Dear Sehpaathians,
As SBI PO Mains 2016 Exam’s scheduled for 31st July,all the qualifiers must start preparing for Descriptive paper too.Effective Communication is an essential quality of any Leader or Executive. Mere knowledge of Grammar (Tested during the objective Tests) will not sufficient. Hence, in addition to the objective Test on Grammar, a Descriptive paper on English Language is also included.
This year Descriptive paper will consists Essay and Letter writing Only and all the candidates have to attempt online for descriptive paper too.
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Here are some of the tips to crack Strategy to Crack SBI Descriptive Paper.As part of its PO Selection Test, SBI has an online Descriptive Test paper on English Language comprising of
- Letter writing and
- Essay writing
Essay Writing
1) Practice, every day, pick out from the newspaper or the novels, a couple of passages. Read the passage, close it, and reproduce on a piece of paper, whatever you can recollect / remember. This will help in putting ideas on paper, and the flow of your language.
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2) Ensure to break the Essay / Paragraph into three parts – Introduction, Subject proper and Conclusion.
3) Keep in mind the four stages of the thought process of the writer –
- Madman (where the thoughts and ideas are unorganised and are at a random),
- Architect (When the author decides which idea / concept should be placed where and the sequence / order in which they should appear.),
- Mason who presents the ideas in the order decided upon by the Architect
- Judge who proofreads and reviews the final product and makes the necessary corrections to make it a better more appealing product.
4) Practice writing for ten minutes. Over a period of time, you will develop the ability to determine the number of words required in your essay.
5) Where a title / caption is to be given, keep it simple in tune with the content matter.
Letter Writing
- format or layout of the letter – salutation, closing greeting, signing off etc. – depending on whether the letter is formal or informal and the assumed status of the addressee.
- Familiarize yourself with different formats of formal and informal letters regarding (a) placing your name, (b) placing your address, (c) placing name / Designation and address of the addressee (d) placing date (e) Subject in case of formal letter (f) Appropriate ending depending on the subject of the letter (g) Appropriate salutations & closings etc.
- While all letters must be polite and decent in language, words in a formal letter have to be chosen more carefully than in an informal letter.
- Use simple and clear language.
- Short sentences are better than long ones.
