Quantitative Aptitude
Meant to check your calculation speed with accuracy. Does not require formula mugging. This section is time consuming because you know the method but time is less. So speed is the key and it comes with practice lot of practice. Do a lot of mental math in everyday life and make yourself able to calculate really fast. Do not waste money in coaching centers and do not buy any book just refer NCRET books to clear your basic concept and practice online free questions. (Focus area – simplification, series, approximation, D.I., time – distance, average, percentage).
Reasoning
Meant for checking your logical ability and problem solving ability. You can understand basic from any book; It does not require your subject knowledge but practice and practice. You can solve free online practice questions. (Focus area inequality, blood relations, syllogism, and coding – decoding, direction test).
English
This subject is meant for checking your comprehensive ability and English language understanding, You must be a good reader of English language. Make a habit of reading different pieces of writings; News articles, Journals, Magazines, The Hindu is important one. For grammar basics just refer NCERT books, do not buy any book (Focus area Cloze test, filters, Antonyms - Synonyms).
General Awareness
Follow any good newspaper daily. Read newspaper according to points maintioned above in syllabus of General Awareness. This is very scoring subject helps you to improve your chances of final selection.
Computer Knowledge
You need not be a Computer Engineer to clear this section. You can refer book by NIOS and once you are done with its contents practice a lot of sample questions either online or offline.
Smart tips to Attempt
Exam is designed in such a way that no one can attend all 200 questions not even topper. So better you to left some questions. It differs from person to person but basic part remains same.
Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude section take lots of time both in preparation and in exam, while results shows that Reasoning and Quantitative sections has lowest cutoffs among the all five sections but you have to clear these two sections. So attend question enough to clear sectional cutoff only. Don’t try to score in these sections. Try to score in this section only if you are CAT student. As cost benefit ratio is very low in these sections. These sections are made to consume your valuable time. As questions in these sections is very lengthy which eating much of your time reading the questions. Some questions in this section designed as trap. So you waste much of your time in satisfying your ego which will effect on subsequent section, so try to attend these sections in the last.
Try to attend computer and banking awareness first and full. As this consume less time and scoring. In these sections you either know the answer or you don’t know the answer. So requires less brain burning which again boosts your confidence and prepares you for Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude sections.
After Banking Awareness and Computer Awareness try to attempt English section and after these three section fullest.
Do the time management such that you can finish English, Banking Awareness and Computer Awareness sections within forty to fifty minutes so you have enough time to attend enough questions in reasoning and quantitative sections to pass cut off.