IBPS PO Preliminary Exam (October 14, 2018): Analysis - Slot II

Today was the second day of the IBPS PO Preliminary Exam 2018. The exam is being conducted in four time slots: 2 each in 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.

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 17-20 20
Quantitative Aptitude 35 Moderate 17-20 20
Reasoning Ability 35 Moderate   21-23 20
Total 100 Moderate 55-63 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) 48.5-51.5 OBC: 47.5-50.5
SC: 38-42
ST: 31.5-33.5

English Language

Topic Number of Questions Level  of Difficulty
Reading Comprehension (Bank and its technology based) 8 Moderate
Phrase/Word Replacement 6 Easy-Moderate
Fill in the blanks 5 Moderate
Parajumbles/Sentence Arrangements 5 Moderate
Word Replacement 6 Moderate

The English Language section comprised of questions based on Reading Comprehension, Phrase/Word Replacement, Fill in the blanks, Parajumbles etc. The Reading Comprehension was based on Bank and its technology. 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 (Pie Chart) 5 Moderate
Data Interpretation(Table) 6 Moderate
Quadratic Equations: Quantity I and Quantity II 5 Easy-Moderate
Miscellaneous (Quant based – PLD, Ages, SI/CI etc.) 13 Moderate

There were two sets of Data Interpretation. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate, and most of the questions were calculative.

Reasoning Ability

Topic Number of Questions Level  of Difficulty
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – 2 parallel rows – north/south) 6 Moderate
AR (Data Arrangement – 11 Boxes based) 5 Moderate
AR (Data Arrangement – Day based - Monday to Friday) 5 Moderate
AR (Circular Seating Arrangement – 10 people facing inward) 5 Moderate
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – Single row) 5 Moderate
Direction – set based 3 Easy-Moderate
Puzzles – Alphabet based 2 Easy-Moderate
Syllogism 4 Easy-Moderate

The Reasoning Ability section was dominated by questions based on Analytical Reasoning. There were five different sets of Analytical Reasoning based on various kinds of Seating Arrangement and Data Arrangement. Directions based set was moderate. Four questions based on Syllogism were there in the exam. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.

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All the Best!
Team CL