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In the mains, reasoning is the biggest section on the paper.

Sixty of the two hundred marks — more than financial awareness, more than quant, more than English. And every test runs on its own clock and closes by itself.

For graduates preparing for IBPS and SBI clerical posts, in their own state cadre.

Every test is separately timed and shuts itself. Twenty minutes for 35 reasoning questions in prelims, thirty-five minutes for 40 in mains. There is no leaving them for later. Source: IBPS, Notification CRP CSA-XVI, section D — Structure of Examination.

Reasoning in the clerk exam

35
reasoning questions in prelims
60
marks in mains — the largest block
~34 sec
per question in prelims
0.25
deducted for a wrong answer
A tree growing inside a mind Why start now

The biggest section in the mains is the one you can actually train.

Financial awareness is a moving target and English is a decade of reading. Reasoning is neither. It is a finite set of question types that become automatic once you have solved enough of them — and in the mains it carries more marks than anything else on the paper.

The exam is built as a speed test. Every test is separately timed and closes on its own, so the difference between two candidates isn't what they know. It is how quickly the structure of a question becomes visible.

That kind of speed is built in small daily pieces, over months. Start now and it is already there when the clock starts.

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What · the exam

Two stages. Reasoning is scored in both.

Prelims is the gate, and each of its three tests has to be cleared on its own. The mains alone decides the final merit list.

Clears the gate

Prelims · Reasoning Ability

35 questions · 35 marks · 20 minutes
  • Separately timed — the test closes at twenty minutes
  • A cut-off of its own, decided by IBPS
  • Offered in your state's list of languages, not only English
  • 0.25 of the marks deducted for a wrong answer
Three small exams, not one. Each has to be cleared.
Builds the merit

Mains · Reasoning Ability

40 questions · 60 marks · 35 minutes
  • The largest single block of marks on the paper
  • Ahead of financial awareness and quant, at 50 marks each
  • Same skill, harder questions
  • A minimum score is needed in this test, not just overall
IBPS: marks obtained in the mains only are considered for final merit listing.
How · train the section

Two stages, one skill to train.

Reasoning Ability isn't a syllabus you can read. It's a thinking skill, built by practising the right questions, the right amount, over time. That's exactly what Master Mental Ability does — the verbal and non-verbal core that both stages of the clerk exam are built on.

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Adapts to you

Harder as you improve, easier when you slip. No time wasted on what you've already got.

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Back before you forget

Spaced repetition returns a question right as it's about to fade — so it's still there on mains day.

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Solve first, then see

You reason it out before the answer shows. That effort is where recognition gets built.

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Calm before the clock

A moment to settle before each session. The same calm a separately timed test takes away.

What this doesn't cover: the clerk exam is reasoning, numerical ability, English and general/financial awareness. We train reasoning. The other three need their own preparation, and we don't pretend otherwise. Inside reasoning, what the app builds is the foundation the rest of the section sits on — series, analogies, classification, coding, syllogisms, inequalities, blood relations and directions.
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Open it in the phone's browser and start at once. One tap adds it to the home screen — it sits there like any app. Works on an older phone, a shared phone, any phone. No app store, nothing to chase, no space taken up.

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Built by

In 2007, in his second year at IIT Delhi, Vineesh wrote a book — Master Mental Ability in 30 Days. It has sold year after year ever since, without the publisher ever marketing it.

In the years since, he built other learning products and spent a decade working with children of every background in a holistic learning centre.

This app goes far beyond that book — everything he's learned about how people actually learn, built into something you practise, not just read.

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Practise daily

A little each day. The app decides what to practise and when to bring it back.

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Your questions

Common questions

Is it really free? Will money get taken from my account?

It's free to try — no signup to start, no card, no auto-debit, nothing taken silently. Later, one payment unlocks all the content for a full year — it's a one-time payment, not a subscription, and never an auto-debit. Exact pricing is coming soon. And you'll always be able to try free first — and share the app to keep learning free.

Is this app enough to clear the bank clerk exam?

No — and no single app is. The mains has four tests; this one trains Reasoning Ability. Numerical ability, English and general/financial awareness each need their own work. What we do, we do properly.

Which test carries the most marks in the mains?

Reasoning Ability — 60 of the 200 marks, against 50 for general/financial awareness, 50 for quantitative aptitude and 40 for English. It's the largest single block on the paper, and the only one that is a skill rather than a body of knowledge.

I have very little time before my exam. Is this any use?

Some. Practice always beats no practice. But be honest with yourself about what 34 seconds a question in prelims means: recognition is built over months, not in a week. Start anyway — the next cycle is closer than it feels.

Is the app in Hindi?

The full app is coming in Hindi — questions and solutions both. For now it's in English. Worth knowing either way: IBPS sets the reasoning, numerical ability and awareness tests in a state-wise list of languages — English and Hindi everywhere, and the state's own language in many states. Only the English tests are English alone.

When is the next bank clerk exam, and where do I apply?

Only on IBPS's own website, ibps.in — never through an agent and never through us. IBPS publishes a notification for each CRP CSA cycle with the registration window and the tentative exam months. SBI advertises its clerical recruitment separately, at sbi.co.in/careers. Check those two sites for the current cycle.

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