Books to prepare for IBPS Specialist IT-Officer/ SBI SO 2017 Exam

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As you all know IBPS will be conducting the Specialist Officer’s Exam for IT Field on January last week 2017.Cracking the IBPS SO IT Officer/ SBI SO exam 2017 is the target for many aspirants.

Test of Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude & English Language are qualifying in nature and marks thereon will not be reckoned for arriving at the Merit list.

Professional Knowledge would be an important section of the exam as it will consist of 50 questions for 80 marks.

Here are the topic wise approx. no of questions asked from Professional Knowledge Section

1. DBMS – 15
2. Data Communication & Networking – 10 to 15
3. Computer Organization & Structure – 5 to 6
4. Data Structure & Compiler Design – 3 to 4
5. Operating systems – 4 to 5
6. Software Engineering - 2 to 3
7. Internet Awareness – 1 to 2

As you all can see that around 60% of Professional Knowledge Questions comes from DBMS &  Data Communication topic, thus you must prepare these two topics well.

Here we provide the best books for IBPS SO IT Officer exam 2017 preparation based on the following important considerations.

• Strictly covers the Professional Knowledge syllabus.
• Easy to learn and understand the concepts.
• Popularity and Standard book.

Books for IBPS SO IT Officer exam 2017 

1. Programming & Data Structure

• Book Name: The C Programming language, Author’s Name: Brian W. Kernighan , Dennis M. Ritchie, Edition: 2nd

• Book Name: Classic Data Structures, Author’s Name: Debasis Samanta, Edition: 2nd
• Highlights of the books: These two books are the comprehensive book for those who study Computer Concepts and C Programming, Computer Programming, Programming Methodology and Data Structures.
• It has all the content required that helps in making a clear understanding of C Programming concepts.

These two books are quintessential for candidates studying C Programming.

Note: For getting the good score, you shall focus more on the topics such as pointers, recursion, trees, and stacks.

2. Algorithms

• Book Name: Introduction to Algorithms, Author’s Name :Udi Manber
• Highlights of the book: This book emphasizes the creative aspects of algorithm design by examining steps used in the process of algorithm development

3. Computer Networks (Important)

• Book Name: Computer Networks by Tanenbaum.
• Highlights of the book:
  • Easy to understand for beginners.
  • Real world examples are provided to understand the concepts.
  • Practice problems are added in each chapter.

4. Operating Systems

• Book Name: Operating System Concepts, Author’s Name: Silberschatz, Galvin, Gagne, Edition: 8
• Highlights of the book:
  • Operating System Concepts help readers to keep abreast of some key areas in the field of operating systems.
  • These include clustered computing, open-source operating systems and virtual machines. In a nutshell, Operating System Concepts is a guide to the fundamental principles of operating systems.
• Note: This is one subject which may consume your time in the exam but you will also find easy questions from the topics.

5. Databases (Important)

• Book Name: Database System Concepts, Author’s Name: Silberschatz, Sudarshan, Korth, Edition: 6
• Highlights of the book:
  • This book has well-explained database concepts with nice examples.
  • It also includes real-world illustrations about how a concept is being used and implemented.
  • Everywhere diagrams are given for easier understanding of how databases work.
• Note: All concepts in databases are easy to understand. Database questions can be answered quickly compared to other subject questions. Preparing this subject can save the time in the exam and also easy to score good marks in an average. 

6. Software Engineering

• Book Name: Introduction to Software Engineering, Author’s Name: Ronald J. Leach
• Highlights of the book:
  • This book has well-explained software engineering concepts with nice examples.
  • It also includes real-world illustrations about how a concept is being used and implemented.

7. Theory of computation

• It is one of the easiest subject to score. The following book has very clear representation to understand all concepts.
• Book Name: An Introduction to Formal Languages and Automata, Author’s Name: Peter Linz, Edition: 5
• Highlights of the book:
• • This book beautifully presents all the important concepts for an introduction to the theories of formal language and automata.

• Note: This book beautifully presents all the important concepts for an introduction to the theories of formal language and automata.

8. Computer Organization & Architecture

• Book Name: Computer Organization and Architecture, Author’s Name: Hamacher, Vranesic, Zaky, Edition: 7
• Highlights of the book: 
  • Computer Organization provides a practical overview to the subject of computer organization, which delves into the internal structure of computers. 
  • The book is useful for a first-level course on the subject. It discusses issues such as Basic Structure of Computers, The Memory System, Input/Output Organization, Basic Processing Unit, Computer Peripherals, and Pipelining, among others.

9. Digital Logic

• Book Name: Digital Logic & Computer Design, Author’s Name: M. Morris Mano, Edition: 1
• Highlights of the book:
  • The book covers all aspects of digital systems, presents classical techniques and offers better understanding of register-transfermethod.
• Note: Digital logic questions are very easy to answer and many questions were given from combinational circuits.

10. Compiler Design

• Book Name: Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools, Author’s Name: Alfred V. Aho , Ravi Sethi , D. Jeffrey Ulman, Edition: 2
• Highlights of the book: The books comes with a complete front end and finding linearly independent solutions so as to have a better understanding of the subject.

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