Today was the first day of the IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam 2020. 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. There is sectional timing of 20 minutes.
The detailed break-up of IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam 2020 is as follows:
Section |
Total Questions |
Level of difficulty |
Good Attempts |
Time taken (in minutes) |
English Language |
30 |
Easy |
22- 25 |
20 |
Reasoning Ability |
35 |
Easy-Moderate |
23-25 |
20 |
Numerical Ability |
35 |
Easy-Moderate |
21-24 |
20 |
Total |
100 |
Easy-Moderate |
64-74 |
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 Obesity and Sleep: Antonym/Synonym – Induce/Evolution |
6 |
Easy |
Parajumbles /Sentence rearrangement |
5 |
Easy |
Phrase Replacement |
5 |
Easy |
Spot the error |
5 |
Easy |
Cloze Test |
5 |
Easy |
Interchange of bold words based |
4 |
Easy |
The topic of RC was Obesity and Sleep. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy.
Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of Difficulty |
AR (Data Arrangement – year based) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
AR (Data Arrangement – Sequence/Floor based) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
AR (Data Arrangement – 4 months/Two dates based) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
AR (Data Arrangement – weight/ No. of things purchased by 8 persons based) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Mathematical Inequalities |
3 |
Easy |
Alphabet based |
3 |
Easy |
Number Series based puzzle |
5 |
Easy |
Number based |
1 |
Easy |
Syllogism |
3 |
Easy |
There were four sets of five questions each from Analytical Reasoning. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Data Interpretation (Line Graph based) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Simplification/Approximation |
15 |
Easy |
Comparison of variables: Quadratic Equations |
5 |
Easy |
Probability |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
Profit, Loss and Discount |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
Time and work |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
Time, Speed and Distance |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
Ages |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
Mensuration |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
Time, Speed and Distance – Boats and Stream |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
Miscellaneous (Arithmetic word problems) |
3 |
Easy-Moderate |
There was one set of five questions from Data Interpretation based on line graph. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
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All the best!!
Team CL