IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis, Review 2017: 02nd
Dec – Shift 1
Memory Based Paper IBPS Clerk Pre All Shifts
Dear Aspirants,
IBPS CLERK PRELIMS EXAM ANALYSIS & REVIEW:
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 (02nd 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.
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 | 16-19 | 15 |
| Reasoning Ability | 27-31 | 20 |
| Numerical Ability | 21-25 | 25 |
| Total | 77-82 | 60 |
English Language (Moderate-Difficult)
The level of English Language was Moderate-Difficult. The topic of reading comprehension was based on the impact of pollution in the ocean and on the aquatic animals. 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 (Easy-Moderate)
The level of Numerical Ability section was Easy-Moderate. The number of questions from arithmetic (word problems) was significantly high as 15 out of 35 questions were from the arithmetic portion There was only 1 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 |
| Simple Interest and Compound Interest | 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 (Easy)
There were 3 sets of puzzles and Seating Arrangement which are given below:-
- Linear (Single line North-South) 1Variable
- Floor (8 floors) 1 Variable
- Circular (Towards the centre) – 1 Variable
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Order and Ranking | 2 | Easy |
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangement | 15 | Moderate |
| Numerical Series | 5 | Easy |
| Alphabet based | 2 | Easy |
| Inequality | 3 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 3 | Easy |
| Alphabet Series | 5 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis, Review 2017: 02nd Dec – Shift 2
Dear Aspirants,
IBPS CLERK PRELIMS EXAM ANALYSIS & REVIEW:
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 (02nd December’17) IBPS Clerk Pre exam 2nd 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.
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 | 28-32 | 20 |
| Numerical Ability | 22-26 | 25 |
| Total | 76-81 | 60 |
English Language (Moderate-Difficult)
The level of English Language was Moderate-Difficult. The topic of reading comprehension was based on “the menace Pollution is and its impact on human health”. 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 (Easy-Moderate)
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 1 set of DI:
- Tabular
| 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 (Easy)
There were 2 sets of puzzles and Seating Arrangement which are given below:-
- Month Based (8 persons, 1 variable)
- Circular (Towards the center) – 1 Variable
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Order and Ranking | 2 | Easy |
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangement | 10 | Moderate |
| Numerical Series | 4 | Easy |
| Alphabet based | 2 | Easy |
| Inequality | 3 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 3 | Easy |
| Alphabet Series | 5 | Easy |
| Direction Sense | 2 | Easy |
| Coding-Decoding | 4 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis, Review 2017: 02nd Dec – Shift 3
Dear Aspirants,
IBPS CLERK PRELIMS EXAM ANALYSIS & REVIEW:
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 (02nd December’17) IBPS Clerk Pre exam 3rd 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.
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 | 26-29 | 20 |
| Numerical Ability | 21-24 | 25 |
| Total | 77-80 | 60 |
English Language (Moderate-Difficult)
The level of English Language was Moderate-Difficult. The topic of reading comprehension was based on “The strategy and actions of China’s ecological.”. 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 (Easy-Moderate)
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 1 set of DI:
- Tabular
| 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 (Easy)
There were 3 sets of puzzles and Seating Arrangement which are given below:-
- Linear (North-South, 1 variable)
- Circular (Towards the center) – 1 Variable
- Floor Based (1 variable)
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Order and Ranking | 2 | Easy |
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangement | 15 | Moderate |
| Numerical Series | 4 | Easy |
| Alphabet based | 1 | Easy |
| Inequality | 2 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 3 | Easy |
| Alphabet Series | 5 | Easy |
| Direction Sense | 2 | Easy |
| Coding-Decoding | 1 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis, Review 2017: 02nd Dec – Shift 4
Dear Aspirants,
IBPS CLERK PRELIMS EXAM ANALYSIS & REVIEW:
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 (02nd December’17) IBPS Clerk Pre exam 4th 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.
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 | 13-16 | 15 |
| Reasoning Ability | 28-32 | 20 |
| Numerical Ability | 23-26 | 25 |
| Total | 79-83 | 60 |
English Language (Moderate-Difficult)
The level of English Language was Moderate-Difficult. 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 (Easy-Moderate)
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 1 set of DI:
- Tabular
| 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 (Easy)
There were 3 sets of puzzles and Seating Arrangement which are given below:-
- Linear (All 8 persons facing North, 1 variable)
- Square (In and Out) – 1 Variable
- Box Based (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 |
| Coding-Decoding | 5 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy |
