Reasoning: Topic wise breakup Bank Exam papers

	TOPICS	Marks
Reasoning Usual	Coding-Decoding	6
	Direction based tests	0
	Dictionary (Alphabet) test	0
	Maths operations, inequalities	3
	Sitting arrangement	13
	Eligibility Test	0
	Odd pair	3
	Data Sufficiency	5
	Input output	3
	Misc.	0
	Subtotal: Reasoning (Usual)	33

Reasoning High Level	Fact-assumption-inference-conclusion	2
	Course of Action	0
	Cause effect	1
	Strong/weak argument	3
	3 statement Syllogism	6
	Subtotal: Reasoning (Higher level)	12

Non Verbal	non-verbal (image based)	5

	Total: Verbal Reasoning (usual+higher)+Non verbal	50

STRATEGY 4 REASONING : Do & Don'ts

How people dig their own graves in Bank PO/Clerk exams?

They underestimate the level of competition.
They buy the books, magazines, download PDF files from internet and so on. But they only “gather” material. They never “process” the gathered material.
They just spend time in day dreaming and facebook, TV, SMS, PC/mobile games, cricket, loitering around etc.
They start serious preparation only AFTER receiving the exam call letter.
During the exam, they think, “ya ya ya the marketing and English section is “pappu” so I’m going to solve all questions here. And after that, I’ll go to maths and reasoning section.”
They get stuck in lengthy calculations of Data interpretation (because they’ve never practiced multiplication and division @home). And often make silly mistakes in calculation =negative marking.
They waste lots of minutes in sitting arrangement/eligibility test/non-verbal reasoning type questions.

Ultimately they cannot even cross the sectional cutoffs.( Getting in the final merit list is a far cry.)

Maximum revision + Maximum practice @home.
Mind will always find excuses (my cousin’s wedding, workload @office, I’m not in the mood….) but while you’re making those excuses, someone somewhere is busy reading books and doing sums.
The train of success doesnot show mercy on anyone, no matter how good the excuse is, this train will not wait for you.
So always remember Anil Kapoor from Tezaab: “time hotaa nahi hai, time nikaalnaa padtaa hai”. (There is no time as such, but you’ve to take out time (to study)).”
Donot “HATE” reasoning. In fact, Syllogism, sitting arrangement, eligibility test etc. reasoning questions can be solved with maximum accuracy in short time (once you’ve mastered them). So don’t consider them your enemies, make them your weapons. They’ll be immensely helpful in scoring high marks.
When you get the question paper, you don’t have to solve all questions in a continuous sequence i.e. Reasoning question from 1 to 50. Then English 1 to 50 then DI from 1 to 50…
Instead, first try to tick minimum 10-15 in each section first, and then come back and solve remaining questions.