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[Study-plan] SBI PO General Awareness (GA), Computer, Marketing, Economy Topicwise preparation strategy, free studymaterial
General Awareness: SSC-CGL vs SBI-PO SBI Priority order: ECM approach Economy for SBI PO Economy: Theory Economy: Current #1: India Yearbook #2: Economic Survey 2012-13 #3: Magazines #4: Newspapers Computers Marketing Misc.GK Data interpretation English Appendix #1: download links Appendix #2: List of questions from previous exams
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In the earlier article, we saw the approach for SBI PO: Reasoning (High level) click me. Now the next topic: General Awareness + computer + marketing. + truckload of free study material. Since many of you, are simultaneously giving SSC + SBI, so first lets check the difference between
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G A/ C o m p u t e r / M a r ke ting Re asoning (High) En g lis h (De scr iptiv e ) C AT ( I I M ) L I C AAO CSIR St a t e PSC SSC ( F CI) SPIPA AC I O
Avg 14 Qs.(including current affairs). Difficulty level bit of economy Qs. higher than SSCs.
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*A means associated banks. N = normal regular PO exam. As you can see, out of total 50 questions, more than 30 are coming from ECM only. And in 2010 and 2011s exams, the sectional cutoff for General Awareness was at max 11 marks.
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more than IAS) } [Result] UPSC Prelims 2013 result is out for Civil service and Forest Service
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@ Shailesh--but 220 was not enough for a general category student this year } [Result] UPSC Prelims 2013 result is out for Civil service and Forest Service
Even in older papers, questions revolve around more or less ^these same topics. Although Internal marks breakup may differ per year. Now lets check approach for individual topics:
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To get better idea on nature of questions, go to the appendix of this article. For exam-oriented preparation of SBI PO, I classify Economy into following two subtopics 1. Theory 2. Current Affairs a. Government related (GDP, fiscal policy, taxation, planning Commission etc.) b. RBI related (repo, reverse repo, priority sector, NBFC, etc. and the banking and finance concepts) + other regulators like SEBI, IRDA c. World Economy (EU, USA, recession reasons etc.) From outside, and to a new player, Economy looks very boring and vast subject for competitive exams. But thats because youre reading the wrong material and preparing in wrong direction. Know that 1) you dont have to mug up all numbers 2) you dont have to tick all questions. What youve to prepare for Economy-MCQs is: 1. Understanding the Terms (not the verbatim definitions but working understanding of what does Repo/Reverse repo, fiscal policy, monetary policy etc. do?) 2. Understanding the cause and effect between terms (for example what will happen to inflation if repo rate is increased or decreased? if IIP is low then what is the cause behind it? If WPI is high then what is the
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upsc admit card and now i dont remember my roll no clearly my reg id is 11317034869. and Dob is 16/10/1991 ,... } [Result] UPSC Prelims 2013 result is out for Civil service and Forest Service
cause behind it?) 3. Salient features/functions of some organization / scheme (like RBI, NABARD, Banking Ombudsman, QFI, granting new Bank licences etc.) 4. Only the important numbers. like What is the latest FDI limit in insurance, aviation, multi-brand retail, single-brand retail etc. Tax to GDP, targets of 12th Five year plan, Highest WPI, lowest IIP last year etc. (youll find most of them in Economic Survey.)
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Economy: Theory
Without getting grip over theory, you cannot digest current affairs. So preparation must start with theory. 1. NCERT Class 11 2. NIOS Economy Material. 3. NIOS Marketing Material. All them them available for free, download links given in appendix of this article. NIOS_Marketing file also includes some important content on banking-finance. Refer Chap.9 Banking services itll give you the idea on types of bank accounts, discounting bills, types of advances etc. terms. So youd be able to handle MCQs associated with them. NCERT Class 12 (Micro-Macro economy) would be boring and not much useful for the purpose of SBI. So you may ignore it. Also read the economy articles on mrunal.org/economy
Economy: Current
The Current affairs on economy, rests on four pillars
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Ill soon release a specific reading plan for Economic survey. Then you prepare the survey accordingly. But first, I gotta read the whole survey myself so itd take some time hahaha.
#3: Magazines
By magazines, I mean competitive magazines like Pratiyogita Darpan, Civil Service times, Chronicle, Wizard etc. Any one is fine. Basically youve to do is following 1. Go to local library (if youre already buying these magazines for last 68-12 months, then no need to go to local library). Pratiyogita Darpan also gives free access to online magazine. But it doesnt work well on slow speed internet, + they dont allow you to save PDF = not very convenient. 2. Concentrate on the only first 20-25 pages of every months issue. Here they give you brief on national, international, science-tech, economy, +person in news/book/awards misc.GK. so you note down any important information that is worthy for MCQs. (without getting into minor details.) Remaining pages are filler pages: toppers interviews, recycled articles on polity, IR etc. not very important for SBI. (+time is less, so you cant afford to read the whole magazine.) 3. For SBI PO, you need to concentrate on Economy, International, Misc GK from Magazines only. You may ignore the science-tech part. (if youre not preparing for UPSC / State PSC or SSC simultaneously.) 4. You can also refer monthly current affairs on competitionmaster.com (if you dont have any paper magazines, cant goto library).
#4: Newspapers
If you are already reading English newspapers that is very good. If youre not reading English newspapers, then start reading them from tomorrow itself. (either @home, office, library or internet). Why ? because SBI also has 1) descriptive English paper, 2) Group
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discussion (GD) and 3) Personal Interview (PI): and for all three of them you need fodder material to cite. Newspaper-columns provide you plenty of fodder material on any topic: pros cons of FDI, women empowerment, lokpal, inflation, freedom of speech, social networking sites.and so on. But the novice players live in a myth that Just 10-15 days before GDPI, I will buy some readymade book and become expert in all topics. Sorry thats not gonna happen. If you want to perform decently in GDPI, youve to read English newspaper on daily basis. (same rule for CAT/MBA/IIM.) + Newspaper also helps you improve vocabulary. Even in newspaper, not everything is important for exams. So how to read newspaper from exam point of view, already explained: click me. This pretty much concludes economy portion. Now moving to next item.
Computers
The internal breakup for Computers is given in following table Computer subtopic Hardware Internet/Networking Ms-Office OS/Software Basics Subtotal:Computer 2010A 2010N 2011A 7 1 4 1 1 14 2 4 4 1 2 13 1 6 0 3 13
Database Management 3
If you already have some book for Computer (from Kiran, Arihant, BSC,
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GKP etc), thats well and good. Read, revise it multiple times. If you dont have any book on computer then no need to specifically purchase a book because. NIOS (National open school) runs various courses on Computer/IT/Web-design/Software programming and provides free PDF files. However many of those PDFs deal with advanced use of C++ commands, Foxpro, HTML or javascript codes etc. such things are useless from exam point of view. So, Ive compiled the important and exam-relevant chapters from various courses of NIOS. Free download links in appendix of this article. (please note: some chapters would overlap but content and coverage is still quite good.) After that use any mock papers/ old papers.
Marketing
Last topic in the ECM trinity (Economy, Computer and Marketing). Here you have to know the definition of certain important terms and concepts (call, lead, convert, 7p, 4p, segmentation, channels, personal selling, marketing mix etc). Most of the MCQs are directly asked from those terms, in some cases youve to combine the definition with common sense and youre done. Ive included the NIOS_Marketing material at the bottom of article. While it is a good read, but it doesnt cover all the important marketing terms for the exam, so it has to be supplemented by some book. For marketing, there are plenty of books in the market: Arihant, Kiran, BSC. If you already have one, well and good, use it.
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If you dont have any, I would suggest go for Arihants Book on Marketing Read all the theory and solve all the mock questions.
Misc.GK
Internal breakup looks like this subtopic book-author PIN Sports 2010A 2010N 2011A 2 1 1 0 4 1 5 0 3 1 4
Subtotal: Misc.GK 4
Just go through this list for 2012-13 http://mrunal.org/2013/02/misc-gk-persons-in-news-2012-13-sports-booksawards-for-ssc-cgl-sbi-po-upsc-csat.html Take ^it as your foundation for your Misc.GK. Then use whatever magazines/ competitionmaster.com to fill-up more data as per your time and mood. Now Last two topics: International affairs + Yearbook Use the pillar #3 (magazines +/competitionmaster.com) and #4 (newspaper) for this. No need to cover it in detail, just pay attention to organizations, their full forms, places where summits were held, any keyterms/ leaders associated etc.
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Most of the MCQs are not very deep or difficult. So cost:benefit =quite good. 2. Yearbook (Government Economic Survey + magazines. Just need to know schemes basic. etc.) So far covered: Reasoning (High level) + General Awareness (+Marketing + computer) Article on remaining topics (DI + English) will be published soon. (but not before the studyplan for Economy survey). In the mean time, here is brief overview Data interpretation NCERT class 11 Statistics Chapter #3, 4 and 5. Click me for free download Technique to do Long division and ugly percentages quickly: click me to learn Trachtenberg system for quick multiplication (especially for 5 and 9). Lot of articles on internet. Start with wiki DI doesnt have much theory (except a few things in pie chart, averages etc.) so practice is what matters. For practice, If youve old papers or some mock paperset, use it. Otherwise, go for Kiran Prakashans Practice Workbook for SBI PO Kirans Practice Workbook also has mock papersets On all topics of SBI :DI,GA,computer,marketing,Englist objective, English Descriptive
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too) + previous 14 solved papers of previous SBI exams= tonnes of practice. English 1. Grammar book. If you dont have one, use SP Bakshi (Arihant). 2. For descriptive, same Kiran Prakashans Practice Workbook for SBI PO, for getting writing practice for the descriptive papers. Anyways, ^this is just overview, detailed article on English + DI later.
Please note: some files are in .7z format because .zip format was not compressing them enough. For example zip of Economic survey was around 19MB bu 7z file is only 13 MB. So use this free program called 7-Zip to open such .7z files: Click me to download 7-Zip by the way 7zip can also open normal .zip and .RAR files.
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To enjoy the PDF files inside, use Foxit PDF reader. It is free, allows many features like copying text, highlighting lines etc. Click me to download Foxit PDF reader.
Q. Economy: Theory
Topping texts: meaning FCRA NPA Terms associated with spanking Special Drawing rights NBFC full form Preferred foreign currency Disinvestment meaning Indexes for measuring inflation NBFC example Measuring food inflation Full form of FINO items on which subsidy is given LAF full form
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2010A 2010A 2010A 2010A 2010N 2010N 2010N 2010N 2010N 2010N 2011A 2011A 2011A 2011A
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2010A 2010A 2010A 2010N 2010N 2010N 2010N 2010N 2010N 2011A
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Q. Computer: Hardware related WebCam network adapter chip system notebook circuit board 2010A 2010N 2011A 2011A 2011A
2010A 2010A 2010A 2010A 2010A 2010A 2010N 2010N 2010N 2011A 2011A
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client/server 2010N
hyperlink FTP
2011A 2011A
Q. Computer MS Office/softwares
presentation slights 2010N Microsoft messenger function 2011A
Q. Marketing
aim of marketing aggressive marketing efficient marketing requirements modern marketing style call lead generation conversion salesperson performance
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marketing research value-added services customisation e-marketing 7P home loan canvassing CRM growth strategy SME blue Ocean strategy Bancassurance Cross selling: functions of Cross selling: does not help in SME loan target group online marketing customisation market-driven strategy: challange effective selling skills generation of Leeds market plant function marketing channel
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social marketing service marketing Market driven strategy includes innovation canvassing of personal loans
Q. Yearbook
government initiatives for agriculture 2010A NREGAs new name cryogenic engine rural infrastructure scheme satellite launch River cleanup project scheme of rural ministry 2010A 2010A 2010N 2011A 2011A 2011A
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Shanmukha priya
Reply to this comment Sir, This website is really awesome and extremely helpful. It gave me many great points regarding SBI PO.. Thank you so much for all the info..
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Reply to this comment sir marketing & computer notes r available on Mrunal.org for Sbi PO-Exam
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Reply to this comment what would be an ideal score .any advice.
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Reply to this comment hii sir, wat could be cut of marks for sbi po
Gokila
Reply to this comment This is one fab site.Everything organised well and explained in detail.Kuddos mrunal!!!
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Reply to this comment Regarding SBI Exam Hello Everyone! Just want to know if there is any way wherein we can discuss in a constructive manner about the SBI PO exam. As I have witnessed a very negative sort of impression which casts a shadow over the whole examination process itself. Is there any other forum, where we can discuss the same?
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Reply to this comment Pagalguy.com has huge thread and membergroup for SBI/IBPS PO exams.
sonu
Reply to this comment any idea abt cut off for sbi po 2013 ??????
manjur pinjari
Reply to this comment sir,sbi po 2013 k acut off kya ho sakta hai..
gayathri
Reply to this comment I appeared for sbi p.o. am not sure whether i will clear it , am cmng under general category..can u please tell me when will the IBPS 2013 P.O will take place i came to know that last year it took place in may. i am waiting for the announcement. also when will sbi clerical exam gng to conduct this year? will it come after sbi po written results?
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Reply to this comment Sir, plz do let me know cut off marks for gen categry for SBI PO 2013 also website whr i will get the answer key of sbi po
vineeta
Reply to this comment Is the study plan for the generel awareness for ibps po the same as sbi po or different.??
sweta
Reply to this comment i filled form of ibps po 2012 but i didnt gave exam so this time i fill form for ibps 2013 will it be counted as an attmept or not please if anyone know regarding this please post comment and help me .
Sandeep singh
Reply to this comment if u have not given exam then it will NOTTT counted as attemptso relax
Hussain
Reply to this comment guys.. results are out. I dint make it :( all the best for others..
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Reply to this comment i failed to clear sbi po hope i get pass in sbi clerk 2013 feeling depressed but i have to move on because i have to give rbi assistant exam in july so dnt have time to think on my failure it makes me feel restless and hopeless .congrats to those who passed and better luck next time to those who failed like me.everyone say there is always a second chance when will i get that chance waitnig for it to come desperately.
shilpa
Reply to this comment heyyyy i got selected for the 2nd phase of sbi-po recruitment.
tanmoy
Reply to this comment congrats, how many questions did u attain??
shilpa
Reply to this comment hi around 130-140 as i remember, they didnt put the marks list yet
Nuno
Reply to this comment Shilpa if u dnt mind answering may i knw if u belong to general category.jst for estimating the cut off.
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shilpa
and by the way, i have attempted more than 140 but was sure to get atleast 130-140 marks for 200 and yes my descriptive was good i felt
Sandeep singh
Reply to this comment congrats Shilpa:) mera nahi hua:(
shilpa
Reply to this comment thank you and dont worry try ur best for sbh po notification that is to come by this month end all the best yaar
teja
Reply to this comment how to know our roll number to check result. Shilpa did u get mail/sms confirming?
shilpa
Reply to this comment hi i havent yet got mail or sms, we can download the call letter from 18th onwards
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tanmoy
Reply to this comment congrats , how many did u attain
vikas
Reply to this comment sir if admit card of sbi po is lost, but registration number is there then how to get back the roll no. kindly help
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Reply to this comment are successful candidates getting sms/mail, pls reply
Abhishek
Reply to this comment Cleared SBI PO tier 1.
Bhan Sharma
Reply to this comment Managed to get through phase 1!! Thanks Mrunal
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Sir! Cleared the SBI P.O! How to prepare for GD and P.I? My Interview date schedules on the first week of July.
mayank
Reply to this comment sir I have cleared sbi po tier 1can u plz provide me a proper study plan for gd/pi prep.
Tarique
Reply to this comment I hav cleared written for SBI PO as well as NBH Asst. Manager. I wud like u guys to suggest which one to take up considering dat my prep for civils do not get affected much. As in which will b less hectic nd involve no travelling.
Girish kumar
Reply to this comment Dear Mrunal Sir, please provide some suggestion and analysis for SSC[Prashar Bharati-Engineering Assistant-2013] examination which is going to be held on 21th july. my Branch is IT, I have no clue about what they are going to ask in the Mains paper that is subjective type. please help sir , thank you.
mahesh
Reply to this comment can any one please tell from where to prepare GENERAL AWARENESS for IBPS PO?? atleast tell name of books or certain website..lot of data is available on internet but whom
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to trust..really frustrated..
Gauraw
Reply to this comment This is very awesome site
Esha
Reply to this comment Sir, Kindly share the study plan or some guidelines for IBPS PO/MT exam. Thank You Regards, Esha
JATIN
Reply to this comment Hi Mrunal Sir, I would like to ask you that why not you include RELEVANT DATA REGARDING bank IBPS PO EXAM IN MRUNAL.ORG
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Reply to this comment Hello Sir, Could you refer some tips on IBPS PO 2013 exam preparation..?? Im very new in this.. Need guidance and suggesstions..
Pratima Srivastava
Reply to this comment sir Such an ausm site for a beginner. thanx a lot for doing such a great job.
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