IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 9th December 2017: (1st Slot)
Dear Aspirants ! Tody is the second day of IBPS Clerk Prelims Examination and as the First Shift is over now, here we are providing you the Detailed Exam Review of IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 9th December 2017: (1st Slot)
The exam is taking place in 04 Shifts i.e 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM, 11:30 - 12:30, 2:00 - 3:00 PM and 4:30 - 5:30 PM. The first slot of IBPS Clerk exam is over now. Lets have a look on the detailed review given below.
Exam Pattern of IBPS Clerk 2017 Prelims Exam:
- The Prelims Examination will consist of three sections namely
- Quantitative Aptitude - 35 Marks
- Reasoning Ability - 30 Marks
- English Language - 35 Marks
- The Question paper is of 100 Marks and time allotted for the exam is 01 hour.
- Negative marking of 0.25 marks is applied on each wrong answer.
IBPS Clerk Prelims Overall Exam Analysis
All the three sections remained unchanged as previous shifts. English Section was equally difficult and challenging as observed in the IBPS Clerk Pre Examination on 2nd and 3rd of December.
The Level of this Shift’s Examination was Moderate.
The Level of this Shift’s Examination was Moderate.
The preliminary exam for IBPS Clerk was conducted online and had 100 questions for 60 minutes. Candidates have to manage those 60 minutes themselves while dealing with three sections- Reasoning Ability (35 Ques), Numerical Ability (35 Ques), and English Language (30 Ques).
| Subject | Good Attempt | Time (in min.) |
|---|---|---|
| English Language | 15-17 | 15 |
| Reasoning Ability | 24-27 | 20 |
| Numerical Ability | 20-22 | 25 |
| Total | 70-75 | 60 |
English Language Analysis
The level of English Language was Moderate-Difficult.- The topic of Reading Comprehension was based on "
- There were no questions related to the vocabulary with Reading Comprehension.
- There were new pattern questions on idiom and phrases where one had to choose an idiom/phrase the was similar to the word given in bold.
- There were questions of double fillers.
- In sentence rearrangement, parts of a sentence were to be rearranged to make a meaningful sentence.
Topic
|
No. of Question
|
Level
|
Reading Comprehension
|
5
|
Moderate
|
Single Filler - New Pattern
|
10
|
Moderate-Difficult
|
Idioms/ Phrases
|
10
|
Moderate
|
Sentence Rearrangement (New Pattern)
|
05
|
Moderate-Difficult
|
Total
|
30
|
Moderate-Difficult
|
Numerical Ability Analysis
The level of Numerical Ability section was Easy-Moderate.
The number of questions from arithmetic (word problems) was significantly high as 12 out of 35 questions were from the arithmetic portion There was only 1 set of DI was Tabular (Month-based)
- There was only 01 Set of DI: Tabular
| Topics | No. of Question | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Tabular DI | 5 | Moderate |
| Simplification | 10 | Easy-Moderate |
| Number Series (Missing) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Average | 1 | Easy |
| Profit & Loss | 1 | Easy |
| SI & CI | 2 | Easy |
| Discount | 1 | Easy |
| Problem on Ages | 1 | Easy |
| Ratio and Proportion | 1 | Easy |
| Time and Work | 2 | Moderate |
| Boat and Stream | 1 | Moderate |
| Miscellaneous | 5 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy-Moderate |
Reasoning Ability Analysis
The level of Reasoning Ability Section was Easy.
There were 02 sets of puzzles and Seating Arrangement which are given below:-
- Linear (Double line, North-South) 1 Variable
- Floor (8 floors with different numbers assigned to each like 1, 19, 35, 64, etc) 1 Variable
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Order and Ranking | 3 | Easy |
| Puzzles & Seating Arrangement | 10 | Moderate |
| Alpha-Numerical Series | 5 | Easy |
| Blood Relations | 2 | Easy |
| Inequality | 3 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 3 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous | 10 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy |
