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5 Main Reasons Why Students Fail To Clear Banking Exams

Update on: 20 Dec 2018, 02:12 PM

Banking exams are one of the most coveted exams in the country. There are many bank exams which are conducted by public and private sector banks in India. The most popular banking exams are:ย IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, SBI PO, SBI Clerk,ย etc. Every year lakhs of candidates have appeared for these exams but only handful of them clear it. Despite good preparation and putting rigorous efforts, students fail in their first, second and even several attempts. As the competition is very tough there is no space for mistakes and a candidate has to be thoroughly prepared for the exams. So, in this article we will explain you 5 main reasons why a student fails to clear the banking exams.

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1. Not Being familiar with Changes in Exam Pattern & Syllabus

The syllabus and pattern of all banking exams are changing every year. Most candidates are unaware of the changes being made in the syllabus and pattern. They just prepare on the basis of booklets and other out-dated offline material which doesn’t help them to clear the exam. In order to clear these exams, one needs to be crystal clear about the exam pattern and prepare with the updated study material for each SBI PO, SBI Clerk, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk exam.

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2. Making Wrong Guess in the Exam

Banking recruitment examinations includes Multiple Choice Questions. And thereย is a negative marking for every wrong attempt. Candidates tend to forget about this, and they give answers for the questions by blind guessing. Remember, blind guessing is never going to help you in Banking exams. It only discourages you at the end and nothing else! In spite of this fact, if you can make smart choices, you can actually end up close to the correct answer. Know 9 Hacks to make intelligent guess in Multiple Choice Questions.

3. Not Being Honest with Oneself

Sometimes we become inspired for a while and then get back to the same old track. We start lying to ourselves. Each day hard work counts in the final result. Stop telling yourself that there is enough time to start, plan and proceed. Chase your goal like it is the only thing in the world that matters in the moment.

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4. Not Being Familiar with The Online Question Paper

All banking exams are being conducted online since a couple of years. Most of the candidates are not familiar with the online exam, owing to which they tend to attempt the exam in the default paper-pen mode. This is to be rectified by practicing good online mock test series. You may attempt MTGโ€™s SBI PO online mock test seriesย to get acquainted with the online question paper.

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5. Practice the Sections that You Need to be Good at not the Ones You are already Good at

This says everything in itself, note down your weak points and work on it until you find yourself mastering your weakness. Practice is the key to success! Practice as many practice tests and mock tests as possible to polish your concepts and test-taking skills.

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To crack the prestigious Banking exams, one should avoid the mentioned 5 reasons while preparing for the exams. Stay healthy, stay happy, take healthy food and keep doing hard work, as if this is your only chance to give the exam.

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