IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis & Review: 7th Oct 2017 (Shift 1) |

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IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis & Review:

IBPS ‘s recruitment of Probationary Officer is the much-anticipated opportunity for every banking aspirant and with the Preliminary exam, you are now a step closer to achieve your goal. Today’s (7th October’17) IBPS PO Pre exam 1st shift is over now, and it is the time for its Exam Analysis. All those aspirants who are yet to appear for IBPS PO Prelims Exam can benefit from this exam analysis as here we provide you an insight on the types and levels of questions being asked in this year’s IBPS PO Pre exam. The level of this shift’s examination was Moderate-Difficult. You can expect this year’s cut off to be lower in comparison to last year’s IBPS PO Pre cut off. Due to the difficulty level of paper many aspirants couldn’t even go through all the questions asked in paper.

IBPS PO Prelims Analysis: Overall

The preliminary exam for IBPS PO was conducted online and had 100 questions for 60 minutes. Candidates have to manage those 60 minutes themselves while dealing with three sections- Reasoning (35 Ques), Quantitative Aptitude (35 Ques), and English (30 Ques).

Subject	Good Attempt	Time (in min.)
English Language	11-14	15
Reasoning Ability	17-22	20
Quantitative Aptitude	13-17	25
Total	51-54	60

English Language ( Moderate- Difficult )

The level of English Language was Moderate- Difficult. The topic of reading comprehension was related to the impact of the recession (2008) on US Economy. There were 2 questions of Antonyms and 1 question of synonym with the passage.

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension	10	Moderate- Difficult
Phrase Replacement + Error Detection (new pattern)	20	Difficult
Total	30	Moderate-Difficult

Quantitative Aptitude ( Moderate-Difficult )

The level of quantitative aptitude section was Moderate. If you are yet to appear for IBPS exam, The first and most basic tip to help you clear quantitative aptitude section’s cut off is that you should work on your calculation speed. There were only 2 sets of DI:

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Topics	No. of Question	Level
Series (Missing)	5	Moderate-Difficult
Approximation	6	Moderate
Data Interpretation	12	Calculative and Difficult
Average	1	Moderate
Profit & Loss	2	Moderate
Compound Interest	1	Moderate
Discount	2	Moderate-Difficult
Problem on Ages	1	Moderate
Ratio and Proportion	1	Moderate-Difficult
Time and Work	1	Moderate
Boat and Stream	1	Moderate-Difficult
Miscellaneous	2	Moderate-Difficult
Total	35	Moderate-Difficult

Series Question asked in this Shift

17,98,26,89,35,?
2,17,89,359,1079,?
3,5,15,45,113,?
7,4.5,5.5,12,49,?
3240,540,108,27,?,4.5

Reasoning Ability (Moderate)

There were 4 puzzles and Seating Arrangement which are given below:-

Linear
Circular
Day and Color
Floor

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Inequalities	5	Moderate
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement	20	Difficult
Direction Sense	1	Moderate
Blood Relation	2	Moderate
Order and Ranking	2	Moderate-Difficult
Syllogism	5	Moderate-Difficult
Total	35	Moderate