Today was the third day of the IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam 2018. Spanning a period of one week (ending December 15, 2018), the exam is being conducted in four time slots: 2 each in the morning and evening.
A total of 100 questions had to be answered in 60 minutes. All the sections, except English Language, were available in both English and Hindi. Every correct answer will fetch 1 mark, while every incorrect answer will reduce the score by 0.25. This year there is sectional timing of 20 minutes.
The detailed break-up of IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam 2018 is as follows:
Section |
Total Questions |
Level of difficulty |
Good Attempts |
Time taken (in minutes) |
English Language |
30 |
Easy- Moderate |
22- 24 |
20 |
Reasoning Ability |
35 |
Easy-Moderate |
27-30 |
20 |
Numerical Ability |
35 |
Easy-Moderate |
23-25 |
20 |
Total |
100 |
Easy-Moderate |
72-79 |
60 |
Note: Section wise and overall cut-offs are not uniform for all states.
Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of difficulty |
Reading Comprehension – based on Success. (There were two questions based on synonyms and antonyms.) |
7 |
Moderate |
Inappropriate Usage (wrong spelled words) |
6 |
Easy |
Phrase Replacement |
7 |
Easy |
Word Replacement |
4 |
Moderate |
Spot the error – 5/6 bold words were given. Find the incorrect word. |
6 |
Moderate |
There was one set of Reading Comprehension with 7 questions out of which 2 questions were based on synonyms and antonyms. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of Difficulty |
AR (Circular Seating Arrangement – 8 Persons) |
5 |
Moderate |
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – Single row based – Facing north) |
5 |
Moderate |
AR (Data Arrangement – Box based) |
5 |
Moderate |
Blood Relation – set based |
4 |
Difficult |
Mathematical Inequalities |
3 |
Easy-Moderate |
Direction – set based |
3 |
Easy-Moderate |
Alphabet based – A word was given. |
1 |
Easy |
Numbers based set – 5 numbers of 3 digits were given. |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Syllogism |
4 |
|
There were three sets of five questions each from Seating Arrangement and Data Arrangement. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Data Interpretation (Bar Graph based) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Data Interpretation (Line Graph based) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Simplification/Approximation |
10 |
Easy |
Comparison of variables: Quadratic Equations |
5 |
Easy |
Ratio and Proportion |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
Profit, Loss and Discount |
1 |
Moderate |
Simple Interest/Compound Interest |
1 |
Moderate |
Time and work |
1 |
Moderate |
Mensuration (Circle based) |
1 |
Moderate |
Miscellaneous (Quant based word problems) |
5 |
Moderate |
There were two sets of five questions each from Data Interpretation. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
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All the best!!
Team CL