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

Dear Friends,

Now its time for exam analysis of IBPS PO Prelims Slot III. 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 I and Slot II.

Over-all Analysis

Subject
Good Attempt
Time
English Language
 14-16
 15 min.
Reasoning Ability
 24-26
 20 min.
Quantitative Aptitude
 17-21
 25 min.
 54-57
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 Bar 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. Reading Comprehension was based on Argentina Business meet and IMF (Recession in world).
The questions were:



Topic
No. of Questions
Level
Reading Comprehension
8
Moderate – Difficult
Close Test (Related to Market and Consumer)
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 with one question with a statement of possibility. There was 1 circular sitting arrangement (8 people from different places of city sitting around a circle) and another was linear seating (8 friends sitting in a line facing north and south directions). 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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