Indian Bank PO 2016 – Exam Pattern & Syllabus

Dear Aspirants,
Here we are providing you the detailed syllabus & exam pattern for the Indian Bank PO Recruitment 2016 through PGDBF course.

Selection Process:
Candidates will be selected by Indian Bank through a selection process consisting of an online test (Preliminary and Main Examination) followed by Interview.

Exam Pattern:

Descriptive Test paper will be evaluated for those candidates who have qualified in the objective tests.

Interview:

The total marks allotted for Interview are 100. The minimum qualifying marks in interview is 40% (35% for SC/ST/OBC/PWD candidates). The weightage (ratio) of the examination (Preliminary & Main) and interview will be 80:20 respectively. The combined final score of candidates shall be arrived at on the basis of scores obtained by the candidates in the Examination (Preliminary & Main) and Interview. A candidate should qualify both in the Online Examination (Preliminary and Main) and Interview and be sufficiently high in the shortlisted merit list for provisional allotment. Details of provisional allotment will be made available on the Bank’s website.

Syllabus:

Quantitative Aptitude:

The topics to be covered in this section are

• Data Interpretation [ Bar Graph, Pie Chart, Table, Line Graph, Radar Chart, Mixed Graph]
• Number Series
• Data Sufficiency
• Quadratic Equations
• Miscellaneous- Time and Work, Partnership, Profit and Loss, Mensuration, Time, Distance and Speed –Trains, Boats n Streams, Simple and Compound interest, Mixture and Alligation, Ratio and Proportion, Percentages, Averages, Age, Problems based on Numbers.

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Reasoning:

The topics to be covered for Reasoning Ability are

• Puzzles – Seating Arrangement(North – South, Circular, Rectangle, Square),Based on Floors,Hierarchy, Boxes, Months etc.,
• Machine Input/Output
• Blood Relation
• Direction Sense
• Inequalities
• Logical Reasoning
• Coding Decoding
• Ranking
• Statement and Assumptions/Conclusions
• Analytical Reasoning
• Syllogism

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English

The topics to be covered in this section are

• Reading comprehension including Synonyms and Antonyms
• Sentence rearrangement or Para jumbles
• Sentence Correction/ Error Finding
• Spell Checks
• Fillers(Sentence/word)
• Cloze Test

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General Awareness(Related to Banking Industry)

The syllabus for this section is remains vast

The topics included are

• Banking/Financial terms
• Current Affairs – covers every current news including related to banking industry, latest appointments, obituaries, awards and honors, books and authors, new schemes of central and state governments, sports, etc.
• Static GK – topics like headquarters of financial organizations , Country-capital, country-currency, constituencies of ministers, dance forms, nuclear and thermal power stations, Superlatives of World and India, First in India & World, Places with surname, Palaces, International Lines/Boundaries, Important Monuments of India & World, Rivers, Parliament names of different countries, Important Temples, National Parks,Airports, Wildlife Sanctuary, Stadium, Important Days,memorial place / crematorium, etc.,

Important Links:

• Click Here To Download Static GK Capsule 2016
• Click Here To Download Banking Awareness Capsule
• Click Here To Read Banking Awareness Questions
• Click Here To Read Daily Current Affairs
• Click Here To Buy Banking & Economy Questions 2016 PDF(Aug – Dec 25)

Descriptive Test:

It includes one Essay writing and One letter Writing.

Sample Questions: