Crack your Exam with Preparation Tips 
                                     for Dena Bank PO 
             Dena  Bank  is  going  to  recruit  suitable  candidates  for  the  posts  of  Probationary 
             Officers. Preliminary Exam is scheduled on 2nd June 2018, which means only one 
             month is left for the preparation. If you want to get selected as a probationary officer, you 
             will have to go through the stringent selection stages. The first step is written exam for 
             testing your skill and expertise in Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning, English and General 
             Awareness. You need to practice a lot in order to ensure good score in given time. Read 
             this article on Preparation Tips for Dena Bank to know about subjectwise strategy for the 
             exam. 
             The detailed exam pattern for Dena Bank PO is given in the table below: 
              Type of Test  Name of Test                     No. of         Max Marks Duration 
                                                             Questions 
                           Reasoning                         50             50 
                           Quantitative Aptitude             50             50 
              Objective Test General Awareness (Related to                              2 Hours 
                           Banking Industry)                 50             50 
                           English Language                  50             50 
              Descriptive  English Language                  02             50          30 Min 
              Test 
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                Stage 3         Group Discussion                                          20 
                                                                                                          
                Stage 3         Personal Interview                                        80 
                Total                                                   202               350             
                Tips for Dena Bank PO - English Language 
                Many of you find English Section very difficult to tackle. However good score can be 
                achieved by proper practice. Go through following tips for topics in English Section. 
                Reading & Comprehension 
                    •  You  should  practice  this  section  by  reading  the  maximum  possible 
                       comprehensions. This will increase your speed and will help in improving your 
                       vocabulary and your ability to understand and process information presented to 
                       you. 
                    •  Solve: Quiz 1, Quiz 2, Quiz 3 
                Sentence Improvement/Phrase Replacement 
                    •  In these question, you will be given sentences with a highlighted part. You have to 
                       choose one correct phrase out of the given options to replace the old one. You 
                       need to work on your understanding of English Grammar because its the basic 
                       need to solve any question form English section. 
                    •  Solve: Quiz 1, Quiz 2, Quiz 3,  Quiz 4 
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                    Error Spotting 
                         •    In these questions, you will be given sentences in 4-5 parts and will have to find 
                              the part of the sentence which is grammatically incorrect. 
                         •    The knowledge of basic Grammar concepts is must to solve these questions. 
                         •    Solve: Quiz 1, Quiz 2, Quiz 3, Quiz 4, Quiz 5 
                    Cloze Test 
                         •    You must have a fast speed of reading and understanding the passage, also need 
                              to improve your vocabulary to understand the passage easily. 
                         •    Whenever you come across a new word, whether it is in a newspaper, article or a 
                              book, make sure you check its meaning along with its antonym. 
                         •    Increase your vocabulary with the Word Power Capsules. 
                         •    Solve: Quiz 1, Quiz 2, Quiz 3, Quiz 4 
                    Tips for Dena Bank PO - Reasoning 
                    The reasoning is a section where 100% accuracy can be achieved. To score good, you 
                    need to practice various types of questions on the same topic. This will help you in 
                    scoring easily. The topics you need to prepare well are: 
                    Seating Arrangement (Circular & Linear) 
                         •    This is the somewhat tricky topic in reasoning. However, a proper practice can 
                              help you ace it. 
                         •    Read these articles for more understanding: (1) How to Approach Circular 
                              Arrangements and (2) Circular Arrangements. 
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                         •    There are no special tricks to solve the questions based on this topic except lots of 
                              practice: Linear Seating Arrangement: Quiz 1, Quiz 2 and Circular 
                              Seating Arrangement: Quiz 1, Quiz 2. 
                    Blood Relations 
                         •    Blood relation is the time-consuming topic. You can draw tree diagram to help 
                              you solve these questions. 
                         •    This includes General blood relation, Family tree, Coded blood Relation. 
                         •    Read the articles for understanding the basic tricks for figuring out this topic in 
                              one go: (1) General Understanding of Blood Relations and 
                              (2) Understanding Complex Relations. 
                         •    Solve: Quiz 1 and Quiz 2. 
                    Inequalities 
                         •    For the maximum score, you need to focus on the details mentioned in the 
                              questions. This can be achieved by the practice. 
                         •    Read these articles for the more detailed understanding of these questions: 
                              (1) Coded Inequality and (2) Mathematical Inequality. 
                         •    Solve: Quiz 1 and Quiz 2. 
                    Syllogisms 
                         •    You need to practice topics such as Direct questions with 2-3 statements & 2-3 
                              conclusions, possibility based questions, negative information based questions. 
                         •    Read this article on Syllogisms for a detailed understanding of it: Concepts of 
                              Syllogism. 
                         •    Solve: Quiz 1 and Quiz 2. 
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