IDBI Assistant Manager study plan
IDBI Assistant Manager · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Reasoning and General Intelligence & Quantitative Aptitude and Data Interpretation
Solve 60 reasoning puzzles across seating arrangement, floor puzzles, and box puzzles, timing each set of 10 at 8 minutes and logging accuracy
Drill 100 simplification and approximation items to build calculation speed without a calculator
Memorise tables to 25, squares to 40, cubes to 20, and fraction-percentage equivalents up to one-twelfth
Create a one-page error log template and record every wrong answer from the week with its cause
Your checkpoint
A completed error log of at least 40 logged mistakes with cause tags, plus a baseline accuracy percentage for reasoning puzzles and simplification
Reasoning and General Intelligence & Quantitative Aptitude and Data Interpretation
Solve 50 syllogism and inequality problems using Venn diagrams and the priority rule for coded inequalities
Practice 40 data interpretation questions drawn from tables, bar charts, and pie charts, computing percentages and averages mentally where possible
Complete 30 number series and 30 quadratic comparison questions under a 20-minute combined clock
Review the week-1 error log and re-solve 20 previously wrong questions cold, without looking at the solution
Your checkpoint
A timed mock section of 35 reasoning plus 35 quantitative questions with a scored sheet and a list of the three weakest question types
Reasoning and General Intelligence & Quantitative Aptitude and Data Interpretation
Work through 40 blood relation, direction sense, and order-ranking questions, drawing a diagram for each before answering
Solve 40 arithmetic word problems on time-work, speed-distance, and boats-streams, writing the formula before substituting values
Practice 5 mixed data interpretation sets of 5 questions each under a 25-minute total limit
Build a formula sheet covering ratio, partnership, and mixture-alligation rules and test recall by reciting it from memory
Your checkpoint
A single condensed formula and shortcut sheet of no more than two pages, validated by solving 10 fresh questions using only that sheet
Reasoning and General Intelligence & Quantitative Aptitude and Data Interpretation
Complete two full-length timed tests covering reasoning and quantitative aptitude, with strict section time limits
Analyse each test by tagging every error as concept gap, calculation slip, or time pressure
Re-solve all concept-gap errors and write the corrected method beside each one
Increase calculation speed by completing 100 mixed simplification items in 25 minutes
Your checkpoint
A half-way diagnostic report showing section-wise scores from both tests and the count of concept-gap errors reduced between test one and test two
English Language & General and Banking Awareness
Read two editorial-length passages daily and answer 5 inference and tone questions per passage, justifying each answer with the exact line that supports it
Complete 60 error-spotting and sentence-correction items, classifying each error by grammar category
Build a vocabulary notebook of 100 words from editorials with usage sentences, focusing on words that commonly appear in banking-awareness passages
Compile a dated one-page timeline of major RBI policy actions and banking-sector developments from the past 12 months
Your checkpoint
A grammar-error taxonomy sheet listing at least 10 recurring error categories, each with two original example sentences and corrections
English Language & General and Banking Awareness
Practice 40 cloze test and para-jumble items, identifying connective and pronoun cues before choosing answers
Revise the past-12-month RBI timeline and add key monetary-policy terms such as repo, reverse repo, CRR, SLR, and MSF with current definitions
Learn core banking facts: types of banks in India, deposit insurance cover, priority-sector lending basics, and major financial regulators
Take one 30-question English sectional test and one 40-question general and banking awareness test, then log errors
Your checkpoint
A 100-item self-made awareness quiz with answer key, scoring at least 75 percent on a closed-book attempt
Professional Knowledge (Banking, Finance and Accounting) & General and Banking Awareness
Master the accounting equation, double-entry rules, and preparation of trial balance, trading account, and profit and loss account by solving 30 problems
Work through 25 questions on balance sheet format, capital versus revenue expenditure, and depreciation methods
Study core finance concepts: time value of money, NPV and IRR basics, cost of capital, and types of bank lending products
Link professional-knowledge topics to awareness facts by writing 20 short notes connecting a banking term to its accounting or regulatory treatment
Your checkpoint
A one-page balance sheet and P&L format template completed with a fully worked original numerical example, plus 20 linkage notes
Reasoning and General Intelligence & Quantitative Aptitude and Data Interpretation & English Language & General and Banking Awareness & Professional Knowledge (Banking, Finance and Accounting)
Take three full-length mock tests under exam-day timing and analyse each within 24 hours
Revise only the error logs, formula sheet, grammar taxonomy, and awareness quiz from earlier weeks
Rehearse a section-order and time-allocation strategy, testing at least two different orders across the mocks
Re-solve 50 previously wrong questions across all domains to confirm the fixes hold
Your checkpoint
A final revision pack containing the four condensed sheets and a mock-score trend line showing improvement from week 4 to week 8
Milestones
Week 2: Baseline established: reasoning and quantitative sectional accuracy recorded, and the three weakest question types named
Week 4: Half-way diagnostic shows measurable improvement over the week-2 baseline, with concept-gap errors falling between the two full tests
Week 6: Closed-book awareness quiz scored at 75 percent or above, and English sectional accuracy above the week-2 baseline
Week 8: Mock-score trend across weeks 4 to 8 trends upward, and every domain has at least one condensed revision sheet ready