Job-Exam Preparation — Subject by Subject
বাংলায় পড়তে চাও? দেখো: চাকরির পরীক্ষার প্রস্তুতি — বিষয়ভিত্তিক কৌশল
A job exam is not a board exam — there is no room to explain in writing; you must recognise the right answer in seconds. And because almost all of them carry negative marking, the “fill something in anyway” habit actively hurts you here.
The four subjects almost every job exam tests
Almost every recruitment exam in Bangladesh — BCS, banks, teacher registration, primary teaching, other government posts — rests on the same four subjects. That is the great advantage: build the base once and it serves every exam.
| Subject | What to cover |
|---|---|
| Bangla | Grammar — sandhi, compounds, affixes, spelling, idioms, one-word substitutions — and literature: periods, authors and works, characters |
| English | Grammar — tense, prepositions, right form of verbs, transformation, narration — vocabulary, and the core facts of literature |
| Mathematics and mental ability | Arithmetic — percentage, profit and loss, ratio, time and work — algebra, geometry and mental-ability puzzles |
| General knowledge and ICT | Bangladesh affairs — the constitution, the Liberation War, the economy — international affairs, current events and computing |
So the strategy is not to prepare for one exam but to build the base in those four subjects once, then add each exam’s own component — a bank’s focus writing, BCS ethics — on top.
Subject-by-subject tactics
- Bangla: the grammar is rule-based — learn sandhi, compounds and affixes once and they pay in every exam. For literature, memorise authors, dates and works as a table.
- English: ten new words and one grammar item a day. Prepositions and the right form of verbs come up most often.
- Maths: percentage, profit and loss, ratio, time and work, and averages produce most of the questions. Understand the rule before learning a shortcut.
- General knowledge: for Bangladesh, the constitution, Liberation War and economy; internationally, organisations, treaties and current events.
- ICT: computing basics, networks, number systems and cyber security — a small syllabus and reliable marks.
Handling negative marking
Almost every recruitment exam deducts for a wrong answer — 0.50 per wrong in the BCS preliminary, usually 0.25 in bank and teacher-registration exams. Guessing is therefore a direct loss.
- On the first pass, answer only what you are certain of.
- On the second pass, take a risk only where you can eliminate at least two options.
- Where you have no idea at all, leave it blank — that is the profitable choice.
- Always score your model tests with the negative marking applied, or you will not see the real picture.
A daily routine
| Slot | What to do |
|---|---|
| Morning (1 hour) | Maths — speed only comes from practice |
| Midday (1 hour) | Bangla grammar and literature |
| Afternoon (1 hour) | English — grammar plus ten new words |
| Evening (30 minutes) | Newspaper and current-affairs notes |
| Night (30 minutes) | Logging the day’s mistakes and revising |
Reserve one day a week for a model test and its analysis — analysing the mistakes matters more than sitting the test.
Frequently asked questions
It varies — 0.50 per wrong answer in the BCS preliminary, usually 0.25 in bank and teacher-registration exams. The rate is stated in the circular.
Four focused hours sustained beats a scattered ten. This is a long race — build a routine you can keep up for a year or two.
One national daily every day plus one monthly current-affairs compilation is enough. Note the key facts as you go, and that notebook is what serves you before the exam.
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