Sample Descriptive test for IBPS PO Exam 2012 :Questions and Pattern

What is a Descriptive test in English?

A Descriptive test is basically the test of English Language in which the writing skill of the candidate or candidates are tested. We know an officer in the Bank  has to prepare reports, Seminars and writing letters to their seniors in bank. So it is must for bank to select only such candidate who have good Language communication Skill and Writing Skill (both).

Pattern of Descriptive Test 

Students should be aware of the fact that English Descriptive test paper of only those candidates will be evaluated who will pass the Objective test.

The Descriptive test has the weightage of 25 marks and the time Duration of the test is around 1 hour.

In the IBPS PO English Descriptive Paper, questions are asked on these categories:

Letter Writing, Essay Writing or Precis Writing

 

Sample Previous Year Questions

Letter Writing

Write a letter to your brother or sister in about 150 words explaining the importance of Lokpal bill or Jan lok Pal Bill

OR a letter to the concerned local authority informing them about the shortage of water supply in your area

OR a letter to the editor of a leading Indian newspaper for starting cultural heritage programmes in your stateas soon as possible.

 

Essay Writing

For this question, you will have to write an essay of about 250 words and the topics may be as:

E Banking, Impact of Media on Our life, Global World converting into global village.

Precis Writing

In this question, a long essay is given for which candidates are asked to write a summary of the essay.

How to Prepare for English Descriptive Test ?

Until now, you have understood the importance of the English Descriptive test and Now we discuss How one should prepare for this test.

For Letter Writing, one must prepare at least 3-4 formats. The letter writing Qs is asked with internal Choice. You must attempt this Q taking into consideration the correct format for writing the letters.

For Essay Writing, you will be asked to write and essay of 225 to 250 words with internal choice given. Here are some of the Current Topics that are expected for essay writing in the PO Exam.

• Depreciation in Indian Rupee.
• FDI in Retail.
• Emergence of Rural Banking in India.
• Economic Crisis in India.
• jan lok pal Bill
• Indian Railway System

For Precis Writing: In precis writing, you will be asked to write a brief Description of the paragraph given. You have to shorten the Paragraph in terms of word length, without changing the meaning given in parra.

And Last but not the least, the Examiners will Check the Spelling Mistakes in the English Descriptive test, so make sure that you didn't make any spelling mistakes and attempt the paper like an Officer and show your writing skills to the examiners. Best of luck.