With a promise of a bright future for students interested in a Banking career, IBPS is all ready to conduct the RRB Clerk or Office Assistant exam on 17th October 2021. The selected officers will get a chance to fill clerical posts in nationalized rural banks across India.
As there are only a few days left, candidates need to revise in the best possible manner with a perfect revision strategy that suits their own preparation style. As revision becomes compulsory before appearing in the mains examination because of the vast syllabus, we will discuss some important revision tips along with a strategy to revise the syllabus in quick time with the help of RRB Clerk Mains Mock Tests.
In this article, we focus on English revision, as many candidates tend to lose maximum marks in it.
The English section of the RRB Clerk Mains exam is challenging yet scoring if you just have command over basic grammar rules and have a sufficient vocabulary in your head. This section even increases the chances of fetching the maximum score if you go to the Exam with a perfect strategy beforehand.
We will also throw light on the most important topics of English that you should master in order to accumulate maximum marks!
But before moving ahead with speed let us first take a look at the exam pattern and English syllabus, both of which are very important from the point of view of correct and complete preparation.
IBPS RRB Exam | Sections | Number of Questions | Marks | Duration |
Preliminary Exam | Quantitative Aptitude | 40 | 40 | Composite Time of 45 minutes |
Reasoning Ability | 40 | 40 | ||
Mains Exam | Reasoning Ability | 40 | 50 | Composite Time of 2 hours |
Quantitative Aptitude | 40 | 50 | ||
General Awareness | 40 | 40 | ||
Computer Knowledge | 40 | 20 | ||
English/ Hindi Language | 40 | 40 |
The table below gives a list of the topics relevant to the IBPS RRB Clerk 2021 Syllabus for verbal ability:
Reading Comprehension | Error Detection |
Rearrangement of Sentences | Cloze Test |
Fill in the blanks | Rules for Tenses |
Antonyms & Synonyms | One word substitution |
Idioms & Phrases | Phrase Substitution |
Jumbled Words | Article Rules |
Since there is an option for Hindi and English in the IBPS RRB syllabus, there are certain topics that can be helpful for candidates opting for Hindi as a language:
Vyakaran | Error Spotting |
Paragraphs | Reading Comprehension |
Fill in the blanks | Antonyms and Synonyms |
English language section consists of 40 questions worth 40 marks. Those who have command of the basics of the English Language and possess good reading skills score maximum from the reading comprehension questions. RC (Reading Comprehension questions carry the highest weightage of marks as 50% (approx.) of the questions are based on this topic. Therefore, you need to work on your reading skills to ace this section.
Some of the most essential topics on which the questions from the English language section can be framed are:
Here is a topic-wise take on the revision expedition you should
You need to start your revision with the easy topics or the topics you feel very comfortable with. For instance, if you like the Reading Comprehension part, practice at least 2-3 comprehensions on different topics daily. Analyze your strengths and weaknesses and make improvements by gaining accuracy and speed at the same time by attempting Regular Mock Tests.
Revisit all the words you have learned or collected. Read the newspaper on regular basis and learn new words. Check out the list of all those words that were being asked in the previous exams.
Analyze previous years’ questions papers. Make notes, and note down the weightage of various subjects. It will help you in deciding the topics to give more attention to while doing revision. By it, you will get an idea about the exam pattern and your mind will be ready to understand what needs to be done in less time.
Revise the grammar section by revising all essential grammar rules. Practice questions on error detection as these questions are tricky and require dedicated practice.
Revise Sentence Rearrangement. The questions on sentence reengagement are sometimes easy and sometimes moderately difficult in the Mains exam. So, you need to practice it as much as you can.
Finally, practice the cloze test questions, this topic as well requires you to be updated with grammar rules with the correct application of the words. Solve the cloze test regularly.
You might be knowing many grammar rules. You just have to update your information or add up to it. Practice examples to learn the application of all the important grammatical rules related to the topics of your syllabus. This can also be done by reading the newspaper and magazines daily. Practice as many questions as you can on each topic mentioned below and polish up the rules of grammar such as:
Revise all the important topics mentioned above and attempt Mock Tests to test your speed and accuracy and get a better overview of the type of questions that are asked in the IBPS RRB Clerk Mains Exam. Try to give at least 2 Mock Tests a day, in the remaining days that you have. Analyze your Mock Test properly, and dedicatedly work on your weaknesses and practice more for better results in the upcoming RRB Clerk Exam.
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