The first stage of IBPS Clerk 2020 Recruitment – Preliminary Exam is being conducted on 5th, 12th & 13th December 2020. In this blog, we are going to provide you with the detailed section-wise IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam analysis 2020 of all the shifts being conducted in the upcoming days. Here we are providing you the overall & section-wise difficulty level of each shift, we will give you the question-type wise bifurcation of all the questions asked in each of the 3 sections – Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, and English Language. Before moving onto the IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam analysis of the first shift, let’s have a look at the IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam pattern -:
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IBPS Clerk Exam Analysis 2020 | Exam Pattern
In the IBPS Clerk prelims exam, 100 questions divided into 3 sections are asked for 100 marks. 20 mins are allotted for each section. Candidates can move to the next section only after completion of the 20 minutes allotted to the current section.
| Name of Tests | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Time allotted for each test (Separately timed) |
| English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 60 minutes |
IBPS Clerk Exam Analysis 2020 | Day 2
IBPS Clerk Exam Analysis Shift 2 (12 December 2020)
Overall Difficulty Level: Moderate
Numerical Ability:
Difficulty Level: Difficult
- Table DI: 5 questions
- DI (Bar Graph): 5 questions
- Missing Number Series: 5 questions
- Simplification: 10 questions
- Arithmetic (Mensuration, Partnership, Percentage, Time & Distance, Boats & Streams, etc): 10 questions
Reasoning Ability:
Difficulty Level: Easy To Moderate
- Syllogism: 5 questions
- Inequality: 3 questions
- Coding-Decoding: 2 questions
- Direction: 5 questions
- Circular Seating Arrangement: 5 questions
- Month Based Puzzle: 5 questions
- Year Based Puzzle: 5 questions
- Stack Based Puzzle: 5 questions
English Language:
Difficulty Level: Moderate
- Para jumbles: 5 questions
- Reading Comprehension: 7-8 questions
- Fill Ups: 5 questions
- Misspelt Words: 5 questions
- Error Detection: 4-5 questions
- Miscellaneous: 2 questions
IBPS Clerk Exam Analysis Shift 1 (12 December 2020)
Overall Difficulty Level: Moderate
Reasoning Ability:
Difficulty Level: Easy to Moderate
| Topic | No of Qs |
| Inequality | 3-4 questions |
| Blood Relations | 3 questions |
| Direction Sense | 3 questions |
| Year Based Puzzle | 5 questions |
| Dual Row Seating Arrangement | 5 questions |
| Scheduling Based Puzzle (Monday to Sunday) | 5 questions |
| Flat & Floor Based Puzzle | 5 questions |
| Letter No Series | 5 questions |
English Language:
Difficulty Level: Easy to Moderate
| Topic | No of Qs |
| Reading Comprehension (About Carbon Di Oxide Emission) | 7-8 questions |
| Cloze Test (Sleep Disorder) | 5-6 questions |
| Para jumbles | 5 questions |
| Misspelt Words | 5 questions |
| Error Detection | 5 questions |
Numerical Ability:
Difficulty Level: Moderate
| Topic | No of Qs |
| Simplification | 10 questions |
| DI (Line Graph) | 5 questions |
| DI (Table) | 5 questions |
| Missing No Series | 5 questions |
| Arithmetic | 10 questions |
IBPS Clerk Exam Analysis 2020 | Day 1, All Shifts
Overall Difficulty Level – Easy to Moderate and sequence was English Language, Quant, followed by Reasoning.
Here is the IBPS Clerk section-wise number of difficulty level and good attempts for all shifts on conducted on December 5, 2020
| Shift | Reasoning | Quantitative Aptitude | English Language | Overall Good Attempts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shift 1 | Easy to Moderate (30-32) | Easy to Moderate (30-32) | Easy to Moderate (25-28) | 85-95 |
| Shift 2 | Easy to Moderate (30-32) | Easy to Moderate (30-32) | Easy (30) | 85-92 |
| Shift 3 | Easy to Moderate (30-31) | Easy to Moderate (30) | Easy to Moderate (26-28) | 85-90 |
| Shift 4 | Easy to Moderate (30-31) | Easy to Moderate (28-30) | Easy to Moderate (30-32) | 87-92 |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2020 – Reasoning Ability
The overall difficulty of the Reasoning Ability of Day 1, 2 Shifts section was easy to moderate.
The table here is the section based on the analysis of this section on day 1, all shifts.
| Topics | Que – Shift 1 | Que – Shift 2 | Que – Shift 3 | Que – Shift 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puzzles (Floor based, Year Based, Sequence based, Height-wise comparison, Month based) | Circular Sitting, Parallel, Double Row, Single Row | 20 | 20 | 20 | 15 |
| Syllogism (Only a few) | 4-5 | 2-3 | 3 | 5 |
| Inequality | 5 | – | 3 | 3 |
| Alpha-numeric Series | Numeric | 5 | 3 | 7-8 | 5 |
| Blood Relations | – | 3 | ||
| Misc | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Total | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 |
Logical Reasoning section had more of puzzles. Overall, the puzzles and seating arrangement type questions were easy while the rest were of moderate difficulty.
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2020 – Quantitative Aptitude
This section was of moderate difficulty.
The table given below gives the exam analysis for the quantitative aptitude section based on day 1, all shifts.
| Topics | No. Of Q Shift 1 | No. Of Q Shift 2 | No. Of Q Shift 3 | No. Of Q Shift 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data Interpretation (Line Graph) 5 publishers (Ratio Percentage) | Bar Chart | Table | | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Arithmetic (Partnership, Profit loss, Time and Work, Mix-Alligation) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 |
| Simplifications | 15 | 10 | 15 | 10 |
| Quadratic Equations | 4 | 5 | – | 5 |
| Misc | Wrong Number Series | Missing No. | 1 | 5 | 5 | – |
| Approximation | – | – | – | 4 |
| Total | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 |
This section was dominated by arithmetic word problems such as Partnership, Profit and loss, Time and Work, Mix-Alligation.
Simplification and data interpretation made up another major chunk of the question paper with the rest being shared equally by quadratic equations.
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2020 – English Language
English Language section is not the strongest section for a lot of aspirants, the reason being a high number of aspirants from regional language background.
English Language section in the IBPS Clerk prelims exam this year was easy. Here is the topic-wise distribution of questions asked in IBPS Clerk prelims exam day 1, all shifts , Dec 5, 2020.
| Topics | Q – Shift 1 | Q -Shift 2 | Q -Shift 3 | Q -Shift 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension (Obesity) | Environment | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| Error Detection | 5 | – | 5 | 5 |
| Word Swapping | 5 | – | 5 | |
| Cloze Test | 5 | – | 6 | |
| Rearrangement (5 sentences) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Spellings | – | 4 | ||
| Word Replacement | – | 4 | ||
| Fillers + Fill in the blanks | – | 5 | 5 + 5 | |
| Sentence Correction | – | 5 | ||
| Misc | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
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IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis FAQs
Overall difficulty level was easy to moderate.
Candidates could attempt 30-32 questions in quant.
85-90 will be a good attempt for IBPS Clerk 1st Shift Exam of 05th December 2020
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