The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducted online examination for the recruitment of Administrative Officers across the country on 3rd  May 2015.

There were 160 questions in the paper, which had to be answered in 2 hours which was followed by a descriptive test of 45 minutes in online mode only. There were four sections in all - Reasoning, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude and General Knowledge.  All the other sections except English Language section were available bilingually, that is, in both English and Hindi. Each question had 5 options. There was negative marking of one-fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question for all the sections.

In the Descriptive Test, there were three questions out of which two were of 15 marks each and one was of 10 Marks.
It consisted writing an essay, answering questions based on the passage and précis writing.

The pattern of the test was as follows:

Section	Total Questions	Max. Marks	Level of Difficulty	Possible Attempts	Possible Score	Approximate Time Taken (In Minute)
Reasoning	40	40	Moderate	22-25	20-22	35 minutes
English Language	40	40	Easy to Moderate	28-30	25-28	20 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	40	40	Moderate	22-24	20-22	35 minutes
General Knowledge and Current Affairs	40	40	Moderate to Difficult	18-20	16-18	15 minutes
Total	160	160	105-110	100-105	120

The details of the individual sections are given below:

Reasoning
This section primarily saw moderate level of questions. A student should have easily attempted at least 22 questions. Some of the questions were time consuming. There were questions on Matrix Arrangement, Circular Arrangement, Analytical Reasoning, Data Sufficiency, Syllogism and Critical Reasoning.  The detailed break up of questions is as follows

Topic	Number of questions
Circular Arrangement	5
Matrix Arrangement	5
Syllogism	5
Input-Output	5
Mathematical Inequality	5
Critical Reasoning	4
Directions	1
Data Sufficiency	2
Blood Relation	1
Word – Letter Arrangement	3
Coding- Decoding	4

English Language
There was one Reading Comprehension passage with 10 questions. The passage was an easy read and can be easily attempted.  There were 5 questions each on sentence correction, Parajumbles, Fill in the blanks (2 in each question) and Error spotting. There was a cloze passage of 10 questions which was the only thing which was an easy take. An attempt of 28 questions can be considered as a good attempt.

Topic	Number of questions
Reading Comprehensions	10
Cloze Test	10
Sentence Correction	5
Spot the Error	5
Fill in the Blanks	5
Para Jumbles	5

Quantitative Aptitude
In general, this section was of moderate difficulty level. This section has questions from Number Series, Arithmetic, Approximation and Data Interpretation that include Pie Chart, Bar Chart and Table based. The DI questions were relatively easy in comparison to other IBPS Exams.

A well prepared would have attempted 22 questions easily in this section.

Topic	Number of questions
Series – Missing number in between	5
Data Interpretation – Caselet	5
Data Interpretation - Bar Graph	5
Data Interpretation – Table based	5
Data Interpretation – Mixed (Pie Chart and Table)	5
Percentages, Simple Interest and Compound Interest	3
Approximation	5
Partnership	1
Mixture and Alligation	2
Ages	1
Time, Speed and Distance (Trains)	1
Time and Work (Pipes and Cisterns)	1
Triangles	1

General Knowledge and Current Affairs
This section was slightly difficult as it was mostly dominated by Indian Geography current affairs, Insurance sector, etc. One could have easily attempted 18 questions in this section.

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