IBPS Clerk study plan

Solve one 30-question Quant sectional and one 30-question Reasoning sectional untimed to record a per-topic baseline score.

Recite from memory tables to 20, squares to 30, cubes to 15, and the fraction-to-percent equivalents from 1/2 down to 1/16 by the end of the week.

Complete 150 simplification and approximation questions in sets of 25 with a 10-minute cap per set.

Learn the standard setup for three puzzle families (linear seating, floor-based, month/year scheduling) and solve two of each.

Open an error log with columns for question type, root cause and rule to remember, and enter every wrong answer from this week.

Solve 120 arithmetic word problems spread across percentage, ratio-proportion, average, ages and partnership.

Drill 100 inequality and syllogism questions until each takes under 25 seconds.

Solve 40 seating-arrangement and 30 blood-relation questions, sketching the arrangement before answering.

Condense arithmetic shortcuts onto a single handwritten formula sheet and test yourself on it twice.

Re-attempt 20 questions already flagged in the error log and mark which ones you now solve cleanly.

Work through 25 data interpretation sets (tabular, bar, pie, line) at 8 minutes per set.

Complete separate 20-question sets on time-speed-distance, trains, boats and streams, and pipes and cisterns.

Solve 30 box or floor puzzles and 30 coding-decoding questions, timing each block.

Sit two full Reasoning sectionals of 35 questions in 20 minutes and compare topic accuracy against week 1.

Rewrite the five most frequent causes of error from your log as one-line rules you can recall under time pressure.

Solve 30 mixed DI sets while applying percentage-to-fraction and approximation shortcuts instead of long division.

Complete 100 questions across mensuration, probability and permutation-combination.

Read eight editorial passages and answer five inference and vocabulary questions on each without a dictionary.

Complete 60 error-spotting and 60 fill-in-the-blank questions covering subject-verb agreement, tense, prepositions and articles.

Sit one full-length Quant mock and one full-length English sectional, then write a fix-list within 24 hours of each.

Solve 40 para-jumble and 40 cloze-test questions, noting the connector or tone clue that decided each answer.

Build a 100-word vocabulary list taken from editorials, writing one original usage sentence for each word.

Re-drill the two weakest Reasoning topics identified in the week 4 mock, 30 questions per topic.

Practise reading comprehension on two passages per sitting at 8 minutes per passage, four sittings in total.

Take two English sectionals of 30 questions in 20 minutes and log every skipped question with the reason for skipping.

Compile a 200-item banking awareness sheet covering RBI functions, monetary policy tools, CRR and SLR, repo and reverse repo, key policy rates, account types, NPA basics and financial-inclusion schemes.

Read current affairs for 20 minutes daily and record at least 10 dated items per day under national, banking, appointments, awards and sports.

Learn computer fundamentals: hardware versus software, memory units, computer generations, input and output devices, and binary-decimal-hex conversion.

Practise 150 questions on MS Office and keyboard shortcuts, covering Word, Excel and PowerPoint commands.

Make a computer glossary of 80 terms with a one-line definition each.

Convert the 200-item banking sheet into flashcards and run two full revision passes over them.

Study networking and security basics: LAN and WAN, topologies, IP addressing, firewall, virus and malware, phishing, digital signature and e-commerce payment systems.

Solve 200 computer aptitude questions spanning shortcuts, MS Word and Excel, networking and database basics.

Attempt 300 current-affairs MCQs from the past six months and mark every miss for a second pass.

Compress GA into a single-page last-week revision sheet ordered by exam frequency.

Take three full-length mocks under strict exam timing and analyse each within 24 hours.

Revise 60 GA flashcards daily, cycling weak cards to the front of the deck.

Re-solve the 50 highest-priority entries from the error log across all five domains.

Read the formula sheet, grammar rules and computer glossary one final time the night before the exam.

Fix section-wise time allocation for the real paper and write it on the top of your rough sheet in each mock.