IBPS Clerk Main Exam 2019 was held on January 19, 2020. A total of 190 questions had to be answered in 160 minutes. There were 4 sections namely, General/Financial Awareness, General English, Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude and Quantitative Aptitude. Except General English, the rest of the objective questions were in bilingual format that is, in English and Hindi. Each incorrect answer will reduce the score by 1/4th marks assigned to the respective question.
The detailed break-up of IBPS Clerk Main Exam 2019 is as follows:
| Section | Total Questions | Total Marks | Level of Difficulty | Good Attempts | Time Taken (In Minutes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General/Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | Easy – Moderate | 30-32 | 35 |
| General English | 40 | 40 | Moderate-Difficult | 28-30 | 35 |
| Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude | 50 | 60 | Moderate - Difficult | 28-30 | 45 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | Moderate | 30-32 | 45 |
| Total | 190 | 200 | Moderate | 120-130 | 160 |
Most of the questions came from the Banking Awareness, Financial Awareness and Current Affairs (Maximum questions were from December/January months) sections. There were some questions from the static section of General Awareness. 3-4 questions were from banking awareness. There were also questions based on RBI. The overall difficulty of this section was easy to moderate.
Some questions were like: MUDRA based, Forest Cover of India based, National Science Congress 2020, Joint Military Exercise Tiger Triumph between India and USA, etc.
| Topic | Number of questions | Level of difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension (based on education) | 4 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Reading Comprehension (based on coffee) | 6 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Reading Comprehension (based on technology) | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Parajumbles/Sentence Rearrangement – Out of 4 sentences first and last were fixed. Middle sentences were divided into parts. | 5 | Moderate |
| Fill in the blank (3 sentences were given with a blank in each, one word) | 5 | Moderate |
| Spot the error | 5 | Moderate |
| Sentence Starters | 4 | Easy |
| Cloze Test (bold word based) | 6 | Easy-Moderate |
There were a total of 3 sets of Reading Comprehension. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate to difficult.
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| AR (Circular Seating Arrangement) | 5 | Moderate – Difficult |
| AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – single row) | 5 | Moderate – Difficult |
| AR (Data Arrangement – Alphabet based puzzle) | 5 | Moderate – Difficult |
| AR (Data Arrangement -11 persons based) | 5 | Moderate – Difficult |
| Data Sufficiency | 4 | Moderate |
| Direction – coding based set | 5 | Moderate |
| Coding-Decoding | 5 | Moderate |
| Mathematical Inequalities | 4 | Moderate |
| Alphanumeric Series | 5 | Moderate |
| Logical Reasoning | 2 | Moderate – Difficult |
| Syllogism | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
There was no question from Computer Aptitude. There were 4 sets of seating arrangement and data arrangement. Level of difficulty of this section was moderate to difficult.
| Topic | Number of questions | Level of difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| Data Interpretation (Table) | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Data Interpretation (Bar Graph + Pie Chart) | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Data Interpretation (Line Graph) | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Data Interpretation (Caselet) | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Data Sufficiency - | 5 | Moderate |
| Comparison of quantities: Quantity I and Quantity II | 5 | Moderate |
| Simplification/Approximation | 5 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous (Quant based word problems) | 15 | Moderate |
There were 4 sets of Data Interpretation. Overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.
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