5 Secrets of Scoring 25+ Marks in English-IBPS Clerk 2021 Prelims

Most of the students get goosebumps whenever they think about an English Exam coming, especially those who had Hindi as their medium of learning. Many IBPS Clerk aspirants face this problem. Some aspirants even ruin their Exams just because of the English section!

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But what if we supply you with a few secrets that many students implemented to fetch Full marks in it, despite facing the same problem that you may be facing? Read on to know those little but giant secrets, that have proven their worth time and again!

Before we move on to cover the secrets to tackle the English section, it is essential to know the Exam pattern for the prelims.

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IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern for Preliminary Exam 2021

The IBPS Clerk preliminary examination will be conducted online and you will be allocated a total duration of 1 hour (20 minutes for each section) to complete the preliminary exam. You will require to qualify in each of the three tests, English Language, Numerical Ability & Reasoning Ability by securing cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS (Institute of Banking Personnel Selection) to get shortlisted for the Online Mains Examination. English part plays a pivotal role in paving your way to success in prelims!

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Here’s the Exam Pattern for Preliminary Exam 2021:

S. No.	Name of Tests (Objective	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	English Language	30	30	20 minutes
2	Numerical Ability	35	35	20 minutes
3	Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 minutes
Total	100	100	1 Hour

In order to beat the English Test, you will have to master topics like:

• Reading Comprehension
• Tenses Rules
• Cloze Test (Fill in the Blanks)
• Jumbled Paragraphs
• Idioms and Phrases
• Multiple Meaning
• Error Spotting Correction
• Reading Comprehension
• Preposition Rules

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5 secrets of scoring full marks in the English Section

You’ll get 20 minutes for 30 questions to solve English questions. That is enough if you’re fully prepared to showcase your skills. Earlier, the aspirants invested 10-15 minutes to the English section and gave the rest of the left time to the other two more time-consuming sections, the Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Ability Section. But IBPS via its official notification introduced the change that now the aspirants will get 20 minutes out of the total 60 minutes for the English Section.

Here are 5 secrets of scoring 25+ plus marks in the English Section:

1.    Practice Mock Tests

Your success in the English section will depend on how much you have polished your English skills. Giving Mock Tests will not only help you in completing the syllabus, in good revision but will also inject in you the speed and accuracy required for the actual Exam Day. So, you need to keep testing your English skills daily. And that can only be done via taking regular tests. Mock Tests are the tests that perfectly imitate the actual Exam, as they are specially designed for it. A Mock Test for IBPS Clerk gives you a feel of the actual RRB PO Exam and enhances the skills needed to beat it.

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2.    Previous year’s question papers

Give time to previous year’s question papers to know what sort of questions come in the exam. This is an old trick but has always been very rewarding. It helps to clear your basics as does the Mock Tests. This also gives you confidence that you have done your research and know what type of questions usually do appear in the actual Exam. It develops in you a sense of readiness for the Exam.

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3.    Work on speed & accuracy

Do keep in mind that accuracy should be the priority while you attempt this section, as, many of you would try to attempt the maximum number of the questions in this section which, kind of, gives you the maximum average time for each question (20 minutes for 30 questions).

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4.    Improve you reading skills via newspaper

You need to keep in mind that the comprehensions that you will be facing in the actual exam will be extracts or excerpts from newspapers or magazines. Therefore, by inculcating the regular habit of newspapers reading (editorials especially), you will experience constant improvements in your writing and comprehension skills. The good thing about Reading Comprehension is that it doesn’t test your English grammar skills, and you can just answer it with ease via your newly acquired comprehension skills. Plus, it will also help you in answering questions on general awareness.

5.    Practice Important topics & master basic grammar

You need to master some important topics like the cloze test (subject-verb agreement, preposition, and verbs). By mastering these topics, you can easily deal with questions from other topics as well. Almost all the topics stem from grammar. So, you should revisit all the basic grammar and test your grammar skills through Mock Tests before appearing in the actual IBPS Clerk Exam.

The best strategy

Some aspirants find the English section of IBPS Clerk a bit tougher, despite the fact that there are no solutions or calculations required in it. But because they may find questions like comprehension, rearrangement, etc. very time taking. If you too find it hard, you need to attempt the questions you are good at first. If your vocabulary part is strong and you are a quick reader, then you should attempt the reading comprehension first and then only go for other topics, like, Cloze test, Error Spotting Correction, Jumbled Paragraphs, etc. But if you are good at Grammar, you can attempt reading comprehension later in the end. Or whatever you feel comfortable in. You can make or break your own rules, but for better results.