IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis, Review 2018: 9th December- Shift 4 |

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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. 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	19-23	20
Reasoning Ability	26-29	20
Quantitative Aptitude	24-27	20
Total	71-76	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 were based on a Tabular Chart & Caselet in this slot.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Data Interpretation	10	Easy-Moderate
Simplification	8	Easy- Moderate
Missing Number Series	05	Moderate
Arithmetic Word Problems (Ratio, Profit and Loss, Age Problem, Boat 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 4 questions. The passage of the RC was based on an article related to Global Health Issues.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension	4	Moderate
Cloze Test	7	Easy-Moderate
Sentence Rearrangement	4	Easy
Spelling Error	5	Easy
Fillers	6	Easy-Moderate
Miscellaneous	4	Easy
Total	30	Easy

Reasoning (Easy-Moderate)

The level of reasoning was of Easy to Moderate. There were 4 sets of puzzles and Seating Arrangement, following are the types

Linear Puzzle Arrangement (North & South Facing)
Circular Based Puzzle (Circular Arrangement of 8 people facing inside)
Month Based Puzzle (Total 12 months were given)
Box Based Puzzle (8 Boxes)

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement	18	Moderate
Inequality	5	Easy-Moderate
Alphabets	2	Easy
Order and Ranking	5	Easy
Alpha-Numeric Series	5	Easy-Moderate
Total	35	Easy-Moderate