IBPS RRB CA Officer Scale II study plan
IBPS RRB CA Officer Scale II · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Professional Knowledge (Banking, Finance and Computer Awareness for Chartered Accountants)
Map the Domain 1 syllabus into banking, finance/accounting, and computer-awareness clusters, then rank clusters by your current weakness
Build a one-page formula-and-definition sheet covering CRR, SLR, repo/reverse repo, bank rate, MSF, and base rate, and state how each moves liquidity
Solve 40 mixed banking-awareness questions untimed and log every wrong answer with the exact concept it tested
Draft a 15-line summary of the RBI's monetary policy framework, including the inflation-targeting mandate and the MPC's composition
Your checkpoint
A 3-page personal Domain 1 concept map plus a wrong-answer log with at least 40 entries
Professional Knowledge (Banking, Finance and Computer Awareness for Chartered Accountants)
Memorise the capital-adequacy framework: Basel III components, CET1, Tier 1, Tier 2, CAR, and the leverage ratio, and compute CAR from a given balance-sheet snippet
Distinguish NPA classification (substandard, doubtful, loss), provisioning norms, and the main recovery channels including SARFAESI, DRT, and IBC timelines
Revise core accounting linkages to banking: income recognition, provisioning impact on profit, and how a write-off differs from a write-back
Complete 50 computer-awareness items on networking basics, database concepts, and cyber-security terms such as phishing, ransomware, and two-factor authentication
Your checkpoint
A solved set of 10 numerical problems on CAR, provisioning, and NPA ratios with workings shown
Professional Knowledge (Banking, Finance and Computer Awareness for Chartered Accountants) & Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability
Cover financial-market instruments and regulators: SEBI, IRDAI, PFRDA, NPCI, and the distinction between money-market and capital-market instruments
Drill simplification and approximation: 60 questions in 3 timed sets of 20, targeting under 8 minutes per set
Solve 30 percentage, profit-and-loss, and simple/compound interest problems, writing the shortcut method beside each
Build a personal list of 25 recurring computer-awareness facts (file extensions, shortcut keys, generations of computers, common protocols) and self-test on it twice
Your checkpoint
A timed scorecard for three 20-question simplification sets plus one 30-question arithmetic set, with accuracy percentages
Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability
Master ratio-and-proportion and partnership problems by solving 25 questions and deriving the standard equation for each type
Complete 30 time-and-work and pipes-and-cistern questions, including efficiency-based shortcuts
Solve 25 time-speed-distance and boats-and-streams problems, and record the standard formulas on a single card
Attempt one 35-question mixed numerical-ability mock in 35 minutes and analyse every error by topic
Your checkpoint
A topic-wise accuracy table across four arithmetic topics from at least 105 solved questions
Reasoning
Establish a notation system for puzzles and seating arrangements, then solve 20 linear and circular arrangement puzzles under a 6-minute-per-puzzle cap
Solve 15 floor-based and box-based puzzles, and 15 scheduling puzzles covering day, month, and year sequences
Practise syllogism using Venn diagrams: 30 questions, including possibility-based conclusions
Complete 25 inequality and coded-inequality questions and 20 alphanumeric-series questions, noting the rule for each
Your checkpoint
A solved puzzle workbook of 50 puzzles with time taken per puzzle and a list of the three slowest puzzle types
Reasoning & English Language / Hindi Language
Solve 20 blood-relation and 20 direction-sense questions, drawing diagrams for every one
Complete 15 input-output and 15 data-sufficiency questions, and write the decision rule you use for sufficiency
Take two 30-minute reasoning sectionals of 35 questions each and compare accuracy between attempts
Read two English editorial passages and extract 10 vocabulary items each, using them in original sentences
Your checkpoint
Two timed reasoning sectional scorecards with a written diagnosis of the weakest two question types
English Language / Hindi Language
Practise 40 reading-comprehension questions across four passages, capping each passage at 8 minutes including reading
Complete 50 error-detection and sentence-correction items, grouping errors by type (subject-verb agreement, tense, preposition, article)
Solve 30 para-jumble and 30 cloze-test items, and state the connector or pronoun clue that decided each answer
Write 10 original sentences each for 20 high-frequency exam words and check them against a dictionary
Your checkpoint
An error-type tally from 50 error-detection items showing your top three error categories and their counts
Professional Knowledge (Banking, Finance and Computer Awareness for Chartered Accountants) & Reasoning & Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability & English Language / Hindi Language
Take three full-length mocks of 200 questions in 120 minutes on separate days and record section-wise time and accuracy
Re-solve every question you got wrong in the three mocks and classify each error as conceptual, careless, or time-pressure
Revise your Domain 1 concept map, formula cards, and vocabulary list in two 45-minute passes
Set a final exam-day section-order and time-allocation plan based on your mock accuracy data
Your checkpoint
A one-page exam-day strategy sheet with section order, per-section time caps, and target accuracy, backed by three mock scorecards
Milestones
Week 2: Can you explain and numerically apply CAR, NPA classification, and provisioning norms without notes, scoring at least 70% on a self-made 20-question Domain 1 test?
Week 4: Is your accuracy at or above 65% on a 35-question numerical-ability mock finished within 35 minutes?
Week 6: Do you solve a 5-question puzzle set in under 25 minutes with at least 4 correct, and score 60% or better on a 35-question reasoning sectional?
Week 8: Across three full mocks, is your overall score trending upward with at least 55% overall accuracy and no section below 40%?