RRB Clerk Mains 2021-English Revision Strategy

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 17^th 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 Pattern for Office Assistant (Multipurpose)

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

IBPS RRB Clerk Syllabus for the English/Hindi Language

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

Must-Do Topics for English Language Section

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:

1. Reading comprehension
2. Order one out
3. Cloze test
4. Para jumbles
5. Fillers
6. Error detection
7. Synonyms/antonyms
8. Idioms and phrases
9. One word substitution
10. Word/freeze replacement
11. Para completion

Revision Strategy for the English Language for IBPS RRB Clerk Mains 2021

Here is a topic-wise take on the revision expedition you should

1.    Cover your favourate or easy topics first

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.

2.    Revise your vocabulary collection

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.

3.    Analyse previous years’ question papers

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.

4.    Revisit the grammar section

Revise the grammar section by revising all essential grammar rules. Practice questions on error detection as these questions are tricky and require dedicated practice.

5.    Revise the sentence Rearrangement

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.

6.    Practice cloze test questions

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.

Keep Polishing grammar rules 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:

• Subject-verb agreement
• Active and passive voice
• Reported Speech (Direct and indirect speech)
• Spellings
• Tenses
• Articles
• Singulars and plural
• Phrases and idioms
• Noun and pronoun
• Preposition
• Conjunction
• Conditionals
• Question tags
• Adjectives and determiners

Propel Your Revision via PM’s Amazing Mock Tests

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.