Today was the first day of the IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam 2019. The exam is being conducted in four time slots: 2 each in the morning and evening.
A total of 100 questions had to be answered in 60 minutes. All the sections, except English Language, were available in both English and Hindi. Every correct answer will fetch 1 mark, while every incorrect answer will reduce the score by 0.25. There is sectional timing of 20 minutes.
The detailed break-up of IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam 2019 is as follows:
| Section | Total Questions | Level of difficulty | Good Attempts | Time taken (in minutes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 30 | Easy- Moderate | 22- 24 | 20 |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | Moderate | 26-28 | 20 |
| Numerical Ability | 35 | Easy-Moderate | 24-26 | 20 |
| Total | 100 | Easy-Moderate | 72-78 | 60 |
Note: Section wise and overall cut-offs are not uniform for all states.
| Topic | Number of questions | Level of difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension – based on Travel | 9 | Moderate |
| Parajumbles /Sentence rearrangement | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Fill in the blanks | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Spot the error (bold words) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Spot the error (in parts of a sentence) | 6 | Moderate |
There were more questions on Spot the error this time. Reading Comprehension was lengthy. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
| Topic | Number of questions | Level of Difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| AR (Data Arrangement – 7 Persons/Exam on different days) | 5 | Moderate |
| AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – queue in hospital) | 4 | Moderate |
| AR (Square Seating Arrangement – facing in/out) | 5 | Moderate |
| AR (Parallel arrangement 12 people – North / south) | 5 | Moderate |
| Direction – (set based on 9 persons standing at different locations) | 4 | Moderate |
| Ordering of heights – 6 persons | 3 | Moderate |
| Alphabet Series (words based) | 4 | Easy-Moderate |
| Word based (Pairs of letters in the word DECLARING) | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
| Odd one out | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
| Syllogism | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
There were three sets of questions from Seating Arrangement and one from Data Arrangement. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.
| Topic | Number of questions | Level of Difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| Data Interpretation (Bar graph – cakes sold by 5 bakeries) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Simplification/Approximation | 10 | Easy |
| Number Series (Wrong term) | 5 | Easy |
| Comparison of variables: Quadratic Equations | 5 | Easy |
| Venn diagram based set | 3 | Moderate |
| Percentage | 2 | Moderate |
| Age | 1 | Moderate |
| Boats and Streams | 1 | Moderate |
| Time, Speed and Distance | 1 | Moderate |
| Mixture | 1 | |
| Partnership | 1 | Moderate |
There was one set of five questions from Data Interpretation (bar graph based) and one Venn diagram based set. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
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All the best!!
Team CL