IBPS PO Pre Exam 2016 is over Today, It was the fourth & final day where IBPS has conducted the Preliminary exam for the post of Probationary Officers (PO).
The exam is being conducted in 4 slots on various shifts i.e 9 am, 11.30 am, 2 pm, 4.30 pm. Most of you have appeared for the same. The overall level of today’s exam was of moderate level.
The pattern of the exam is as follows:
Below is the detail analysis of all the sections
I. English Language (30 Qs)
Level – Moderate
1. Reading Comprehension –
- 1st slot – RC – 7 Questions (Moderate) (Based on Mexico & U.S. GDP)
- 2nd slot – RC – 7 Questions (Moderate) (Based on Economy)
- 3rd slot – RC – 7 Questions (Moderate) (Based on Economy)
- 4th slot – RC – 7 Questions (Moderate) (Based on Economy)
2. Cloze test – 8 Questions (Moderate) (Based on the Economy of China)
3. Parajumble – 5 Questions (Moderate) (Based on Technology in Education System)
4. Spotting Error – 10 Qs (Moderate)
Note: No Antonym – Synonyms & Fillers were asked.
II. Reasoning Ability (35 Qs)
Level – Moderate
1. Puzzle (floor based) – 5 Qs – (Moderate)
2. Arrangement / Puzzle –
- Seating arrangement (circular)- 5 Qs (Moderate)
- Linear arrangement – 5 Qs (8 persons facing both North South Direction) (Moderate)
3. Inequality (Direct)- 5 Qs (Easy)
4. Syllogism – 5 Qs (Easy)
5. Rest Miscellaneous – 10 Qs (Easy to Moderate) (Blood Relation, Direction, etc)
Note: No Coding-Decoding Questions were asked
III. Quantitative Aptitude (35 Qs)
Level – Moderate
1. Number Series – 5 Qs (Moderate)
1st Slot:-
- (a) 7, 6, 8, 15, 44, ?
- (b) 16, 25, 42, ?, 66, 96
- (c) 4, 6, 9, 34, ?
- (d) 7, 6, 9.9, 14.5, 23.7, ?
- (e) 9, 5, 4, 7.5, 13,?
2. Data Interpretation –
- 1st slot – 2 set (10 Qs) – (Easy to Moderate) (Line graph and Tabular graph – colleges with the total number of students and total number of female students)
- 2nd slot – 2 set (10 Qs) – (Easy to Moderate) (Line and Tabular graphs)
- 3rd slot – (2 Sets) – (10 Qs) (Easy to Moderate) (Line graph – based on percentage and Tabular graph)
- 4th slot – (2 Sets) – (10 Qs) (Easy to Moderate) (Line graph and Tabular graphs)
Note: No Missing DI
3. Approximation – 5 Qs (Easy)
4. Quadratic Equation – 5 Qs (Easy)
5. Miscellaneous – 10 Qs (Moderate)
Some topics – Age, Probability (Based on number of rotten eggs), Partnership, Profit & Loss, Average, Boats & Stream, Compound/Simple Interest, Time & Work, etc.
Do’s & Don’t
Please plan sectional timing properly & attempt the exam in following sequence, you can follow your own strategies also…
1. Quant – 20 min
2. Reasoning : 25 mins
3. English Lang – 15 min
1. English Section
English was quite moderate, with Reading Comprehension & typical Parajumble question. Rest of the questions like Cloze test were moderate. Don’t start section with Parajumble question. You can easily attempt 15 – 18 questions with good accuracy.
2. Quantitative Aptitude
This section was of easy to moderate level. Quadratic Equation questions was easy to moderate, try to attempt these questions first to clear the sectional cutoff.
The Number series questions was of moderate level, you can attempt 5 questions. Some Miscellaneous questions was of moderate & time consuming, so don’t waste time on these question. You can easily attempt 20 – 22 question in this section.
3. Reasoning Section
This time the level of the Reasoning section was of moderate level. There were 3 puzzle, mostly puzzle was of moderate and time consuming. To clear the sectional cutoff of this section, don’t start with puzzle questions. You can start questions with Inequality, Blood relation, etc. Try to attempt questions with 100% accuracy. If you can manage to attempt 15 -20 questions, you can easily clear the section cutoff of this section.
Good Attempts IBPS PO 2016
- 1. English Language – 15 – 18
- 2. Reasoning Ability – 20 – 22
- 3. Quantitative Aptitude – 20 – 22
Expected Section-wise Cut off IBPS PO 2016
1. English Section – 5 – 6
2. Reasoning – 8 – 9
3. Quantitative Aptitude – 8 – 9
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