Karnataka Bank PO study plan
Karnataka Bank PO · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 8 hours per week
Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability & Reasoning Ability
Solve 60 arithmetic questions (percentages, ratio-proportion, averages, profit and loss) at a target of 80% accuracy in timed 20-minute sets
Build a one-page formula sheet covering percentages, ratios, averages and simple/compound interest, and recite it from memory by day 6
Complete 40 seating-arrangement and 40 syllogism questions, logging every wrong answer with its error type
Set up a personal error log with columns for topic, error cause and re-test date, and enter the first 50 items
Your checkpoint
A completed arithmetic formula sheet plus an error log containing at least 120 logged questions with error causes tagged
Reasoning Ability & Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability
Drill 50 puzzles each on floor-based and linear seating arrangements, capping each puzzle at 6 minutes
Solve 50 time-speed-distance and 50 time-and-work questions, converting every word problem into an equation before calculating
Practice 40 coding-decoding and 40 blood-relation questions in mixed sets to build switching speed
Review the week-1 error log and re-solve 30 previously wrong questions without notes
Your checkpoint
A timed mixed set of 50 reasoning questions (puzzles, coding-decoding, blood relations) scored at 80% or better within 40 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability & Reasoning Ability
Master data-interpretation sets (tabular, bar, pie, line) by solving 8 full sets of 5 questions each under a 10-minute-per-set clock
Solve 40 simplification and 40 approximation questions using squares, cubes and fraction-to-percentage conversions
Complete 40 inequality and 40 direction-sense questions with a written step-by-step method for each type
Memorize tables up to 25, squares up to 30 and cubes up to 20, testing recall daily
Your checkpoint
Eight completed DI sets with per-set timing recorded, all finished within 10 minutes and at 85% accuracy
Reasoning Ability & Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability & General Awareness / Banking Awareness
Take a full 60-minute sectional mock of Reasoning Ability and a separate 45-minute sectional mock of Quantitative Aptitude, then analyse both question by question
Rank the five weakest topics across both sections by marks lost and re-drill 20 questions from each
Start a banking-awareness notebook covering the RBI's core functions, monetary-policy tools and key policy rates, updated to the current month
Read one financial-newspaper summary daily and note five banking terms with definitions
Your checkpoint
Two sectional mocks completed with a written analysis listing the five weakest topics, marks lost per topic and a corrective drill plan
English Language & General Awareness / Banking Awareness
Solve 100 reading-comprehension questions across 20 passages, practising skimming the passage before reading the questions
Complete 80 cloze-test and 80 error-spotting/sentence-correction questions, recording every grammar rule missed
Build a vocabulary log of 100 words from editorials with usage sentences, and revise it daily
Cover banking history, nationalization, types of banks and the RBI's organizational structure in the awareness notebook
Revise the week-1 to week-4 error logs, re-solving 40 flagged questions
Your checkpoint
A 100-word vocabulary log with example sentences plus a completed grammar-rules checklist of at least 20 rules, each with one solved example
English Language & General Awareness / Banking Awareness & Reasoning Ability
Write 10 para-jumbles and 10 sentence-rearrangement sets, justifying the correct order in one line each
Complete 60 synonym-antonym and 40 idiom questions, adding unknown items to the vocabulary log
Study financial-awareness topics: NPA classification, Basel norms, payment systems (UPI, NEFT, RTGS, IMPS) and financial-inclusion schemes
Take a 35-minute English sectional mock and analyse every error by rule type
Do 30 mixed reasoning puzzles to keep the section warm
Your checkpoint
An English sectional mock scored at 75% or better with an error analysis mapping each mistake to a named grammar or comprehension rule
Reasoning Ability & Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability & English Language & General Awareness / Banking Awareness
Take three full-length mocks of 200 questions in 120 minutes, following a fixed section order and time budget
Record per-section attempts, accuracy and time spent for each mock in a tracking sheet
Re-solve every question missed in all three mocks, tagging repeat errors
Revise the banking-awareness notebook and current-affairs notes for the past six months
Tighten the time budget so that Reasoning and Quant each get at least 35 minutes
Your checkpoint
A three-mock performance tracker showing section-wise attempts, accuracy and time, with overall score improving across the three attempts
Reasoning Ability & Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability & English Language & General Awareness / Banking Awareness
Take two final full-length mocks in exam-day conditions, including the on-screen calculator and sectional timing
Revise only the error logs, formula sheet, grammar checklist and vocabulary log, with no new topics
Rehearse a fixed question-selection strategy: skip any puzzle or DI set that exceeds 90 seconds without progress
Review current-affairs and banking-awareness notes for the last two weeks and confirm policy-rate figures are current
Sleep and exam-slot routine fixed for the final three days
Your checkpoint
Two final mocks completed with a one-page exam-day strategy sheet stating section order, per-section time caps and skip rules
Milestones
Week 2: Score at least 80% on a 50-question timed reasoning mixed set covering puzzles, coding-decoding and blood relations
Week 4: Complete both sectional mocks (Reasoning and Quant) and produce a ranked list of the five weakest topics with a drill plan
Week 6: Score at least 75% on the English sectional mock and show a vocabulary log of 100 words with usage sentences
Week 8: Achieve a rising score across three full-length mocks and finish the last mock at or above the previous best, with the exam-day strategy sheet completed