Best Books for Bank Exam Preparation 2020

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Let us check the important book list that will aid with your bank exam preparation. The correct choice of the book will certainly help to move with preparations. As the bank exams are highly competitive and getting tougher, the preparation should be perfectly done. There are a lot of books available for each subject. So, it is really difficult to choose an apt book. It is always recommended to choose a book that covers the whole syllabus. Here we are listing some best books for bank exam preparation. Check out the books and prepare for upcoming Banking exams 2020.

Aspirants can also choose online platforms available for preparations. Online apps like Entri, will provide you with exam-wise topics, daily/ weekly and monthly current affairs updates, rank booster sections, previous year questions papers of respective bank exams.

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Bank Exams

There are various banking related exams that aspirants are awaiting this year. This includes:

SBI PO / Clerk / SO
IBPS PO / Clerk / SO
IBPS RRB
RBI
NABARD/ SEBI
Various Insurance Exams

All these exams have more or less similar exam pattern and syllabus. All these exams have prelims and Mains phase. Except for clerical exams, all other posts have an interview section.

The prelims and mains covers- English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, General Awareness, Computer Awareness, Banking, and Financial Awareness.

Practice Banking Awareness Quiz for upcoming Banking Exams 2020.

Best Books for Bank Exam

While choosing books for preparation, candidates should keep in mind certain points:

The book should simple and easy to understand the points.
It should describe shortcut methods other than long solutions.
It should cover each and every topic in the syllabus.
There should be enough practice sections and questions.
Too much money should not be wasted upon books with less content.

Now let us see the Best Books for Bank Exam for each subject.

How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude of Bank exams?

English Language

Objective General English by S.P. Bakshi
High School English Grammar and Composition by Wren and Martin
Objective English for competitive examinations by Hari Mohan Prasad
English Grammar and Composition S.Chand Publications
Quick Learning Objective General English by R.S Agarwal, and Vikas Agarwal
Descriptive General English by S P Bakshi and Richa Sharma
Objective General English by S.J Thakur and S. K Raut
Better English by Norman Lewis

Test your Vocabulary-Based on the Hindu Editorial.

Quantitative Aptitude

Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations R. S Agarwal (S. Chand Publication)
Data Interpretation by Arun Sharma (TMH Publication)
Magical Book on Quicker Mathematics by M Tyra (BSC Publication)
Quantum Cat by Sarvesh Kumar Verma
Arihant’s Fast Track Objective Arithmetic – Arihant
How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for CAT by Arun Sharma
Fast Track Objective Arithmetic by Rajesh Verma
Quantitative Aptitude Test by N.K. Singh
Comprehensive Guide to IBPS-CWE Bank PO/MT Prelim + Main Exam by Disha Publications
Kiran’s textbook of Quickest Mathematics
Objective Mathematics for Competitive Examinations by Tarun Goyal – Arihant Publications

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Reasoning Ability

A Modern approach Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning by BS Sijwali
Verbal Reasoning by RS Agarwal
Analytical Reasoning – MK Pandey
A New Approach to Logical Reasoning – B.S. Sijwali + Indu Sijwali – Arihant Publications
SSC Reasoning Chapterwise – S.N. Prasad – Kiran Publications
A New Approach to Reasoning Verbal and Non-Verbal – Arihant Publications
A Modern Approach to Reasoning by R.S Aggarwal
Quantitative Aptitude & Reasoning – N. Singh – Made Easy Publications
A New Approach to Reasoning Verbal & Non-Verbal by B. S Sijwali
Logical reasoning by K Kundan

Practice Reasoning Ability Mock Tests.

General Awareness, Banking, and Financial Awareness

Newspapers like the Hindu, Economic Times, The Indian Express, etc
Daily and monthly magazines, Entri App for current affairs
Manorama Yearbook
Banking Awareness by B.K Publications
General Knowledge – Made Easy Publications
The Person GK Manual – Edgar Thorpe and Showick Thorpe – Pearson Publications
General Studies – Manohar Pandey – Arihant Publications
Dhankar Current Affairs – Dhankar Publications
Competition Infocus – Arihant Publications
Static GK General Knowledge by Arihant
Banking Awareness for Bank Clerk/PO/ SO/RRB/RBI Exams by Disha Experts
Banking Awareness: The Complete Book for IBPS Bank Po and Clerk Examinations (Arihant)
Bank Clerk Preliminary Examination by Arihant
Banking Awareness by Javed Siddiqui
Banking Awareness by Arihant Publications

Attempt Banking Exams Mock Tests and Previous Year Question Papers.

Computer Awareness

Marketing Aptitude – Disha Publications
Computer Awareness – Dhankar Publications for PO
Computer Awareness – Lucent Publications for Clerk
Objective Computer Awareness by Somya Ranjan Behera
Marketing Aptitude – R. Gupta – RG Publications
Computer Literacy And Knowledge for Bank P.O. and Bank Clerk Exam by Kiran Prakashan
Lucent’s Computer by Rani Ahilya
Objective Computer Awareness for General Competitive Exams by Arihant
Objective Computer Awareness – R. Pillai – Arihant Publications
Objective Computer Awareness – S.N. Prasad – Kiran Publications