Hi Ashwini,

One of the easiest ways to improve solving puzzles is by practicing suduko and other brain teasers. The more your brain solves logical problems, the better it gets at solving puzzles. From an examination standpoint, with only two weeks left for IBPS, I would advise you to focus more on avoiding silly mistakes as the importance of every mark can not be ignored.

Do well in the exam and let us know if we can help you in anyway.
Maruti

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Hi Rakesh, first make a Table, according to time or schedule given, Then take the most clearly known data from the question and fill it up. Take the remaining data and check for the better
fitting slots. Read excellent tips on Reasoning for Banking exams and mostly asked for Puzzles for IBPS banking
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Hi Rakesh,

For solving scheduling problems in reasoning, use the following approach
1) Draw a timeline horizontally starting from day 1
2) Show each task that has to be done as a block
3) Place the block in parallel to other blocks if the task can be done simultaneously
4) Place the block after another block if the task can be done only after some other task is completed.

Hope this helps.

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Hi Basavaraj,
The number series problems generally comes in the form of series where we have to either find out the sum of the series or the general term of the given series. These series can be AP or GP and hence you can follow the standard concepts while solving these problems. In case of other series, the best way to find out the general term of the series is to write down the first 4-5 terms of the series and try to identify the formation of each term. Generally you will figure out a relation in every term and hence you can find the general term of the series. If you are asked to find the sum of the series, remember to break each term of the series in such a way so that only one or two terms remain at the end and hence you can calculate the sum.

Solving data interpretation requires good practice on the average of numbers, rate of growth and some wise techniques of approximations. Decide before hand about the accuracy of calculation required in the question and then use approximation techniques. The crux of doing well in DI is doing it accurately in less time and practicing above mentioned techniques is the key to score well.

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When solving pie charts in Data Interpretation remember the following things.

a) Look for all the information and understand the relationships of the information provided with the pie chart as much as possible. Understanding the information provided will help you solve the pie chart very easily.

b) The percentages (or ratios) given are not equal to the actual number. The actual number for each entity should be derived by multiplying with the total units present (if percentage is given). This is a 'silly mistake' committed by many students and it should be avoided.

c) Try approximation when applicable. In questions like these which are based on fractions and ratios, it is easy to reject incorrect answers very fast and this will help you in improving your speed. Grasp the relative sizes of each entity in the pie chart and this will help you easily reject a few answers. Using approximation, try to get the correct answer fast.

Hope this helps,
Maruti

The markup price of the article is 130%*78.350 = Rs. 101.855
The discount given is 20% = 20%*101.855 = Rs. 20.371
Hence, selling price is Rs. 81.484
So, profit is Rs 3.134
So, profit percentage is 4%

Note that in questions like this, the actual cost price is irrelevant. Because, profit percentage is asked, we can ignore the cost price and assume it to be 100 to ease the calculations.
So, mark up price will be Rs. 130
Discount is 20% of 130 = Rs. 26
Sales price is therefore 130-26=Rs. 104 and hence the profit percentage is 4%

In such problems where the marking and discount is for the same article, then we can ignore the cost also. Let the cost price be Rs.100. marked up 30% so marked price Rs.130. After 20% discount - 130 * 80/100 = Rs.104. Profit is 4%