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Indian Bank PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2018:
Today was Preliminary examination for Indian Bank PO Recruitment. 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.
Exam analysis and review can help the aspirants who are yet to appear in upcoming exams to get an idea of the difficulty level and expected pattern of questions in Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, and English Language sections. The examination held in this shift was of Easy to Moderate level.
Indian Bank PO Exam Analysis 2018: Section-wise Analysis
Subject | Good Attempt |
English Language | 19 -23 |
Reasoning Ability | 23 – 27 |
Quantitative Aptitude | 17 – 21 |
Total | 71 – 76 |
Quantitative Aptitude (Moderate)
The level of Quantitative Aptitude section was moderate. One can easily attempt questions if they have practiced well. Questions based on Pie Chart and Line Graph were there is this slot. Data Interpretation questions were also do-able and of moderate level.
Topics
|
No. of Questions
|
Level
|
Data Interpretation (Pie Chart, Line Graph)
|
10
|
Moderate
|
Simplification
|
5
|
Easy
|
Wrong Number Series
|
5
|
Easy- Moderate
|
Data Sufficiency
|
5
|
Moderate
|
Miscellaneous (Arithmetic Word Problem) – CI & SI, Partnership, Profit and Loss, Problem on Ages etc
|
10
|
Moderate
|
Total
|
35
|
Moderate
|
English Language (Easy-Moderate)
English section was of Easy to Moderate level. There were a total of 10 question in the set of Reading Comprehension out of which 4 question was of vocabulary (Antonym/Synonym). It is important that candidates choose wisely what to attempt and what to skip. Reading Comprehension was based on an article related to Company Bill. In questions of Fill in the blanks, each question had a pair of sentences with two blanks and one same word from the given set of options had to be filled in both the blanks.
Topic
No. of Questions
Level
Reading Comprehension
10
Easy – Moderate
Vocabulary Based Questions
5
Easy
Fillers
5
Easy-Moderate
Error Detection
5
Easy-Moderate
Sentence Rearrangement
5
Easy-Moderate
Total
30
Easy-Moderate
English section was of Easy to Moderate level. There were a total of 10 question in the set of Reading Comprehension out of which 4 question was of vocabulary (Antonym/Synonym). It is important that candidates choose wisely what to attempt and what to skip. Reading Comprehension was based on an article related to Company Bill. In questions of Fill in the blanks, each question had a pair of sentences with two blanks and one same word from the given set of options had to be filled in both the blanks.
Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
Reading Comprehension | 10 | Easy – Moderate |
Vocabulary Based Questions | 5 | Easy |
Fillers | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Error Detection | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Total | 30 | Easy-Moderate |
Reasoning (Easy- Moderate)
The level of reasoning was also Easy to Moderate. There were 4 sets of puzzles and Seating Arrangement:-
- Box Based Puzzle
- Month Based Puzzle
- Circular Seating Arrangement
- Linear (Parallel Rows) Seating Arrangement
Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement | 19 | Moderate |
Coding Decoding | 4 | Easy- Moderate |
Syllogism | 5 | Easy- Moderate |
Alphabet Series | 2 | Easy- Moderate |
Blood Relation | 3 | Easy |
Alphabet | 2 | Easy |
Total | 35 | Easy- Moderate |
Keep up your calm and confidence and you’ll surely do well in the exam!
All the best for next slot !!
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