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IBPS PO Exam Analysis Shift 3, IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis 3rd October 2020

IBPS PO Prelims Shift 3 Exam Analysis: The third shift of the day is over now, and students must be eagerly waiting to check the exam review of IBPS PO Prelims 2020. Team bankersadda brings to you the detailed exam analysis and questions asked in the English Language, Reasoning Ability and Quantitative Aptitude sections of IBPS PO Prelims 2020 shift-3, so keep on reading to know about the exam.

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IBPS is conducting the IBPS PO Prelims exam in 4 shifts in a day on 3rd, 10th and 11th Oct. The level of the exam held in the previous two shifts has remained easy to moderate with more or less no changes in the pattern of questions in all 3 sections and the difficulty level. The following are the shift timings for IBPS PO prelims online examination 2020-

  • Shift 1:- 8:00 AM
  • Shift 2:- 10:30 AM
  • Shift 3:- 01:00 PM
  • Shift 4:- 03:30 PM

IBPS PO Pre Shift 3 Exam Analysis 2020

The level of the questions asked in IBPS PO Prelims Shift-3, 3rd Oct was easy to moderate overall. The following are the section-wise and overall good attempts for the Shift-3 exam held on 3rd Oct 2020-

Sections Good Attempts Level
Reasoning Aptitude 25 – 30 Easy-Moderate
English Language 21 – 24 Easy-Moderate
Quantitative Aptitude 22 – 26 Easy-Moderate
Total Marks: 100 68 – 76 Easy-Moderate

IBPS PO Exam Analysis 2020: All Shift Exam Review

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

Reasoning Ability (Easy to Moderate)

The following were the types of puzzles and seating arrangement sets faced by the candidates who appeared in the shift-3 of the exam-

  • Circular Seating Arrangement
  • Linear Seating Arrangement
  • Order and Ranking based- 9 people
  • Day based puzzle-people attending play from mon to sat

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
Syllogism 4 Easy-Moderate
Alphabet based- meaningful word 1 Easy
Number Based (odd even) 1 Easy
Odd one out- letter based 1 Easy
Order and Ranking (height based arrangement) 3 Easy-Moderate
Total 35 Easy-Moderate

English Language (Easy to Moderate)

The level of the questions asked in this section has remained easy to moderate throughout the shifts that took place on 3rd Oct. The following are the questions asked in the English Language section of the third shift of IBPS PO Prelims 2020-

Topics No. of Questions Level
Reading Comprehension (passage on the theme of mental issues faced by people due to COVID lockdown) 7 Easy-Moderate
Sentence Rearrangement 5 Easy
Error Detection 7 Moderate
Word Replacement 5 Easy
Cloze Test 6 Easy
Total 30 Easy-Moderate

Quantitative Aptitude (Easy to Moderate)

The level of questions in this shift was also easy to moderate. The following were the types of data interpretation questions asked in the 3rd shift-

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

Arithmetic Word Problems included questions from Partnership, Mixture and allegation, SI & CI, Time and Work, Speed and Distance etc.

IBPS PO Exam Analysis 2020: All Shift Exam Review

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IBPS PO Prelims Exam Review 2020- Frequently Asked Questions

Q. Were there any changes in the shift-3 of IBPS PO Prelims 2020 held on 3rd Oct?

Ans. No there were no major changes in the exam.

Q. How much a student must attempt in order to clear the IBPS PO Prelims 2020 Exam?

Ans. As per the review shared by students who appeared in shift-3, the average good attempts are between 68 to 76 with good accuracy.

Q. Is there negative marking in the IBPS PO Prelims 2020 exam?

Ans. Yes, there is a negative marking of 1/4th of the allotted mark to a question for every wrong answer.

Q. How should the students appearing IBPS PO Prelims on 10th and 11th Oct, practice for the exam?

Ans. Students having their exam on 10th and 11th can practice with Adda247’s memory based paper of IBPS PO Prelims which contains questions asked in today’s (3rd Oct’s) exam.