IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis, Review 2018: 13th October- 3rd Slot |

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Dear Aspirants,

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2018:

IBPS PO is the most sought-after recruitment in the banking industry. Several aspirants are burning candles at both ends to get a seat for themselves in this prestigious bank. 13th October is the first day of the first phase of this exam, i.e., prelims and in this article we will discuss today’s 3rd shift’s analysis. Many students appeared for this exam and the competition will be very tough this time. Therefore, it is necessary that one gets aware about the type of questions being asked in the exam so that you get an idea about how to plan your strategy to attempt the questions in the exam and manage your time accordingly.

This year there is the sectional timing of 20 minutes in the Prelims Exam, its important for all banking aspirants to go through the review once. Exam analysis and review can help the aspirants who are yet to appear in upcoming shifts of IBPS PO Prelims to get an idea of the difficulty level and expected pattern of questions in Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, and English Language sections. The examination held in this shift was of Moderate level in comparison with the previous shifts. The sections of Reasoning and English language were easy in 3rd shift of today’s exam when compared with the previous two shifts of IBPS PO Prelims. The order of occurrence of sections was English, Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude

IBPS PO Exam Analysis 2018: Section-wise Analysis

Subject	Good Attempt	Time
English Language	18-23	20
Reasoning Ability	21-26	20
Quantitative Aptitude	16-19	20
Total	56-61	60

Quantitative Aptitude (Moderate)

The level of Quantitative Aptitude section was moderate. One can easily attempt questions if they have practiced well. DI questions based on Tabular, Caselet and Bar Graph were there is this slot.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Data Interpretation	15	Moderate
Missing Number Series	6	Moderate
Quadratic Equation	5	Moderate
Arithmetic Word Problems (Profit and Loss, Problem on Ages, SI & CI etc)	9	Moderate
Total	35	Moderate

English Language (Easy-Moderate)

In this shift the level of English was comparatively easier from the last shift, overall it was easy to moderate. There were only 6 question in the set of Reading Comprehension out of which 2 question was of vocabulary. It is important that candidates choose wisely what to attempt and what to skip. Reading Comprehension was based on an article related to a discussion on role of housewives in Indian GDP and Economy.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension	6	Moderate
Error Detection	8	Moderate
Filler	6	Easy-Moderate
Cloze Test	5	Easy
Sentence Improvement	5	Moderate
Total	30	Easy-Moderate

Reasoning (Easy-Moderate)

The level of reasoning was Easy to Moderate. There were 4 sets of puzzles and Seating Arrangement, following are the types

Floor Based Puzzle with Age
Square seating arrangement
Linear Seating Arrangement
Month Based Puzzle

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement	21	Moderate
Coding Decoding	5	Easy-Moderate
Inequality	5	Easy-Moderate
Alphabet	1	Easy-Moderate
Number Based	1	Easy-Moderate
Miscellaneous	2	Easy-Moderate
Total	35	Easy-Moderate