Expected Pattern of IBPS Clerk Prelims | Analysis of Clerk Pre 2017 & PO Pre 2018 |

Dear Students, IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam is scheduled to be held on 8th, 9th and 15th of December. Are you wondering what could be the pattern of this year’s IBPS Clerk Pre Exam 2018? To help you figure that out, here are Section-wise analyses of IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017 Exam & IBPS PO Prelims 2018 Exam and based on them, the expected pattern of IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 2018. Kindly go through the tables that follow and make up your mind to appear for IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 2018 with a pre-planned integrated strategy.

English Language

IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017 (Shift 1):

Topic	No. of Question	Level
Reading Comprehension	5	Moderate
Double Fillers	10	Moderate
Idioms/ Phrases	10	Moderate-Difficult
Sentence Rearrangement (New Pattern)	5	Moderate-Difficult
Total	30	Moderate-Difficult

IBPS PO Prelims 2018 (Shift 1):

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension	7	Moderate
Error Detection	7	Easy-Moderate
Filler	5	Moderate
Cloze Test	6	Moderate
Sentence Improvement	5	Moderate
Total	30	Moderate

Expected IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 2018:

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension	8-10	Easy-Moderate
Idioms/ Phrases	4-6	Easy-Moderate
Filler/ Cloze Test	5-7	Easy-Moderate
Sentence Improvement/ Sentence Rearrangement	4-6	Easy-Moderate
Error Detection/ Matching/ Phrase Replacement	4-5	Easy-Moderate
Total	30	Easy-Moderate

Reasoning Ability

IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017 (Shift 1):

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Order and Ranking based puzzle	3	Easy
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement	10	Moderate
Alpha-numerical-symbol Series	5	Easy
Blood relation	3	Easy
Inequality	3	Easy
Syllogism	3	Easy
Direction Sense	3	Easy
Alphabet-based	2	Easy
Miscellaneous	3	Easy
Total	35	Easy

IBPS PO Prelims 2018 (Shift 1):

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement	15	Moderate
Coding Decoding	5	Easy-Moderate
Direction Sense	3	Moderate
Inequality	5	Easy-Moderate
Alphabet	1	Easy-Moderate
Comparison Based Questions	2	Moderate
Miscellaneous	4	Moderate
Total	35	Moderate

Expected IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 2018:

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement	17-23	Easy-Moderate
Coding Decoding/ Input Output	4-5	Easy-Moderate
Direction Sense/ Blood Relation	1-2	Easy-Moderate
Inequality/ Syllogism	2-3	Easy-Moderate
Alphabet/ Alphabetical Series	2-3	Easy-Moderate
`Numeric/ Symbol Series	4-5	Easy-Moderate
Total	35	Easy-Moderate

Quantitative Aptitude

IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017 (Shift 1):

Topics	No. of Question	Level
Tabular DI	5	Moderate
Simplification	13	Easy-Moderate
Number Series (Missing)	5	Easy-Moderate
Average	1	Easy
Profit & Loss	1	Easy
Simple Interest and Compound Interest	1	Easy
Discount	1	Easy
Problem on Ages	1	Easy
Ratio and Proportion	1	Easy
Time and Work	1	Moderate
Boat and Stream	1	Moderate
Miscellaneous	4	Easy
Total	35	Easy-Moderate

IBPS PO Prelims 2018 (Shift 1):

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Data Interpretation	11	Moderate
Wrong Number Series	6	Moderate
Quadratic Equation	6	Moderate
Arithmetic Word Problems (Profit and Loss, Problem on Ages, SI & CI etc)	12	Moderate
Total	35	Moderate

Expected IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 2018:

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
DI	5-10	Easy-Moderate
Number Series	5	Easy-Moderate
Simplification/ Approximation	5-6	Easy-Moderate
Quantity 1 Quantity 2/ Data Sufficiency	5-6	Easy-Moderate
Arithmetic Word Problems (Profit and Loss, Problem on Ages, SI & CI etc.)	10-12	Easy-Moderate
Total	35	Easy-Moderate

We do not claim that it will exactly be the same as we expect it to be for IBPS can surprise candidates with a changed face of banking examinations anytime. So, you also have to prepare yourself for all sorts of bombshells that can be dropped by IBPS when the exam is conducted. All the best!!