IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis, Review 2018: 14th October- 1st Slot |

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Dear Aspirants,

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