Sections

High Priority Areas

General Awareness

1- Banking Awareness theory

2- RBI Functions And Power
3- Monetary Policy
4- Economy Current Affairs

Reasoning

1- High Level Reasoning ( Assumptions And Syllogism)

2- Sitting Arrangement

Quantitative aptitude

1-BOSMAS / simplification
2-Data interpretation (DI)
3- Time And Distance , Time And Work ,
4- Profit And Loss, Percentage Etc

English

1- Grammar Rules And Sentence Improvements

2 - Comprehension Daily practice

Computer

1-MS Office 2007 (or 2010 or 2013)

2-internet related topics

General Awareness And Banking Awareness IBPS PO

2015 Study plan
RBI and Important Topics Related to RBI
RBI and RBI Related Important Topics for IBPS Po /
clerk

Banking and Important topics from Banking

Origin of RBI. Who is the current governor. How many

members are there in RBI Board

What is bank? What are its functions? how is it

different from an NBFC/NBFC-factor, Post-offic
savings, Chit Fund, Nidhi etc?

RBI comparison with SEBI, IRDA : Name of their main

bosses, Who controls what? NBFCs, MFI, Gold Loans,

Types of banks: commercial banks, regional ru

banks, cooperative banks, investment banks,

RBI and RBI Related Important Topics for IBPS Po /

clerk

Banking and Important topics from Banking

ULIP, Mutual funds etc.

development banks etc.

Powers and functions of RBI

What is a Scheduled commercial bank?

How does RBI control the money supply?

IDBI, ICICI, IFCI, SIDBI, EXIM, NHB etc.

Open market operations, MSF, liquidity adjustment

facility

Bank nationalization, mergers and consolidatio

SLR, CRR, Repo, Reverse repo, bank rate

Names of chairman/CMD of big banks.

Priority sector lending: and its subsectors. How do they

apply to Domestic bank vs foreign bank?

Basic GK related to banks: first commercial ba

India, first bank setup by Indians, origin of SBI/
subsidiaries of SBI, etc.

Banking regulation act and its recent amendment

Important Mobile APPS Launched By Various b

Banking reform, Banking License, Narshiman, BASEL.

Types of Bank customers and provisions relate

them:
Minor-Guardian, partnership firms
HUF and karta
NRI, PIO
joint account holders
Married Women
partnership firm accounts
public/private companies
trusts and cooperatives

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Nachiket Mor Committee

Types of bank accounts and their features:

1-current account, savings account

2-term deposit account, fixed deposit,
3-PPF, senior citizens account
4-NRE-rupee account, FCNR account, RFC, E
escrow account
5-Allied topic: post office savings account and
National savings certificate
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Foreign exchange management, components of forex

reserves, approx. forex under RBI. Powers under
FERA/FEMA, Tarapore Committee on capital account

Cheque:
1-order/bearer/travel/bankers cheque

RBI and RBI Related Important Topics for IBPS Po /

clerk

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Banking and Important topics from Banking

convertibility

2-endorsement, cheque-crossing,
3-post-dated cheque, what if cheque-date is in
4-when Bank should not pay, cheque-dishonor
(cheque-bouncing)
5-MICR, Cheque truncation
6- new CTS-system
7-Note refund rule, clan note-policy

Measures of money supply

Online banking:

1-NEFT, RGTS, EFTS, Bankwire, E-commerce

2-networking among banks: INDONET, BankN
RBINET, SWIFT, Point of Sale (POS) terminal
3-core-banking solutions
4-Electronic signature and Information Technol
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Currency chest, Mint and press. Who signs coins and

currency?

Loans
1-different type of loan products,
2-Subprime lending
3-mortgage, reverse mortgage, collaterals, stam
duty on loan documents
lien, set-off
4-Priority sector lending: and its sub sectors. H
they apply to Domestic bank vs Foreign bank?

SLR, CRR, Repo, Reverse repo, bank rate

Banking Ombudsman: powers functions, appea

structure and Consumer courts

Who appoint RBI Governor And tenure of RBI

governor.

Bancassurance, cross-selling, universal / narro

retail banking

Mobile Banking, personal banking, tele-banking

corporate banking

ATM: PIN, HWAK, White Label ATM, third party

Rural Banking And important Topics related to Rural Banking For IBPS
PO

Rural Banking And Important Topics for IBPS PO

What is Role Of RBI and NABARD in Rural Banking

Rural infrastructure development fund (RIDF) And Budget 2015 Fund allocation
Financial Inclusion And Schemes launched for financial inclusion
regional rural banks, their amalgamation
cooperative banks And Functions Of Co operative Banks
micro-finance institutions (MFI)
primary agricultural credit Society
Banking correspondent agents
Kisan credit card, interest subvention on crop-loans
lead bank scheme, local area banks, service area approach

Non Performing Assets , Bad Loans and Other Important Topics for
IBPS Preparation.
NPA and Bad Loans = Problem for Banks

International Banking

What is NPA?

Bretton Woods

Gross NPA versus net NPA

World Bank

Asset classification under NPA

(substandard/doubtful/loss)

ADR, GDR, IDR

Current figure of NPA? Which bank has highest

Islamic Banking

NPA and Bad Loans = Problem for Banks

International Banking

NPA?
Capital adequacy norms, hypothecation

Asian clearing union

CIBIL and credit rating

bank for International settlement

SARFAESI Act and its recent amendment

BASEL

asset reconstruction companies

Who are the Main boss of IMF, World Bank, ADB?

Debt recovery tribunals.

IMF: SDR, voting rights

Lok Adalats , functions of Lok Adalats

BRICS Bank and Its Member Countries , HQ, Presiden

Brics Bank

Industrial sickness

AIIB Bank, HQ , President, Founding Members, IMF an

Comparision

Board for industrial and financial Reconstruction

European Banking Authority

Disinvestment

Topics to Prepare for IBPS From current Affairs mainly Banking

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RBIs monetary policy and key rates

Any committee made by RBI/government for Banking sector. Who is its chairman and what is the purpose?
Any new directives to banks by RBI/Finance Ministry
Person in News: Any new appointments in RBI/Big Banks, Any Indian being appointed in foreign banks
Banking license, entry of foreign banks.

Banking Awareness (Current Affairs)

New Product and Mobile apps Launched by various Banks
Government schemes associated with financial inclusion/pension/insurance: swabhiman, swavalamban etc.
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Economy Theory , Financial Market, Budget And Other important topics

from Traditional Syllabus. These topics are important for IBPS PO
Exam.
Economy
Theory -

Important topics to Prepare

Finance

1-Money market vs capital market: functions, who supervises them?

2-Commercial bills, Treasury bills, certificate of deposit, commercial paper
3-Derivatives, options-futures, currency swaps,
4-underwriting, factoring
5-debt vs equity: IPO-shares, stocks, debentures, bonds, mutual funds, G-sec
6- venture capital, angel investor
7- SEBI: functions, who is their main boss?
8- Stock Exchange: BSE, NSE, SENSEX, Dollex etc. , Functions, Chairman and Power
9- Credit rating: CRISIL, Moody, S&P etc., Different Types of Ratings
10- participatory notes , Cheques, Promissory Notes, Negotiable Instruments, Bill of Exch
11 - QFI, FII
12 - FDI and its limits in various sectors, FIPB
13 - PAN card and DEMAT account
14 -External commercial borrowing (ECB), ADR, GDR, IDR
15 - RBI Act, Companies Act,

Insurance

1-Types of insurance
2-Nationalization, LIC, GIC etc.
3-IRDA: chairman, power-functions
4-NPS, EPFO, ESIC, social security
5-pension-insurance reforms, FDI
6-Bancassurance
7- Atal pension yojana

Indian Economy

1-NITI AAYog
2- five-year plans, main targets of 12 five-year plan.
3-14th Finance commission and who is its chairman?
4- Inflation: types, impact, various terms associated with inflation WPI, CPI, their new seri

Economy
Theory -

Important topics to Prepare

who calculates what?

5- IIP, industrial licensing, definition of MSME
6- Indian Economy growth Forecast , Forex Reserve And Balance of trade
7- Economy Survey 2014-15 Highlights
8- Industrial Policy
Budget

1-Taxation:
2- direct vs indirect. taxation powers of union and state
3- tax deduction at source
4 - tax slabs according to Budget 2015
5- negative list in service tax
6 - PAN Card, E-filling of tax returns
7- Types of budgets: surplus, deficit, balanced
9- votable vs non-votable items
10 -Finance Bill and appropriation Bill
11 -cut motions: policy cut, economy cut, token cut
12- general budget versus railway budget
13- revenue versus capital expenditure
14- standing committees of Parliament
15- types of deficits, FRBM targets
16- fiscal deficit and its impact on economy
17- Consolidated fund, contingency fund, public account
18 - Budget 2015 and Allocation of Funds for various Schemes and departments

List of Important schemes And Programmes Launched PM Modi In Last

One Year
Category of scheme

Scheme Name

Pro Poor

1-Pradhan mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (Worlds largest Financial Inclusion programme)
2-Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Shramev Jayate Karyakram
3-Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Yojana
4-Mission Housing for all
5-Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Bank (MUDRA Bank)

Pro Youth

1-My Gov Online Platform

2-Digital India
3-Make In India
4-Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushal Yojana
5-National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
6-National Sports Talent Search Scheme

Category of scheme

Scheme Name

7-Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan

8-Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat
9-Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission on Teachers and Teacher Training
10-Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan

Pro Farmer

1-Enhanced Compensation for distressed Farmers due to crop damage

2-Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana
3-Soil Health Card Scheme
4-Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana
5-Jan Suraksha Schemes (PMJJBY, PMBSY, APY)
6-Rashtriya Gokul Mission

Pro Women

1-Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Abhiyaan

2-Sukanya Samriddhi Account
3-Himmat App
4-PAHAL-Direct Benefits Transfer for LPG (DBTL) Consumers Scheme
5-Swachh Bharat Mission
6-Gold Monetisation Scheme
7-

Pro Senior Citizen

1-Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana

2-Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana
3-Atal Pension Yojana
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Pro Development

1-The National Institution for Transforming India (NITI AAYOG)

2-Make In India
3-Digital India
4-Smart City Programme
5-The National Urban Development Mission
6-Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana
7-Pragati Platform
8-Mission Housing for all

Sources for Preparing Economy For IBPS

NCERT Textbooks
1. Indias Economic Development Class 11
2. Macroeconomics Class 12

3. NIOS Material on Economy

4. If youve Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh (TMH Publication), read it.
Economy: Current Affairs

Main focus should be on Union Budget 2015

Economic survey 2014-15

One Monthly Magazine for Current Affairs Pratiyogita Darpan is good For this Type Of Exam.

International Affairs (IA)

This Is important Topic for Any Exam. Whether you are Preparing for IBPS, SSC, UPSC, NDA,
CDS , IAS, State Level Exams , You have to Prepare International Current Affairs.

Ministry of External Affairs Site

Pratiyogita Darpan , Chronicle

Other important Areas to Focus

Person In News

Awards

Books

Summits,Recent summits of ASEAN, SAARC, G-8 etc. Location and theme.

Bilateral Relations

Govt Schemes Launched Recently

Places in news: where some summit/controversial event happened.

Committees , Commissions

Computer Awareness IBPS PO 2015 Study plan

Topic IBPS CWE PO/MT

Focus Areas

MS Office

Within MS Office: Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook

Topic IBPS CWE PO/MT

Focus Areas

OS/software basics

Types of Operating Systems

Internet/network

Internet, Email, Webpage related

virus/security

Types of Viruses,
1-Worm
2-Trojans
3-Email Virus
4-Browser Hijacker
5-Boot Infectors

hardware

Within hardware: types of computers, hardware used in networking & internet

programming
database

If you want to buy any Book for Computer Than you can Buy Any Book from Arihant or Kiran
Prakashan .

If you dont have any book, there is no need to specially purchase any book because the (free)
NIOS study material for computer awareness is available for free.

Quantitative Aptitude IBPS PO 2015 Study Plan

Main Topics to Prepare for IBPS PO /MT

Data Interpretation (DI)

BODMAS/Simplification
Number sequence-series
Linear Equation

Main Topics to Prepare for IBPS PO /MT

Permutation-Combination-Probability
Average
Percentage , profit and Loss, Simple Interest and Compound interest
Ratio-Proportion-Variation
Number theory
Time and Distance , Time And Work
Mensuration , Area, Volume and Parimeter
Ignore following topics 1-Quadratic equations
2-Geometry theory ( Circle , triangle etc)
3- Trigonometry
4- Coordinate Geometry
5-logarithm
Books for Quantitative Aptitude
Require mainly for the Data interpretation practice.
Any one Bank PO paper set
1. Previous Papers IBPS: Common Written Exams for Bank PO/MT with Detailed Solutions
(English)
2. Bank PO Quantitative Aptitude Chapterwise Solved Papers 1999 Till Date (3940+ Objective
Questions
Book on Maths/Quantitative Aptitude

Sarvesh Kumar (Quantum CAT) by Arihant Publication

Reasoning IBPS PO 2015 Study Plan

Topics- List of important Topics For IBPS PO reasoning Section.

Direction based test

Sitting Arrangement 1-Single row arrangement
2-Double row arrangement
3-Circular arrangement
4-Rectangular arrangement
Dictionary based arrangement
Input-Output
Data sufficiency
Syllogism
Assumption-Reasoning
Non-verbal reasoning
Blood Relations
High priority areas for IBPS Reasoning
1. Sitting Arrangement
2. High Level Reasoning
3. Non-Verbal Reasoning
Booklist for IBPS Reasoning Preparation
1. RS Aggarwals Modern Approach to verbal and non-verbal reasoning (S.Chand Publication)
2. MK Pandey Analytical Reasoning (BSC publication)

3. Previous Papers IBPS: Common Written Exams for Bank PO/MT with Detailed Solutions
(English)

English Language And Comprehension IBPS PO 2015 Study

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Comprehension
Sentence Arrangement
Vocabulary
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Fill in the blanks (one paragraph with many blanks)
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Note

In IBPS Vocabulary based questions are easier than the level asked in SSC-CGL and CDS
exam.

Unlike SSC, there are no questions on spelling-correction, active-passive, direct-indirect

speech.

In IBPS Exam No Questions Asked from One word Substitution And Idioms and Phrases.

In IBPS comprehension Based Questions are asked

In SSC-CGL, one fill in the blanks= has only one answer. Here youve to pick two answers for
each blank.

Booklist for IBPS English Section

Any one book on IBPS/Bank PO Paper sets for practicing MCQs on English, Data Interpretation,
Banking etc.

1. Arihants paper set of previous Bank PO exams

2. Kiran Prakashans Practice book workbook for IBPS PO/MT (with FREE CD for computer test)
3. Bank PO English Language Chapterwise Solved Papers 1999 Till Date (4565+ Objective
Questions
4.
Any one book on English grammar

Objective general English by SP Bakshi (Arihant Publication)

Compulsory English for Civil and Judicial Service by AP Bhardwaj (TMH Publication)

Bank PO (IBPS PO / MT / SO, RBI Grade B, SBI PO, SBI Management Executive) 2011,
2012, 2013 & 2014 Solved Papers

Now the Most important Part of IBPS PO Exam preparation is

How to Start Preparation
1-Adapt to CBT (Computer-Based Testing)

As IBPS has started conducting PO exam in Computer-Based Testing format, it is imperative on

you to adapt to the new mode.

This is important because a first-timer may lose part of his precious test time in getting knowhow of the testing format.

Candidates have to change with the technology and be tech-savvy as they have to take online
papers.

Every year we see some changes in paper pattern.

This Year also IBPS made Changes in Examination Pattern. So you have to Change According
to Pattern , First of All You have to Pass Preliminary Examination , Than Mains and Than
Interview.

Preparing From Books Help But If you are Practicing Online Than It will be More helpful.

So try to practice Online as Much as you can .

2- Section-wise IBPS PO exam preparation plan

Now this is Most important part of Preparation .
Most of Students Do Not Know How to approach different sections in this Examination.

To prepare in Best Way you need Divide your preparation as per the 5 sections of IBPS PO paper
pattern
1. Reasoning
2. English Language
3. Quantitative Aptitude
4. General Awareness
5. Computer Knowledge.
Allot a reasonable time-frame to each section to ensure completion of your section-wise preparation
before the exam date.
Now What you should do for preparing Each Section Before Exam Date .
Take 7 A4 Sheets . On those Sheets write Down All Important topics .

On the Basis Of above Images you can Make your Plan according to your own plan. On One Sheet
Write Sown How many Hours you will study Which Subject .
Example

English 2 Hours

Quantitative Aptitude 4 Hours

Reasoning 2 Hours

General Awareness 2 hours

Computer Awareness 1 Hour

Now If you are thinking that 10 to 11 hours time Table is very long . Then you are Making a Mistake
because every year competition increasing . So guys Do Not think about 10 to 11 hours just work hard
to get Success in exam.

Otherwise IBPS conduct Bank po Exam Every Year. choice Is Yours.

3- Determine sectional weightage

Not everyone is perfect in all the areas of study.

You must have a few strengths and a few weaknesses.

What it needs for a good preparation strategy is to identify your strengths and weaknesses in
order to utilize your strengths and improve your weaknesses successfully.

The written exam for the banks consists of sections on Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability,
General Awareness, English & Basic Computers and candidate has to qualify in each of the
sections individually, other than qualifying in the overall score.

So, if you are weak in any of the above sections, you should immediately start working on the
same

4-Daily practice, revision and group study

Bearing in mind to crack such a tough exam, its important to stick to daily practice and revision.

Experts say 3-4 hours of dedicated practice can fetch the desired result.

Further, instead of studying different subjects in isolation, it would be a good idea to have a
group study. A study group of 3 to 5 friends will help you learn new techniques and Methods .

5- Read Newspapers for GS, English, Marketing, Communication

Here you get 3-in-1 study package if you have a habit of reading newspapers, especially an
English language newspaper.

By doing so, you not only keep yourself updated about the latest happenings and current
affairs, with increasing your general awareness, but also you get more command on the English
language.

Reading English Newspaper is must for All Students .

Focus mostly on Banking And Economy Related Topics .

6- Daily Mock Test

To perform well in Mathematics and Reasoning papers, speed and accuracy are a must.

High scores in these tests can be obtained only though time management and clear concepts.
So, daily practice is required to get perfection in these subjects.

7- Now final Steps What to Do In Exam hall And What Strategy you should Adopt for Exam.

Read question paper: Once you get the question paper, your first job should be giving a
thorough glance to the questions. You should be patient, calm and careful at this time.

Divide time: Before starting to attempt questions, you need to divide the 2-hours in various
sections in accordance with your section-wise strengths and weaknesses. Here, you also need
to ascertain priorities among the sections as well as questions within them.

Accuracy: A lot of concentration is needed to maintain accuracy during your exam. Revision of
your calculation is always helpful. Solve the questions carefully.

Speed: While appearing in an exam like this, speed cannot be compromised. Leaving exam
hall with a half-done paper due to lack of time is always painful.

Revise: You should save some time only for revision of your answers after the completion of
the test. Sometimes, a thorough revision of answers saves us from a big mistake