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Complete analysis of IBPS Clerk exam held on 5th December- Expected Topics For Upcoming IBPS Clerk Prelims (12th and 13th December) 2020

Candidates who are yet to appear for IBPS Clerk Prelims 2020 must be nervous and eager for their exam. We have provided previous years sectional and overall analysis to help you with the expected cut-off. This complete analysis will help the candidates for a better understanding of the question paper as well as the pattern of the exam which was asked during previous shifts. This will help you during last minutes practice which is really helpful nowadays.

The exam analysis of IBPS Clerk Prelims will help candidates to get an insight into the upcoming shifts of the exam to be conducted on 12th & 13th 2020.

IBPS Clerk Complete Analysis Prelims 2020

IBPS Clerk Prelims Subject Wise Exam Analysis 05th December 1st Shift

IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Review 2020: Overall Good Attempts
Sections Good Attempts
English Language 22-26
Reasoning Ability 20-24
Quantitative Aptitude 20-23
TOTAL 65-75

IBPS Clerk Prelims 2020, 5th December Shift 1 Section-Wise Exam Analysis

IBPS Clerk Exam Analysis for English Language

Difficulty Level : Easy

This section comprises of reading comprehension and different topics like Word arrangement, fillers, inference based questions, passage-based questions, etc. Following are some questions and important topics on which the questions were based in the English language section of IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 2020.

A total of 30 Questions were asked from the English Language Section:

Obesity & Sleep Based RC

Antonym/synonym- Induce, Evolution

English
Questions Number of questions Difficulty
level
Passage-RC 6 Easy
Sentence Rearrangement 5 Easy
Phrase Correction 5 Easy
Word Swap 4 Easy
Error Detection 5 Easy
Cloze Test 5 Easy
 Total 30 Easy

IBPS Clerk Reasoning Ability Exam Analysis Section

Difficulty Level: Easy- Moderate

This section had 35 questions for which the aspirants were given 20 minutes of time duration. following are some topics on which the questions were based in the Reasoning Ability Section of IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 2020 Shift-1 held on 5th December 2020:

Box Based Puzzle, Sequence-Based (No of things purchased by 8 people), Year and month based puzzle, Weight-based arrangement puzzle and short puzzle

Reasoning
Questions Number of questions Difficulty
level
Puzzle 20 Easy-Moderate
Syllogism 3 Easy
Inequality 3 Easy
Alphabet Based 3 Easy
Numeric series 5 Easy
Number based 1 Easy
 Total 35 Easy-Moderate

IBPS Clerk Quantitative Aptitude Exam Analysis 

Difficulty Level: Easy- Moderate

According to the aspirants who appeared for the exam today in the 1st shift this section was time-consuming. Following are the topic on which the questions of Quantitative Aptitude Section was based.

Quantitative Aptitude
Questions Number of questions Difficulty
level
Simplification 14 Easy
Arithmetic 10 Easy-Moderate
Quadratic 5 Easy
DI 5 Easy-Moderate
Probability 1 Easy
 Total 35 Easy-Moderate
IBPS Clerk Prelims Subject Wise Exam Analysis 05th December 2nd Shift

IBPS Clerk Exam Analysis: Overall Good Attempts

Section Good Attempts
English Language 23-26
Numerical Ability 21-24
Reasoning Ability 26-30
Overall Good Attempts 65-75

The above number of good attempts may vary from state to state as well as from category to category because IBPS Clerk 2020 Notification was released for different states and categories. Now, Let’s Discuss about the IBPS Clerk 2020 exam analysis.

Also Check, IBPS Clerk Exam Analysis 2020: IBPS Clerk Prelims Shift 1st Exam Analysis and Review (5th December)

IBPS Clerk Prelims 2020 Shift 2 Section-Wise Exam Analysis

IBPS Clerk Prelims exam had three sections i.e., English Language, Numerical Ability and Reasoning Ability. Each section had a time allotted to it.

Over-all, The paper was Easy-moderate.

English Language

This section comprised 30 questions. The difficulty level of the question paper was Easy- moderateGood attempts are 23-26.

The topics asked in exam are as follows:-

Type  No. of Questions
Reading Comprehension(Bio- Diversity) 5
Word Rearrangement 5
Phrase Replacement 6
Misspelt 3
Fillers 6
Fill in the blanks 5
Total 30

Numerical Ability

This section comprised of 35 questions. The difficulty level of the question paper was Moderate. Good attempts were 21-24.

The topics asked in exam are as follows:-

Type  No. of Questions
Simplification 15
Arithmetic 10
Wrong Number Series 5
DI(Casual and Formal shirts) 5
 Total  35

Reasoning Ability

This section comprised 35 questions. The difficulty level of the question paper was Easy- Moderate. Good attempts were 26-30.

The topics asked in exam are as follows:-

Type  No. of Questions
Puzzle(Single row, Double row, Circle based- 8 persons, Flat based-4 floor, 2 Flat) 20
Syllogism 3
Alphabetical series 8
Word Formation 1
Number based 1
Blood relation 2
Total 35

IBPS Clerk Prelims Subject Wise Exam Analysis 05th December 3rd Shift

Sections Good Attempts
English Language 23-26
Reasoning Ability 23-28
Quantitative Aptitude 22-26
TOTAL 68-78

IBPS 2020 Clerk Exam English Language Section

A total of 30 Questions were asked by the English Language Section. Following are some topics on which the questions were based in the English Language Section of IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 2020 Shift-3 held on 5th December 2020:

  • RC was based on Anxiety Based Topic.
  • Antonym of the word: Excessive
  • Synonym of the word: Peak

Overall Difficulty level: According to the review of the aspirants who appeared for the IBPS Clerk Prelims 2020 Exam found the English Language section Easy.

Questions Number of questions Difficulty level
Passage-RC 8  Easy
Sentence Rearrangement 5  Easy-Moderate
Word Swap 5  Easy
Error Detection 5  Easy-Moderate
Cloze Test 6 Easy-moderate
Total 30 Easy

IBPS Clerk Exam Prelims 2020 :Quantitative Aptitude Analysis

This section consisted of 35 questions for which the candidates were given 20 minutes of duration. Following are some topics on which the questions of the Quantitative Aptitude Section was based:

  • Train
  • Partnership
  • Boat and Stream
  • Profit & Loss

Overall Difficulty Level: The Difficulty level of the Quantitative Aptitude Section was overall  Moderate.

Questions Number of questions Difficulty level
Simplification 15 Easy-Moderate
Arithmetic 10  Moderate
Missing number Series 5  Moderate
DI 5 (tabular) Easy-Moderate
Total  35 Moderate

IBPS Clerk Exam Prelims Reasoning Ability : Analysis

This section also had 35 questions for which the aspirants were given 20 minutes of time duration.

Overall Difficulty Level: The Overall difficulty level of the Reasoning Ability section was Easy-Moderate. Following are some topics that were asked in the exam today:

  • Uncertain Puzzle
  • AGM/DGM Puzzle, etc.
Questions Number of questions Difficulty level
Puzzle 12  Easy-Moderate
Syllogism 3 Easy-Moderate
Inequality 3  Moderate
Numeric series 7-8 Easy-Moderate
Uncertain Puzzle 3 Moderate
Linear Arrangement 5 Moderate
Meaningful Word 1 Easy-Moderate
Total  35  Easy-Moderate

IBPS Clerk Prelims Subject Wise Exam Analysis 05th December 4th Shift

The section-wise difficulty level of the IBPS Clerk exam on 05th December 2020 for the 4th shift is provided below:

Sections Difficulty Level
English Language Easy
Numerical Ability Moderate
Reasoning Ability Easy- Moderate
Overall  Easy- Moderate

IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis: Reasoning Ability

Puzzles asked in 4th Shift exam are as follows:-

  • Double Linear- Month and Day based
  • Single Linear- Box based
  • Sitting Arrangement- Square Formation
Topics No. of Questions Level
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement 15 Easy- Moderate
Syllogism 5 Easy
Inequality 3 Easy
Alpha-Numeric  and Alphabetical Series 5 Easy
Miscellaneous(Word Formation.,etc..) 7 Easy-Moderate
Total 35 Easy- Moderate

IBPS Clerk Prelims Quantitative Aptitude Exam Analysis 2020:

The students have reviewed that the overall level of Math exam was Moderate. Although, the question paper was calculative.

Topic No. of Questions Level
Data Interpretation (Tabular-Book Manufacturing , Caselette) 10 Moderate
Simplification 10 Easy
Approximation 4 Easy
Arithmetic 6 Easy- Moderate
Quadratic 5 Easy-Moderate
Total 35 Moderate

IBPS Clerk English Exam Analysis 2020

IBPS Clerk Exam Analysis 2020 for English The questions asked in the English Section are Easy-Moderate and we have discussed questions included in the exam.

Topic No. of Questions Level
Reading Comprehension(Office work Culture) 10 Easy-Moderate
Error Detection 5 Easy
Fillers 5 Easy
Para Jumble 5 Easy- Moderate
Fill in the blanks 5 Easy
Total 30 Easy-Moderate

Expected Topics For 12 & 13th December

The expected topics for the IBPS Clerk exam to be held on 12th & 13th December are:-

English Language:-

  • Reading Comprehension
  • Sentence Rearrangement
  • Error Detection
  • Word Swap
  • Cloze Test
  • Misspelt
  • Word Swap
  • Fill in the Blanks

Numerical Ability

  • Simplification
  • Number series (Wrong and Missing series)
  • Quadratic Equation
  • Data Interpretation (Pie chart, Bar Graph, Caselette )
  • Arithmetic (Percentage, Profit & Loss, Ratio, Probability, Time and Distance, Time and Work, Train)

Reasoning Ability

  • Syllogism
  • Puzzle (Boxed based, Floor Based, Month Based, Week Based, Single Linear, Double Linear)
  • Alpha-numerical series
  • Alphabetical series
  • Word formation
  • Blood relation

These are the expected topics which may be asked in ibps clerk prelims 2020.

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IBPS Clerk Cut Off 2020: Sectional Cut Off Over The Years

IBPS Clerk 2019 Sectional Cut-off

Subject Cut- off Time (in min.)
English Language 8.25 20 minutes
Reasoning Ability 7.50 20 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude 7.75 20 minutes
Total 68.25 60 minutes

The cut-off will vary State-wise and Category-wise.

IBPS Clerk 2018 Sectional Cut-off

Subject Cut- off Time (in min.)
English Language 9.75 20 minutes
Reasoning Ability 10.75 20 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude 11.75 20 minutes
Total 74.00 60 minutes

The cut-off will vary State-wise and Category-wise.

IBPS Clerk 2017 Sectional Cut-off

Subject Cut- off Time (in min.)
English Language 9.5 20 minutes
Reasoning Ability 14.5 20 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude 13.5 20 minutes
Total 76.25 60 minutes

The cut-off will vary State-wise and Category-wise.

IBPS Clerk Cut Off 2020- State-Wise Cut Off

IBPS Clerk Cut offs Over The Years
States 2019-20 2018-19 2017-18
Andhra Pradesh 66.25 75.75 73.5
Assam 63 67.25
Bihar 65 73.5 74.75
Chandigarh 71.5 66.75
Delhi 71.75 71.75 76.25
Goa 67
Gujarat 67 67.75 67
Haryana 68.5 73 76
Himachal Pradesh 62.25 73
Jammu & Kashmir
Jharkhand 73 74
Karnataka 53.25 66.25
Kerala 73.5
Madhya Pradesh 70 71.25 74.25
Maharashtra 61.5 63.25 64.5
Odisha 71.5 72.75
Punjab 66.25 73.25 74
Rajasthan 71.25 73 73.25
Tamil Nadu 57.75 57.75
Telangana 61 58.25
Uttar Pradesh 68.25 74 76.25
Uttarakhand 76
West Bengal 70.75 73.5 77.25

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