GK Syllabus, Tips and Books For All Bank Exams.

Dear GA Readers,

You all aware about the importance of this beautiful subject. One of the most scoring of the lot and the least time consuming. Well not the same while preparing for it, takes a lot of time and will power to master the subject, yet does any one really master it? No, but you can surely get closer to getting full marks.

This subject though called General Awareness, but isn't really one subject. Rather a collaboration of 3 subjects in all i.e..

• Banking

• Current Affairs

• Static GK

Yes 3 subjects in all!

We will talk about all the 3 subjects in details below. But before that, we have a question for you. 

WHY DO WE NEED TO DO GK FOR BANK EXAMS?GENERAL AWARENESS TO COVER ???

We are sure you all must have had this question in your mind out of anger and exasperation while spending hours trying to mug up names, places, nuclear power plants, etc.:):)

Let us explain to you. The answer mostly lies in the concept of Banking Industry as a whole. The whole economic environment both domestic and international, thrives on the Banking Industry. Almost all the new projects, Developments, Industries, research, etc( basically everything) needs funding. Majority of the funding comes from the banking industry. There is nothing that the banks do not fund, everything and anything is related to the banks in some way or the other. 

So an ideal banker needs to know what is happening around him, how banks work, what all industries, power plants, businesses might be profitable for his/her bank, and which will turn out as bad debtors. Banking industry is no joke, a lot of money rides on the shoulders of a bank head.

Now you are preparing yourself to foray into the banking industry, and most of you come from varied educational backgrounds. The banks are looking to employ their future Bank Managers,( in some cases heads of the entire Bank). So you need to know the basics about the banking world before you step in. Similarly it is very important for a banker to be updated with the happenings around the globe, so as to know how a particular decision by the Central banks of the world, or the Financial environment going to effect his/her bank. So dear friends all the knowledge that you cover by studying for this subject is going to come in handy in the future. 

Also the journey of studying GK will not end with these exams, as a banker, you will have to be constantly updated.

Now coming to the 3 subjects:

I) BANKING

Topics covered:

1) Indian Banking Industry:

- History

- Role Of Banking

- Types Of Banks

- Functions Of Banks

2) RBI and Monetary Policy

- Main Functions

- Instruments

- RTGS

- MSF

-Types Of Money

- BASEL Comittees

- Credit Rating Agencies

- Anti money Laundering

- Devaluation

- International Financial Institutions

3) Money Market in India

- Money Market Concepts

- FERA and FEMA

- FDI and FII

- Types Of Negotiable Instruments

- Types Of Cheques

4) Capital Market in India

- Primary Market

- Secondary Market

- Derivatives Market

- Over The Counter Market

5) Public Finance

- Concept of Budget

- Financial and Railway Budget

- Bills

- Schemes and policies implemented by Govt..

- Revenue Of Central Govt..

- Taxes On Income And Expenditure

- Revenue Deficit

- Finance Commissions

6) National Income

-Source Of Income

-Types Of Goods

-Some Macro Economic Indicators

7) Inflation

8) Economic Planning

Now dont you all get bogged down by the length of the syllabus, nobody expects you to do a thesis on the above mentioned topics, you should have a basic idea about them, mainly from the point of view of the interviews.

Books To Refer To: Books by Dhankar or Arihant

II) GK and Static: 

For this subject, be regular with reading the newspaper, learn 3 months of Gk prior to any exam. For NABARD make sure you know GK from the mionths Feb to April Atleast.

Keep yourself upto dated with BA and Current Affairs Adda, and you will be good to go

 Refer to the following topics for the exam

1. CAPITALS of countries

2. CURRENCY of countries

3. IMPORTANT DATES--

4.SPORTS FOOTBALL,HOCKEY etc recent events & SPORTS awards too

5. Important books & authors

6. IMPORTANT hydro power dams , atomic power plant s, important national parks

7. Minster & portfolio & constutiencs

8. Population census

9. Awards -films , national , BAFTA, GRAMMY, OSCAR, etc

10. Persons in news -DEATH , most famous ,popular recent only

11. Recent modi visits to other countries 

12. Recent Indian deals with other countries

13. Important dances & festivals of Indian states

14. International Head Quartes & world organisation

15. Important president & pm elected from various countries

16. Important about banks like payment banks , small banks & licence system

17. Science & technology , like defence & navy , Airforce , missiles 

18. Business news -- like which company largest , biggest most successful in market, top companies as per fortune

19. Recent central Govt schemes

20. Recent appointments -- foreign secretary , financial secretary , RAW, IB , etc..

21. Important stock exchanges & financial institutions

22. Important recent places popular in world 

23. Recent summits & places 

24. Most influential people , richest , top companies- by times , fortune etc

25. Important Bird sanctuaries

26. Important themes of events like world women day , ebola etc 

27. latest invention & discoveries in India & world & places & miss world , miss universe etc..

28. National news, International News

29. Important project started by modi -digital India , make in India , pmjdy , etc

30. Recent schemes started by banks -- child accounts , pockets , card less atms , contact atms etcc

Banking Pathway: General Awareness Quiz

Banking Pathway: General Awareness Quiz

Ques. : 1 The World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is observed on

1) 12 May 

2) 15 May

3) 17 May 

4) 18 May

5) 22 May

Ques. : 2 The govt on 15 May appointed Arun Shrivastava as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of which of the following public sector banks (PSBs)?

1) Syndicate Bank 

2) Canara Bank

3) Vijaya Bank 

4) Bank of India

5) Indian Overseas Bank

Ques. : 3 Who won the men’s singles title of the Rome Masters tennis tournament on 17 May?

1) Roger Federer 

2) Novak Djokovic

3) Rafael Nadal 

4) Andy Murray

5) None of these

Ques. : 4 Which of the following Indian telecommunication firms has got credit line of $2.5 Billion from Chinese Banks during PM Narendra Modi’s recent visit to China?

1) Idea 

2) Bharti Airtel

3) Reliance Communication 

4) Reliance Jio

5) None of these

Ques. : 5 Nelong Valley near China border opened for tourists after 53 years recently. The valley is situated in the state of

1) Himachal Pradesh 

2) Jammu and Kashmir

3) Uttarakhand 

4) Sikkim

5) None of these

Ques. : 6 The govt has approved plan to build its biggest warship, a 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier that the United States has said it was interested in collaborating in. Name the aircraft carrier.

1) INS Vishal 

2) INS Vikrant

3) INS Vikramaditya 

4) INS Viraat

5) None of these

Ques. : 7 Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been sentenced to death by lethal injection by a US court. He was accused in

1) Boston bombing 

2) Attack on World Trade Centre

3) Attack in Paris at Charlie Hebdo office 

4) Attack in Garland, Texas

5) None of these

Ques. : 8 The 2015 Sudirman Cup badminton tournament has been won by

1) South Korea 

2) Japan

3) Indonesia 

4) China

5) None of these

Ques. : 9 The ousted president Mohamed Morsi was sentenced to death by a court in which of the following countries recently?

1) Libya 

2) Syria

3) Egypt 

4) Turkey

5) None of these 

Ques. : 10 Gagan Narang picked up Rio Olympics quota with winning a bronze in the recent World Cup. He is associated with

1) Shooting 

2) Boxing

3) Squash 

4) Archery

5) None of these

Answers:

1. 3) 

2. 1) 

3. 2) 

4. 2) 

5. 3) 

6. 1) 

7. 1) 

8. 4) 

9. 3) 

10. 1) 

SBI SO 2015: Exam Analysis - 17th January 2016

SBI SO 2015: Exam Analysis - 17th January 2016

Hello Readers,

Today, an online exam for the post of State Bank of India Specialist Officer (SO) was conducted today all across the country. In all, the exam was quite similar to all the other exams, such as IBPS PO, SBI PO, etc., however a special section named as "Professional Knowledge" was included in the exam. 

In the exam, 170 questions were asked which were segregated under four sections, namely, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning, English and Professional Knowledge. 

Overall the exam was Moderate. Out of all the sections, Reasoning and English sections were easy and scoring, while Quantitative Aptitude and Professional Knowledge was easy to moderate.

Overall Analysis:

Section-wise Review:

Section	Level	Good Attempts
Quantitative Aptitude	Moderate	20-24
English Language	Easy	24-28
Reasoning	Easy	32-36
Professional Knowledge	Moderate	35-40
Total	Moderate	111-128

Section-wise Review:

Reasoning

S. No	Topic	No. of Questions	Level
1.	Circular Arrangement	5	Easy
2.	Puzzle	5	Easy
3.	Syllogism	5	Moderate
4.	Coding/Decoding	5	Easy
5.	Inequality	3	Moderate
6.	Blood Relation	2	Easy
7.	Arguments	5	Easy
8.	Statement Assumption	5	Easy to Moderate
9.	Seating Arrangement (North-South)	5	Moderate

Mathematics:

S. No		Topic	No. of Questions	Level
1.	Series		5	Moderate
2.	Quadratic Equations		5	Easy
3.	Caselets		5	Moderate
4.	Partnership		1	Moderate
5.	Volume		1	Easy
6.	Boat & Stream		1	Easy
7.	Data Interpretation		10	Moderate
8.	Miscellaneous		10	Moderate

English Language:

S. No	Topic	No. of Questions	Level
1.	Reading Comprehension (Equity & Market)	10	Moderate
2.	Cloze Test	10	Easy
3.	Error Detection	5	Moderate
4.	Fillers	10	Easy
Parajumbles were not asked.