The IPPB Officer Prelims exam was conducted over two days on Jan 7th & 8th 2017. Most students found the paper on the easier side compare to some of the officer level exams held last year. With just 650 vacancies and several lakh applicants, along with an easy to moderate paper, one can expect the cut-offs to go high. Here is a brief analysis of the overall paper and the expected cut-offs.
English Language
There were questions only from three broad topics and this section was Easy to moderate.
Reading Comprehension | 10Q |
Cloze Test | 10Q |
Spotting Error | 10Q |
Reasoning
This section was Easy and covered very similar topics to what is covered in several other bank exams.
Analytical Reasoning Sets | 15Q |
Syllogism | 4Q |
Input Output | 5Q |
Inequalities | 3Q |
Blood Relations | 3Q |
Miscellaneous | 5Q |
Quantitative Aptitude
This section could be termed Easy-moderate on the exam. There were no real surprises in terms of question types or level of difficulty.
Series | 5Q |
Approximation | 5Q |
Quadratic Equations | 5Q |
DI | 10Q |
Miscellaneous Word Problems | 10Q |
Expected Cut-Offs
Note: These are only estimated cut-offs & actual cut-offs may vary.
Section | Cut-Offs |
English Language | 8.5 (+/-1) |
Reasoning | 10 (+/-1) |
Quantitative Aptitude | 9 (+/-1) |
Total | 68 (+/-3) |
We hope you all had a good exam.
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