IBPS SO(IT) Exam Corner



IBPS SO(IT) Exam 2016 Analysis, January 28, 2017

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducted online examination for the recruitment of Specialist Officers (IT) across the country on January 28, 2017.

There were 200 questions in the paper, which had to be answered in 120 minutes. There were four sections in all - Reasoning, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude and Professional Knowledge. All the other sections except English Language section were available bilingually, that is, in both English and Hindi. Each question had 5 options. There was negative marking of one-fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question for all the sections.

Pattern of the IBPS SO (IT) Exam 2016 was as follows:

Section

Total Questions

Max. Marks

Level of Difficulty

Good Attempts

Possible Score

Time allotted for each section (In Minutes)

Reasoning

50

*

Moderate-Difficult

23-27

20-24

30 minutes

English Language

50

*

Difficult

21-25

18-22

25 minutes

Quantitative Aptitude

50

*

Easy-Moderate

24-29

21-26

30 minutes

Professional Knowledge

50

80

Moderate

39-43

36-40

35 minutes

Total

200

80

Moderate-Difficult

109 -122


120

* Only qualifying in nature – Marks obtained in these sections will not be considered in deciding merit for the interview.
Professional Knowledge
section is the one on the basis of which merit list will be formed.

Section-wise Analysis of IBPS SO (IT) Exam 2016:

Reasoning Section of IBPS SO (IT) Exam 2016:

This section primarily saw questions which were moderate-difficult in nature. Some of the questions were time consuming. Still, a candidate could have easily attempted at least 23 questions with good accuracy.

This year there was a set based on seating arrangement around a square table with 4 people sitting on the sides of the square and the remaining 4 people on the 4 corners of the square. The other sets were based on parallel rows and data arrangement. All the sets were difficult in nature except the linear arrangement set based on age.
The detailed break-up of the questions is as follows:

Topic

Number of questions

Circular Seating Arrangement (8 people sitting around a square)

5

Linear Seating Arrangement (Two parallel rows)

6

Linear Data Arrangement (7 boxes and 7 items)

5

Linear Arrangement (In the order of Age)

5

Syllogism

5

Input-Output

5

Mathematical Inequality

5

Critical Reasoning

4

Coding-Decoding

5

Data Sufficiency

5

English Language Section of IBPS SO (IT) Exam 2016:

The questions in this section were difficult in nature due to the appearance of new types of questions. Therefore, a candidate should have attempted around 22 questions with good accuracy to stay safe.

Questions based on “fill in the blanks and error-finding” appeared in new patterns. In FIB, four sentences were given with a blank in each sentence and it was asked that “which of the given words does not fit in the blanks appropriately”. Similarly, the questions based on finding the errors were quite difficult too as a set of four sentences were given and it was asked that, “which sentence(s) is/are grammatically correct”. Apart from these topics, there were questions based on Reading Comprehension, Cloze Test and Paragraph-Jumbling as well.

Topic

Number of questions

Reading Comprehension (Based on Infrastructure of different countries)

10

Para Jumbles

5

Cloze Test (Preposition based)

10

Phrase Replacement (Based on 2 and 3 phrases)

10

Spot the Error

10

Fill in the Blanks

5

Quantitative Aptitude Section of IBPS SO (IT) Exam 2016:

The difficulty level of questions in this section was easy to moderate because most of the questions were conventional in nature. A candidate could have easily attempted at least 25 questions with good accuracy.
The questions were, basically, based on Number Series, Arithmetic, Quadratic Equation, Data Interpretation and Approximation.

Topic

Number of questions

Comparison of Variables

6

Profit, Loss and Discount

1

Percentage

1

Simple Interest / Compound Interest

1

Time, Speed and Distance

1

Time and Work

1

Series – Next Number

5

Mixture and Alligation

1

Partnership

1

Average

1

Area and perimeter

1

Data Interpretation (Based on missing data in Table)

6

Data Interpretation (Based on double Pie-Chart)

6

Data Sufficiency

6

Approximation

6

Data Arrangement (Based on Venn-Diagram)

6

Professional Knowledge (Information Technology) Section of IBPS SO (IT) Exam 2016:

Questions in this section were of moderate difficulty level because unlike the last year it threw few surprises at students. Yet, a candidate should have attempted at least 36 questions with good accuracy.

Questions were asked from the following topics to test the basic knowledge and awareness of information technology. Java, iOS, Android, Linux commands, MIS (Management Information System), SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle), CCM (Capability Maturity Model), OSI Model and TCP/IP Model, Networking and Data Communication.

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