MSC Bank Recruitment study plan
MSC Bank Recruitment · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 8 hours per week
Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability & Reasoning Ability
Diagnose baseline by taking one full-length timed mock of Quantitative Aptitude and one of Reasoning Ability, then tabulate accuracy and time-per-question by question type
Build a personal formula sheet covering percentages, ratio-proportion, averages, profit and loss, and simple/compound interest, and solve 60 mixed arithmetic questions using it
Master simplification and approximation plus number series by drilling 80 questions under a 45-second-per-question cap
Set up a daily error log that records the question, the trap, the correct method, and the reason for the mistake for every wrong answer
Your checkpoint
A scored baseline report plus an error log with at least 40 entries tagged by question type and root cause
Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability & Reasoning Ability
Solve time-work and pipes-cistern problems using the efficiency (LCM) method until 50 questions are completed at 80 percent accuracy
Solve time-speed-distance and trains/boats problems, converting between km/h and m/s fluently across 50 questions
Cover seating arrangement (linear and circular) and ranking/order puzzles with 40 questions, drawing a diagram for each
Review the week-1 error log and re-solve every logged question cold without notes
Your checkpoint
A topic-wise accuracy table for six quantitative and reasoning topics, each with question count and hit rate
Reasoning Ability & Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability
Practice syllogism using Venn diagrams and the possibility case across 40 questions, and state the rule applied for each answer
Practice blood relations, direction sense, and order-ranking across 50 questions, drawing family trees and direction maps
Solve data interpretation sets (table, bar, pie, line) with 20 sets timed at 6 minutes per set
Complete 30 mensuration and geometry questions covering area, volume, and surface area formulas
Your checkpoint
Twenty solved DI sets with per-set timing and a one-line note on where time was lost
Reasoning Ability & Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability
Solve puzzles and arrangements (floor, box, scheduling, category-based) across 25 sets, noting the clue that unlocked each set
Practice coded inequalities and alphanumeric series across 50 questions
Complete 40 permutation-combination and probability questions, writing the formula used for each
Take one full-length timed sectional test in both quantitative and reasoning and compare scores to the week-1 baseline
Your checkpoint
A sectional test scorecard showing improvement against the baseline with the three weakest topics named
English Language & General / Banking Awareness
Read one editorial or business article daily and extract 10 words with usage sentences, building a vocabulary log of 70 entries
Complete 100 error-spotting and sentence-correction questions, classifying each error by grammar rule
Practice 100 reading comprehension questions across 10 passages, targeting 8 minutes per passage
Build a dated current-affairs timeline covering the last 6 months of banking, economy, and appointments news, with 100 entries
Your checkpoint
A grammar-rule error sheet plus a 100-entry current-affairs timeline and a 70-word vocabulary log
General / Banking Awareness & Professional / Subject Knowledge (Banking, Accounting, Law)
Memorize and self-test RBI functions, monetary policy tools, and key policy rates, scoring 90 percent on a 30-question self-quiz
Revise banking terminology and financial inclusion schemes, writing a one-line definition for 50 terms
Cover accounting fundamentals (journal, ledger, trial balance, final accounts) and solve 30 numerical problems
Summarize core banking-regulation and negotiable-instruments concepts into a 2-page revision sheet
Your checkpoint
A closed-book self-quiz score above 85 percent on banking awareness plus a 2-page law-and-accounting revision sheet
Professional / Subject Knowledge (Banking, Accounting, Law) & Computer Knowledge
Cover computer fundamentals, number systems, and hardware/software basics, then answer 60 MCQs at 85 percent accuracy
Practice MS Office, networking, and internet concepts with 50 MCQs, and list shortcuts and protocols memorized
Cover database basics and cyber security/security threats with 40 MCQs, writing one-line notes per concept
Revise accounting and banking-law weak spots flagged in week 6 and re-solve all missed questions
Your checkpoint
A computer-knowledge MCQ log with 150 attempted questions and an accuracy figure above 80 percent
English Language & Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability & Reasoning Ability & General / Banking Awareness & Computer Knowledge & Professional / Subject Knowledge (Banking, Accounting, Law)
Take three full-length timed mocks under exam conditions and review each within 24 hours, logging every error
Re-solve the entire error log from weeks 1 to 7 and mark items still shaky for a final pass
Drill the two lowest-scoring domains from mock analysis with 100 targeted questions
Finalize a one-page formula, rule, and current-affairs cheat sheet for last-day revision
Your checkpoint
A mock-score trend line across all attempts plus a completed one-page final cheat sheet
Milestones
Week 2: Complete 200 quantitative and 150 reasoning questions with a written error log, and hit at least 70 percent accuracy on arithmetic topics
Week 4: Sectional mock scores in quantitative and reasoning improve by at least 15 percent over the week-1 baseline, with all six quantitative topics and all major reasoning types attempted at least once
Week 6: Score 85 percent or higher on a closed-book banking-awareness self-quiz and submit the 2-page accounting-and-law revision sheet
Week 8: Final full-length mock score is at or above the target cut-off estimate, with no domain below 60 percent accuracy and the error log fully re-solved