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MP Apex Bank Exam study plan

MP Apex Bank Exam · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Reasoning Ability & Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability

  • Build a topic checklist for Reasoning Ability covering puzzles, seating arrangement, syllogism, inequality, coding-decoding, blood relations, direction sense, order-ranking, alphanumeric series, input-output, and data sufficiency

  • Solve 10 puzzle-and-seating sets under a 10-minute timer per set and log accuracy plus time per set in a tracking sheet

  • Drill 30 simplification and approximation questions and 20 number series questions, recording the error type for every wrong answer

  • Write out the 12 most-used percentage-to-fraction conversions and recite them from memory at the end of each session

  • Set up one error notebook with three sections: concept gap, calculation slip, and time overrun

Your checkpoint

A dated tracking sheet showing 50 puzzle/seating sets attempted and 100 arithmetic drill questions with error categories tagged

Week 2

Reasoning Ability & Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability

  • Solve 15 additional puzzle-and-seating sets, splitting time evenly between floor-based, box-based, and circular arrangements

  • Complete 40 syllogism and inequality questions using Venn diagrams and the priority-order method rather than intuition

  • Master ratio-proportion and average by solving 40 mixed word problems drawn from partnership, mixture, and age scenarios

  • Time yourself on one 35-question reasoning sectional test and one 35-question quant sectional test, then classify every mistake

  • Reduce average puzzle solve time from week 1 baseline by at least 20 percent

Your checkpoint

Two completed sectional tests with score, time, and a written diagnosis of the three weakest question types in each section

Week 3

Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability & General / Financial Awareness (with banking and MP state focus)

  • Solve 50 time-work and pipes-cistern problems, including efficiency-based and alternate-day variants

  • Solve 40 time-speed-distance and train/boat problems, memorizing the conversion factors and relative-speed formulas

  • Build a one-page formula sheet for simple and compound interest, then apply it to 30 questions

  • Compile a current-affairs log for the past six months covering RBI policy rates, major appointments, schemes, and awards, with 10 entries minimum

  • Read one daily newspaper business page and note two banking or economy items per day

Your checkpoint

A formula sheet plus a 60-item current-affairs log with source and date for each entry

Week 4

General / Financial Awareness (with banking and MP state focus) & Banking and Financial Awareness / Banking Regulations

  • Memorize the structure and key functions of RBI, SEBI, IRDAI, and PFRDA, then write them from memory without notes

  • Explain in writing the difference between CRR, SLR, repo rate, reverse repo, MSF, and bank rate, and how each affects liquidity

  • List the major banking-sector reforms and committees relevant to India since 1991 and match each to its purpose

  • Cover Madhya Pradesh-specific awareness: state economy, major crops, industrial clusters, flagship state schemes, and prominent institutions headquartered in the state

  • Take one 50-question general awareness mock and review every incorrect answer with a corrected fact

Your checkpoint

A hand-written banking-regulation summary of at least 40 facts and a 50-question mock scored and fully corrected

Week 5

English Language & Computer Knowledge / Computer Aptitude

  • Complete 30 reading-comprehension passages, identifying the main idea and author tone before answering detail questions

  • Drill 100 error-spotting and sentence-improvement questions, grouping errors by grammar rule

  • Learn and apply 100 high-frequency exam vocabulary words in original sentences

  • Cover computer fundamentals: hardware, memory units, operating systems, and number systems, then solve 50 questions

  • Practice MS Office and internet/networking basics, including shortcuts and common file operations, with 40 questions

Your checkpoint

A grammar-rule cheat sheet with one example per rule and a 40-question computer knowledge mock scored above 70 percent

Week 6

Reasoning Ability & Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability & Computer Knowledge / Computer Aptitude

  • Run two full-length mock tests under strict exam timing and mark every question you skipped versus guessed

  • Solve 20 high-difficulty data-interpretation sets covering tabular, bar, pie, and caselet formats

  • Revisit the error notebook and re-solve every question you previously got wrong

  • Cover computer aptitude topics such as logic gates, flowcharts, and basic programming logic with 30 practice questions

  • Cut sectional mock time overrun to under 5 minutes per section

Your checkpoint

Two full-length mocks with section-wise timing breakdown and a revised error notebook showing at least 80 percent of past errors re-solved correctly

Week 7

General / Financial Awareness (with banking and MP state focus) & Banking and Financial Awareness / Banking Regulations & Local Language (Hindi) Proficiency

  • Revise the full current-affairs log and add the last two months of updates, aiming for 150 total entries

  • Review banking regulation notes and answer 100 rapid-fire general awareness questions

  • Practice Hindi grammar: sandhi, samas, synonyms, antonyms, and idioms, with 80 questions

  • Complete 10 Hindi comprehension passages and 40 Hindi fill-in-the-blank and error questions

  • Translate 20 common banking terms between Hindi and English to build bilingual vocabulary

Your checkpoint

A 100-question Hindi language practice set and a 100-question general awareness set, both scored with corrections noted

Week 8

Reasoning Ability & Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability & English Language & General / Financial Awareness (with banking and MP state focus) & Computer Knowledge / Computer Aptitude & Banking and Financial Awareness / Banking Regulations & Local Language (Hindi) Proficiency

  • Take three full-length mocks in the final week, each followed by a same-day analysis session

  • Revise only the error notebook and formula sheets, avoiding new topics

  • Rehearse a fixed section-order and time-allocation strategy in every mock

  • Confirm exam-day logistics and build a one-page last-minute revision card per domain

  • Sleep and study at fixed times to align alertness with the exam slot

Your checkpoint

Three full-length mocks with a final score trend line and a completed one-page revision card for each of the seven domains

Milestones

Week 2: Puzzle solve time down at least 20 percent from week 1 baseline, with sectional scores recorded for reasoning and quant

Week 4: Can write the RBI/SEBI/IRDAI/PFRDA functions and all key policy rates from memory with at least 80 percent accuracy, and current-affairs log has 60 or more dated entries

Week 6: Full-length mock score at or above 55 percent overall with no section left more than 5 minutes over its allotted time

Week 8: Three final mocks show an upward or stable score trend, error notebook is fully re-solved, and every domain has a one-page revision card