General Awareness Section is considered to be the most unexpected section in Bank Exams, it is one of the most critical and undoubtedly most scoring section too. Here, the irony is that this section gets updated daily thus at any point of time no one can claim to have completely mastered this section. But if one tries to master this section, it can guarantee you reasonably good marks in lesser time. Here I will try to guide you that how to prepare for this section, it is easier to study this section by segregating it in further parts which can be termed as its Sub-sections.
Sub – Sections of General Awareness Section
1. Banking and financial awareness
2. Economic Awareness, Current Five year plan
3. Sports
4. People in News
5. Awards and Achievements
6. Science and Technology
7. Miscellaneous
Preparation Guidelines
1. Banking and Financial Awareness – It must be noted that in IBPS exam at least 30% – 40% of the questions are asked on this topic. Visit RBI Website for regular updates. Questions are asked from-
* Current rates (CRR, Repo, Reverse Repo, SLR) – You can find the latest update on these at RBI Statistical Supplement.
* Names of Nationalised and Private Banks Senior Managment Members – their CMDs, RBI Governor (Raghuram Rajan) and Deputy Governor (4 Deputy Governor at RBI are Dr. K.C. Chakrabarty – Resigned / Shri H.R. Khan / Dr. Urjit R. Patel / Shri R. Gandhi) – You can find the latest update on these at RBI About Us Page.
* Committees on Banking
* Financial Terms – like Shares, Bonds, Debentures, Mortgage, Ratios, Money Market and Capital Market instruments etc.
* Popular Banking Terms- NPA, RTGS, NEFT, KYC, Credit Risk etc
2. Economic Awareness, Current Five Year Plan – Current five year plan, Budget and basic economic terms needs to be brushed up.
3. Sports – Tournaments winners and their destinations in Tennis, Recent Chess tournaments and their winners, Latest Cricket updates – records, retirements, T-20 winners, World Cup Winners and their Venues.
4. People in News – New Appointments, retirements ( States, Financial Bodies- SEBI,CBDT)
5. Awards and achievements – Awards presented by Government of India like Padam Vibhushan, Padam Bhushan, and awards in recreation – Filmfare, National Awards, Oscars are asked.
6. Science and Technology – Newly launched Missiles and latest updates from worldwide on this field.
7. Miscellenous – MOUs of various countries, treaties, International happenings, visits of various leaders in India.
Final Tips
Since this topic is never – ending its better to read one Newspaper daily in order to be in touch with the current and latest happening. You will need to cover current 6 months General Awareness to score well in any Bank Entrance Exam.
You can also keep yourself updated by watching News on TV to avoid boredom
Refer to at least one monthly magazine (Pratiyogita Darpan /BSC ). Various online Epaper websites can provide you all these information, and we will also try to soon update all the important points in our posts.
All the Best.