Intelligence Bureau IB ACIO Preparation Tips 2017

Intelligence Bureau IB ACIO Preparation Tips 2017: Get Tips, Tricks and Strategies to crack the IB ACIO 2017 exam

Intelligence Bureau IB ACIO Preparation Tips 2017

Intelligence Bureau IB ACIO Preparation Tips 2017: The intelligence Bureau comes under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The IB ACIO test will be conducted in pen and paper mode for Assistant Central Intelligence Officer Grade-II/Executive.

IB or Intelligence Bureau is a Security agency and job responsibilities at IB often involve national security, counter-terrorism, IB gives radio licenses to amateur radio enthusiasts. IB also shares intelligence inputs with other intelligence agencies that help protect the country.

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Exam	Exam Date
Date of Tier I Exam	15th October 2017
Date of Tier II Exam	7th January 2018

Intelligence Bureau Exam Pattern is as stated below: The Intelligence Bureau exam has three stages and candidates need to qualify in each stage to qualify as an Assistant Central Intelligence Officer.

There are 3 Stages of Exam

1. Preliminary Examination

2. Mains Examination

3. Interview

Tier/Mode of examination	Description of examination	Section-wise Marks	Total Marks	Time (minutes)
Written Exam
Tier-I	Objective type MCQs, on: General Awareness Quantitative aptitude Logical/analytical ability English language.	4 sectionscontaining 25 questions of 1 marks each	100	60

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There is a negative marking scheme, candidates will lose 0.25 marks for every wrong answer attempted. 
Tier II exam:

Tier/Mode of examination	Description of examination	Section-Wise Marks	Total Marks	Time (minutes)
Tier-II	Essay on one of the given topics	30 marks	50	60
	English comprehension & précis writing	20 marks

 Intelligence Bureau IB ACIO Preparation Tips 2017

English Preparation Tips:

Several aspirants are comfortable with the idea of solving questions in reasoning and Quantitative analysis but face difficulty while solving English section. Plan your schedule for the important topics like:

1. Sentence Connectors

2. Para- completion

3. Fill in the blanks

4. Reading Comprehension

5. Synonyms and Antonyms

6. Theme based questions

Preparing for English: Preparing for English is necessary to fare well in the exam. The English Section will have questions in English Comprehension, Cloze test and more.

Group	Types of Questions asked or expected for English Section
Grammar	Error Spotting, Phrase Replacement, Fill in the Blanks, Active & Passive Voice, Direct & Indirect Speech
Vocabulary	Phrase Replacement, Error Spotting, Cloze Test, Spellings, Synonyms & Antonyms, Phrase – Idiom Meaning, One Word Substitution, Fill in the Blanks
Reading Comprehension	Vocabulary-based Fact-based and Inference-based
Verbal Ability	Para Jumbles and Sentence Jumbles

General Awareness: The General Awareness Section will be about Security issues, Geo-politcal issues and social issues. You may also have to answer both political questions, and questions related to war and intelligence Agencies like CIA, IB, KGB or Mossad. You may also have to answer questions on scams, and financial fraud and the likes. It can be a very scoring section, if you know the answers.

Quantitative Aptitude: You can prepare for Quantitative Aptitude by following this study pan. Quantitative Aptitude remains the most difficult section of all the four sections.

	Day 1-10	Day 11-20	Day 21-30	Day 31-40	Day 41-50
Quantitative Aptitude	Number Series, Simplification/ Approximation, Quadratic Equations,	Data Interpretation, Averages, Boats and Streams,	Age based problems, Simple and Compound Interest, Mixture and Alligation,	Partnerships, Percentages, Pipes and Cisterns, Profit, Loss and Discount,	Time, Speed and Distance, Time, work and Wages

Reasoning: The Reasoning Section is comparatively easier to the Quantitative Aptitude Section.

Day 1-10

Day 11-20

Day 21-30

Day 31-40

Day 41-50

General Intelligence and Reasoning

Analogies. Similarities and Differences. Space Visualization. Spatial Orientation.

Visual Memory. Discrimination. Relationship concepts. Arithmetical Reasoning. Figurative

Classification. Arithmetic Number Series. Non-Verbal Series. Coding and

Semantic Classification. Symbolic/Number Classification. Decoding. Semantic Analogy. Figurative Analogy.

Number Series. Figurative Series. Venn Diagrams. Embedded Figures etc.

Quick Preparation Tips for IB ACIO Grade II:  Intelligence Bureau IB ACIO Preparation Tips 2017

• Manage your time
• Solve Numerical and word problems well
• Practice regularly with IB ACIO Mock test
• Stay updated with current affairs in politics, security issues, wars and intelligence agencies
• Don’t waste time on a single questions
• Evaluate your performance
• Improve Language and Prepare for English comprehension
• Accuracy is essential in solving mathematical problems
• Practice Yoga and Do exercise
• Eat well and Sleep well
• Ensure Good Physical health as this is required criteria for a IB job
• Keep Good health as it is necessary for Physical Endurance Test that will be conducted after you qualify in Tier I and Tier II exams.
• There is negative marking in the exam, so be careful with your answers.

Books for Intelligence Bureau ACIO exam randomly for all subjects:

1. Book name: Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations
   Author: R.S.Aggarwal
   Publisher: S.Chand
2. Book: Test of Reasoning
   Author: Edgar Thorpe
   Publisher: Pearson
3. Book: High School English Grammar & Composition
   Author: Wren & Martin
   Publisher: S. Chand
4. Book: Word Power Made Easy
   Author : Norman Lewis
   Publisher: Penguin

Vitamins

Vitamins, Their Sources and Diseases Caused Due to Their Deficiencies

Name of the vitamin	Main source	Disease caused due to their deficiencies
Vitamin A	Milk, carrot, dark leafy greens, fish, dried apricots, etc.	Night blindness, dryness of skin (Dermatitis)
Vitamin B1(Thiamine)	Cereals, pulses, peas	Beriberi
Vitamin B2(Riboflavin)	Liver, spinach, mushrooms, milk	Cracking of skin , reddish eye
Vitamin B6(Pyridoxine)	Fish, beef liver, vegetables	Anaemia ,dermatitis
Niacin (Nicotinic acid)	Peas, tomato, eggs	Pellagra and glossitis
Folic Acid	Green leafy vegetables, meat, egg, dried beans ,nuts	Megaloblast and in pregnant birth defects
Pentothenic Acid	meat, yeast , pork ,yogurt ,fish eggs	Premature graying of hair, burning feet syndrome
Vitamin B12(Cyanocobalamin)	Milk, liver, meat ,milk	Pernicious anaemia
Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid)	Lemons, oranges, fresh fruits and vegetables	Scurvy, sore mouth and gums bleeding
Vitamin D (Calciferol)	Dairy products, sun rays, eggs, oily fish, milk	Many diseases of the bones, rickets in children, osteomalacia
Vitamin E (Tocopherol)	Milk , soyabeans, egg yolk , butter	Interferes with reproduction and causes abortion and menstrual irregularities
Vitamin K (phylloquinone)	Fish, peas and green vegetables	Causes the delayed clotting of blood

Study notes on "BLOOD"

BLOOD

• Blood is a fluid connective tissue.
• The quantity of blood in the human’s body is 7% of the total weight.
• pH value of blood is 7.4.
• There is an average of 5-6 litres of blood in human body.
• Female contains half litre of blood less in comparison to male.
• It also fights infection and regulates temperature. 

Blood cells are produced in BONE MARROW

Red cells, white cells and platelets are made in the marrow of bones, especially the vertebrae, ribs, hips, skull and sternum. These essential blood cells fight infection, carry oxygen and help control bleeding.

Blood has four components:

1. Plasma
2. Red blood cells
3. White blood cells
4. Platelets

PLASMA -> Liquid portion of Blood

It contains 92 percent water, constitutes 55 percent of blood volume. 

FUNCTION:

• maintaining a satisfactory blood pressure 
• volume to supplying critical proteins for blood clotting and immunity.
• medium for exchange of vital minerals such as sodium and potassium 
• helps to maintain a proper pH (acid-base) balance in the body, which is critical to cell function.

RED BLOOD CELLS -> Carry oxygen

• Red blood cells are disc-shaped cells containing haemoglobin, 
• haemoglobin (haem=iron-containing)
• Haemoglobin enables the cells to pick up and deliver oxygen to all parts of the body, then pick up carbon dioxide and remove it from tissues.
• Its life span is from 20 days to 120 days and are then broken down into pigments called bilirubin and biliverdin in the liver.
• Its destruction takes place in liver & spleen. Therefore, liver is called grave of RBC.
• they are made in the bone marrow, 
• they have no nucleus, 
• N.B. oxyhaemoglobin =oxygen rich haemoglobin, 
• deoxyhaemoglobin=low oxygen haemoglobin

WHITE BLOOD CELLS  -> Defend Body (Fighter)

• White blood cells, also called leukocytes
• White cells are the body's primary defense against infection. 
• They can move out of the blood stream and reach tissues to fight infection.
• They are essential for good health.
• Its life span is from 1 to 2 days.
• White blood cells have nuclei and are also made in the bone marrow. 

PLATELETS-> Responsible for clotting

Platelets are the cells that circulate within our blood and bind together when they recognize damaged blood vessels.

Study of blood = HEMATOLOGY

GS notes on "BLOOD"

Blood

The main functions of blood are to transport oxygen, carbon dioxide, water, nutrients, hormones and waste around the body. Blood also fights infection and regulates temperature. 

Composition of blood:

1. Plasma constitutes for about 54% of our blood. 92% of it is water. 

2. White blood cells and platelets constitute for about 1% of our blood. 

3. Red blood cells constitute for about 45% of our blood.

Circulatory System 

Circulation of Blood through the heart:


Systemic Vein ⇨ Sinus Venosus ⇨ Right Auricle ⇨ Right Ventricle ⇨ Pulmonary Artery ⇨ Lungs ⇨ Pulmonary Vein ⇨ Left Auricle ⇨ Left Ventricle ⇨ Trunchus Arteriosus ⇨ Systemic Circulation

Open circulatory systems allow the blood flow out of the vessels before returning to the heart via ostia. (no veins involved)E.g. insects

• Closed circulatory systems don’t allow the blood to leave the blood vessels E.g. humans advantages include faster and controlled delivery of oxygen and nutrients which allow for longer periods of activity.

Important Points: 

➧Aorta
The largest artery in the body. It carries oxygen-rich blood away from the heart to vessels that reach the rest of the body.
➧Atria
The chambers of the heart, to which the blood returns from the circulation.
➧Capillaries
The smallest of the body's blood vessels. Oxygen and glucose pass through capillary walls and enter the cells. Waste products such as carbon dioxide pass back from the cells into the blood through capillaries.
➧Cardiac Valves (Heart Valves)
Any of the four heart valves that regulate the flow of blood through the chambers of the heart.
➧Deoxygenated Blood -> Oxygen-poor blood.
➧Heart Ventricles
The lower right and left chambers of the heart.
➧Interventricular Septum
Interventricular septum is the stout wall separating the lower chambers (the ventricles) of the heart from one another.
➧Lungs
One of a pair of organs in the chest that supplies the body with oxygen, and removes carbon dioxide from the body.
➧Myocardium
The muscular substance of the heart; the middle of the three layers forming the outer wall of the human heart.
➧Oxygenated Blood -> Oxygen-rich blood.
➧Pulmonary Artery
The pulmonary artery and its branches deliver blood rich in carbon dioxide (and lacking in oxygen) to the capillaries that surround the air sacs.
➧Pulmonary Circulation
The circulation of the blood through the lungs.
➧Pulmonary Veins
The veins that return the oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
➧Superior Vena Cava
The large vein that carries blood from the head, neck, arms, and chest to the heart.
➧Vena Cava
A large vein which returns blood from the head, neck and extremities to the heart.
➧Endothelium is the innermost layer of blood vessels that consists of just a single layer of cells. 

➧Veins are blood vessels that carry blood to the heart in an even flow. They have thin walls large lumens and valves. 

• The human circulatory system consists of two circuits systemic and pulmonary. 

• The coronary artery carries blood to the heart muscle from the aorta. (coronary vein) 

• The hepatic artery carries blood to the liver. (hepatic vein)

• The renal arteries carry blood to the kidneys. (renal veins) 

• The mesenteric arteries carry blood to the small and large intestines.

• The carotid arteries supply blood to the head. (jugular veins) 

• The subclavian arteries supply blood to the arms. (subclavian veins)

• The iliac arteries carry blood to the legs. (iliac veins)

• A portal system is a network of capillaries in one organ or tissue joined to another network of capillaries in another organ or tissue via a vein or veins. 

• A pulse is the alternate contraction and relaxation of an artery as blood passes through it.

• Blood pressure is the force blood exerts on the walls of blood vessels. 

• A sphygmomanometer is used for measuring blood pressure(normally 120/80 mmHg) 

• Atherosclerosis is the hardening of artery walls due to a build-up of fatty deposits.

• Smoking causes heart rate and blood pressure to increase. Diet high in saturated fats increase blood pressure and atherosclerosis. Exercise helps lower blood pressure.