Dena Bank PO Recruitment: Dena Bank PO Exam Pattern, Details and Insights



Dena Bank, founded in 1938 is a Public Sector Bank, Headquartered in Mumbai. Dena Bank has released vacancies for the recruitment of Probationary Officers (PO). The exam date is yet to be announced. The eligibility of the candidate- A bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized university/institution. The selection process will consist of two rounds- Online (Objective & Descriptive) and Group Discussion & Interview. The objective online exam will have four sections- Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness, and English Language. On the other hand, the descriptive paper will consist of English Language questions. To Prepare well, candidates are advised to attempt Dena Bank PO Exam previous year question papers.



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Dena Bank PO 2020: Important Dates
• Last date to fill the application form: May 2020 • Last date for Payment of Application Fee (online): May 2020 • Downloading of admit cards: May 2020 (date yet to be announced) • Online Examination: June 2020 (date yet to be announced) • Result of Online exam: Date yet to be announced
Application Fees For all categories except Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe Application fee: Rs. 400 For SC/ST/PWD/XS Candidates Application fee: Rs. 50
Age of the candidate: Minimum Age: 21 years Maximum Age: 30 years
Educational Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized University or its equivalent with 60% marks for General and 55% for SC/ST/PWD.
The selection process will consist of two rounds- Online (Objective & Descriptive) Group Discussion & Interview.

Eligibility for Dena Bank PO Recruitment

 Nationality / Citizenship: The candidate must be an Indian Citizen.

Age of the candidate:

Minimum Age: 21 years

Maximum Age: 30 years

 Age relaxation:

  • Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe - 5 years
  • Other Backward Classes - 3 years
  • Persons domiciled in J&K during 1-1-80 to 31-12-89 - 5 years
  • PWD:
    • SC/ST - 15 years
    • OBC - 13 years
    • General - 10 years

Educational Qualification:

Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized University or its equivalent with 60% marks for General and 55% for SC/ST/PWD.

Dena Bank PO Recruitment: Exam pattern (Objective + Descriptive)

  • Objective online test (CBT) will be of 200 marks.
  • The exam will have 200 MCQs type questions.
  • The total duration of the exam will be 120 minutes
  • The medium of language of the questions will be Hindi and English
  • Sections in the exam: Four
    • The reasoning for 50 marks
    • Quantitative Aptitude for 50 marks
    • English Language for 50 marks
    • General Awareness for 50 marks
  • Marking scheme: 0.25 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer and 1 mark will allot for each right. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate; there will be no penalty for that question.
  • The Descriptive Test will be of 50 marks.
  • The exam will have 2 questions.
  • The total duration of the exam will be 30 minutes.
  • The exam will consist of English Language questions.

Selection process: Dena Bank PO Recruitment

  • First- the candidates will have to appear for an Online Test that would be of 250 marks.
  • Second- those who qualify the Online Test will be shortlisted for Group Discussion that would be of 20 marks.
  • Third- those who qualify GD will be followed by Interview of 80 marks.

Syllabus: Dena Bank PO Recruitment 
 

Reasoning:
Number Series, Directions, Non-Verbal Series, Number Ranking, Coding-Decoding, Alphabet Series, Venn Diagrams, Arithmetical Reasoning, Analogy, Clocks & Calendars, Decision Making, Mirror Images, Blood Relations, Syllogism, Cubes and Dice, Cause and Effect, Puzzle, Seating Arrangement

 

Quantitative Aptitude:
Number System, Data Sufficiency, Speed, Time and Distance, Problems on Ages, Simple & Compound Interest, Data Interpretation, Decimal & Fractions, Average, Mixtures & Allegations, Mensuration, Simplification, Permutation & Combination, Ratio and Proportions, Interest. Profit and Loss, Probability, Algebra, Time and Work, HCF & LCM, Percentages

 

General/Banking/Economy Awareness:
Economics Scene, General Policy Including Indian Constitution, History, News related to Reserve Bank of India, India And Its Neighboring Countries, Scientific Research, Culture, Sports, Geography, Banking/ Financial Awareness, Current Affairs

 

English Language:
Subject-Verb Agreement, Reading Comprehension, Error Correction, Unseen Passages, Tenses, Sentence/ Para Completion, Sentence Rearrangement, Fill in the Blanks, Verb, Adverb, Sentence Improvement/Phrase Replacement, Idioms & Phrases, Grammar, Para Jumbles, Cloze Test, Synonyms/Antonyms, Articles/Vocabulary

Preparation tips for Dena Bank PO Recruitmen: For Online Test

You need to finish three sections of Dena Bank PO Prelims within 120 minutes, which means you need speed with accuracy in order to attempt 200 questions in total. The more you practice, the better chances you have of acing this exam.
Make mathematics and reasoning your strong subjects, practice questions to solve them within time to increase efficiency. You should lay emphasis not on mugging up the formulas but instead try understanding the concepts, so, you can modify the formulas according to the question requirement.
Remember negative marking is a factor here. Therefore, try not to attempt questions that put you in doubt. Although, the prelim exam will be of just qualifying nature and won’t be considered for the final merit list as only Main exam marks will matter, but you still need to secure the minimum qualifying marks in the prelims as set by the Dena Bank.
Manage your time properly; give appropriate amount of time to each section. Try to improve your time by practicing as many online tests as possible. Youth4work provides online mock tests will time limit attached to each question; this way one can learn to finish the entire exam within the time limit.
Studying in a stretch for hours can be tedious and hard and also not so good. Therefore, try to study at several times in regular sessions during a day. This will make learning easy and fun, also you will have enough time to brush up the already studied topics in between intervals.
It is very important to maintain proper health, so you don’t fall sick on the big day. Give your brain appropriate time to refresh itself. Don’t rush too much information into your head than its limit allows. Take it slow and steady. And get at least eight hours of sleep each night.

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