Hi, first in news, important MoU, conference, sports, important personalities, awards, important days, science and technology, defence news, these are some of the important areas where RBI has asked questions in the past.
Hi, i came across this finance playlist on RU-vid, channel name is "Affairs Mind RBI". They have crisp video and cover the syllabus. However, I don't have much information on finance self study sources, and i won't be right person to guide on self study material. You can check this youtube playlist.
Hi, for quant and reasoning same faculty teaches in Edutap. I would suggest you to watch his videos on Edutap youtube channel first and see how his teaching works for you. As far as i am aware, there are many free videos on RU-vid for quant and reasoning. So you can go through some and decide which one is most helpful to you. This way you can make informed decision.
I don't make notes in copy as i feel i am not very efficient with that. But for some important reports which have more data points to remember, i write them down.
Hi, i have not taken any test series separately yet, but i have given live mocks of some institutes. You can try sample mocks of few coaching institutes and then decide. For me, i have given free mocks from edutap, oliveboard, crackgradeB, and adda. CrackgradeB and adda were on easier side, edutap was moderate and oliveboard level i found tougher than the main exam level.