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 |
23-26 |
20 |
Total |
100 |
Easy-Moderate |
70-77 |
60 |
Note: Section wise and overall cut-offs are not uniform for all states.
Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of difficulty |
Reading Comprehension – (There was one question based on antonyms.) |
5 |
Moderate |
Sentence Rearrangement |
5 |
Easy |
Spot the Error – (Old pattern) |
5 |
Easy |
Sentence Improvement |
3 |
Easy-Moderate |
Vocabulary based – One word was given – It was used in 3 sentences – find the correct sentence/s. |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Match the statements – Column 1 and Column 2 |
2 |
Easy-Moderate |
Cloze Test |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
There was one set of Reading Comprehension. One question was from antonyms. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of Difficulty |
AR (Circular Seating Arrangement) |
5 |
Moderate |
AR (Data Arrangement – Floor based) |
5 |
Moderate |
AR (Data Arrangement – 3 companies based) |
5 |
Moderate |
Direction based set |
3 |
Easy- |
Mathematical Inequalities |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Ranking based |
3 |
Easy |
Arrange in order - word based – The word was PLATFORM. |
1 |
Easy |
Arrange in order - Number based |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
Alpha-numeric Series |
3 |
Easy-Moderate |
Miscellaneous |
4 |
Easy-Moderate |
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 (Table based) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Data Interpretation (Caselet based) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Simplification/Approximation |
12 |
Easy-Moderate |
Number Series (Completion of Series) |
5 |
Moderate |
Geometry – Similar triangle based |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
Simple Interest and Compound Interest |
2 |
Easy-Moderate |
Mixture and Alligation |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
Age based |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
Partnership |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
Miscellaneous (Quant based word problems) |
2 |
Easy-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