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IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2018:
IBPS PO is the most sought-after recruitment in the banking industry. Several aspirants are burning candles at both ends to get a seat for themselves in this prestigious bank. 14th October is the second day of the first phase of this exam, i.e., prelims. Many students appeared for this exam and the competition will be very tough this time. Therefore, it is necessary that one gets aware about the type of questions being asked in the exam so that you get an idea about how to plan your strategy to attempt the questions in the exam and manage your time accordingly.
This year there is the sectional timing of 20 minutes in the Prelims Exam, its important for all banking aspirants to go through the review once. Exam analysis and review can help the aspirants who are yet to appear in upcoming shifts of IBPS PO Prelims to get an idea of the difficulty level and expected the pattern of questions in Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, and English Language sections. The examination held in this shift was of Easy to Moderate level. The order of occurrence of sections was English, Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude
IBPS PO Exam Analysis 2018: Section-wise Analysis
Subject | Good Attempt | Time |
English Language | 19-23 | 20 |
Reasoning Ability | 23-26 | 20 |
Quantitative Aptitude | 18-21 | 20 |
Total | 57-62 | 60 |
Quantitative Aptitude (Moderate)
The level of Quantitative Aptitude section was moderate. One can easily attempt questions if they have practiced well. DI questions based on Line+Tabular, Tabular and caselate were there is this slot.
Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
Data Interpretation | 16 | Moderate-Calculative |
Missing Number Series | 05 | Moderate |
Approximation | 05 | Easy-Moderate |
Data Sufficiency | 03 | Moderate |
Arithmetic Word Problems (Profit and Loss, Problem on Ages, SI & CI etc) | 06 | Moderate |
Total | 35 | Moderate |
English Language (Easy-Moderate)
English section was of easy to moderate level. There were only 6 question in the set of Reading Comprehension out of which 2 question was of vocabulary (Antonyms and Synonyms). It is important that candidates choose wisely what to attempt and what to skip. Reading Comprehension was based on an article related to Global Economy.
Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
Reading Comprehension | 06 | Moderate |
Error Detection | 04 | Easy-Moderate |
Filler | 05 | Moderate |
Sentence Rearrangement | 04 | Moderate |
Math the Column | 03 | Easy-Moderate |
Sentence Correction | 04 | Moderate |
Word Replacement | 04 | Easy-Moderate |
Total | 30 | Moderate |
Reasoning (Moderate)
The level of reasoning was Easy to Moderate. There were 4 sets of puzzles and Seating Arrangement, following are the types
- Month Based Puzzle (January to August)
- Parreral Seating Arrangement (North-South, 6 Person each)
- Box Based Puzzle (10 Boxes)
- Age-Based Puzzles
Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement | 21 | Moderate |
Syllogism | 03 | Easy-Moderate |
Direction Sense | 04 | Moderate |
Blood Relation | 02 | Easy-Moderate |
Alphabets | 02 | Easy-Moderate |
Data Sufficiency | 03 | Moderate |
Total | 35 | Moderate |
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