IBPS CWE for PO/MT – IV 2014 Topic-wise Syllabus, StudyPlan, Study Materials and Recommended Books

Hi banking aspirants. You must be aware that IBPS has announced its Common Written Exam commonly known as CWE PO/MT –IV exam of 2014 to be held tentatively in October 2014. The Online application is still going on IBPS official website. It’s a much awaited exam for banking aspirants, as the exam facilitates the need of probationary officers/Management Trainee recruitment of 22 public sector banks in India. Some other banks may also recruit Probationary Officers based on IBPS CWE for PO/MT score. 22 bank means a large number of posts. IBPS has not yet been declared exactly how many posts are going to be filled through this exam, but you can assume it is a large number. If you have not yet been applied for the exam, you can still apply online till 11^th August 2014. Read the official advertisement for information on Eligibility Criteria, Selection Procedure, Fees etc. You can download the official advertisement of IBPS CWE for PO/MT – IV 2014 in PDF format directly following this link.

The tentative schedule of IBPS CWE for PO/MT - IV is as follows:

Event	Tentative Dates
Online Registration	22.07.2014 – 11.08.2014
Payment of Application Fees- Online	22.07.2014 – 11.08.2014
Payment of Application Fees- Offline	24.07.2014 – 14.08.2014
Download of Call Letter for Pre-Examination Training (PET) for SC/ST/ Minority Community candidates	11.09.2014 – 22.09.2014
Pre-Examination Training	22.09.2014 – 27.09.2014
Download of Call letter for Examination	After 01.10.2014
Online Examination (Tentative dates)- some/ all/ additional dates as the need arises	11.10.2014 & 12.10.2014 18.10.2014 & 19.10.2014 01.11.2014 & 02.11.2014
Declaration of result status of examination (CWE)	November, 2014
Download of call letters for Interview	January 2015
Conduct of Interview	January 2015
Provisional Allotment	April 2015

If you have not yet applied for IBPS CWE PO/MT – IV, you can apply here.

Selection Procedure and Examination Pattern:

The candidates applying for the IBPS CWE for PO/MT – IV will be issued a call letter for Online Written Examination. All those candidates who completes the exam successfully and gets equal or above the cutoff marks will be called for personal interview. The final selection list will be prepared based on marks obtained by the candidate in both the Online written examination and personal interview. The scheme of online written examination has a composite 2 hours duration and has 5 sections consisting of 40 questions in each section (Total 200 questions). The maximum marks for online examination is 200. The following table depicts the scheme of online written examination of IBPS CWE for PO/MT 2014.

Sl. No.	Name of Test	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	Reasoning	50	A composite time of 2 hours
2	English Language	40
3	Quantitative Aptitude	50
4	General Awareness (with special reference to banking industry)	40
5	Computer knowledge	20
Total Marks		200

Note:

·         The above tests except the Test of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi. This means, you can select the language of your preference. You can read the questions in Hindi also if you do not understand a particular question in English. You have to select your preferred language at the time of commencement of the online examination.

·         There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.

·         Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test/section and also a minimum total score to be considered to be shortlisted for the next round - Interview.

Syllabus of IBPS CWE for PO/MT 2014

IBPS official website does not state any detailed syllabus for the CWE. Means, they do not tell us that you have to study Input/output, Syllogism, Sitting Arrangement and Inequality problems for Reasoning section. Similarly they do not tell that you have to study Comprehension, Sentence Correction etc. for English section. Here Reasoning means any kind of Analytical and Logical reasoning questions can be asked. Any English Language questions can be asked, any Numerical Ability question can be asked and so. No specific formula or funda is there. But, I tell you, please do not worry reading these words. Everyone knows, you cannot study infinite topics. You have to go through selective topics. But what are they? I have compiled a list of topics which are high priority in IBPS CWE for PO/MT. You must be questioning how do I know these topics will be asked in the exam? Well, yeah I can tell you pretty sure these topics are most likely to be asked in IBPS CWE. Because I have compiled the list based on the questions asked in IBPS CWE for PO/MT 2011 and 2012. Let’s take a look at these topics subject-wise.

Topic-wise Break-up of Reasoning Paper of Previous IBPS CWE for PO/MT (2011 and 2012)

Reasoning Topic	Number of questions asked in IBPS PO/MT Exam held in the Year
	2011	2012
Direction based test	1	0
Sitting Arrangement	12	18
Dictionary Based arrangement	2	0
Input-Output	5	4
Data sufficiency	5	5
Syllogism	5	7
Assumption-Reasoning	10	6
Non-verbal reasoning	10	10
Total	50	50

From the above table you can see the topics which were mostly asked in Reasoning section of the previous IBPS CWE for PO/MT exam. Sitting Arrangement or in general Arrangement (Circular, Linear etc.) are very important topic. You should not miss this topic. This is a time eating topic, so you need to practice a lot to solve Arrangement questions. Input/Output, Syllogism, Assumption Reasoning are alos counted in the most important topics. There are 10 Non-Verbal reasoning questions. So, practice this part of Reasoning also very well. Besides the topics given in the above table, you should study Analytical Decision Making, Coded Relationship, Coded Inequality of high level reasoning topics. See below if you are thinking of buying a good book of Reasoning.

Quantitative Aptitude-

Let’s look at the various topics from which most questions were asked in IBPS CWE for PO/MT exam in 2011 and 2012 in the Quantitative Aptitude section. In Quantitative Aptitude section, you need to answer 50 questions for maximum 50 marks.

Topic-wise Break-up of Quantitative Aptitude Paper of Previous IBPS CWE for PO/MT (2011 and 2012)

Quantitative Aptitude Topic	Number of questions asked in IBPS PO/MT Exam held in the Year
	2011	2012
Simplification/Numbers	10	10
Percentage, Profit-Loss, Simple/Compound Interest	2	3
Average	2	1
Linear Equation	4	3
Time and Speed, Time and Work	2	1
Permutation, Combination, Probability	5	2
Number Theory	0	1
Geometry	0	6
Ration and Proportion	2	3
Number Series	5	5
Data Interpretation	20	15
Total	50	50

Form the above table; you can have a good idea about which topics are mostly asked in the IBPS CWE PO/MT exam. Prepare these topics very well and you will be able to score good marks in Quantitative Aptitude section for sure. Again, I want to tell you, Data Interpretation is one very important topic in this paper. You can expect at least two or 3 sets of Data Interpretation questions in this paper. Try to solve some intermediate to Cat level Data Interpretation questions. This should surely help you.

General Awareness-

For many aspirants, General Awareness is a killer. Most people treat General Awareness as a villain of competitive examinations. But as I always say, General Awareness is a much time saving and scoring section. You do not need to think over and over again or employ specific logic to answer General Awareness questions. You just need to go through Daily newspapers, periodicals and competitive magazines. TV news cast, internet surfing etc. add more knowledge to your General Awareness. Following are the topics you should concentrate to excel in General Awareness section.

Government Schemes, Projects etc.

Space, Defense Related

Ministries and Ministers of different portfolios

International events/News/Affairs

Book Authors

Awards won by whom

Sports

Person in News

Science related GK

Recent Events and changes in Banking industry

Miscellaneous GK

Test of English Language:

English is again one scoring and time saving section. Let’s take a look to the topics which were asked in English Language test of IBPS CWE for PO/MT 2011 and 2012.

Topic	No. of questions asked in IBPS CWE for PO/MT in the year
	2011	2012
Comprehension	20	15
Sentence Correction	0	16
Sentence Arrangement	5	5
Fill in the blanks (One big paragraph with many blanks)	15	10
Fill in the blanks(one questions with two plausible answers)	5	5
Vocabulary	5	0
Total	50	50

In these two years, there were 50 questions in English language test. This time you are going to face 40 questions of English Language. In English section, you should primarily focus on grammar rules. If you are not confident enough in English Grammar, then pick up and read High School level English grammar and build your concepts.

Computer Knowledge:

Comparatively an easy section. You will have to face 20 questions on basic computer operations. For IBPS CWE, questions are normally asked from basic computer organization, computer generations, Basic networking terms, Internet and e-mail, security threats like virus and worms etc. Questions are also asked from Microsoft Office operations. You can expect questions from Microsoft Word or Excel shortcut keys or operations. For this section take any Basic Computers book or just surf the net for information.

Recommended Books:

I have compiled a few books for IBPS CWE for PO/MT exam. You can boost your preparation by studying these books. You can directly buy these books from here.

Wish you good luck for your IBPS CWE for PO/MT exam 2014.