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India Post (IPPB) Mains Exam 2016 Analysis, January 29, 2017

India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) Main Exam 2016 was conducted on January 29, 2017 in a single shift. The overall level of the exam was moderate to difficult.
There were 200 questions, which had to be answered in 140 minutes. There were five sections, namely, Reasoning, English Language, Computer Knowledge, General Awareness (with special reference to Banking) and Quantitative Aptitude.
All the sections except the English Language section were available bilingually, that is, in both English and Hindi medium. One-fourth or 0.25 marks will be deducted for every incorrect answer. However, there will be no penalty for unmarked questions.

Pattern of the IPPB Officer Scale I Main Exam 2016 is as follows:

Sections

Number of questions

Maximum marks

Level of difficulty

Good attempts

Good score

Time allotted for each section

Reasoning

50

50

Moderate-Difficult

22-25

20-22

40 minutes

English Language

40

40

Moderate-Difficult

19-22

18-20

30 minutes

Computer Knowledge

20

20

Moderate

12-15

10-12

10 minutes

General Awareness

40

40

Easy-Moderate

25-28

22-24

20 minutes

Quantitative Aptitude

50

50

Difficult

22-25

20-22

40 minutes

Total

200

200

Moderate-Difficult

100-115

95-105

140

Section-wise analysis of IPPB Officer Scale I Main Exam 2016:

Let's go through the detailed analysis of each section.

Reasoning Section of IPPB Officer Scale I Main Exam 2016:

Questions featured in the Reasoning section of IPPB Officer Scale-I (Main) Exam 2016 were moderate in terms of difficulty level. The Analytical Reasoning part saw questions from circular seating arrangements with blood relations, parallel seating arrangement with blood relation and input-outputs. There was a puzzle based on floors. Critical Reasoning part was moderate to difficult in terms of difficulty level. There were questions based on passage inference and decision making.

Topics

Number of Questions

Level of Difficulty

Inference (Passage)

5

Difficult

AR (Circular Seating Arrangement with blood relation)

5

Moderate-Difficult

AR (Linear Seating Arrangement with blood relation-Parallel Rows: north-south)

5

Moderate-Difficult

AR (Floor Arrangement)

5

Moderate-Difficult

AR (Data Arrangement)

5

Moderate-Difficult

Input-Output

5

Moderate

Coding-Decoding

5

Difficult

Syllogisms

5

Moderate-Difficult

Decision Making

5

Moderate

Miscellaneous

5

Moderate-Difficult

English Language Section of IPPB Officer Scale I Main Exam 2016:

The overall difficulty level of the English Language section in IPPB Officer Scale-I (Main) Exam 2016 was moderate to difficult. There were questions on para-jumbles, sentence completion (FIB), cloze test and phrase replacement. There were two reading comprehensions. One was based on economy of China while the other was related to banking.

Topic

Number of Questions

Level of Difficulty

Reading Comprehension (based on Economy of China)

10

Moderate

Reading Comprehension (based on Banking)

10


Sentence Completion (FIB)

5

Moderate

Para Jumbles (Odd one out)

5

Moderate-Difficult

Cloze Test

5

Moderate-Difficult

Phrase Replacement

5

Easy- Moderate

Computer Knowledge Section of IPPB Officer Scale I Main Exam 2016:

Computer Knowledge section of IPPB Officer Scale-I (Main) Exam 2016 was moderate. The questions were mainly from history and generations of computers and MS Office tools.

General Awareness Section of IPPB Officer Scale I Main Exam 2016:

General Awareness section of IPPB Officer Scale-I (Main) Exam 2016 was easy to moderate. This section saw a mix of questions from banking, static and current affairs. There were a few questions related to the India Post Payments Bank.

Quantitative Aptitude Section of IPPB Officer Scale I Main Exam 2016:

Questions in the Quant section of IPPB Officer Scale-I (Main) Exam 2016 were difficult and calculation intensive. There were questions on Data Interpretation which included pie charts, missing DI, tabular DI and caselet. Miscellaneous questions were asked from different topics like profit & loss, average, ratio & proportion, time & work.

Topic

Number of Questions

Level of Difficulty

Data Sufficiency (2 statements)

5

Difficult

Quadratic Equations

5

Easy-Moderate

Number Series (Wrong number)

5

Moderate-Difficult

Data Interpretation

5

Moderate

Data Interpretation (Case let)

5

Moderate-Difficult

Data Interpretation (Pie Chart)

5

Moderate-Difficult

Data Interpretation (Table)

5

Moderate

Miscellaneous (Profit and Loss, Time & Work,
Averages, Ratio and Proportion, SI/CI, Time,
Speed and Distance, etc.) 

15

Moderate-Difficult

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About Indian Post Payments Bank

The Indian Post Payments Bank is a Government of India organization. It is the state-owned commercial bank in India. The work done by this body is mainly related to the financial schemes in the post office.