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How To Avoid Negative Marking In Bank Exams

9 June 2010 No Comment


Bank Exams are one of the most prestigious exams where maximum number of candidates apply. These exams give opportunities to all those who desire to establish their career in banking. Banking career provides a good way to progress at a faster rate. There are many vacancies every year in different banks. One must be alert enough to grab the opportunity by looking for the notification.

In order to get through the bank exams, one has to clear the written test. This is the initial step. In written exam, there are questions based on reasoning, mental aptitude, general knowledge & English language. The questions are mainly objective type. So the negative marking rule prevails i.e for each wrong answer marks will be deducted. Mostly it is 0.25-0.50 marks deduction.  But one must try to avoid this negative marking as each & every mark is important. In order to reduce or avoid this, one must follow the following tips -



  • Practice – There is a common saying ‘Practice makes a person Perfect’. So the more you practice, the more you become trained in avoiding silly mistakes & in turn helps in reducing negative marking. Most of the bank exams have 120-150 questions which are to be solved in approx. 3 hours. So you must try to solve in short cut methods & try to develop easy problem skills so that time is saved.
  • Short notes preparation – Try to prepare notes of important formulae, theorems etc. This will help to have a look before the exam as going through the book is difficult at that time.
  • Analyze the question paper – Before starting to solve the question paper, analyze it carefully in 10 mins as this will give you a rough idea about what type of questions are there & you can manage the time accordingly.
  • Cool & Calm rule – Be cool & calm in the examination hall. If you are anxious & tensed, stressed, chances of attempting the question paper wrongly is very much. This will lead to negative marking.
  • Answer the sure shot questions – Firstly answer only those questions for which you are very confident about. Stucking on a questions will lead to confusion & time wastage.
  • No guessing – Do not guess the answer until you are sure. Guessing often leads to wrong attempt.
  • No erasing or overwriting- Mostly in all the bank exams, OMR answer sheets are used. This OMR sheets are checked by computer, so improper erasing or overwriting will be considered as wrong.

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