IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis, Review 2017: 09th Dec – Shift 1
Memory Based Questions IBPS Clerk Pre
IBPS‘s recruitment of Clerk is the much-anticipated opportunity for every banking aspirant and with the Preliminary exam, you are now a step closer to achieve your goal. Today’s (09 December’17) IBPS Clerk Pre exam 1st shift is over now, and it is the time for its Exam Analysis. All those aspirants who are yet to appear for IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam can benefit from this exam analysis as here we provide you an insight on the types and levels of questions being asked in this year’s IBPS Clerk Prelims exam. The level of this shift’s examination was Moderate.
English Language Exam Analysis of IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017
- Level of the section: Moderate
- Important Changes: The pattern of Phrase Replacement and Rearrangement was changed in today’s shift. We have shared the details of new pattern below.
Topic-wise breakup of Questions asked:
| Name of the Topic | Number of Questions asked |
| Reading Comprehension | 5 Questions |
| Rearrangement | 10 Questions |
| Phrase Replacement (Reverse) | 5 Questions |
| Fill in the blanks | 10 Questions |
Details of Topics asked:
- Reading Comprehension:
The passage was not story based and there were no vocabulary based questions. - Rearrangement:
A sentence was divided into 5 different parts and the students had to rearrange them properly to make a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence. - Phrase Replacement:
Questions were based on Idioms & Phrases. A part of the sentence was given in bold and the students had to identify the correct idiom or phrase from the given options which could be used to replace it. - Fill in the blanks:
Double filler based questions were asked.
Numerical Ability Exam Analysis of IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017
- Level of the section: Moderate
- Important Changes: No major change was introduced in this section
Topic-wise breakup of Questions asked:
| Name of the Topic | Number of Questions asked |
| Data Interpretation | 5 Questions |
| Number Series | 5 Questions |
| Simplification/ Approximation | 15 Questions |
| Miscellaneous Questions | 10 Questions |
Details of Topics asked:
- Data Interpretation:
Questions were asked from a tabular DI, where the information of 4-5 different people for different months was given. - Number Series:
The questions were doable and based on basic arithmetic calculations. Following questions were asked: - Simplification/ Approximation:
Proper knowledge of BODMAS rules will help you solve these questions easily. - Miscellaneous Questions:
These questions were moderate and were asked from different topics like Age based problems, Profit & Loss, Time & Work, Mensuration, Partnership etc.
Reasoning Ability Exam Analysis of IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017
- Level of the section: Moderate
- Important Changes: There was no major change in this section.
Topic-wise breakup of Questions asked:
| Name of the Topic | Number of Questions asked |
| Puzzles & Seating Arrangement | 10 Questions |
| Syllogism | 5 Questions |
| Inequality | 5 Questions |
| Series based Questions | 5 Questions |
| Miscellaneous | 10 Questions |
Details of Topics asked:
- Puzzles & Seating Arrangement:
One floor based puzzle was asked (Single Parameter)
Another was a linear arrangement where 12 people were sitting in 2 different rows, one row facing north and the other facing south. - Inequality
Direct inequality questions were asked. - Syllogism
Questions were direct and easily doable. - Series based Questions:
Alphanumeric series was asked - Miscellaneous
This included questions from Blood Relations (3), Direction (3), Ranking etc.
IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017: Number of Good Attempts
Here are the section wise and overall good attempts of IBPS Clerk Prelims exam based on this shift of the exam:
| Section Name | Number of Good Attempts |
| English Language | 15+ Questions |
| Numerical Ability | 20+ Questions |
| Reasoning Ability | 25+ Questions |
| Overall Exam | 65+ Questions |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis, Review 2017: 09th Dec – Shift 2
IBPS Clerk Prelims Analysis: Overall
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 | 14-17 | 15 |
| Reasoning Ability | 28-31 | 20 |
| Numerical Ability | 23-25 | 25 |
| Total | 78-82 | 60 |
English Language (Moderate-Difficult)
The level of English Language was Moderate-Difficult. 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 |
| Double Fillers | 10 | Moderate |
| Idioms/ Phrases | 10 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Sentence Rearrangement (New Pattern) | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Total | 30 | Moderate-Difficult |
Numerical Ability (Easy-Moderate)
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:
- Tabular (Month-based)
| Topics | No. of Question | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Tabular DI | 5 | Moderate |
| Simplification | 13 | 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 | 4 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy-Moderate |
Reasoning Ability (Easy)
There were 3 sets of puzzles and Seating Arrangement which are given below:-
- Linear (Single line, North-South) 1 Variable
- Month Based (8 Month)
- Circular Seating Arrangement (8 person)
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Coding-Decoding | 4 | Easy |
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangement | 15 | Moderate |
| Alphabet Series | 5 | Easy |
| Number Series | 5 | Easy |
| Inequality | 3 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 3 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis, Review 2017: 09th Dec – Shift 3
IBPS Clerk Prelims Analysis: Overall
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 | 15-18 | 15 |
| Reasoning Ability | 27-30 | 20 |
| Numerical Ability | 24-27 | 25 |
| Total | 77-81 | 60 |
English Language (Moderate-Difficult)
The level of English Language was Moderate-Difficult.The topic of Reading Comprehension was “War on Poverty”. There were new pattern questions on idiom and phrases where one had to choose an idiom/phrase the was similar to the words 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 |
| Double Fillers | 7 | Moderate |
| Idioms/ Phrases | 10 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Sentence Rearrangement (New Pattern) | 8 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Total | 30 | Moderate-Difficult |
Numerical Ability (Easy-Moderate)
The level of Numerical Ability section was Easy-Moderate. The number of questions from arithmetic (word problems) was 10 out of 35 questions. There was only 1 set of DI:
- Tabular
| Topics | No. of Question | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Tabular DI | 5 | Moderate |
| Simplification | 15 | Easy-Moderate |
| Number Series (Missing) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Simple Interest | 1 | Easy |
| Perecentage | 2 | Easy |
| Problem on Ages | 1 | Easy |
| Mixture & Alligations | 1 | Easy |
| Time and Work | 1 | Moderate |
| Pipes and Cisterns | 1 | Moderate |
| Ratio | 1 | Moderate |
| Boats and Streams | 1 | Moderate |
| Mensuration | 1 | Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Easy-Moderate |
Reasoning Ability (Easy)
There were 3 sets of Puzzles and Seating Arrangement which are given below:-
- Linear (Single line, North) 1 Variable
- Days Based Puzzle
- Square Seating Arrangement
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Blood Relation | 3 | Easy |
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangement | 15 | Moderate |
| Alphabets | 5 | Easy |
| Alpha-numeric Series | 5 | Easy |
| Inequality | 3 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 2 | Easy |
| Order and Ranking | 2 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis, Review 2017: 09th Dec – Shift 4
Numerical Ability Exam Analysis of IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017
The overall level of the Numerical Ability section was Moderate. Here are the details of the topics asked from this section:
| Topic Name | No. of Questions | Topic Details |
| Number Series | 5 Questions |
|
| Simplification/ Approximation | 15 Questions |
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| Data Interpretation | 5 Questions |
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| Miscellaneous | 10 Questions |
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Reasoning Ability Exam Analysis of IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017
The overall level of the Reasoning ability section was Easy to Moderate. Check out the topic-wise questions asked in this section below:
| Topic Name | No. of Questions | Topic Details |
| Puzzles & Seating Arrangement | 15 Questions |
|
| Inequality | 4 Questions |
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| Syllogism | 4 Questions |
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| Series based questions | 5 Questions |
|
| Miscellaneous | 7 Questions |
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English Language Exam Analysis of IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017
The overall level of the English Language section was Moderate. Go through the questions asked from different topics in the English section below:
| Topic Name | No. of Questions | Topic Details |
| Phrase Replacement | 5 Questions |
|
| Fill in the blanks | 10 Questions |
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| Rearrangement | 10 Questions |
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| Reading Comprehension | 5 Questions |
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IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017: Number of Good attempts
Based on the level of the exam conducted across different shifts today, here is the section-wise and overall good attempts for the IBPS Clerk Prelims exam 2017:
| Section Name | Number of Good Attempts |
| Overall Exam | 65+ Questions |
| Reasoning Ability | 25+ Questions |
| Numerical Ability | 20+ Questions |
| English Language | 15+ Questions |
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