Dear Aspirants,
The Preliminary phase of the IBPS Clerk Exam 2016 is almost there. We hope all your preparations are in full force by now. In continuation with yesterday’s article related to the Miscellaneous topics from the quantitative section for IBPS Clerk, we are sharing with you all the approach for remaining topics from the miscellaneous section from the IBPS Clerk syllabus.
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Today we will cover the topics which will help you crack IBPS clerk exam-
- Partnerships
- Mixture and Alligations
- Pipes and Cisterns
- Time, Work and Wages
- Boats and Streams
- Probability
Partnerships
This is one of the major topics asked under the Miscellaneous category of IBPS Clerk exam. This topic can prove to be scoring for you since the questions are very easy to attempt, if you have a fair idea about the approach that you should follow while attempting it during the IBPS Clerk exam.
Partnership, in simple terms, may be defined as an association of two or more people as partners. There are a few set pattern based on which questions are asked from this topic. This involves two or more people investing some capital in a business for a specified time and they earn some profit from that investment. You are usually required to evaluate this profit which is distributed among partners either in some prefixed ratio or the ratio of their investment.
Before you start preparing for IBPS Clerk exam, go through the below given link:
How to solve Partnership based Questions
Mixture and Alligations
You may often encounter 1-2 questions from this topic in IBPS clerk exam. Although this topic is not asked frequently, you should have a clear picture about how to solve the questions from this topic. You can go through the link below to clearly understand the basics of this topic-
How to solve Mixture and Alligation based Questions
Pipes and Cisterns
This again is not a very frequently asked question of the miscellaneous section. However, it is advisable to understand the basics of this topic. Here again, there is fixed set of questions that may be asked from you. These usually are - Time taken by each pipe to fill/empty the tank or Total time taken to fill/empty the tank. This is yet another doable topic of Miscellaneous category. You can go through the link below to understand this topic better -
How to solve Pipes and Cistern based Questions
Time, Work and Wages
This is another crucial topic asked in the miscellaneous section. You will usually find 1-2 questions from this topic in the IBPS clerk exam. It is essential to understand the basics of this topic since it is easily doable and scoring at the same time. Before delving further into this topic, understand the following -
- If A can do a piece of work in x days, then A’s 1 day work = 1/x
- If A’s one day work is 1/x, A can finish the total work in x days.
- If A is x times as efficient as B then
- Ratio of work done by A : B individually = x : 1
- Ratio of time taken by A and B individually to finish the work = 1 : x
You can go through the link below to have a clear idea of this topic before you start preparing for IBPS Clerk:
How to solve Time and Work based Questions
Boats and Streams
This is one of the less time consuming and scoring topics from miscellaneous category. Here again, you need to go through a few basic formulas and you can easily attempt this topic within a minute in the IBPS Clerk exam. First and foremost, understand a few basic terms from this topic-
Upstream: When the boat/ swimmer moves against the current of the river (i.e. in opposite direction), then the relative speed of the boat is the difference of the speed of the boat and stream. It is known as upstream speed.
Downstream - When the boat/ swimmer moves with the current of the river (i.e. in the same direction), then the relative speed of the boat is the sum of speed of boat and stream. It is known as Downstream speed.
Remember, when speed of boat is given then it means speed in the still water, unless it is stated otherwise.
Some basic formulas -
- If the speed of boat/ swimmer is x km/hr and the speed of stream is y km/hr, then,
Speed of boat Upstream = (x - y) km/hr
Speed of boat Downstream = (x + y) km/hr
- Speed of boat in still water = ½ (Downstream Speed + Upstream Speed)
- Speed of stream = ½ (Downstream Speed – Upstream Speed)
Remember the formulas above and you will be able to attempt these questions easily.
Probability
In simple terms, the probability may be defined as the quality or state of being probable i.e the extent to which something is likely to happen or be the case. You will usually find a question or two from this topic in the IBPS Clerk Exam. It is essential to understand some common terms used here before going deeper into the topic. You can go through the link below to understand the basics of this topic better -
You can go through the topics previously covered from the link below -
How to attempt the Miscellaneous Section of Quant for IBPS Clerk Pre exam 2016
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