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IBPS Clerk Main 2017-18 Exam Analysis:
IBPS Clerk Main 2017-18 Recruitment Exam is over, Now it’s time for the much awaited IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis & Review (21st Jan 2018). Many students have appeared for this exam today and this brings them to a step closer in their journey of getting a Job in govt. sector. Without wasting any moment, let’s get straight to the analysis for which you are all waiting for. Last year’s IBPS Clerk Main exam came as a bolt from the blue, with unexpected changes in level and types of questions asked in the exam but this year – Overall the exam was of a Moderate Level level. And no questions were asked from computer aptitude. Keep on reading to know it all about types of questions asked in 2017-18’s IBPS Clerk Main Exam.
IBPS Clerk Main 2017-18 Exam ANALYSIS (OVER-ALL):
| SECTIONS | GOOD ATTEMPTS |
|---|---|
| Reasoning and Computer Aptitude | 19-23 |
| English Language | 18-21 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 29-34 |
| General Economy and Banking Awareness | 30-34 |
| TOTAL | 111-123 |
There were three sets of Data Interpretation with 5 questions in each set. The level was Moderate. Following were the types of DI asked in this exam:
- Caselet
- Tabular – the given data was related to booking of berths in trains done by Males and Females acrosss the country on IRCTC’s website. The set of questions with this tabular DI were of moderate level.
- Tabular- this DI had data related to speed and distance covered by various trains.
Miscellaneous- Arithmetic Word Problems included questions from the following topics- Problem on Ages, Percentage, Ratio and Proportion, Time and Work, SI & CI, Partnership, Speed, and Distance.
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Data Interpretation | 15 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Missing Number Series | 5 | Moderate |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 | Moderate |
| Approximation | 5 | Moderate |
| Miscellaneous – Arithmetic Word Problems | 15 | Moderate |
| Total | 50 | Moderate |
- One passage was related to IBM Company’s Policies
- Another was based on hacking of social media accounts
In this year’s IBPS Clerk Main Exam’s English Language Section, a major proportion of questions were related to word usage or were vocabulary based. There were 5 questions of Antonym and Synonym and around 8 questions related to word usage. With such a pattern it is best to stay calm and first invest time in reading the directions properly.
Sentence Rearrangement questions were of a new pattern where (according to the review given by aspirants) 5 statements/sentences were given and out of which 3 were placed correctly and 2 were not in the correct place in the passage. The candidates had to identify those 2 incorrect/ incorrectly places sentences and identify their proper position in the given passage.
|
Topic
|
No. of Questions
|
Level
|
|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension | 12 | Moderate |
| Antonym/Synonym | 5 | Easy |
| Phrase Replacement | 5 | Moderate |
| Double Filler | 5 | Easy |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | Moderate |
| Miscellaneous- Word Usage | 8 | Easy-Moderate |
|
Total
|
40
|
Moderate
|
- Linear (North-South) – In this seating arrangement the direction in which people are sitting was not clearly mentioned and there were 8 people who were sitting in two parallel lines facing North and South.
- Floor Based Puzzle- this puzzle had 3 variables- 3 floors, 3 flats and 9 persons
- Box Based Puzzle- 2 Variables- Box and Colors
- Blood Relation Based Puzzle
|
Topic
|
No. of Questions
|
Level
|
|---|---|---|
|
Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles
|
20
|
Moderate- Difficulty
|
|
Syllogism
|
3
|
Easy
|
| Data Sufficiency
|
5
|
Difficult
|
|
Machine Input Output
|
5
|
Moderate-Difficult
|
| Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Series
|
3
|
Moderate
|
|
Alphabet Series
|
3
|
Moderate
|
|
Direction Sense
|
4
|
Moderate
|
|
Miscellaneous
|
7
|
Moderate-Difficult
|
|
Total
|
50
|
Difficult
|
This section was also of a Moderate level, the maximum number of questions were from Current Affairs of December 2017 and January 2018. There were around 10-12 questions from Static Awareness, 10-12 questions from Banking (based on current affairs and news). One question was also asked from Nobel Prize 2017.
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