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No. of Qs
Marks
Time
General Awareness
80
80
45mins
Math
30
30
20mins
English
30
30
20mins
Reasoning
60
60
45mins
Total
200
200
Topic
Economy
56
Yearbook
13
Diplomacy
Geography
Science
Total
80
You can nd the actual questions in the appendix below. Even 2010s exam had more or less the
same breakup: heavy emphasis on Economy and Yearbook type of questions. So now let us see
how to approach each of above topics.
4. Name of some Government policy/ Act is given, and some statements are given. Youve to nd
the correct statements associated with that policy/act.
5. Trivial: Absolute dates and numbers. For example How much money did Government allot in xyz
fund sector? Or what was the repo rate in xyz month? or In which year NABARD was
established?
Problem:
Students devote all their energy in mastering 5th type of questions. But youve to bow down to
the fact that there can be no end to trivial question. What if you prepared NABARDs
establishment year but they asked about LICs year? So the Cost:Benet ratio is not good.
Therefore Donot get obsessed with trival facts. Because no war is won without sacricing a few
soldiers. And Nobody expects you to score 100/100 marks whether it is UPSC, RBI or CAT.
Now here is the reading list/ suggested books.
If you dont have one, then borrow from some friend or visit Government library. There is
absoutely no need to specially buy a GS manual for RBI exam.
There is again no need to buy the book specically for RBI exam because, Ive already covered
most of the important stu related to Government schemes, projects etc from the India
yearbook in my summary artiles on Economic Survey (freely available on
Mrunal.org/economy).
Please keep in mind yearbook doesnt mean only the stu given in that book. They can ask
something from those topics, from current aairs. So do read the newspapers, do go through
the current aairs magazine.
Aptitude
(I put Maths, logical reasoning and English all three into aptitude)
ignore trigonometry, geometry (other than area volume perimeter), coordinate geometry and
logerithms.
and-without-boring-vedic-speed-maths.html)
2. Understand the Trachtenbergs method for multiplication, especially for 5,9 and 11. plenty of
articles on google, start with this one: click me
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trachtenberg_system#Multiplying_by_5)
3. Then practice maximum questions from previous years IBPS/Bank papers.
(There is no harm in learning Vedic maths techniques either but I nd Trachtenbergs speed
maths more user-friendly and convenient than Vedic maths.)
For grammar book, If you already have grammar book (R.S.Agarwal, A.P.Bhardwaj) etc. use it. If
you dont have any book, I suggest you go for objective general English by SP Bakshi (Arihant
Publication) (http://www.ipkart.com/objective-general-english/p/itmdyuqqgafhtehp?
pid=9788183480000&ad=mrunalrugm).
Vocabulary
will helps indirectly in the ll in the blanks + comprehension.
In short, overall approach would be more or less the same as given in earlier How to prepare
English for APFC article Click ME (http://mrunal.org/2012/07/apfc-english.html)
If you donot practice enough at home, the Logical reasoning questions can be Sitters (i.e. you
waste lot of time trying to gure out blood relation and sitting arrangement etc)
8121905516/p/itmdytg8ghhmrq75?
pid=9788121905510&ad=mrunalrugm)
Problem: the book has about 600 pages and you dont have that much
time.
Well atleast do 10-10 questions from each variety. + ignore the nonverbal portion because it is not that important for RBI (although
important for IBPS).
To sum up
a. For General awareness: Revision important.
a. Priority areas = Economy + Yearbook
For aptitude: Practice important.
Priority areas (already given above)
(http://www.ipkart.com/lucent-s-general-
knowledge-3rd/p/itmdyqgpdahtxcyp?pid=9785111109682&ad=mrunalrugm)
3. R.S Agarwals book on Verbal Reasoning
(http://www.ipkart.com/modern-approach-verbal-non-verbal-reasoning8121905516/p/itmdytg8ghhmrq75?pid=9788121905510&ad=mrunalrugm)
4. Any one newspaper (Hindu / Indianexpress) [Free if you read online]
5. Any one magazine. (Pratiyogita Darpan / CST/ Chronicle/ Wizard) [Pratiyogita can be read
online for free, on its ocial site)
6. (optional) Previous years Bank PO / IBPS paperset for practicing aptitude
7. (optional) GS Manual for practicing Economy and Yearbook questions.
43. Which of the following is a contentious issue between WTO and India?
44. Who is the head of National Manufacturing competitiveness council?
45. Member of G8 among following
46. major issue emphasised by Mohan in his UN speech
47. what is Robin Hood tax.
48. Features of 12th FYP
49. the central banks of ve developed countries came together recently and decided to
provide unlimited dollar loans to banks in their areas. What was the purpose of this?
50. Name of the payment and settlement system used by banks in India.
51. Federal reserve is the central Bangkok which country?
52. Why was FH Malegam committee constituted?
53. The controller and auditor general of India recently got appointed an external auditor of
which international organisation?
54. The special drawing rights are provided by which international organisation?
55. Indian citizen is allowed to invest overseas freely accept which country?
56. Who got the Nobel Prize for economics in 2011?
Yearbook
1. MNREGA denition
2. statements from Census 2011
3. scheme launched for school children
4. name of government act related to sustainable growth.
5. Which of the following is a woman empowerment program?
6. Full form of AAY.
7. Which of the following organisation of women in India,has arisen out of the conuence of
three moments labour movement, cooperative movement and the womens movement is
on Gandhian philosophy.
8. Second Green Revolution will be launched in north-eastern states to increase production
of which crop?
9. Which of the following factors as now a check on migration of agricultural labourers from
one place to another place in India?
10. Which of the following is not a program launched by government of India?
11. Name of the scheme launched to provide prenatal and postnatal care to mother and child.
12. Name of the scheme for improving the desert areas.
13. Name of the scheme to make Indian cities, free from slums.
International aairs
1. Function of high IAEA.
2. South China Sea dispute (why China raised objection against India).
3. India entered into an agreement to purchase LNG from East Asian nations, under which
policy?
4. G-7 summit of 2011, was held in which city?
5. Which of the following organisation gave warning tp the nations that there may be
increased risk to global nancial stability in the world?
6. Which of the following agency did pollution survey and found that Indian cities are most
polluted in the world
7. Who represented in India in the rst South Asia Forum meeting held in 2011?
Geography
1. Sardar Sarovar dam is built on which river?
2. Rashidpur Gas elds are located in which country?
3. Which country is the largest producer of chemical fertilisers in the world?
Science and technology
1. greenhouse gases are responsible for what?
number of
questions
5
5
5
30
Sentence Rearrangement
12
Sentence Correction
Total
30
number of questions
Blood relation
Coding decoding
Data suciency
10
Input output
Total
57
Sectional Cutos
(minimum marks / sectional cut-os) Number indicates correct questions.
Section
SC
ST
OBC
GEN
GA
12
English
11
Quant
Reasoning
11
11
11
17
ST
OBC
GEN
85
93
94
104
ST
OBC
GEN
122
122
132
148
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