Today was the first day of the IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam 2018. Spanning a period of one week (ending December 15, 2018), 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. This year there is sectional timing of 20 minutes.
The detailed break-up of IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam 2018 is as follows:
|
Section |
Total Questions |
Level of difficulty |
Good Attempts |
Time taken (in minutes) |
|
English Language |
30 |
Easy- Moderate |
18- 21 |
20 |
|
Reasoning Ability |
35 |
Easy-Moderate |
27-30 |
20 |
|
Numerical Ability |
35 |
Easy-Moderate |
22-25 |
20 |
|
Total |
100 |
Easy-Moderate |
67-76 |
60 |
Note: Section wise and overall cut-offs are not uniform for all states.
English Language:
|
Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of difficulty |
|
Reading Comprehension – based on friendship (There were two questions based on vocabulary.) |
7 |
Moderate |
|
Spot the Error – |
6 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Cloze Test |
6 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Phrase Replacement |
6 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Word Usage |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
There was one set of Reading Comprehension. Two questions were from Vocabulary. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
Reasoning Ability:
|
Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of Difficulty |
|
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement) |
3 |
Moderate |
|
AR (Data Arrangement – Month based) |
5 |
Moderate |
|
AR (Data Arrangement) |
5 |
Moderate |
|
Direction – set based |
5 |
Moderate |
|
Number based - Set |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Alphabet based |
1 |
Easy |
|
Number based |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Coding-Decoding |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Mathematical Inequalities |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
There were three sets from Seating Arrangement and Data Arrangement. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
Numerical Ability:
|
Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of Difficulty |
|
Data Interpretation (Table) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Data Interpretation (Caselet) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Number Series (Wrong number series) |
5 |
Easy |
|
Simplification/Approximation |
10 |
Easy |
|
Miscellaneous (Quant based word problems - Time and work, Ratio and Proportion, Mixture and Alligation, Simple interest/Compound Interest, Profit, Loss and Discount etc.) |
10 |
Moderate |
There were two sets of Data Interpretation. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
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All the Best!
Team CL