Time is one of the most important factor that will determine your success in the multiple choice type Exam for the Banks. For bank exam we need a proper Time Management Strategy. Most of the student fails to crack exams because of their improper time management for attempting questions.So in this post we are going to discuss about how to manage the time in the Bank Exams.
Remember in most of the bank exams papers you have to pass each section separately so you should assign a proper time slot for each section.if you will spend too much time on any sections, you may suffer from lack of time in other sections.you should decide before going to exam how much time to spend on which sections.if we talk about the SBI Bank PO Paper pattern it will be of 3 hours duration.In the first two hours will consist of test for the following four Sections:
Remember in most of the bank exams papers you have to pass each section separately so you should assign a proper time slot for each section.if you will spend too much time on any sections, you may suffer from lack of time in other sections.you should decide before going to exam how much time to spend on which sections.if we talk about the SBI Bank PO Paper pattern it will be of 3 hours duration.In the first two hours will consist of test for the following four Sections:
- Test of English Language (Grammar, Vocabulary, Comprehension )
- Test of General Awareness , Marketing and Computers
- Test of Data Analysis and Interpretation
- Test of Reasoning (High Level)
Each section has 50 questions of 1 mark for each section.for each wrong answer there will be a penalty of 0.25 Marks.
This test will be followed by a descriptive Test with 1 hour duration. the test will be of “Test of English Language (comprehension, short précis, letter writing & essay)”. The candidates are required to qualify in the Descriptive Test by securing passing marks, to be decided by theBank. Descriptive Test Paper of only those candidates will be evaluated who have scored qualifying marks in the Objective Tests.
TIME TO GIVE FOR EACH SECTION IN BANK EXAM:
Time to be given for English Language 20-25 Minutes
Time to be given for General Awareness, Marketing and Computers 15-20 Minutes
Time to be given for Data Analysis and Interpretation 40-45 Minutes
Time to be given for Reasoning Section 40-45 Minutes
Time to be given for General Awareness, Marketing and Computers 15-20 Minutes
Time to be given for Data Analysis and Interpretation 40-45 Minutes
Time to be given for Reasoning Section 40-45 Minutes
Some Important Tips :
- Always take a wrist watch with you for such type of Exams where time has so much importance.
- Do not spend too much time on any question.if you are confused with the question or unaware of the question just skip the question and move on for the next question.
- Don’t make blind guess leave the question if you don’t have any idea about the answer of the question.
- If in a certain question you don’t know the exact answer but you have a idea that this might be the wright answer,mark the answer if you are 70-80% sure of the answer.
- If the time that you have allocated for a section expires just leave the section and move on to the next section.it is not possible to attempt all the questions of a given section in given time constraint.
- If the paper is tough don’t ever get nervous.The conditions are same for all.
- Always arrive 20-30 minutes before the start of Exam.so that you may not get any difficulty to find you exam centre.
- Take 2-3 pencils ,a pen, a rubber ,a sharpener with you.Make your pencil sharpen before the start of exam so that you will not be wasted during the exam time.
- If possible visit your exam center before a day or two to avoid late or delay on exam day.
- Plan your travel in advance by taking into notice traffic, transports available and distance to the venue.