SRCC GBO Exam Tips

Would you please provide me some tips for the preparation of Shri Ram College of Commerce Post Graduate Diploma in Global Business Operations (GBO) Exam?

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SRCC GBO Exam has a total of 62 seats (50% General and 50% Otherwise) for which students are selected through a separate entrance exam which is conducted in the last week of January, followed by GD/PI in late March or early April.


I am providing you some Preparation Tips for SRCC GBO Exam.

Paper Structure for the SRCC GPO:

There are 160 questions in the exam, 4 sections and 40 questions each.

Sections:

English
DI
Quant
General knowledge


There will be 4 marks given on right answer and 1 mark will be deducted for wrong answer.


Difficulty Level of the paper:

The questions would not be difficult. You have to make your Speed fast. Candidates need to solve 160 questions in 120 minutes so one has to keep a track of the time. You can maximize your score in your areas of strength.

Sectional difficulty of the paper:

I personally would prefer Quant or a DI section while some people would prefer English section as English would also take less time because there are simpler questions like fill in the blanks and other grammar based question. They can complete it in 15 minutes. So they have time to finish other sections.

Best sources for preparation:

Candidates can download the papers of the previous 3 years. Candidates after going through the papers would get an idea about how the paper would be like. The paper is very similar to SNAP in terms of difficulty. XAT and CAT are much more difficult. So it would not be advisable for them to prepare from XAT or CAT material for GBO.

Ratio of the number of the call getter to the number of seats:

1:6 is the ratio of number of seats and number of shortlisted candidates.

Cut-off last year of the GBO course:

Last year it was 277 for the general category.
And previous to that year it was about 300 for the general category.
The cut-off would depend on the difficulty level of the paper.
The level changes every year and also on the number of test takers.


Topics which are given a lot of importance during the interview?

There was Finance Questions like, what is the fiscal deficit of the country? What is the current deficit? SRCC is a commerce college and the panel would consist of faculty or professionals with a background in Finance or Economics.
Candidates will be well advised to prepare for finance and economics topics well in advance.


Topics asked during GD and PI?

Last year there were no current affair topics.
The trend is to ask more abstract topics. Students are required to pick chits and discuss the topic mentioned in the chit.


Factors are given weightage during admission:

Written paper takes a lot of weightage. The written paper is assigned a 75 percent weightage of the total.
Usually in management institutes, engineers form majority of the students. However in GBO in the 2011-2013 batch engineers constitute 50% of the total students while there is a considerable amount of students with a commerce and B Pharm background.

Course structure in GBO:

I do not have any electives, it is a fixed course. In some of the colleges you would find that in the second year they get to specialize in finance or other specializations. We do not have such specialization and cover the entire spectrum of management studies.