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IBPS has successfully conducted the IBPS Clerk Prelims exam today on 3rd December 2020. The aspirants who are appearing for the upcoming shifts of IBPS Clerk Prelims on 12th & 13th December 2020 are keen to know about the topics that are expected to come in the exam. In this article, we will be discussing the expected topics for IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam that is scheduled to be held on 12th December 2020. Let us first look at the exam pattern for IBPS Clerk Prelims 2020:
IBPS Clerk Prelims 2020: Exam Pattern
S No. | Name of Tests (Objective) | No. of Question | Max Marks | Duration |
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1 | English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
2 | Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
Total | 100 | 100 | 60 minutes |
Candidates can check the exam analysis of the IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam that was conducted on 5th December 2020 by clicking on the link mentioned in this article below
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IBPS Clerk Exam Analysis 2020: IBPS Clerk Prelims Shift 1st Exam Analysis and Review (5th December)
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IBPS Clerk Exam Analysis Shift 2: IBPS Clerk Exam Review for 5th December 2020
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Section-Wise Expected Topics for IBPS Clerk Prelims on 12th December 2020
Based on the exam analysis of the IBPS Clerk Prelims exam that was conducted on 5th December 2020, the following are some questions/topics that are expected to come in the upcoming shift of IBPS Clerk Prelims that is scheduled to be held on 12th December 2020.
English Language
The overall difficulty level of the English Language Section in today’s IBPS Clerk Prelims exam was Easy-Moderate. Most of the aspirants found the English Language Section the easier of all. Some topics were asked in the previous shifts like:
- Synonyms and Antonyms of the words: Induce, Evolution, Excessive, Peak, Etc.
- RCs were based on: Anxiety, Sleep, and human behaviour related
After the analysis of all the 4 shifts of the IBPS Clerk Prelims exam that was held on 5th December 2020, the following are some topics and their difficulty levels that are expected to come in the upcoming shift of the IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam scheduled to be held on 12th December 2020:
Questions | Expected Number of questions |
Expected Difficulty level |
Passage-RC | 5-6 | Easy-Moderate |
Sentence Rearrangement | 5-6 | Easy |
Phrase Correction | 5 | Easy |
Word Swap | 4-5 | Easy-Moderate |
Error Detection | 5-6 | Easy |
Cloze Test | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Total | 30 | Easy-Moderate |
Quantitative Aptitude
After getting the reviews of aspirants of all the shifts, we could analyse that the overall difficulty level of the Quantitative Aptitude section in IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam was Moderate. Aspirants could solve the questions with ease but the questions required a good amount of time. Some topics of Quant Section that were seen in the IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam of 5th December 2020 are:
- DI was seen to be in a tabular form. Other topics of DI were: Casual and Formal Shirts.
- Topics like: Train, Partnership, Boat and Stream, Profit & Loss, Etc.
After analysing all the 4 shifts of IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 2020, the following are the topics with their expected level of difficulties in the exam which is to be held on 12th December 2020.
Questions | Expected No. of questions |
Expected Difficulty level |
Simplification | 14-15 | Easy-Moderate |
Arithmetic | 10 | Easy-Moderate |
Quadratic | 5 | Easy |
DI | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Probability | 1-2 | Easy |
Total | 35 | Easy-Moderate |
Reasoning Ability
The overall Difficulty level of the Reasoning Ability Section in all the 4 shifts was: Easy-moderate. Some of the topics were seen in this section on which the questions were based:
- Uncertain Puzzle
- AGM/DGM Puzzle, etc.
- Box Based Puzzle, Sequence-Based (No of things purchased by 8 people), Year and month based puzzle, Weight-based arrangement puzzle and short puzzle.
- Single row, Double row, Circle based- 8 persons, Flat based-4 floor, 2 Flat
After analysing all the 4 shifts of IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 2020 held on 5th December 2020 some topics are expected to come along with their expected difficulty level mentioned in the table below:
Questions | Expected Number of questions | Expected Difficulty level |
Puzzle | 15-20 | Easy-Moderate |
Syllogism | 3-5 | Easy |
Inequality | 3-4 | Easy-Moderate |
Alphabet Based | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
Numeric series | 4-5 | Easy |
Number based | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Total | 35 | Easy-Moderate |
Frequently Asked Questions-FAQs
Q. What could be the difficulty level of the upcoming exam of IBPS on 12 December 2020?
Ans. After analyzing the shifts conducted on 5th December, it is expected that the upcoming exam on 12th December would be of easy to moderate difficulty level.
Q. How many questions are expected to come from the arithmetic topic in the quantitative aptitude section?
Ans. After analyzing the quantitative aptitude section of all the four shifts conducted on 5 December 2020 it is expected that around 10 questions will be asked from the arithmetic topic in the quantitative section.
Q. How many questions are expected to come from Reading comprehension?
Ans: According to the analysis of all four shifts of the IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam conducted on 5 December 2020 it is expected that around 5 to 6 questions from the RC section will be asked in the upcoming shift (12 December 2020).