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IBPS PO Exam Analysis 2020: IBPS PO Prelims Shift 1 Exam Analysis and Review for 3rd October Live Updates

IBPS PO Exam Analysis 2020: The Institute of Banking Personnel Selections has started conducting the preliminary examination for Probationary Officer recruitment 2020 and today i.e. 3rd October is the Day 1 of the Exam. Here we will be providing you IBPS PO Prelims Shift 1 Exam Analysis and Review Live from the exam centre so that you can get to know about the difficulty level and IBPS PO good attempts for this online exam.

If you are going to appear in IBPS PO Prelims 2020 exam on subsequent shifts or 10th or 11th October, then stay tuned to bankersadda.com for exam analysis and memory based paper. The IBPS PO Prelims exam is being conducted in 4 shifts in a day.

IBPS PO Exam Analysis 2020: IBPS PO Prelims Shift 1 Exam Analysis and Review for 3rd October Live Updates_3.1

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2020

IBPS PO Prelims Online Examination was for 1 hour and had 3 sections. As per Candidates review of IBPS PO exam today the following are the sections of the exam-

  • Reasoning Ability- 35 questions
  • Quantitative Aptitude- 35 questions
  • English Language –  30 questions

There is also a negative marking of 0.25 for each wrong answers so we advise all candidates to keep a check on their accuracy.

IBPS PO Prelims 2020 Good Attempts- Shift-1, 3rd October 

After detailed IBPS PO today exam analysis for shift 1 the overall level of the online exam held in the first shift was easy to moderate. Here are the section-wise and overall good attempts for IBPS PO Prelims Shift-1 Exam held on 3rd October 2020.

Sections IBPS PO Good Attempts Level
Reasoning Aptitude 27 – 31 Easy-Moderate
English Language 22 – 25 Easy-Moderate
Quantitative Aptitude 24 – 27 Easy-Moderate
Total Marks: 100 74 – 80 Easy-Moderate

IBPS PO Prelims Shift 1 Exam Review 2020 Video

You can also watch the live discussion of the IBPS PO Pre 1st Shift Exam Analysis on Adda247 YouTube Channel where our subject experts will connect directly with the students who have appeared in this exam and will discuss the exam review and good attempts. Also watch this session to know about what can be expected in the upcoming shifts of IBPS PO Prelims Exam 2020-

IBPS PO Prelims Section-wise Exam Review and Questions Asked in Shift-1, 3rd October 2020

Reasoning Ability (Easy to Moderate)

The level of the reasoning section was easy to moderate but some students have reposted that this section was a bit lengthy comparatively. The following were the types of puzzles and seating arrangement sets faced by the candidates who appeared in the shift-1 of the exam-

  • Month Based Puzzle with 2 variables
  • Circular Seating Arrangement
  • Linear seating arrangement – 8 people facing south and north
  • Classification puzzle

Here is the complete review for the reasoning ability section-

Topics No. of Questions Level
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement 20 Easy-Moderate
Coding Decoding 5 Easy-Moderate
Blood Relations 1 Easy
Inequality 5 Easy
Syllogism 3 Easy-Moderate
Miscellaneous  1 Easy
Total 35 Easy-Moderate

English Language (Easy to Moderate)

This section was also easy to moderate. The reading comprehension was based on the theme of education and there were near about 8 questions in the set of RC. The following are the questions asked in the English Language section of this exam-

Topics No. of Questions Level
Reading Comprehension 8 Easy-Moderate
Sentence Improvement 5 Easy-Moderate
Phrase Rearrangement 4 Moderate
Word Rearrangement 4 Easy
Cloze Test 5 Easy
Find the correct sentence 4 Easy-Moderate
Total 30 Easy-Moderate

Quantitative Aptitude (Easy to Moderate)

The following were the types of data interpretation questions asked in the 1st shift-

  • Tabular DI
  • Line Graph
  • Caselet DI
Topic No. of Questions Level
Data Interpretation 15 Moderate
Quadratic Equation 5 Easy
Approximation 5 Easy
Arithmetic Word Problems 10 Easy-Moderate
Total 35 Easy-Moderate

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IBPS PO Prelims Exam Review 2020- Frequently Asked Questions

Q. What was the level of the 1st shift of IBPS PO Prelims 2020 held on 3rd Oct?

Ans. Easy to Moderate

Q. What are the average good attempts for IBPS PO Prelims Shift-1 of 3rd Oct?

Ans. 74 to 80 with good accuracy.

Q. IBPS is conducting PO Prelims exam in how many shifts?

Ans. The IBPS PO Prelims exam is being conducted in 4 shifts in a day on 3rd, 10th and 11th October.

Q. How many questions of puzzles and seating arrangement were there in the 1st shift of IBPS PO Prelims on 3rd Oct?

Ans. There were a total of 20 questions of puzzles and seating arrangement i.e. 4 sets of puzzles.