IBPS Probationary Officers Preliminary Exam (October 13, 2018): Analysis - Slot III

TToday was the first day of the IBPS PO Preliminary Exam 2018. The exam is being conducted in four time slots: 2 each in the morning and the 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.

The detailed break-up of IBPS PO Prelims 2018 exam is as follows:

Section

Total Questions Level of difficulty Good Attempts Time taken (in minutes)

English Language

30 Easy - Moderate 18-20 20

Quantitative Aptitude

35 Moderate 17-20 20

Reasoning Ability

35 Easy-Moderate   20-22 20

Total

100 Moderate 55-62 60

Sectional and overall expected cut-off of IBPS PO Preliminary Exam 2018:

Subject

General

SC/ST/OBC

English Language (Out of 30)

5-7.5

3-5

Quantitative Aptitude (Out of 35)

7.5-9.5

5-7

Reasoning Ability (Out of 35)

10-12.5

7-9

Overall Objective Test (Out of 100)

50.5-53.5

OBC: 49.5-52.5
SC: 40-44
ST: 33.5-35.5

English Language:

Topic

Number of Questions

Level  of Difficulty

Reading Comprehension (Economy based)

6

Moderate

Spot the Error

8

Moderate-Difficult

Cloze Test

5

Easy-Moderate

Sentence Improvement.

5

Moderate

Fill in the blanks

6

Easy-Moderate

The Reading Comprehension was based on economy. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.


Quantitative Aptitude:

Topic

Number of Questions

Level  of Difficulty

Number Series (Series Completion)

6

Moderate

Data Interpretation (Bar Graph)

5

Moderate

Data Interpretation (Table)

5

Moderate

Data Interpretation (Caselet)

5

Moderate

Comparison of Variables: Quadratic Equations

5

Easy-Moderate

Profit, Loss and Discount

1

Moderate

Simple Interest & Compound Interest

1

Moderate

Age based problem

1

Easy - Moderate

Miscellaneous (Quant based)

6

 

There were 3 sets of Data Interpretation. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.


Reasoning Ability:

Topic

Number of Questions

Level  of Difficulty

AR (Data Arrangement - Floor based)

6

Moderate

AR (Linear Seating Arrangement)

5

Moderate

AR (Data Arrangement - Month based)

5

Moderate

AR (Square Seating Arrangement)

5

Moderate

Coding-Decoding

5

Easy-Moderate

Mathematical Inequalities

5

Easy- Moderate

Puzzles - Alphabet based

1

Easy- Moderate

Puzzles - Number based

1

Easy- Moderate

Miscellaneous

2

Easy- Moderate

The Reasoning Ability section was dominated by questions based on Analytical Reasoning. There were four different sets of based on various kinds of Seating Arrangement and Data Arrangement. There were no questions based on Syllogism in this exam. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.

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