IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis, Review 2018: 15th December- Shift- 1 |

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Dear Aspirants,

IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2018:

IBPS Clerk is one of 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. 15th December is the third 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 Clerk 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, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning.

IBPS Clerk Exam Analysis 2018: Section-wise Analysis

Subject	Good Attempt	Time
English Language	19-23	20
Reasoning Ability	27-31	20
Quantitative Aptitude	21-25	20
Total	73-78	60

Quantitative Aptitude (Easy-Moderate)

The level of Quantitative Aptitude section was Easy to Moderate. One can easily attempt questions if they have practised well. DI questions based on Bar Graph in this slot.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Data Interpretation	05	Easy-Moderate
Missing Number Series	05	Easy
Simplification	15	Easy
Arithmetic Word Problems (Profit and Loss, Problem on Ages, SI & CI etc)	10	Moderate
Total	35	Easy-Moderate

English Language (Easy-Moderate)

English section was also of easy to moderate level. There was one set of Reading Comprehension with 7 questions out of which 2 questions were of identifying the antonyms. The passage of the RC was based on an article related to Role of Siblings in our life.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension	7	Moderate
Cloze Test	5	Easy
Phare Replacement	5	Easy
Single Word Filler	7	Moderate
Match the Following (Sentence Completion)	6	Easy
Total	30	Easy-Moderate

Reasoning (Easy-Moderate)

The level of reasoning was of Easy to Moderate. There were 3 sets of puzzles and Seating Arrangement, following are the types

Square seating arrangement (8 people)
Floor Based Puzzle (9 people)
Parallel Seating Arrangement (6 people each side, 12 people)

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement	15	Moderate
Inequalities	05	Easy-Moderate
Blood Relation	03	Moderate
Alphabetical Series	05	Easy-Moderate
Alphabets	02	Easy-Moderate
Miscellaneous	05	Moderate
Total	35	Easy to Moderate