Central Bank of India ZBO study plan

Build a one-page banking-awareness map covering RBI's functions, monetary-policy tools (repo, reverse repo, CRR, SLR, MSF, OMO), and how each tool affects liquidity

Memorise the current RBI Governor, key policy rates, and the most recent monetary-policy stance, and note the date you verified each figure

Create a dated current-affairs log and backfill the last 90 days of banking and economy headlines from a single reliable daily source

Classify 60 banking terms (NPA, SARFAESI, IBC, CASA, CRAR, Basel III, priority-sector norms, payment systems) into a glossary with a one-line definition each

Solve 30 static general-awareness questions on Indian polity, geography, and institutions and log every wrong answer with its correct fact

Explain aloud, without notes, the RBI Act and Banking Regulation Act provisions on bank licensing, CRR/SLR obligations, and RBI inspection powers

Distinguish scheduled vs non-scheduled banks, commercial vs cooperative banks, and payments banks vs small finance banks in a comparison table

Trace the NPA-recognition and resolution chain from SMA classification through SARSAESI, DRT, and IBC timelines

Work through 40 professional-knowledge MCQs on credit, priority-sector lending, and financial inclusion schemes and record the reasoning for each error

Summarise five flagship government financial-inclusion and social-security schemes with eligibility and benefit amounts

Drill simplification and approximation to a 40-question set in 20 minutes with at least 90% accuracy

Master percentage, ratio, and average shortcuts by solving 50 mixed questions and writing the shortcut used beside each

Learn the standard puzzle types (floor, box, month, day, circular and linear seating) and solve 15 puzzles untimed before timing them

Build a syllogism and inequality accuracy sheet reaching 95% on 60 questions

Set up a personal error log that records question type, cause of error, and the corrected method

Solve data-interpretation sets (tabular, bar, line, pie, caselet) at two minutes per set with at least 80% accuracy

Complete 20 seating-arrangement and 20 blood-relation and direction-sense questions under a 25-minute clock

Cover time-speed-distance, time-and-work, and pipes-and-cisterns with 45 questions, noting formula-to-question mapping

Practise coding-decoding, alphanumeric series, and order-ranking until each type clears 90% accuracy

Take one 35-minute sectional mock in Reasoning and one in Quantitative Aptitude and analyse both fully

Read one editorial daily and extract 10 words with meaning, usage, and a synonym-antonym set, reaching 50 words by week's end

Complete 60 reading-comprehension questions with a strategy of locating the main idea before the options

Drill error-spotting, sentence improvement, and cloze tests to 85% accuracy across 80 questions

Learn computer-aptitude fundamentals: number systems, logic gates, memory units, and basic MS Office and internet terminology

Practise para-jumbles and sentence-rearrangement using connector and pronoun cues on 30 questions

Master capital-market and SEBI basics, mutual funds, insurance, and pension products with a one-line definition for each

Cover NBFCs, microfinance, digital payments (UPI, NEFT, RTGS, IMPS, cards), and CBDC at a conceptual level

Revise Basel III capital ratios, liquidity-coverage and leverage ratios, and provisioning norms until recall is automatic

Take a 50-question professional-knowledge mock and push the score above 70%

Update the current-affairs log for the past two weeks, focusing on RBI circulars and budget and economic-survey items

Take two full-length mock tests under exam conditions and record sectional timing and accuracy

Reduce total time per reasoning puzzle to under five minutes while holding 80% accuracy

Target 85% accuracy in arithmetic and 80% in data interpretation across two timed sets of 30 questions each

Rebuild the error log by re-solving every previously missed question without notes

Finalise a sectional time-allocation strategy for exam day and rehearse it in one mock

Revise the full banking glossary and current-affairs log in three spaced passes over the week

Take two final full-length mocks and keep the professional-knowledge and general-awareness sections above 75%

Rehearse 30 high-frequency essay and letter formats for the descriptive paper, writing at least two full answers under time

Recheck all static facts (rates, governors, scheme amounts, Basel ratios) against the latest official sources and correct the notes

Consolidate a one-page pre-exam cheat sheet of formulas, rates, and scheme figures for final revision