How To Clear English Section In IBPS PO Exam 2019Â
In this article we are going to give complete information about How to Prepare English IBPS PO Exam 2019? how to score good marks in English section? how to improve my English for a bank PO exam?.English is common paper for all competitive exams. The main intention of this section to test your basic knowledge of vocabulary, grammar and understanding. So you should be aware of it. The English section in IBPS PO exam 2019 has many sorts of questions such as Reading comprehension, Nouns, Verbs, Prepositions, Direct -Indirect Speech, Sentences, Spelling Mistakes, etc. Here we will give you some important suggestions that will help you to score better in English section.  Â
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English Section Pattern In IBPS Â Exams
S.no | Name of the exam | No. Of questions in prelims | No.of marks in prelims | Time Duration in prelims | No. Of questions in mains | No. Of marks in mains | Time Duration in mains |
1 | IBPS Clerk | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
2 | IBPS PO | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes | 35 | 40 | 40 minutes |
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IBPS PO Expected Number Of Questions In English Section
Topics | Expected  marks |
Reading Comprehension (RC) | 10 |
Close Test | 5 |
Error spotting/sentence correction/sentence Improvement | 5 to 10 |
Double & Triple Fillers | 5 |
Others | 5 to 10 |
IBPS PO 2019 English Syllabus :
- Reading Comprehension
- Close Test
- Double & Triple Fillers
- Odd one out
- Phrase replacement
- Spell checker
- Phrases and Idioms
- Basic English grammar
- Parts of speech
- Sentence completion
- Multiple meaning / error spotting
- Paragraph completion
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Tips & Tricks To Clear English Section In IBPS PO Exam 2019
1. Reading comprehension consumes a lot of time in your examination. To avoid this problem, read the questions first before reading the comprehension passage. This trick will help you to answer the questions easily.
2. While attempting the reading comprehension questions, try to attempt vocabulary based questions first.
3. While attempting vocabulary based questions, try to understand the sentence containing the concerned word first.
4. In close Test, read the sentence first and try to find the correct answer by using given options. If you feel difficult while filling the blank try to leave and move on to the next one.
5. In odd one out questions, you need to identify the theme and identify sentence not matching that theme.
6. If the sentence is looking good, try to identify the grammar and spelling mistakes while answering the spotting error questions.
7. Read the sentence properly before answering the questions in phrase replacement.
8. Practise previous year questions it will helps you to find the what type of questions they are asked in the examination and get familiar with all sort of questions that can be asked in the exam.Â
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General Preparation Tips & Tricks:
- While reading the news paper concentrate on articles based on banking & economy, social issues etc..
- Reading the news paper regularly, it improves your reading speed. It will also aid you while reading the comprehension passage.
- Good vocabulary will help you to score good marks in the examination.
- Get the complete command on grammar it will helps you to answer complex questions in the exam
- Practise more number of questions so will not feel difficulty in the examination.
- Read the news paper and note down the new words, idioms & phrases. It will help you to improve your vocabulary. Try to spend some time to revise the vocabulary.
- Try to give sectional mock test regularly and analyse the exam. it will helps you to find your strength and weak areas.
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