IDBI Assistant Manager General Awareness Strategy

IDBI Assistant Manager Exam 2021: The IDBI AM exam will most likely take place next month and preparing for general awareness in such a short time would be a herculean task. But if you are somebody who is preparing for SBI Clerk for the last 3-6 months or for any other banking exam which involves GK then you might be in safe hands. But for aspirants which weren’t preparing for GK would face issues not only with preparation but also with scoring better than fellow candidates. You will have to accept that you can’t score 50+ with one month of preparation.  

IDBI AM 2021 Exam Pattern

Sr. No.	Sr. No. Name of the Test	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks Duration	Time
1.	Logical Reasoning, Data Analysis & Interpretation	60	60	Composite time of 2 hours
2.	English Language	40	40	–
3.	Quantitative Aptitude	40	40	–
4.	General/Economy/Banking Awareness	60	60	–

General Awareness Syllabus

Static GK	Banking and Financial Awareness	Current Affairs
Static GK: It consists of static facts which have remained facts for a very long time, and they may or may not change in the coming time. For example – New Delhi being the capital of India is a basic static fact.	Banking and Financial Awareness – Now this one is obvious why bank-related exams will have these types of questions. Think of these questions as you are preparing for any company’s interview. Will they not expect you to know about their industry, markets, and the company itself? Similarly, banks will ask you about the banking industry, terminologies, abbreviations, full forms, RBI-related information, any major recent events which took place in the financial world.	Current Affairs – Generally, current affairs have a generalized outlook because they can be literally about anything from what is happening beyond Sun and which country just legalised bitcoin as its legal tender. It can range from topics such as politics, business, science, geography, technology, sports, etc.

Last minute tips for IDBI GA 2021

Now, is the time for revision and not to cover anything new. We suggest that all IDBI AM aspirants download the last 6 months GA PDFs for revision. Try to skip through the less important ones at this moment in time.

But we do have a solution for such students. You can still score decent marks to make it through the cut-offs. You can find this approach here – Prepare 6 months of GK In 20 days 

The top 10 GK Topics you need to cover at any cost

• Banking GK
• Economics GK
• Funds allotted
• State news
• Appointments (Special designations of banks and Government of India)
• Schemes
• Books and Authors – You can easily cover them because hardly 4-5 books are released every month. Don’t miss out on this topic.
• Awards
• Committees – Bank related
• Rankings and reports

Tips for mastering GA for IDBI AM 2021

Look for a 6-month window of February – August

These are the crucial six months from the perspective of GA preparation. With limited time available you should cover all these past six months aggressively.  

Refer to PracticeMock’s Monthly GA PDFs

We do a monthly coverage around all the 10 topics which you can have a look at. It will help you immensely because you will have direct access to all the important stuff.  

Download monthly GA PDFs 

Look for the previous year GA Questions

The last IDBI AM exam took place in 2019. So, it’s quite obvious the questions aren’t relevant anymore. But the idea is to get the hang of types of questions, level of difficulty, range of topics covered, etc.

Choose the Relevant Reference Books as per the Syllabus

The best book for the 2021-22 general awareness section is “General Knowledge 2022 by Manohar Pandey (Arihant Publications”) 

It is a fine book for covering most of the syllabus of the IDBI Assistant Manager Grade A 2021 exam. The referred book is a fine source of static GK topics along with recent current affairs. The book is appropriate for the topics mentioned below:

• Static GK
• Awards and Honours
• Who’s Who
• Science – Inventions and Discoveries

Banking Awareness Book by Arihant Publications

If you want to keep no stones unturned then you should prepare for the banking awareness section from this book. It will cover all the general banking knowledge along with several terminologies.  It’s a fine source of static banking awareness knowledge.

Conclusion

The time period is short but that would apply to every aspirant, and not just to you. So, make the best out of all the resources available to you at the moment. You will have to be very stringent with your approach here. A single day delay would also bring disappointment.   

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