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IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis, Review 2018: 30th December- Shift 2 (IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer)

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IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2018 (Shift-2):

IBPS has conducted its online examination for the post of Specialist Officers (SO) Prelims today, and the second 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-2 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 second shift, we would say that this year’s IBPS SO Prelims Shift-2 examination was of Moderate level.
IBPS SO Prelims Analysis (IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer): 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
21-27
English Language
29-35
Overall
89-102

Reasoning ( Easy-Moderate )

There were 4 sets of puzzles and Seating Arrangement which are given below:-
  • 2 Variable Puzzle (People and Things)
  • Floor Based Puzzle
  • Circular Seating Arrangement
  • Random Puzzle
Topic No. of Questions Level
Puzzle and Seating Arrangement
20
Moderate
Logical Reasoning
05
Easy- Moderate
Coding-Decoding
05
Moderate
Inequalities
05
Easy
Syllogism
04
Moderate
Blood Relation
04
Easy
Alphabet Based
03
Easy-Moderate
Direction Sense
02
Easy
Miscellaneous
02
Easy- Moderate
Total
50
Easy-Moderate
Quantitative Aptitude (Moderate)
There were 3 sets of data interpretation, following were the types of DI:
  • Tabular (Missing)
  • Pie Chart
  • Line Graph
Topic
No. of Questions
Level
Data Interpretation
15
Moderate
Quadratic Equations
05
Moderate
Data Sufficiency
05
Easy-Moderate
Miscellaneous and Word Problems
25
Easy-Moderate
Total
50 Moderate


English Language (Moderate)
The level of this section was moderate. There were 2 sets of reading comprehensions, one was based on Blockchain Technology and the other one was based on NBFCs. 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
Word Replacement
05
Easy-Moderate
Double Fillers
05
Moderate
Error Detection
05
Moderate
Column Based
05
Easy-Moderate
Sentence Connectors
05
Moderate
Miscellaneous
03
Moderate
Total
50
Moderate
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