Today was the second 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 | Moderate | 20-22 | 20 |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | Easy-Moderate | 28-30 | 20 |
| Numerical Ability | 35 | Moderate | 22-25 | 20 |
| Total | 100 | Moderate | 75-83 | 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 employee – employer relationship. | 8 | Moderate |
| Para jumbles | 5 | Moderate |
| Spot the Error (bold words based) | 5 | Easy |
| Sentence Jumbles | 5 | Easy |
| Phrase Replacement | 3 | Easy |
| Spot the Error – Find the grammatical correct sentence. | 4 | Easy |
Reading Comprehension was based on employee-employer relationship. There were 2/3 questions of vocabulary in RC. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.
| Topic | Number of questions | Level of Difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| AR (Square Seating Arrangement ) | 5 | Moderate |
| AR (Data Arrangement – Arrangement of people in a building) | 5 | Moderate |
| AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – Single row) | 4 | Moderate |
| AR (Data Arrangement – Bag based) | 3 | Moderate |
| AR (Data Arrangement – Arrangement of people buying cars on different days.) | 3 | Easy |
| Direction – set based | 3 | Easy |
| Puzzle – 5 three digits numbers were given. Find the product of the digits of the second largest number. | 5 | Easy |
| Alphabet based – Arrangement of letters in a word (One word per question – MONTHS and MISADJUSTED) | 2 | Easy |
| Arrangements of digits | 3 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 2 | Moderate |
There were five sets from Seating Arrangement and Data Arrangement. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
| Topic | Number of questions | Level of Difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| Data Interpretation (Table – with food apps and orders placed in different months) | 5 | Moderate |
| Simplification/Approximation | 10 | Easy-Moderate |
| Number Series (Series Completion) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Comparison of variables: Quadratic Equations | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Percentage | 2 | Moderate |
| Ratio and Proportion | 1 | Moderate |
| Time, Speed and Distance – Boat and Stream | 2 | Moderate |
| Ages | 1 | Moderate |
| Profit, Loss and Discount | 1 | Moderate |
| Mensuration (Area based) | 1 | Moderate |
| Average | 1 | Moderate |
| Simple Interest and Compound Interest | 1 | Moderate |
There was one set of five questions from Data Interpretation (table based). The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.
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All the best!!
Team CL