The Indian Bank PO Preliminary Exam 2018 started today, 6th October, 2018. The exam was held in four slots. 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.
Section |
Total Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Good Attempts |
Approximate Time Taken (In Minutes) |
English Language |
30 |
Easy - moderate |
20 - 22 |
15 |
Quantitative Aptitude |
35 |
Moderate |
20 - 23 |
25 |
Reasoning Ability |
35 |
Easy - Moderate |
24 - 26 |
20 |
Total |
100 |
Moderate |
64 - 71 |
60 |
Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Reading Comprehension |
7 |
Easy - Moderate |
Vocabulary |
4 |
Moderate |
Cloze test |
8 |
Moderate |
Spot the Error |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Fill in the blanks (2 blanks) |
4 |
Easy |
Finding the correct /Incorrect statements among the given statements |
2 |
Moderate |
Reading Comprehension (RC) was easy - moderate. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy - moderate.
Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Numbet Series (Missing Number Series) |
5 |
Moderate - Difficult |
Comparison of two variables |
5 |
Easy |
DI (bar graph) |
5 |
Moderate |
Profit loss discount |
2 |
Easy-Moderate |
DI (Table) |
5 |
Easy - Moderate |
Set on Ratio and percentage |
5 |
Easy |
Geometry and mensuration |
3 |
Easy-Moderate |
Ages |
1 |
Moderate |
Mixtures |
1 |
Moderate |
SI and CI |
1 |
Moderate |
Ratio |
2 |
Easy |
DI part was easy. The questions on Number Series were moderate to difficult. The Arithmetic-based questions were primarily from Ratio, percentage, profit and loss, Mixtures, SI/CI, Ages, etc. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy - moderate.
| Topic | Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Inequalities |
4 |
Easy |
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement - North-South facing) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
AR(Box Based Puzzle) |
5 |
Moderate |
Direction based Set |
3 |
Easy-Moderate |
Coding-Decoding |
3 |
Easy |
Ranking Arrangement(Houses - paint) |
5 |
Easy |
AR (Floor arrangement) |
5 |
Moderate |
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement - All North facing) |
5 |
Easy - Moderate |
Analytical reasoning sets were moderate. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.
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