How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for IBPS RRB Clerk

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Institute of Banking Personnel and Selection (IBPS) has released notification of Office Assistants (Multipurpose) in various Regional Rural Banks across the country. A total of 4682 vacancies has been released. Interested candidates are advised to apply online. The IBPS RRB Clerk is conducted in three phases. The Clerical posts are RRB’s are highly preferred because of the less amount of workload on comparison with other PSBs and the criteria of home posting. In this article, we are providing a complete strategy for the preparation for Quantitative Aptitude for IBPS RRB Clerk 2020.

PRELIMINARY EXAM
MAINS EXAM
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TEST

Preliminary Pattern

Section	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
Reasoning	40	40	Composite time of 45 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	40	40
Total	80	80

Mains Pattern

Section	No. of Questions	Marks	Time
Reasoning	40	50	60 minutes
Numerical Ability	40	50
General Awareness	40	40
Computer Knowledge	40	20
English/Hindi Language	40	40
Total	200	200	60 minutes

Expected Number of Questions

Preliminary Pattern

Topic	Expected Number of Questions
Simplification & Approximaton	10-15
Quadratic Equation	5
Number Series	5
Miscellaneous	5-10
Data Interpretation	10-15

Mains Pattern

Topic	Expected Number of Questions
Data sufficiency	5
Data Interpretation	20-25
Quantity level Questions	5
Miscellaneous	10-15

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Preparation Strategy for Quantitative Aptitude for IBPS RRB Clerk Exam 2020

Prelims

The 2 mantras to qualify prelims are

Calculation Speed and attempt maximum questions
Accuracy

Remember you don’t need to solve every question to qualify the preliminary examination. By concentrating on certain topics, we can attempt maximum questions in the preliminary exam.

Simplification & Approximation (5-10 questions)
Number Series (5 questions)
Data Interpretation (10-15)
Quadratic Equation (5)

Mains Pattern

Miscellaneous topics play an important role in the mains exams. So having a strong command over these topics is very important. The important miscellaneous topics are

Ratio & Proportion
Percentage
Average
Profit & Loss
Time & Work
Pipes & Cisterns
Time, Speed & Distance
Boats & Streams
Mixture & Allegation
Ages
Partnership
Simple & Compound Interest
Mensuration
Probability
Permutation & Combination

1. Understand the Syllabus & Exam Pattern

It is very important to get the exact idea about the syllabus and exam pattern of the exam. There are different topics in the numerical ability section

Numerical Ability Topics

Number Series
Simplification & Approximation
Quadratic Equation
Data Interpretation
Miscellaneous Topics
Data Sufficiency
Quantity based questions

2. Start with the Fundamentals

This is the most crucial step in your exam preparation. You can study the basics of the different topics from any reputed books or by watching our free Youtube videos. After clearing the basics, start attempting the free mocks and quizzes on our app. Practising maximum questions help you in improving your speed and accuracy. An unlimited number of questions including PDFs for practice and previous year question papers are also provided. Practising those will help you make the concepts clear and strong.

Books for Reference

Quantitative Aptitude For Competitive Examinations by R S Aggarwal
Magical Book On Quicker Maths by M Tyra
Quantum CAT by Sarvesh K Varma
Teach Yourself Quantitative Aptitude by Arun Sharma

3. Start Practicing

Practising mock tests is the only way to identify your weak and strong points. Attempt a mock and analyse it thoroughly. Try to identify what went wrong and try avoiding it in the next mock. You can attempt free sectional tests and mock tests on different topics in the Entri app. We help you analyse your performance by giving all India rank and exam percentile.

Quantitative Aptitude Sectional Tests

4. By heart short tricks and formulas

Point down important formulas and short tricks from various chapters. This will help you save time, especially in preliminary exams. Memorising multiplication tables, squares and cubes are examples.

Shortcut method to find Square and Square roots

Shortcut method to find cube and cube roots

You can also try Vedic calculation tricks since it helps to save a lot of time especially in the prelims exam where

every second count.

5. Frequent Revision

Simply attempting mocks and practise only won’t help you in the real exam. After studying or dong mocks, review them frequently to memorise your mistakes, so that you can avoid it in the real exam.