IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis, Review 2018: 30th December- Shift 1 |

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IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2018 (Shift-1):

IBPS has conducted its online examination for the post of Specialist Officers (SO) Prelims today, and the first shift is over now. This Computer Based Test was conducted by IBPS to select candidates for the Specialist Officers posts, who will be further appointed as SO in the various Banks. After IBPS SO Prelims 2018 Shift-I is over, aspirants who will be appearing in the next banking exams must be eager to know about the Examination’s level, types of questions asked, all of which can help them to appear in the same.

This article will give you the opportunity to analyze the IBPS SO Prelims question asked in the English Language, Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Ability. After critical analysis and review given by candidates who have appeared for the first shift, we would say that this year’s IBPS SO Prelims Shift-1 examination was of Moderate level.

IBPS SO Prelims Analysis: Overall

The Online Examination constituted of an objective test which had three sections namely English Language, Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Ability and there were 50 questions for 50 marks in Reasoning, 50 questions for 50 marks in Quantitative Aptitude and 50 questions for 25 marks in the English Language. The objective test had 40 minutes in each section.

Subjects	Good Attempts
Reasoning	27-34
Quantitative Aptitude	23-29
English Language	32-38
Overall	89-102

Reasoning ( Easy-Moderate )

There were 4 sets of puzzles and Seating Arrangement which are given below:-

Linear (Single line)
Month Based puzzle with Cities- 3 Variables
Square Seating Arrangement
Parallel Rows based Puzzle

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Puzzle and Seating Arrangement	18	Moderate
Syllogism	04	Moderate
Inequality	05	Easy
Data Sufficiency	05	Moderate
Coding Decoding	04	Easy-Moderate
Machine Input Output	05	Moderate
Order and Ranking	02	Easy
Logical Reasoning	03	Moderate
Alphabet Based	01	Easy
Blood Relation	03	Easy- Moderate
Total	50	Easy-Moderate

Quantitative Aptitude (Moderate)

There were 3 sets of data interpretation, following were the types of DI:

Line Graph
Pie Chart
Caselet

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Data Interpretation	15	Easy-Moderate
Quantity1, Quantity2	05	Moderate
Missing Number Series	05	Easy-Moderate
Approximation	05	Easy-Moderate
Miscellaneous Word Problems	15	Moderate
Data Sufficiency	05	Moderate
Total	50	Moderate

English Language (Moderate)

The level of this section was moderate in comparison with the rest of the examination. There were 2 sets of reading comprehensions, one was based on e-commerce and the other one was based on millennials and jobs. They also included around 4 vocabulary based questions of synonyms and antonyms.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension	12	Moderate
Close Test	05	Easy-Moderate
Para Jumbles	05	Moderate
Phrase Replacement	05	Moderate
Double Fillers	05	Moderate
Error Detection	05	Moderate
Starters	05	Moderate
Word Usage	05	Moderate
Miscellaneous	03	Moderate
Total	50	Moderate