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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. 9th December is the second 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 pattern of questions in Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, and English Language sections. The examination held in this shift was of the Easy-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 | 18-21 | 20 |
Reasoning Ability | 25-29 | 20 |
Quantitative Aptitude | 22-25 | 20 |
Total | 69-76 | 60 |
Quantitative Aptitude (Easy-Moderate)
The level of Quantitative Aptitude section was Easy to Moderate. One can easily attempt questions if they have practiced well. DI questions based on a Line Graph in this slot.
Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
Data Interpretation | 05 | Easy-Moderate |
Simplification | 12 | Easy- Moderate |
Wrong Number Series | 05 | Moderate |
Mensuration | 1 | Easy |
Arithmetic Word Problems (Ratio, Profit and Loss, Work and Time, Partnership, SI & CI etc) | 12 | Easy-Moderate |
Total | 35 | Easy-Moderate |
English Language (Easy)
English section was also of the easy level. There was one set of Reading Comprehension with 7 questions out of which 2 questions were of identifying the antonyms and synonym. The passage of the RC was based on an article related to dependency on technology and impact on human work.
Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
Reading Comprehension | 7 | Easy-Moderate |
Error Detection | 5 | Easy |
Cloze Test | 4 | Easy |
Para Jumbles | 5 | Easy |
Word Usage | 4 | Easy |
Fillers | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Total | 30 | Easy |
Reasoning (Easy-Moderate)
The level of reasoning was of Easy to Moderate. There were 2 sets of puzzles and Seating Arrangement, following are the types
- Linear Puzzle Arrangement (Unknown People)
- Single Line Linear Puzzle (7 People facing north & south)
Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement | 9 | Moderate |
Syllogism | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Inequality | 5 | Easy |
Coding-Decoding | 5 | Moderate |
Numeric Series | 5 | Moderate |
Alpha-Numeric Series | 3 | Easy |
Blood Relation | 3 | Easy |
Total | 35 | Easy-Moderate |
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