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

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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 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

Keep up your calm and confidence and you’ll surely do well in the exam!

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All the best for the next slot !!

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