Today was the first day of the IBPS PO Preliminary Exam 2020. The exam is being conducted in four time slots: 2 each in 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.
The detailed break-up of IBPS PO Prelims 2020 exam is as follows:
| Section | Total Questions | Level of difficulty | Good Attempts | Time taken (in minutes) |
| English Languages | 30 | Easy-Moderate | 20-23 | 20 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | Moderate | 20-23 | 20 |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | Moderate | 23-25 | 20 |
| Total | 100 | Moderate | 63-71 | 60 |
English Language:
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| Spot the Error | 5 | Moderate |
| Reading Comprehension (based on Artificial Intelligence) | 7 | Easy-Moderate |
| Phrase Replacement | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
| Fill in the blanks – Double FIB | 5 | Easy |
| Para jumbles | 5 | Easy |
| Word Replacement | 5 | Easy |
The English Language section comprised of questions based on Reading Comprehension, Spot the Error, Fill in the blanks, Parajumbles and Phrase Replacement. The Reading Comprehension was based on Artificial Intelligence. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
Quantitative Aptitude
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| Data Interpretation (Line graph) | 5 | Moderate |
| Data Interpretation (Table) | 5 | Moderate |
| Data Interpretation (Caselet based) | 5 | Moderate |
| Simplification/Approximation | 5 | Easy |
| Wrong Number Series | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Mensuration | 1 | Moderate |
| Ages | 1 | Moderate |
| Mixture | 1 | Moderate |
| Ratio | 1 | Moderate |
| Partnership | 1 | Moderate |
| Quant based word problems (Miscellaneous) | 5 | Moderate |
There were three sets of Data Interpretation of 5 questions each. Some commonly asked topics were Mensuration, Partnership, Ages, Mixture, and Ratio etc. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate,
Reasoning Ability
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – 6 persons facing north /weights of these persons) | 5 | Moderate |
| AR (Square Seating Arrangement – 8 People based) | 5 | Moderate |
| AR (Vertical Arrangement – 9 boxes/Colors) | 5 | Moderate |
| AR (Data Arrangement – Floor/Flats based) | 5 | Moderate |
| Coding – Decoding | 5 | Easy |
| Alphabet based | 1 | Easy |
| Number based | 1 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Miscellaneous | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
The Reasoning Ability section was dominated by questions based on Analytical Reasoning. Five questions based on Syllogism were there in the exam. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.
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Team CL