IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2018
IBPS SO Prelims Exam has successfully conducted on 30th December. The exam is conducting on various cites across the country. Many students appeared for this exam and the competition becomes very tough this time. And Now we are here with the detailed exam analysis to help students understand the type and difficulty level of question asked today. This analysis will help you identify the latest trends of Banking Exams, and will also prove to be helpful for the upcoming SBI & IBPS Exams 2018. The level of the exam was Moderate.
IBPS SO Prelims 2018 Exam Syllabus
IBPS SO Prelim exam has three section Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, and English. There were 50 questions for 25 marks in English, 50 questions for 50 marks in Reasoning and 50 questions for 50 marks in Quantitative Aptitude and The total mark will be 125 within 120 minutes and the time limit of 40 minutes is fixed for each section. The examination held in this shift was Moderate level.
Section | No. of Questions | Total Marks | Duration |
---|---|---|---|
Reasoning |
50 | 50 | 40 minutes |
English |
50 | 25 | 40 minutes |
Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 40 minutes |
Total | 150 | 125 | 120 Minutes |
English Language
English Section was Moderate level. There were 2 sets of Reading Comprehension. one Reading Comprehension was based on millennials and jobs and the other one was based on e-commerce. Students need to chose what to do and what to skip wisely because in this section students need to maintain their accuracy.
Topic |
No. of Question | Level |
Reading Comprehension |
12 Q | Moderate |
Double Fillers |
5 Q | Moderate |
Spotting Error | 10 Q | Moderate |
Cloze test |
5 Q | Easy to Moderate |
Parajumble |
5 Q | Moderate |
Sentence Connector | 5 Q | Moderate |
Phrase Replacement |
5 Q | Moderate |
Word Replacement | 3 Q | Moderate |
Total |
50 Question | Moderate |
Reasoning
Reasoning Section was Easy to Moderate. There were 4 sets of Puzzles and Seating Arrangement, Puzzle was Month based (Person, Month and 3 Cities Variables) and Parallel Row based, Seating Arrangement was Square seating based, ( 8 Persons, Middle Person facing inside and Corner Person Outside), Linear Seating ( single line).
Topic |
No. of Question | Level |
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement |
18 Q | Moderate |
Alphabets |
1 Q | Easy |
Inequality |
5 Q | Easy |
Input-Output |
5 Q | Moderate |
Coding Decoding |
4 Q | Easy to Moderate |
Syllogism |
4 Q | Moderate |
Data Sufficiency |
5 Q | Moderate |
Blood Relation |
3 Q | Easy to Moderate |
Logical Reasoning |
3 Q | Moderate |
Order and Ranking |
2 Q | Easy to Moderate |
Total |
50 Q | Easy to Moderate |
Quantitative Aptitude
Quantitative Aptitude was Moderate. There were 3 sets Data Interpretation (Pie Chart, Line Graph, Caselet DI), Miscellaneous Question was based on Boat and Stream, Profit and Loss, Average, SI & CI, etc.
Topic |
No. of Question | Level |
DI |
15 Q | Moderate |
Approximation |
5 Q | Easy to Moderate |
Missing Number Series |
5 Q | Easy to Moderate |
Quantity Comaprision |
5 Q |
Moderate |
Data Sufficiency |
5 Q | Moderate |
Miscellaneous (Boat and Stream, Profit and Loss, Average, SI & CI, etc) |
15 Q | Moderate |
Total |
50 Q | Moderate |
IBPS SO Prelims Exam 2018: Good Attempt
Subject |
Good Attempt |
English |
31 - 38 |
Reasoning |
30 - 35 |
Quantitative Aptitude |
28 - 30 |
Total |
95-100 Questions |
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