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IBPS PO Prelims 2016: Exam Analysis – 16th October, Slot IV

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Now its time for exam analysis of IBPS PO Prelims Slot IV. A lot of students have appeared for their preliminary exam today and it will continue till 27th. Without wasting any moment, let’s get straight to the analysis which you all are interested in.

There are 3 Sections in IBPS PO Pre exam namely English, Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude. This year the paper was of moderate level. There were 2 seating arrangements and 2 puzzles in reasoning. No Fillers were asked in English Language and Quant was of Easy-Moderate level. The level was same as the previous Slot III.

Over-all Analysis

Subject
Good
Attempt
Time
English
Language
 13-14
 15 min.
Reasoning
Ability
 23-24
 20 min.
Quantitative
Aptitude
 17-20
 25 min.
 53-57
60 Minutes

Lets discuss how were the sections in the exam?

Quantitative Aptitude (Easy-Moderate)

The level of quantitative aptitude was easy to moderate just
as it was in the first slot. There were two sets of DI, one was of Line graph
and another was of Table.

The questions were:
Topic
No. of Questions
Level
Series
5
Easy-Moderate
Quadratic
Equation
5
Easy
Approximation
5
Moderate
Data
Interpretation
10
Moderate
Miscellaneous(SI,CI,
Speed &Time, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Averages, Ages, Ratio etc.)
10
Moderate – Difficult
Total
35
Easy-Moderate



English Language (Moderate-Difficult)


The level of English was a bit difficult as compared to
other two sections and the pattern was same as that of previous slot. There
were no Fill in the blanks in this section and also no question of antonym and
synonym were asked in the Reading Comprehension.
The questions were:



Topic
No. of Questions
Level
Reading
Comprehension
(Economy based)
8
Moderate – Difficult
Close Test (Related
to situation of Work Place)
7
Moderate
Para-Jumbled
(Based on air and water pollution)
5
Moderate
Errors
10
Moderate to Difficult
Total
30
Moderate-Difficult



Reasoning Ability (Easy – Moderate)


The level of reasoning was easy to moderate. No questions from
coding decoding were asked. Questions from Syllogism were direct and of easy to moderate level. There was 1 circular seating arrangement and
another was linear seating. Among 2 puzzles one was comparison based and
another was floor based puzzle.
The questions were:
Topic
No. of Questions
Level
Inequalities
5
Easy- Moderate
Syllogism
5
Easy-Moderate
Sitting
Arrangement
(Circular and
Linear)
10
Moderate
Puzzles
10
Moderate to Difficult
Miscellaneous ( Ranking,
Direction Sense, Blood Relations etc. )
5
Easy
Total
35
Easy to Moderate

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