TToday was the first day of the IBPS PO Preliminary Exam 2018. The exam is being conducted in four time slots: 2 each in the morning and the 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.
Section |
Total Questions | Level of difficulty | Good Attempts | Time taken (in minutes) |
English Language |
30 | Easy - Moderate | 18-20 | 20 |
Quantitative Aptitude |
35 | Moderate | 17-20 | 20 |
Reasoning Ability |
35 | Easy-Moderate | 20-22 | 20 |
Total |
100 | Moderate | 55-62 | 60 |
Subject |
General |
SC/ST/OBC |
English Language (Out of 30) |
5-7.5 |
3-5 |
Quantitative Aptitude (Out of 35) |
7.5-9.5 |
5-7 |
Reasoning Ability (Out of 35) |
10-12.5 |
7-9 |
Overall Objective Test (Out of 100) |
50.5-53.5 |
OBC: 49.5-52.5 |
English Language:
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Reading Comprehension (Economy based) |
6 |
Moderate |
Spot the Error |
8 |
Moderate-Difficult |
Cloze Test |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Sentence Improvement. |
5 |
Moderate |
Fill in the blanks |
6 |
Easy-Moderate |
The Reading Comprehension was based on economy. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
Quantitative Aptitude:
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Number Series (Series Completion) |
6 |
Moderate |
Data Interpretation (Bar Graph) |
5 |
Moderate |
Data Interpretation (Table) |
5 |
Moderate |
Data Interpretation (Caselet) |
5 |
Moderate |
Comparison of Variables: Quadratic Equations |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Profit, Loss and Discount |
1 |
Moderate |
Simple Interest & Compound Interest |
1 |
Moderate |
Age based problem |
1 |
Easy - Moderate |
Miscellaneous (Quant based) |
6 |
|
There were 3 sets of Data Interpretation. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.
Reasoning Ability:
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
AR (Data Arrangement - Floor based) |
6 |
Moderate |
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement) |
5 |
Moderate |
AR (Data Arrangement - Month based) |
5 |
Moderate |
AR (Square Seating Arrangement) |
5 |
Moderate |
Coding-Decoding |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Mathematical Inequalities |
5 |
Easy- Moderate |
Puzzles - Alphabet based |
1 |
Easy- Moderate |
Puzzles - Number based |
1 |
Easy- Moderate |
Miscellaneous |
2 |
Easy- Moderate |
The Reasoning Ability section was dominated by questions based on Analytical Reasoning. There were four different sets of based on various kinds of Seating Arrangement and Data Arrangement. There were no questions based on Syllogism in this exam. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
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All the Best!
Team CL