IB Security Assistant study plan
IB Security Assistant · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Quantitative Aptitude
Diagnose baseline accuracy by completing 40 mixed arithmetic and simplification questions under a 45-minute timer
Build a personal formula sheet covering percentages, ratio-proportion, averages, and simple/compound interest
Solve 30 percentage and profit-loss problems, logging every error with its root cause
Memorize squares to 30, cubes to 15, and fraction-to-percentage equivalents for halves through twelfths
Your checkpoint
A one-page handwritten formula sheet plus an error log of at least 20 solved mistakes with corrected methods
Quantitative Aptitude
Apply time-speed-distance and time-work shortcuts to 40 questions, timing each set at 60 seconds per question
Practice 25 data-interpretation sets (tables, bar graphs, pie charts) and record the reading time versus calculation time for each
Drill 20 mixture-and-alligation and 20 mensuration problems without a calculator
Re-solve every week-1 error-log item and mark which ones are now automatic
Your checkpoint
A timed 25-question quantitative mock scored and reviewed, with a written list of the three weakest sub-topics
General Awareness
Compile a dated current-affairs timeline covering the last 12 months of national, international, and banking/economic news
Summarize key constitutional articles, fundamental rights, and amendments into 15 flashcards
Map major Indian geography facts (rivers, states, capitals, national parks) onto a single self-drawn outline map
Answer 50 static general-awareness questions and tag each as known, guessed, or unknown
Your checkpoint
A 12-month current-affairs timeline with at least 150 dated entries and a 15-card polity flashcard set
General Awareness & Quantitative Aptitude
Review the tagged 'guessed' and 'unknown' general-awareness items and convert 80% into recall cards
Complete a full-length quantitative section in 30 minutes and a general-awareness section in 15 minutes back-to-back
Identify the three general-awareness sub-areas with the lowest accuracy and schedule targeted revision
Recompute all quantitative error-log entries and retire those solved correctly twice
Your checkpoint
A combined general-awareness plus quantitative sectional test scored, with a one-page gap analysis naming the top five weak areas
Logical Reasoning
Solve 40 syllogism and 30 blood-relation questions using Venn diagrams and family-tree notation
Practice 30 seating-arrangement and 30 puzzle sets under a strict 90-second-per-set cap
Drill 25 coding-decoding and 25 series-completion questions to build pattern-recognition speed
Write a decision rule for when to skip a reasoning set versus commit to it
Your checkpoint
A written skip-or-solve decision rule plus a 30-question reasoning mock scored with per-type timing data
Logical Reasoning & English Language
Complete 30 reading-comprehension passages, marking the main idea and tone before answering any question
Revise 60 grammar rules covering subject-verb agreement, articles, prepositions, and tense consistency, with one example each
Solve 40 error-spotting and 30 sentence-improvement questions, cataloguing recurring traps
Practice 20 cloze tests and 20 para-jumble sets within a 45-second-per-question budget
Your checkpoint
A grammar-trap catalogue of at least 25 recurring error types, each with a self-written correct and incorrect example
General Awareness & Quantitative Aptitude & Logical Reasoning & English Language
Take two full-length mixed mocks under real exam timing, including negative-marking discipline
Analyze each mock section by section and rank all 16 sub-topics by marks lost per minute
Rebuild the revision sheet for the four lowest-ranked sub-topics
Practice 30 vocabulary and idiom questions alongside 20 one-word-substitution items
Your checkpoint
Two completed full-length mocks with a ranked sub-topic loss table and revised notes for the four weakest areas
General Awareness & Quantitative Aptitude & Logical Reasoning & English Language
Take three full-length mocks on alternate days and keep score variance within a 10-mark band
Revisit only the formula sheet, current-affairs timeline, and grammar-trap catalogue in the final three days
Simulate exam-morning routine twice, including sleep, timing, and section order
Confirm a section-order and time-allocation strategy and lock it in without further changes
Your checkpoint
A final mock-score trend chart across all eight weeks plus a one-page exam-day execution checklist
Milestones
Week 2: Score at least 60% on a timed 25-question quantitative mock and show a complete error log with root causes for every wrong answer
Week 4: Score at least 65% on both the quantitative and general-awareness sections in a single sitting and name the five weakest sub-topics in writing
Week 6: Score at least 60% on reasoning and English sectionals and demonstrate the skip-or-solve rule applied correctly in a reviewed mock
Week 8: Average at least 70% across the last three full-length mocks with a score spread of 10 marks or less and no section below 55%