IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2nd December 2017: (4th Slot)
Dear Aspirants ! From today onwards, IBPS is start conducting the IBPS Clerk Prelims Examination and as the Forth Shift is over now, here we are providing you the Detailed Exam Review of IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2nd December 2017: (4th 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. Lets have a look on the detailed review of this shift given below.
Exam Pattern of IBPS Clerk 2017 Prelims Exam:
The Prelims Examination will consist of three sections namely
*Negative marking of 0.25 marks is applied on each wrong answer.
- Quantitative Aptitude - 35 Marks
- Reasoning Ability - 30 Marks
- English Language - 35 Marks
*Negative marking of 0.25 marks is applied on each wrong answer.
IBPS Clerk Prelims Overall Exam Analysis
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 | 14-16 | 15 |
| Reasoning Ability | 27-30 | 20 |
| Numerical Ability | 21-24 | 25 |
| Total | 75-80 | 60 |
English Language Analysis
- The topic of Reading Comprehension was based on ""Hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons are all tropical storms.".
- There were no questions related to the vocabulary with Reading Comprehension.
- The Error Detection Questions were of a new pattern where candidates were asked to find the part in the sentence that does not have any error.
- There were questions of (single) Fill in the blank where two words would fit one blank and candidate had to choose among given set of words and identify the two words that would fill in the blank appropriately.
| Topic | No. of Question | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 5 | Moderate |
| Single Filler – New Pattern | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Error Detection | 8 | Moderate |
| Phrase Replacement | 12 | 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 10 out of 35 questions were from the arithmetic portion.
- There was only 01 Set of Tabular based DI
| Topics | No. of Question | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Tabular DI | 5 | Moderate |
| Simplification | 15 | Easy-Moderate |
| Number Series (Missing) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Average | 1 | Easy |
| Profit & Loss | 1 | Easy |
| Simple Interest and Compound Interest | 1 | Easy |
| Discount | 1 | Easy |
| Problem on Ages | 1 | Easy |
| Ratio and Proportion | 1 | Easy |
| Time and Work | 1 | Moderate |
| Boat and Stream | 1 | Moderate |
| Miscellaneous | 2 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy-Moderate |
Reasoning Ability Analysis (Easy)
The level of Reasoning Ability Section was Easy. There were 03 sets of Puzzles and Seating Arrangement which are given below:-
- Seating Arrangement based on - (All 8 persons facing North, 1 variable)
- Square Puzzle base on (In and Out) - 1 Variable
- Box Based Puzzle base on (6 Box, 6 Chocolates)
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Blood Relation | 3 | Easy |
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangement | 15 | Moderate |
| Numerical Series | 5 | Easy |
| Alphabet based | 1 | Easy |
| Inequality | 3 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 3 | Easy |
| Alphabet Series | 5 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy |
