What was asked in last year's IBPS PO Prelims Exam?

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As the time left for IBPS PO Prelims is limited, going through previous year’s exam analysis can help you in many way. We are providing you the complete IBPS PO Prelims exam analysis of 2019 of Shift-1 of 12th October 2019. The cut off last year was 59.75 for general Category which was comparatively higher than the 2018 prelims cut-off. Make sure to check the complete analysis of IBPS PO Prelims overall as well as sectional. This analysis is based on the feedback of the students who had appeared last year in the IBPS PO Prelims exam. Let’s check the analysis to gain better insight regarding it.

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2019 :Overall Exam Analysis

The preliminary exam for IBPS PO was conducted online and had 100 questions for 60 minutes. Candidates have to manage those 60 minutes (20 minutes for each section) themselves while dealing with three sections- Reasoning (35 Ques), Quantitative Aptitude (35 Ques), and English (30 Ques).The order of occurrence in IBPS PO Prelims 2019 (Shift -1) was as follows:

English Language
Quantitative Aptitude
Reasoning Ability

Subject	Good Attempt	Time (in min.)
English Language	21-25	20 minutes
Reasoning Ability	27-32	20 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	19-23	20 minutes
Total	67-74	60 minutes

English Language (Easy-Moderate)

In 2019, the level of English Language was Easy-Moderate. There was one passsage on the topic related to Chinese Education System. The topic of Cloze Test was Virtual Education.

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension	10	Easy-Moderate
Cloze Test	05	Easy
Error Detection	05	Easy-Moderate
Phrase Replacement	05	Easy-Moderate
Word Replacement	05	Easy
Total	30	Easy-Moderate

Quantitative Aptitude (Moderate)
The level of quantitative aptitude was Moderate. There were 3 sets of DIs asked.

Caselet DI was asked (based on 4 hostels A,B,C,and D),
Line Graph (based on gender)
Tabular DI (Total Population W.R.T to male/female population)

Topic	No. Of questions	Level
DI	15	Easy-Moderate
Approximation	05	Easy
Quadratic Equation	05	Easy-Moderate
Miscellaneous	10	Moderate
Total	35	Moderate

Reasoning Ability (Easy-Moderate)

There were 5 questions on Inequality and two questions on Alpha-numeric series. As usual, the whole Reasoning section was dominated by the Puzzle and Seating arrangement as there were 4 puzzles and Seating Arrangement which are given below:-

Line Based Puzzle (Based on Age)
Box Based Puzzle (7 box)
Square Sitting Arrangement
Month Based Puzzle

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Inequality	05	Easy
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement	20	Easy-Moderate
Alphanumeric Series	02	Easy-Moderate
Blood Relation	03	Easy
Coding & Decoding	05	Easy
Total	35	Easy-Moderate

From the analysis given above, we can conclude that no major changes were seen in the last year IBPS PO Prelims exam and this year the same is expected though the chances are always there new type of questions can be asked. We advise you to prepare these topics as they will definitely be asked in the examination.