Now its time for exam analysis of IBPS PO Prelims (22nd October 2016) Slot III. A lot of students have appeared for their preliminary exam today and it will continue till 27th October, 2016. 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 Shift or Slot (16th October 2016)
Over-all Analysis
Subject
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Good Attempt
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Time
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English Language
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17-19
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15 min.
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Reasoning Ability
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22-25
|
20 min.
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Quantitative Aptitude
|
19-23
|
25 min.
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54-58
|
60 Minutes
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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 two slots. There were two sets of DI.
The questions were:
Topic
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No. of Questions
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Level
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Series
|
5
|
Easy-Moderate
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Quadratic Equation
|
5
|
Easy
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Approximation
|
5
|
Moderate
|
Data Interpretation
|
10
|
Moderate
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Miscellaneous(SI,CI, Speed &Time, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Averages, Ages, Ratio etc.)
|
10
|
Moderate – Difficult
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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
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No. of Questions
|
Level
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Reading Comprehension
|
8
|
Moderate – Difficult
|
Close Test
|
7
|
Moderate
|
Para-Jumbled
|
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
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No. of Questions
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Level
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Inequalities
|
5
|
Easy- Moderate
|
Syllogism
|
5
|
Easy-Moderate
|
Sitting Arrangement
(Circular and Linear)
|
10
|
Moderate
|
Puzzles (Floors puzzle with farmers income)
|
10
|
Moderate to Difficult
|
Miscellaneous ( Ranking, Direction Sense, Blood Relations etc. )
|
5
|
Easy
|
Total
|
35
|
Easy to Moderate
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All the best for next Slot