IBPS PO Prelim Exam Analysis 2019 – 12 Oct 2019 – Read Now

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is conducting a test for the recruitment of Probationary officers for various banks. A total of 21 banks have participated in 2019 for the IBPS selection procedure. With a total of 4000+ vacancies announced this year by IBPS, it is now time to give your best shot. The exam will be conducted in 4 shifts on Day 1.Candidate will get a total of 1-hour with 20 mins to each section to complete the test. Candidates aspiring to join the banking sector have a great opportunity to ace the exam and fulfill their dreams. Oliveboard is bringing you IBPS PO Prelim Exam Analysis 2019 for the better understanding of the questions paper, its pattern and types of questions. Candidates are also scheduled to appear for the next round of test on 19 Oct 2019.

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IBPS PO Prelim Exam Analysis 2019 – Exam Pattern

Before moving to the exam analysis let us first see the exam pattern that was set for the test conducted today and get a better understanding of the Paper:

S.No	Name of Test	No.of Questions	Max Marks	Duration
1	English Language	30	30	60 mins
2	Quantitative Aptitude	35	35
3	Reasoning Ability	35	35
4	Total	100	100	60 mins

There will be a negative marking of 1/4th or 0.25 of marks allotted to the question.

IBPS PO Prelim Exam Analysis 2019 – Shift Wise Analysis

Exam Schedule 2019	Shift 1	Shift 2	Shift 3	Shift 4
Exam Time	9:00 A.M to 10:00 A.M	11:30 A.M to 12:30 P.M	02:00 P.M to 03:00 P.M	4:30 P.M to 05:30 P.M

Shift 1 Exam Analysis

Overall difficulty level ( Easy to Moderate)

Sections	Good Attempt	Level
English Language	24-26	Easy-Moderate
Reasoning Aptitude	22-24	Easy
Quantitative Aptitude	21-24	Moderate
TOTAL	70+	Easy-Moderate

Section-wise Difficulty Level

Reasoning Section

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Puzzle, Linear & Seating Arrangement	16-18	Moderate
Coding-Decoding	5-6	Easy
Blood Relation	3-4	Moderate
Scheduling	5	Moderate
Syllogism	0	–
Basic Pair and Number	3	Easy
Inequality	5	Easy to Moderate
Total	35	Moderate

English Section

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Cloze Test	6	Easy
Reading Comprehension	7-8	Moderate
Error Detection	6	Easy
Sentence Correction	4-5	Easy
Single Filers	1	Easy
Word swap	5	Easy
Total	30	Easy

Quantitative Aptitude

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Data Interpretation (Pie+Tabular, Bar Graph, Caselet DI)	15	Moderate
Missing Number Series	0	–
Quadratic Equation	5	Easy
Miscellaneous Word Problems	10	Moderate
Simplification/Approximation	5
Total	35	Moderate

Shift 2 Exam Analysis- IBPS PO Prelim Exam Analysis 2019

Overall difficulty level (Moderate)

Sections	Good Attempt	Level
English Language	21-23	Easy
Reasoning Aptitude	22-25	Easy-Moderate
Quantitative Aptitude	21-23	Moderate
TOTAL	68-71+	Easy-Moderate

 

Overall Sectional Difficulty Level

Reasoning Section

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Puzzle, Linear & Seating Arrangement	20	Moderate
Coding-Decoding	0	–
Blood Relation	3	Moderate
Order/Scheduling	3	Moderate
Syllogism	5	Easy
Alphabetic order	1	Easy
Inequality/ Directions	3	Easy to Moderate
Total	35	Moderate

Quantitative Section

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Data Interpretation (Pie+Tabular, Bar Graph, Caselet DI)	10	Easy
Missing Number Series	5	Easy
Quadratic Equation	5-6	Moderate
Miscellaneous Word Problems/Inequality	15	Moderate
Simplification/Approximation	0	–
Total	35	Moderate

English Section

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Cloze Test	6-7	Easy
Reading Comprehension	8	Moderate
Error Detection	0	–
Sentence Correction	5	Easy
Single Filers	3-5	Easy
Word swap	4-5	Easy
Total	30	Easy

 

Shift 3 Exam Analysis

Overall difficulty level (easy to moderate)

Sections	Good Attempt	Level
English Language	23-25	easy
Reasoning Aptitude	22-24	moderate
Quantitative Aptitude	21-24	easy-moderate
TOTAL	68-70+	easy-moderate

Section-Wise Analysis

Reasoning Section

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Puzzle, Linear & Seating Arrangement	15	moderate
Coding-Decoding	5	easy
Blood Relation	0	–
miscellaneous	5	moderate
Syllogism	5	easy
Alphabetic order	0	–
Directions+basics	5	easy
Total	35	moderate-difficult

English Section

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Cloze Test	0	–
Reading Comprehension	8-10	moderate
Error Detection	5	easy
para jumbles	4-5	easy-moderate
Single Filers	4-5	easy
Word swap/vocabulary	3-4	easy
Total	30	easy

Quantitative Section

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Data Interpretation (Pie+Tabular, Bar Graph, Caselet DI)	15	easy
Missing Number Series	5	easy
Quadratic Equation	0	–
Miscellaneous Word Problems/Inequality	10	moderate
Simplification/Approximation	5	easy
Total	35	Easy-moderate

Shift 4 Exam Analysis

Overall difficulty level ()

Sections	Good Attempt	Level
English Language	22-24	easy
Reasoning Aptitude	23-25	easy-moderate
Quantitative Aptitude	21-24	moderate
Total	68-73+	easy-moderate

Section-wise Analysis

Reasoning Section

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Puzzle, Linear & Seating Arrangement	15	easy
Coding-Decoding	5	easy
Blood Relation	3	easy-moderate
miscellaneous	1-2	easy
Syllogism	5	easy-moderate
Alphabetic order	1-2	easy
inequality	3-4	moderate
Total	35	easy-moderate

English Section

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Cloze Test	6	easy
Reading Comprehension	7	easy
Error Detection	3-4	easy
sentence correction	5	moderate
single filers	5	easy
match the columns	3	easy
Total	30	easy

Quantitative Section

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Data Interpretation (Pie+Tabular, Bar Graph, Caselet DI)	12	easy
Missing Number Series	6	easy
Quadratic Equation	6	easy-moderate
Miscellaneous Word Problems/Inequality	11	easy
Simplification/Approximation	0	–
Total	35	easy-

 

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