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HARCO Bank Clerk study plan

HARCO Bank Clerk · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability

  • Build a personal formula sheet covering percentages, ratio-proportion, averages, profit-loss and simple/compound interest, and solve 60 mixed drill questions from it

  • Complete 40 simplification and approximation items under a 20-minute timer and log every error with its cause (concept gap, careless slip, or time pressure)

  • Solve 25 number series and 25 quadratic comparison questions, writing the shortcut method used for each

  • Set up an error log with columns for question type, mistake category, and the corrective rule you will apply

Your checkpoint

A dated formula sheet plus a 100-question error log with mistake categories filled in

Week 2

Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability & Clerical Aptitude and Data Interpretation

  • Solve 40 time-work and 30 time-speed-distance word problems, converting each into a one-line equation before calculating

  • Interpret 6 data sets (bar, line, pie, and tabular) by extracting only the values needed for each sub-question

  • Complete 2 timed 15-question DI sets at 90 seconds per question and record accuracy and per-question time

  • Recompute every wrong DI answer to identify whether the error came from reading the chart or from arithmetic

Your checkpoint

Two timed DI sets scored with accuracy percentage and average time per question

Week 3

Reasoning Ability and Logical Reasoning

  • Solve 80 puzzles and seating arrangements (linear, circular, floor-based) with a fixed diagram-first method

  • Complete 50 syllogism and 50 inequality questions using Venn and priority-order shortcuts

  • Practice 40 blood relation, direction sense, and order-ranking questions without writing full family trees

  • Timebox each puzzle to 4 minutes and log which ones you abandoned correctly versus overran

Your checkpoint

A puzzle log of 40 attempted sets showing time taken, solved/abandoned status, and reason for abandonment

Week 4

Reasoning Ability and Logical Reasoning & English Language

  • Solve 60 mixed reasoning questions in two 30-minute blocks to build section-level stamina

  • Complete 40 error-spotting and 40 sentence-improvement items, recording the grammar rule broken in each wrong option

  • Build a vocabulary list of 60 words with usage sentences drawn from business and banking news

  • Read one editorial daily and extract 5 words plus 2 sentence structures worth reusing

Your checkpoint

A grammar-rule tally showing how many errors you made per rule across 80 questions

Week 5

English Language & General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking and Financial Sector

  • Complete 3 reading comprehension passages (2 long, 1 short) in 8 minutes each and note whether each wrong option was too broad, too narrow, or contradicted

  • Solve 50 para-jumble and 50 cloze-test items applying connective and pronoun clues

  • Compile a 40-item current-affairs digest from the past 6 weeks focused on RBI policy, banking appointments, and government schemes

  • Write 10 one-line summaries of recent banking news items in your own words

Your checkpoint

A 40-item dated current-affairs digest plus 10 self-written banking news summaries

Week 6

General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking and Financial Sector & Banking and Financial Awareness

  • Memorize and self-test 60 banking terms (CRR, SLR, repo, reverse repo, MSF, NEFT/RTGS/IMPS/UPI distinctions, types of accounts and cheques)

  • Map the structure and functions of RBI, SEBI, IRDAI, and NABARD and explain each regulator's remit in one line

  • Revise key monetary policy tools and explain in writing how a repo rate change transmits to lending rates

  • Complete 50 general-awareness MCQs on banking and financial awareness and log every factual gap

Your checkpoint

A one-page regulator-and-terminology cheat sheet plus a scored 50-question banking awareness test

Week 7

Computer Knowledge and Digital Banking & Banking and Financial Awareness

  • Revise computer fundamentals: hardware, memory units, operating systems, and file extensions, tested with 40 MCQs

  • Practice digital banking scenarios covering UPI, mobile banking, net banking, card security, phishing, and OTP fraud, with 40 MCQs

  • Explain in writing the difference between NEFT, RTGS, IMPS, and UPI in terms of timing, limits, and use case

  • Take one 30-question computer and digital banking test and review every wrong answer against a source

Your checkpoint

A scored 30-question computer and digital banking test with written corrections for each error

Week 8

Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability & Reasoning Ability and Logical Reasoning & Clerical Aptitude and Data Interpretation

  • Take 3 full-length mock tests under exam timing and record section-wise accuracy and attempt rate

  • Re-solve every question missed in mocks from scratch without looking at the solution first

  • Trim the formula sheet and error log to the 30 highest-frequency mistakes and drill only those

  • Finalize a section-order and time-allocation strategy and rehearse it in the last mock

Your checkpoint

Three scored mock tests with a section-wise trend table showing improvement from mock 1 to mock 3

Milestones

Week 2: Score at least 70% on a 20-question mixed arithmetic and DI set in 30 minutes, with average DI time at or under 90 seconds per question

Week 4: Score at least 65% on a 30-question reasoning set in 30 minutes and have a grammar-rule tally covering at least 80 English questions

Week 6: Score at least 70% on the 50-question banking awareness test and recite all 60 banking terms from the cheat sheet without prompts

Week 8: Reach at least 75% overall on the final full-length mock with no section below 60%, and have the 30-item high-frequency error list fully drilled