Today was the second 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 |
19- 22 |
20 |
|
Reasoning Ability |
35 |
Easy-Moderate |
26-29 |
20 |
|
Numerical Ability |
35 |
Easy-Moderate |
22-25 |
20 |
|
Total |
100 |
Easy-Moderate |
70-77 |
60 |
Note: Section wise and overall cut-offs are not uniform for all states.
English Language:
|
Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of difficulty |
|
Reading Comprehension – based on internet cloud use in education. (There were two questions based on synonyms and antonyms.) |
6 |
Moderate |
|
Parajumbles |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Sentence Rearrangement |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Spot the Error – 4 bold words were given. |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Vocabulary based (Miss Spelt words) |
4 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Match the following (Sentence Completion) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
There was one set of Reading Comprehension. Two questions were from synonyms and antonyms. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
Reasoning Ability:
|
Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of Difficulty |
|
AR (Circular Seating Arrangement) |
5 |
Moderate |
|
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement - in 2 parallel rows facing North/South) |
5 |
Moderate |
|
AR (Data Arrangement – floor based) |
5 |
Moderate |
|
AR (Data Arrangement – Height based) |
5 |
Moderate |
|
Number based – set |
5 |
Easy |
|
Alphabet based - set |
5 |
Easy |
|
Alphabet based |
1 |
Easy |
|
Ranking based |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Syllogism |
3 |
Easy-Moderate |
There were four sets of five questions each from Seating Arrangement and Data Arrangement. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
Numerical Ability:
|
Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of Difficulty |
|
Data Interpretation (Table based) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Data Interpretation (Caselet based) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Simplification/Approximation |
10 |
Easy |
|
Number Series (Wrong number series) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Profit, Loss and Discount |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Simple Interest and Compound Interest |
1 |
Moderate |
|
Time and Work |
1 |
Moderate |
|
Time, Speed and Distance |
1 |
Moderate |
|
Permutation and Combination |
1 |
Moderate |
|
Mensuration (Rectangle) |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Age based |
1 |
Easy |
|
Mixture and Alligation |
1 |
Moderate |
|
Miscellaneous (Quant based word problems) |
2 |
Moderate |
There were two sets of five questions each from Data Interpretation. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
Disclaimer: All information on cut-offs, analysis, answer key and scores are based on independent analysis and evaluation made by Career Launcher. We do not take responsibility for any decision that might be taken, based on this information.
All the Best!
Team CL