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Negative marks in common bank exam can create a sense of tension especially with new rules.Earlier, english test was deemed only for qualifying purposes but now it has become a scoring subject with every answer carrying 1 mark.What this means is the marks of this section will also be added to the final score. On our facebook page, we ran a poll about negative marks.The results were

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65% of candidates chose to leave all unknown questions 25% said they will decide after looking into the paper. 5% wanted to run through all. Leave & Lose : The 65% of those who intend not to touch the unknown question are the biggest losers here.By fixing your mind not to attend such questions, the chances of improving your score is very low.What should these people do? Three strategies based on a person`s capability could be employed in a test which threatens with negative marks.They are: 1. No risk 2. High risk 3. Calculative risk Now, lets us see each of the approaches in detail No risk: In this approach, you are not interested to take any risk in trying to answer the unknown questions.The fear of losing marks haunts you more. Leaving 4-5 questions wont matter, but not attending 30-40 can hurt you. Since you are not willing to take risks,you are losing an opportunity to increase the scores.So following this approach is not good. High risk: This involves taking the risk by the throat.You are not bothered about the negative marks but rather look at the marks incase most of the guessed answers are correct.The probability of failure is high, as the success. Incase there are 50 questions that you don't know but plan to guess all. With all of them turning out to be wrong you will lose 12 marks! So, this strategy will also not work as choosing answers blindly just for the sake of attending all the questions will only reduce more marks. Calculative risk: Most experts & coaching institutes recommend this method for competitive exams wherein you take some risk by guessing answers for few questions.For this, you must be sure of the choices made so far are correct. Only then it

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would be possible to calculate the amount of risk to take. For example, lets say you are not confident enough to answer 50 questions. As per the common clerk exam pattern, you will lose 50 marks of 250 which is definitely huge.The total would be 200 marks. What if you try guessing the answer for atleast 40 questions. If 20 are correct & rest are incorrect, you would gain 15 marks (20-5) which pushes your total score to 215 marks! By calculating the risks involved, you have increased the score & this will surely help in ranking, considering the high number of candidates. There are also certain things to be kept in mind, Don't make random guesses.If you have some knowledge of that subject & can relate the question to the closest choice, then go ahead. Do not waste time in thinking about the right answer.Do it or move on & return at last.Time allocation is more important The main reason why we favor calculative risk is although the negative mark is 0.25, you will be awarded 1 mark for correct choices. So what is you approach? Share it as comments below, Enter your Email for Free Bank Job Alerts:
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hi sir dis is madhulatha...yesterday i wrote cwe...but which is quite dissapointing bcs i spent lot of time in reading passage because of dat i didnt attempted max maths que...i attempted 23 que in maths in other sections i almost attempted 35+ where i will clear my cutoffs...but i m worried about maths some of my frd said maths cutoff is 22...but i attempted 23 only....when will come d cwe results...
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> Prema

2 years ago

Time management is one main area that every1 has to work on.We have published many ways on our website about how to preserve time Common exam results can be expectd in 3 months time
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B indaas s s

2 years ago

this is very nice and this approach is really helpful to us thank you Bindaaasssssss
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Ranjit abehera272

2 years ago

thank u & this suggestion is really most helpful to us.........and calculative risk is the best.THANK U
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A V INA S H RA THI

2 years ago

HIMA- it's compulsory to do rough work in booklet. you can use any page of booklet, but u can not use any other paper instead. and if u not use any of paper for rough work, this will not make any disqulification. don't worry and be prepare
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thanks AVI but i attempt all theQA questions by guessing but i not do rough work one booklet .....will they reject...................
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2 years ago

One can guess in any section but in my opinion there is no logic behind guessing the questions of math & reasoning. can guess in G.A. & English if need arises :)
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S indhupriy a 5

2 years ago

calculative risk is the best.

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Rajes h Mali

2 years ago

it is possible to attend all 250 questions in 150 min..give 45 min for maths..40 min to reasoning..20 min to computer 20 min.g.k.. and 25 min.. english... if you have regular practice in maths and reasoning and know all short cut... it is possible to attend all paper....RAJESH MALI
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> Rajesh Mali

2 years ago

u need to work hard bro........... reasoning can be finished in 30 mints only n both the parts gk n computer together will take half an hour ...........
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hima

2 years ago

hi.....i have one query......can any one tel me the answer pls ........we have to rough work in the question booklet itself............if it not do .....so .....whether they will reject the candidate............or not...................
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> hima

2 years ago

if u hava done rough work on answer sheet or any other paper they can reject the candidate.. bt if no rough work then its ok..
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> hima

2 years ago

IN ALL COMPETITIVE EXAMS THERE IS SPACE 4 ROUGHWORK...... SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT....
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Rajes h Mali

> hima

2 years ago

yes you can rough work in question booklet...

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Roc k s t ar4u 1900

2 years ago

I think its impossible to solve all 250 questions in150 MIN. One side u r saying that "ATTEND ALL THE REMAINING QUESTION WHCH WE DNT KNOW THE ANSWER " at the end u say "DONT MAKE RANDOM GUESS" i dnt think anyone can solve whole paper.. in bank exam test type is "SPEED TEST" so with accuracy around 180-200 que u can easily score much higher thn othrs, and what is the guarantee. tht all ur guess are rite.. may all can be wrong !!!!
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S weet anit a Jain 3

2 years ago

calculative risk is the best approach!

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vik rant t hak ur

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k anhu

what should be an ideal attempt for each section for the clerk exams.
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this is agood proceedeer

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S ailax man

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i will attend the IBPS clerical on NOV 27 exam ,i am fear of negative marks,today i read your pattern(means how to reduce negative marks) thanks for BANKEXAMS OF INDIA ...................LAXMAN
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Durgas hank ars warnk ar

2 years ago

great guideline,EVERY TIME motivation,suggation by bank exam india... you are a great Teacher...SALUTE
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A rupananda

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hi i m ready to appear in the IBPS held in 27 nov but i still confused that what can i do when my luck fever to me i just wait
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S heet al

2 years ago

Hi SIr/Madam, Pls tell us steps for PO Numerical TAble section problems as its very much lengthy and time consuming ,some assumptions prblems in resoning section.Time allotment need to do to score atleast qualifying in common PO exam for nxt section.
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CHE TA N

2 years ago

Sir,i have a problem in the new method of asking questions in english section..IBPS P.O english was tough and this new pattern was introduced in SBI P.O..Many short comprehensions were asked having only one question..It takes much time to read the whole comprehension which has only one answer..How to attend those??
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A bhinav2007

2 years ago

Help!!!!!!!!!!

Avatar B4 d new pattern for syllogism i was very confident in reasoning.. but wit d new pattern in syllogism which started wit BOB clerk tis year... i m very confused to attempt or not to attempt it..coz 4 out of 5 r always wrong.. 2nd thng wit d non verbal... i never used to attempt those 10 question.. will it b a wise step to guess 15 questions in reasoning section?? bad lucks always comes wit me in the exam center...
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> Abhinav2007

2 years ago

Unless u hv knowledge abt the specific subject, don't guess blindly.Remember, this common test is different compared to previous bank recruitments.As we said in the article, decide whether to guess or not based on ur performance in other questions.
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dimple

2 years ago

if i continues choose 5 questions & choose there answers eg option B then atleast one question answer is B then i not loose marks if by chance there 2question which have answer is option B then we have achived +1.25 marks......pls reply about this method.
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> dimple

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A mbimut hu

cant understand ur method..be clear while asking such questions

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V ic k s

yes this is very useful to people who are going to attend bank exam............
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2 years ago

if v attempt 40 questions and 20 of them are wrong v gain 15 marks , then the total marks stand 215 and not 220 if m not wrong....
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Manu

Yes, thanks for correcting it..

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Dhani

thank you,you pepole are providing more info to us.one question when this sbi clerks notification will be released
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if u cant download the call letter in your mail use ibps website ie..www.ibps.in and give ur reg no:, date of birth and ur password by login this u can download ur call letter.
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K iran Dharanik ot a

2 years ago

First of all you should not say the words like' big losers'. Those who are voted 65% are not losers. They have also succeeded in their examinations. Student strategies are different in various examinations. After seeing the paper student will decide not to attempt or not. But you have given useful information. Thank you.
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> Kiran Dharanikota

2 years ago

In that poll, there was an option asking if you would look at the paper & decide to attend or not.Only 20% chose it.So remaining were of the mindset to not attend the questions, even b4 the exam.Those who

mindset to not attend the questions, even b4 the exam.Those who dont want to try are losers.
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Divy a_024

2 years ago

Yupss thanx4 d sugestions,but due to lack of time sometimes it is difficult to decide

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> Divya_024

2 years ago

NEVER BOTHER ABOUT TIME . TRY TO SOLVE AS MANY PROBLEMS AS U CAN BUT PUT AN EYE ON THE WATCH IF THE PROBLEM IS TOO DIFFICULT JUST SKIP ON TO THE NEXT PROBLEM. I WISH U THE BEST. THIS TIME U WOULD DEFINITELY SUCCEED.
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Thats why we hav suggested to complete the paper soon by answering all the knows questions first, so you can devote time for others.
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according to previous exam's cut off marks, if you are sure about 180 answers, I think you should not attempt any guessing. But if you are not sure you have to attempt otherwise you may loose this chance and will wait for the next.........
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Admi n

> Spmanik83

2 years ago

Leave previous exam cutoffs.Common exam is going to be different & nobody knows how cut-off is going to be calculated.
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nice instructions.these are very helpful for students

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Thanks for these instructions..

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2 years ago

how much marks required to qualify in exam

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annuradha

Qualifying marks r not revealed b4 any exam.Do ur best, attend as many correct questions as possible
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2 years ago

can any1 tell me about the call letter.....i am unable to download it......ibps clerical exam is on 27th nov....how many days before vil v receive the call letter at our residence....
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2 years ago

You hv to download it.Call letters wont be sent via post

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Ramunivers e007

2 years ago

Ofcurz u must take calculative risks but the positve impact of such risks comes only when u hav practised thoroughly.
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V ihnu 1

Good suggestion.. I'll follow calculative risk..

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P riy a Dars hini18

2 years ago

i think the ibps committee should change the dates for the clerk exam especially the 4th of december because there is one more exam which is held on that day nationwide every year and thats MAT.we are 5 of us in our groub giving both the exams -MAT & CWE ...And there are many of them in the country.So i keep here a request to the ipbs committee to kindly act on this situation and response to the plea of many such students..
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> Priya Darshini18

2 years ago

IBPS clerk exam is on 27th nov.

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Hc ldellhc l 3

2 years ago

hiiiii.....guys........my exam date is 27dec....evening shift..

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