IBPS SO 2022 Quick Preparation/Revision Tips for Reasoning

As far as Prelims exam is concerned, IBPS SO Prelims 2022 is scheduled on 24^th Dec, 2022. So, it now gets all the more important for the aspirants to prepare for it well so that they are able to clear the Prelims of 2022 only. The IBPS SO Prelims is soon to commence leaving you with only 22 days of revision. In this article we will guide the aspirants through few quick tips that may help you in your preparation particularly for the Reasoning section.

We sincerely advise you to practice as many mock tests as possible in order to master your preparation strategy and concepts. Let’s start our quick revision tips for reasoning by letting the aspirants first know the important topics which are not supposed to be missed.

IBPS SO Reasoning Key Revision Topics

• Syllogisms
• Double Line-Up
• Circular/Linear Seating Arrangement
• Input Output
• Blood Relation
• Data Sufficiency
• Coding Decoding
• Directions & Distance
• Order & Ranking
• Inequality

These are few important topics that are a must to be prepared as far as reasoning for IBPS SO Prelims is concerned. Mentioned below is the detailed strategy about topic wise revision and what approach aspirants should follow for the complete section.

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Syllogisms

• Aspirants can avoid confusion this particular concept by drawing Venn diagrams between the mentioned categories in different statements.
• Each question to be read carefully and one step to be taken at a time in order to avoid any kind of overlapping.
• Practice syllogisms as much as you can in order to gain accuracy for solving such questions.
• Questions can either be based on the old or the new pattern which is of Reverse syllogism.
• It is one of the most scoring concepts/topics so it leaves aspirants with no other option but to prepare it well.

Blood Relations

• In this clarity of your basic concepts is extremely important.
• Practice some quizzes just to check your preparation level for the same. Download PracticeMock app for daily reasoning quiz updates.
• In this section an aspirant’s cognitive ability is tested. Questions can be asked in varied forms including coded, or mixed blood relation and puzzles etc.
• Questions asked are complex in nature so practice this concept thoroughly.

Order & Ranking

Questions asked generally are easy and less complicated

Directions and Distances

• Before starting with any question, always consider eight directions.
• As far as rotation-based questions are concerned, rotate the person either clockwise or anticlockwise relative to the direction they were facing last according to the question.
• Assume that you are facing North for simplicity.

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Data Sufficiency

• Before jumping on the conclusions directly, analyse the questions first
• If the question seems confusing, pen down the gist of it in order to get an idea as what exactly it is demanding.
• Based on the difficulty level of the questions the questions can have 2 to 3 statements.

Coding Decoding

• Check properly the numbers and alphabets which are given in the code.
• Try to analyse the question to check whether the codes follow an ascending or descending order.
• Try to figure out rules or patterns in the question if any.
• Practice as many quizzes as possible by downloading PracticeMock app.
• This topic generally has easy set of questions and again it can be either based on old or new pattern.

To practice new pattern of coding decoding attempt topic wise quizzes.

Inequalities

• It is considered to the easiest topic all in reasoning
• The quantities given would have to be compared and there will be statements followed the question.
• Choose and mark the correct statement.

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IBPS SO Prelims 2022 Quick Revision Tips

• Strengthen your basics first so that you can develop your own shortcuts and tricks for problem solving.
• Before moving onto challenging tasks, first gain enough confidence by working on your strengths.
• Whether a topic is easy or challenging, practice will surely help you through.
• Try and solve previous year’s papers since only 4 days are left for the exam to commence and practice as many mock tests as possible. Mock tests given here at PracticeMock are based on the latest pattern.
• Practice will not only help you gain accuracy, but speed too.
• Prepare a time table in order to keep a proper track of your preparation and performance.
• Each subject should be approached in a systematic way and accordingly things should be planned.

We hope that this article on quick reasoning revision tips for the upcoming IBPS SO Prelims 2022 was helpful to you.

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