Time management is an important criteria that candidates have to bear in mind while appearing for IBPS PO exams.In October you will have to sit for a 2 hour online test carrying 200 marks.This roughly translates to about 1.6 minutes for each question.
In simple words, you should read a question on screen, understand it, do some thinking or calculations & choose the correct answer in just 66 seconds.Do you now understand the power of time?
| The best way to improve your answering time is through practice.The more you start practicing, better are the chances of answering a question in shortest time. |
The book review for today is titled ‘101 Speed Tests for IBPS Bank PO CWE’ from the popular publisher Disha publication.Buy online for Rs.233
They claim it to the 1st & the most innovative preparatory material for bank PO exams.
It is time most of you would know the IBPS PO exam pattern.Hence this book also follows the same structure but in a more detailed manner.
Every section comprises of questions from important topics that are part of the syllabus.See below for the breakup:
| Section name | No. of Topics covered in book |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 31 |
| Reasoning | 30 |
| English | 14 |
| Computer knowledge | 6 |
| General knowledge | 15 |
In addition to the above, 5 sectional tests are provided to brush up your knowledge. Finally a full length mock practice paper is also given.
We hear from many candidates that some exam books stop at just mentioning the correct answer & don’t offer any reasons behind choosing them.
It is not worth to buy such books as understanding the steps involved in arriving at an answer wont be possible.
101 Speed Tests for IBPS PO contains 3000+ questions across different topics but the answers for each test are clearly explained with necessary illustrations & examples.
So you need not get refer other book or approach your friend or coach to help you in solving the problem.
The book does have some negative points such as paper quality & page number errors.But on the whole, 101 Speed Tests for IBPS PO CWE can help to improve your time management skills, practice with variety of questions & assess your performance.
If you are preparing for bank PO exam from home with a guide or through any institute – testing yourself with these speed tests would be beneficial.