Precis Writing Mock Test 1 for NABARD, SEBI, RBI, IRDA and Other Banking Exams

Precis Writing

Précis Writing
In this busy world where people are overburdened with a good pressure of work, the art of Precis writing can stand in good stead to express our views in brief.
Précis writing means just seizing the essential points of a story and putting them together in clear and readable shape.
– GUY N. POCOCK
Précis is to be written in 1/3 words of the original passage or paragraph in your own words. You are suggested that you should pour the author’s thought not yours in the précis without any unnecessary trimmings.

LETTER WRITING MOCK TEST 1 for NABARD, SBI, IBPS, RRB and other Banking Exams

Now, let’s discuss the kinds of Letters. Broadly speaking, letters are of two types:
(a) Formal Letters and
(b) Informal Letters
Formal Letters
Please, keep in mind the following things before you switch to writing a letter:
(a) Start a letter going straight downwards without leaving any space on the left margin.
(b) Change the paragraph leaving one line-space.
(c) While writing any Formal letter, keep yourself to the point. Better start abruptly and end abruptly. This will keep you to the point. The examiner will feel convenient to get to the theme of your letter. Avoid maintaining too much formality.
(d) While writing any Informal letter, just start writing it keeping in mind the fact the you are causing the reader to feel your presence through the letter; in other words, the reader should read the letter as if he were talking to you.
(e) Always keep in mind the purpose of writing the letter and just ask yourself whether the letter will fulfil your purpose.
Look at the Format:
Place: XXX
Address: XXX
April 6, 2020.
Subject: _______ (to be given only in Formal Letters) __________
Sir,
I……..____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(One-line space)
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Yours ……
Xyz