IBPS PO/MT Main Exam (November 30, 2019): Analysis

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducted the Main Examination, for the recruitment of Probationary Officers/Management Trainee across the country on November 30, 2019.

There were 155 questions, which had to be answered in 180 minutes. There were four sections, namely, Reasoning & Computer Aptitude, General/Economy/Banking Awareness, English Language and Data Analysis & Interpretation. All the sections except the section on English Language were available bilingually, that is, both in English and in Hindi. Each question had 5 options. One-fourth or 0.25 marks will be deducted for every incorrect answer.

Objective Part:

The detailed break-up of IBPS PO Main Exam 2019 is as follows:

Sections

Number of questions

Maximum marks

Level of difficulty

Good attempts
 (in marks)

Time allotted for each section

Reasoning  & Computer Aptitude

45

60

Difficult

18-20

60 minutes

General/Economy/Banking Awareness

40

40

Moderate

24-26

35 minutes

English Language

35

40

Moderate-Difficult

20-22

40 minutes

Data Analysis & Interpretation

35

60

Difficult

10-12

45 minutes

Total

155

200

Difficult & Lengthy

74-80

180

Reasoning & Computer Aptitude:

Topics

Number of Questions

Level of Difficulty

AR (Data Arrangement - Floor based - 10 People and 40 story building)

5

Difficult

AR (Linear Seating Arrangement - Single row - 11 houses from west to east/3 houses were vacant  - Arrangement of 8 people/their ages)

5

Difficult

AR (Data Arrangement - Designation based - Males/Females - 3 cities - Delhi, Hyderabad and Pune)

3

Difficult

AR (Data Arrangement - 13 Boxes/13 Colors/ No. of Chocolates based)

3

Difficult

AR (Circular Seating Arrangement - Arrangement of 7 People according to their water consumption - facing the center - )

3

Difficult

AR (Linear Seating Arrangement - Single row - North facing)

5

Difficult

Blood Relation - Coded based

2

Moderate

Machine Input Output - Coding based with 3 steps

4

Moderate

Machine Input Output -with 4 steps

4

Moderate

Direction - Coding-Decoding based

3

Moderate-Difficult

Mathematical Inequalities

2

Moderate

Alphabet based

1

Moderate

Reverse Syllogism

2

Moderate

Logical Reasoning

3

Difficult

Questions featured in the Reasoning section were difficult in terms of difficulty level. There were no questions asked from Computer Aptitude. The reasoning part saw questions from Seating Arrangements & Puzzles, Directions, Blood Relation, Machine Input-Output and Logical Reasoning.

General/Economy/Banking Awareness:

In general, the difficulty level of this section was moderate. This section saw a mix of questions from Current Affairs and News of last 5-6 months (mostly from Sep 2019 to Nov 2019) and Banking. Some questions were from Static Part.

English Language:

Topic

Number of questions

Level of difficu lty

Reading Comprehension - (4 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 2)

16

Difficult

Sentence Rearrangement - 4 sentences were given jumbles form/had to arrange in meaningful sentence.

5

Moderate-Difficult

Spot the Error

5

Difficult

Spot the error - Four bold words were given in a sentence. Find the incorrect word.

4

Difficult

Spot the Error - Two sentences with 4/4 bold words were given.  Interchange the bold words in these 2 sentences to meaningful sentences.

5

Difficult

The overall difficulty level of the English Language section was moderate to difficult. There were 5 RC passages in this section.

Data Analysis & Interpretation:

Topic

Number of questions

Level of difficulty

Data Interpretation (Double Bar graph - 3 companies X, Y and Z based)

5

Difficult

Data Interpretation (Line graph - Percentage based - orders delivered and cancelled based)

5

Difficult

Data Interpretation (Pie Chart - Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, 4  segments - voters based )

5

Difficult

Data Interpretation (Caselet - Time and work based - based on X and Y value)

3

Difficult

Data Interpretation (Caselet - Population based)

5

Difficult

Probability based

3

Difficult

Data Interpretation (Double Table - missing values based - A, B, C, D and E - No. of applicants valid and invalid were given.)

4

Difficult

Data Interpretation (Caselet - 3 batteries based)

4

Difficult

Number Series - wrong number based.

1

Moderate

Questions in the Data Analysis & Interpretation section were difficult and calculation intensive. In this section, there were 34 questions on Data Interpretation and 1 question was based on wrong number series. There were 25 questions of 2 marks and 10 questions of 1 mark each.

Descriptive Part:
There were two writing tasks (for 25 marks) to be completed in 30 minutes.

Essay writing: (200 words)

Topics (Memory based) - candidates had to choose any one topic:
1. FDI in retail sector
2. Ethical Banking
3. Impact of Social Media
4. Four day working in a week
5. Contribution of unorganized sector in Indian Economy

Letter writing: (150 words)

Topics (Memory based) - candidates had to choose any one topic:
1. Write a letter to your bank’s branch manager - refund of extra EMI based
2. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper - providing facilities to old age people based
3. Write a letter to your cousin - part time job based
4. Write a letter to road transport authority - LED lights based


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