24.25 (III) Practice Set-9 (IV) Ans.to Pr.-21.22 (V) Ans. to Test-4 (V) Ans. to Pr. Set-8	I. Practice -4 II. Ans.toPr.-3
10.	1. STATEMENT-ASSUMPTION (I) Practice Set-10 (ll) Ans. to Pr. Set-9	1. DATAINTERPRETION (TABLES) 2. DATA INTERPRETATION (BARS) (I) Practice Sets-10A, 10B (ll) Ans. to Pr. Set-8	1. PARTICIPLE, GERUND INFINITIVE 2. SENTENCE ARRANGEMENT (I) Practices-26,27 (II) Practice Set-10 (III) Tests-8,9,10 (IV) Ans.to Tests-6,7 (V) Ans.to Pr.-23,24,25 (VI) Ans. to Pr. Set-9	I. Practice -5 II. Ans.to Pr.-4
11.	1. COURSES OF ACTION 2. CAUSES.EFFECT (I) Practice Sets-11,12 (ii) Ans.toPr.Set-IO	1. DATA INTERPRETATION (GRAPHS) 2. DATA INTERPRETATION (CIRCLES) (I) Practice Sets-11 A, 11B (II) Ans. to Pr. Sets-10A,10B	1. ADVERB (I) Practices-28, 29, 30 (II) Practice Set-11 (III) Ans.to Pr.-26,27 (IV) Ans. to Pr. Set-10 (V) Ans. to Tests-8,9,10	I. Practice -6 II. Ans.to Pr.-5
12.	1. DERIVING CONCLUSION FROM STATEMENTS 2. DERIVING CONCLUSION FORM PASSAGE (I) Practice Sets-13,14 (II) Arts, to Pr. Sets-11,12	1. HEIGHT & DISTANCE (I) Practice Set-12 (II) Ans.to Pr.Sets-11A.11B	1. CONJUNCTION (i) Practices-31,32 (II) Practice Set-12 (III) Ans.to Pr.-28,29.30 (IV) Ans.to Pr.Set-11	I. Practice -7 II. Ans.to Pr.-6
13.	1. DECISION MAKING (I) Practice Set-15 (II) Ans.to Pr.Sets-13,14,15	1. NUMBER SERIES (I) Practice Sets-13A, 13B (II) Ans. to Pr. Sets – 12,13A,13B	1. NARRATION (I) Exercise-3 with Ans. (II) Practices-33,34,35 with Ans. (Ill) Practice Set-13 with Ans. (IV) Ans.to Pr.-31.32 (V) Ans. to Pr. Set-12	I. Practice -8 with Ans.

Notes on GENERAL AWARENESS will be provided every month, apart from regular classes.

Bank Clerical (Courses of Study)

Lesson No.	English	Numerical Ability	Reasoning	Clerical	Descriptive
1.	1. Introduction (i) Noun-Full (ii) Practices – 1.2 & 3	(i) Special Techniques of (a) Addition and Subtraction (b) Number System (ii) Exercise-1 (iii) Practice Set-1	(i) Analogy (ii) Practice Set-1A	(i) Name and Address Matching Practice Set-1
2.	(i) Adjectiveand & Pronoun Introduction (ii) Reflexive & Relative Pronoun (iii)Test-1 (iv) Practices-4,5 & 6	(i) Special Techniques of (a) Multiplication and Divn. (b) SIMPLIFICATION (ii) Exercise-2 (iii) Practice Set-2	(i) Classification (ii) Practice Sets-1B	(i) Name and Address Matching Practice Set-2
3.	(i) Change of Degree (ii) Exercise-1 (iii) Practice 7,8 & 9	(i) Special Tecnhiques of. (a) Fraction (b) AVERAGE & AGE PROBLEM (ii) Exercise – 3 & 4 (iii) Practice Set-3	(i) Alphabet Relations (ii) Practice Set-2B	(i) Name and Address Matching Practice Set-3
4.	(i) Uses of Adjective (ii) Practice 10,11 & 12 (iii) Prepositions	(i) Special Tecnhiques of (a) Decimals (b) RATIO-PROPORTION AND PARTNERSHIP (ii) Exercise- 5 & 6 (iii) Practice Set-4	(i) Coding-Decoding (ii) Practice Set-3	Practice Set – 4
5.	(i) Uses of Pronun (ii) Practices 13, 14 & 15	(i) Special Tecnhique of (a) Square Root, Cube Root (b) PERCENTAGE (ii) Exercise – 7 (iii) Practice Set-5	(i) Alphabet Position Test (ii) Blood Relations (iii) Practice Set-3A	(i) Letter Coding (ii) Practice Set – 5
6.	(i) Articles (ii) Practices 16 & 17 (iii) Antonym-Synonym	(i) Special Tecnhique of PROFIT & LOSS (ii) Exercises – 8 & 9 (iii) Practice Set-6	(i) Puzzle Test (ii) Direction Sense Test (iii) Series (iv) Practice Sets-5, 5A, 6	(i) Word Arrangement (ii) Practice Set – 6	introduction and Practice-1 with Ans.
7.	(i) Verbs-introduction (ii) Voice (iii) Exercise-2 (iv) Practices 18,19 & 20	(i) Special Tecnhique of TIME & WORK (ii) Practice set – 7 (iii) SPEED TEST-1	(i) Conditional Coding (ii) Practice Set-7	(i) Classification into Heads (ii) Practice Set – 7	Practice-2 with Ans,
EXAM-1 (SEALED SET OF 200 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER SHEET & ANS.-ENGLISH UPTO VOICE)
8.	(i) Mood (ii) Practices-21 & 22 (iii)Test-2 (iv) Comprehension-1 with Ans	(i) Special Techniques of TIME AND DISTANCE (ii) Practice Set-8 (iii) SPEED TEST-2	(i) Syllogism (ii) Practice Set-8	(i) Miscellaneous Practice Set-1	Practice-3 with Ans.
9.	(i) Tense (ii) Tests-3 (iii) Practices-23, 24 & 25 (iv) Comprehension-2 with Ans	(i) Special Techniques of SIMPLE INTEREST AND COMPOUND INTEREST (ii) Practice Set-9 (iii) SPEED TEST-3	(i) Sitting Arrangement (ii) Practice Set-9	(i) Miscellaneous Practice Set-2	Practice-4 with Ans.
EXAM-2 (SEALED SET OF 200 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER SHEET & ANS-ENGLISH UPTO TENSE)
10.	(i) Participle, Gerund and Infinitive (ii) Practices-26, & 27 (iii) Comprehension-3 with Ans (iv) Sentence Arrangement	(i) Special Techniques of MENSURATION (ii) Practice Set-10 (iii) SPEED TEST-4	(i) Miscellaneous (ii) Practice Set-10 (iii) NON VERBAL Practice Set-1	(i) Miscellaneous Practice Set-3	Practice-5 with Ans.
11.	(i) Adverb (ii) Practices-28, 29 & 30 (iii) Comprehension-4 with Ans.	(i) Special Techniques of NUMBER SERIES (ii) Practice Set-11 (iii) SPEED TEST-5	Number Ranking & Time Sequence Practice Set-11 NON VERBAL Practice Set-2	(i) Miscellaneous Practice Set-4	Practice-6 with Ans
EXAM-3 (SEALED SET OF 200 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER SHEET & ANS-ENGLISH UPTO ADVERB)
12.	(i) Conjunction (ii) Practices-31 & 32	(i) Misc. Practice Set	(i) NON VERBAL Practice Set-3	(i) Miscellaneous Practice Set-5	Practice-7 with Ans.
EXAM-4 (SEALED SET OF 200 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER SHEET & ANS-ENGLISH UPTO CONJUNCTION)
13.	(i) Narration (ii) Exercise-3 (iii) Practices-33, 34 & 35	(i) Misc. Practice Set	(i) NON VERBAL Practice-4	(i) Miscellaneous Practice Set-6	Practice-8 with Ans.
EXAM-4 (SEALED SET OF 200 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER SHEET & ANS-ENGLISH UPTO THE END)
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EXTRA NOTES ON MARKETING & GENERAL AWARENESS FOR STATE BANK OF INDIA WILL BE PROVIDED)

WHAT IS BANK PO AND CLERKS

A Probationary Officer (PO) in the bank is the starting level appointment for bank officers. The POs have a one or two years probation period during which they are given exposure to various important functions of the bank such as Loans & Advances, Foreign exchange, Credit Rating, Treasury, Risk Management, IT, Marketing etc.

Vacancies in officers cadre in public sector banks are filled from within the organization after promotion of clerks and also by direct recruitment. To meet the shortage of manpower in officers cadre, now a days the public sector banks are required to recruit large number of officers. Most of the vacancies for which recruitments are made are in junior management Graduate Scale I, which is the entry level position for joining a public sector bank as an officer. This entry level position is known as that of probationary officer or management trainee. Bank probationary officers can come from any discipline or field of study, although there is a misconception that only people from commerce or finance background are eligible. A finance or commerce background may help the candidate adjust to the banking environments faster than others but banks recruit talents from diverse backgrounds of science, literature etc.

CAREER PROGRESSION

There is a well defined career progression path in each public sector bank. Performance and potential are key elements which determine this career progression. Most senior officials in public sector banks started their career as clerk or scale I officer only. In tune with the time banks have reviewed their promotion policy and now for bright, hardworking and knowledgeable employees it takes less time to move to higher scales. In may banks a person who joined as an officer may reach to the position of General Manager in 14 years. After that one can aspire for the position of executive director or chairman of a bank. These are very high positions, nomination to which is decided by the Government and not by the individual banks.

Many public sector banks have a network of foreign branches. Thus joining a public sector bank gives you the opportunity of working abroad also. Transferability in a bank job provides you the chance of seeking different parts of the country.

Typical Salary Structure of a Bank PO – Entry Level (Indicative)

Particulars	Monthly	Annually
Basic	14500	174000
DA	8722	104661
HRA*	0	0
CCA	540	6480
MedicalAid		5100
Entertainment		4600
House Maintnce	300	3600
Books/Newsprs		2800
Petrol	2000	24000
Canteen Subsidy	250	3000
Pension	-2322	-27866
Rent Dedn	-300	-3600
Taxable Salary	23690	300375
Less Tax	771	9251
In Hand Salary	22919	291124.02
House Lease#	8000	96000
Bank’s Pension share	2322	27866
CTC	452107	4.5 Lac per Anum

(*HRA is not taken into consideration because of lease accommodation; #House Lease ranges frm 4 to 12 percent of basic depending upon rural/semi urban/Area 1/Metros)

A Bank Clerk, is a financial service professional who serves as the primary point of contact for most bank customers, administering basic banking transactions , documentation and administrative functions.

A clerk is mostly a front staff in a bank. Depending on the requirement clerks are placed at different counters of the banks e.g. savings, deposit, retail loans, cash credit, agricultural loans, credit cards, government business, cash receipt or payment etc. Maximum customer interface in banks occurs at these counters managed by clerical staff.

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