Today was the second 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 |
21- 23 |
20 |
Reasoning Ability |
35 |
Easy-Moderate |
28-30 |
20 |
Numerical Ability |
35 |
Easy-Moderate |
23-26 |
20 |
Total |
100 |
Easy-Moderate |
72-79 |
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 Excess use of smartphone. (There were two questions based on synonyms and antonyms.) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Parajumbles |
5 |
Easy |
Phrase Replacement |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Spot the Error – find the correct statement. |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Fill in blank – Single FIB |
4 |
Easy |
Cloze Test |
6 |
Easy |
There was one set of Reading Comprehension. Two questions were from synonyms and antonyms. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of Difficulty |
AR (Circular Seating Arrangement) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – uncertain number of people) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
AR (Data Arrangement – floor based) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Coding-Decoding |
5 |
Easy |
Number based – set |
5 |
Easy |
Alpha-numeric Series |
5 |
Easy |
Syllogism |
3 |
Easy-Moderate |
Miscellaneous (Blood Relation/Direction/Alphabet based) |
2 |
Easy-Moderate |
There were three sets of five questions each 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 (Bar Graph) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Comparison of variables: Quadratic Equations |
5 |
Easy |
Simplification/Approximation |
10 |
Easy |
Number Series (Completion of Series) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Profit, Loss and Discount |
1 |
Moderate |
Simple Interest and Compound Interest |
1 |
Moderate |
Time and Work – Pipes and Cisterns |
1 |
Moderate |
Time, Speed and Distance - Boat and Stream |
1 |
Moderate |
Ratio and Proportion |
1 |
Moderate |
Miscellaneous (Quant based problems) |
5 |
Moderate |
There was one set of five questions from Data Interpretation (Bar Graph). The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
Disclaimer: All information on cut-offs, analysis, answer key and scores are based on independent analysis and evaluation made by Career Launcher. We do not take responsibility for any decision that might be taken, based on this information.
All the best!!
Team CL