Ways to Master QA Section in RRB PO Exam 2021-Push the Tempo!

Countless students find QA (Quantitative Aptitude) section to be tricky and tough! You may or may not be sharing some space with them while reading this article as an RRB PO aspirant. But, undoubtedly, all RRB PO aspirants want to clear this section with ease, speed, and accuracy.

While mastering this section may not sound easy to most students, but it is also not an impossible goal to make this process easy!

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As QA is an integral part of RRB PO Exam, it invites 40 questions worth 40 marks to examine your brainpower. QA serves you easy to moderate to the difficulty level of questions. Therefore, you need to know how to differentiate between easy and tough questions, while choosing which questions to attempt first and which ones to attempt afterward.

So, you have to be very careful about your selection process in this section of the Exam as it may turn out to be pretty time-consuming.

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Therefore, you need to gear up for proper practice and make a well-planned strategy to master the questions of this section before appearing in the RRB PO Exam 2021.

Let us see how we can achieve this goal!

In this article, we have come up with a few very important tips and tricks for you to beat the Quantitative Aptitude section if the upcoming IBPS RRB PO (Officer Scale-I) Exam.

Here are some tips for quick prep and revision:

1.     Understand, clear, and master the basics

Clear your basics first! The first and foremost step to achieve your goal of mastering the QA answers is to clear your basic Maths first. The use of mathematical formulas and concepts is an irreplaceable and indispensible tool to answer the QA answers.

If you are not good at them, work on them, and practice them in everyday scenarios to have a better grasp of them.

Use mnemonics, to try to memorize formulas you have a hard time with. Mnemonics are techniques for remembering anything more easily. For instance, in any right-angled triangle, for any angle:

The sine of the angle = the length of the opposite side
                                   the length of the hypotenuse

The cosine of the angle = the length of the adjacent side
                                      the length of the hypotenuse

The tangent of the angle = the length of the opposite side
                                      the length of the adjacent side

This formula is often remembered as, ‘soh cah toa‘. So, you can learn the formulas for sine, cosine, and tangent of an angle with it, by shortening it to: “SOH CAH TOA.”

In “SOH CAH TOA: Sine is the length of the Opposite side over the length of the Hypotenuse. Cosine is the length of the Adjacent over the length of the Hypotenuse. And Tangent is the length of the Opposite side over the length of the Adjacent.

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You can also improve your basic math skills by:

• Playing math games
• Practicing with example problems
• Practicing math in everyday scenarios
• Reviewing math concepts every day
• Attempting Mock Tests dedicated to QA

Strengthen your basic calculations: Master basic high school math, including multiplication, division, subtraction, simplification techniques, and formulas like Algebra Formulas like (a+b)^3, (a+b)^2. If you have mastered it, test yourself via Mock Test to increase your speed and accuracy.

Don’t forget that, speed and accuracy are a must for this section. Therefore, you should master math tables up to 30 and squares of numbers up to 50, and cubes up to 20. After clearing all basic concepts from all chapters, take a good Mock Test Series to test them.

2.     Important topics and chapters

Dive into previous year’s papers and find out about the frequently asked questions and prepare accordingly. Pay more heed to topics on simplification and approximation, as questions from these chapters often come in the Exam and you can solve them in less time.

Quadratic equations and Data Interpretation are also important topics. Ratio and proportion, SI & CI, Profit and Loss, Partnerships, Percentage, and its application, Time and work, and Average are important topics from the Athematic part.

Also, practice questions on BODMAS and Number series, as you can easily clear the cut off if you can correctly answer questions from Number Series and Mathematical Operators.

3.     Topic-wise preparation

Make a chart consisting of your preferences for topics which you will prepare first or later. Practice the topics you like or are good at, first, and then go for those that bore you. You should prepare the syllabus topic-wise. And after covering every topic attemptMock Test for QA.

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This will help you in covering each and every topic and will display your strengths and weaknesses to work on them in time.

4.     Practice difficult questions and set your time limit

Practice difficult or high-level questions and watch your speed. This is the advice that every teacher and expert will give you. This may sound odd to a math amateur, but this is a method that helps in developing a habit of achieving not just speed but accuracy. You slowly get used to solving typical questions and feel confident while answering medium and low-level answers quickly.

Also, set your time limit while answering questions. Time management is the most important necessity for RRB PO Exam. You may know the formula or method for solving a particular question, but you have to answer it in a specific time period.

Otherwise, you will have to experience disappointment and failure despite having the talents to accomplish it. The ideal time to solve the entire QA section is 25 minutes, where you must try to solve one question in 37 seconds.

5.     Check your performance via Mock Tests

Give Mock Tests to know in which sections you are performing well and in which you are lagging behind.  Try to invest more time in topics or subjects you are weak in. And the best tool to test your strengths and weaknesses is the Mock Test. Take Mini Mock Tests and full Mock Tests to know areas you are weak in. Identify those areas and work on them.

6.     Regular Mock Tests make prep easy

Get familiar with the actual exams via Mock Test. Mock Tests teach you to respect the time and inject speed and accuracy into your performance. Ask any topper about his secrets of topping in the RRB PO Exam and the first and the foremost secret would be Mock Tests. Hence, by giving topic-wise and section-wise, Mock Tests you will know your progress in every area of your preparation. Analyze each and every Mock Test very carefully and list down the topics you weak in.  

You can revisit the topic, practice it again, and appear for another Mock Test to evaluate your answers. You can look out for alternate shortcuts and methods that can minimize your time spent on the questions. Hence, with self-discipline, confidence, and hard work, Mock Tests guarantee a good score in the QA section.

These Mock Tests are designed keeping in mind important topics, and updated Exam patterns and syllabus of the RRB PO Exam 2021.