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Federal Bank Office Assistant study plan

Federal Bank Office Assistant · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability

  • Solve 120 arithmetic questions across percentages, ratio-proportion, averages, and ages, timing each block.

  • Build a one-page formula sheet covering percentage, ratio, average, profit-loss, and simple/compound interest.

  • Complete 30 simplification/approximation and 30 number-series questions in two 20-minute timed blocks.

  • Review every wrong answer and rewrite the correct method in an error notebook.

Your checkpoint

A 50-question timed arithmetic test scored at 70% or higher, plus an error notebook with at least 25 corrected entries.

Week 2

Reasoning Ability / General Intelligence

  • Solve 50 syllogism questions using Venn diagrams and the definite/possibility rule.

  • Work through 30 blood-relation and 30 direction-sense questions without drawing full family trees.

  • Complete 25 seating-arrangement sets (linear and circular) with a 12-minute cap per set.

  • Write a one-page puzzle checklist covering fixed vs variable positions, negative clues, and elimination order.

Your checkpoint

A 60-question reasoning sectional on syllogism, relations, directions, and seating scored at 75% or higher in 45 minutes.

Week 3

Reasoning Ability / General Intelligence & Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability

  • Solve 20 floor, box, and scheduling puzzle sets and record time per set.

  • Complete 10 data-interpretation sets (table, bar, pie, line) using calculation shortcuts.

  • Solve 40 quadratic-equation and 40 time-speed-distance/work questions.

  • Attempt two 25-question mixed drills alternating reasoning and quant to practise section switching.

Your checkpoint

Two sectional mocks - one reasoning and one quantitative - each scored at 65% or higher, with a topic-wise accuracy table.

Week 4

English Language & General Awareness, with emphasis on Banking and Financial Awareness

  • Complete 100 grammar questions on subject-verb agreement, tenses, articles, and prepositions.

  • Learn 80 high-frequency synonyms/antonyms and 30 idioms, then self-test with a 25-question quiz.

  • Read two RBI press releases or annual-report summaries and note 20 banking terms with definitions.

  • Complete 40 error-detection and 20 cloze-test questions with written explanations.

Your checkpoint

A 30-question English sectional at 60%+ and a 25-question banking-basics quiz at 60%+, plus a 50-term banking glossary.

Week 5

English Language & General Awareness, with emphasis on Banking and Financial Awareness

  • Complete 6 reading-comprehension passages with a 7-minute cap per passage and 70% accuracy.

  • Solve 40 para-jumble and 30 sentence-rearrangement questions using connector and pronoun clues.

  • Build a timeline of 60 current-affairs items from the last four months relevant to banking and the economy.

  • Complete 50 questions on UPI, NEFT, RTGS, IMPS, NBFCs, small finance banks, and payments banks.

Your checkpoint

A 50-question general-awareness mock (banking plus current affairs) at 60%+ and one RC section at 70%+ accuracy.

Week 6

Reasoning Ability / General Intelligence & Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability

  • Complete 10 mixed reasoning sets covering puzzles, inequalities, coding-decoding, and input-output at 8 minutes per set.

  • Complete 200 quant questions in five 30-question speed blocks, tracking accuracy and time.

  • Re-solve the 30 most-missed questions from weeks 1–5 without notes.

  • Take one full-length mock covering all five domains and classify every error by cause: concept, speed, reading, or guessing.

Your checkpoint

A full-length mock score of 65%+ with an error-cause sheet listing at least 20 classified mistakes.

Week 7

Computer Knowledge / Computer Awareness & General Awareness, with emphasis on Banking and Financial Awareness

  • Revise computer fundamentals: hardware, software, memory units, generations, and MS Word/Excel shortcuts.

  • Complete 60 computer-awareness questions on internet, email, networking, DBMS basics, and cyber security.

  • Review 100 banking-awareness facts on RBI roles, monetary-policy tools, bank nationalisation, insurance, and capital markets.

  • Attempt 20 current-affairs questions from the past two weeks.

Your checkpoint

A 25-question computer quiz at 70%+ and a 50-question banking/current-affairs test at 65%+.

Week 8

Reasoning Ability / General Intelligence & Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability

  • Take three full-length mocks on alternate days under exam timing and review each within 24 hours.

  • Revisit the formula sheet, reasoning checklist, banking glossary, and computer shortcut sheet once each.

  • Practise 40 easy-to-medium quant questions and 40 reasoning questions to lock in speed and confidence.

  • Prepare a one-page exam-day plan with section order, per-section time caps, and skip rules.

Your checkpoint

Final mock score at 70%+ with all five section scores recorded and a completed one-page exam-day plan.

Milestones

Week 2: Reasoning sectional at 75%+ and an arithmetic error log with 25+ corrected entries.

Week 4: Two sectional mocks at 65%+; English and banking-basics quizzes at 60%+; 50-term glossary complete.

Week 6: Full-length mock at 65%+ with an error-cause sheet and a topic-wise accuracy review.

Week 8: Three final mocks completed; best score at 70%+; all revision sheets and exam-day plan finished.