Today was the second day of the IBPS PO Preliminary Exam 2018. 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.
| Section | Total Questions | Level of difficulty | Good Attempts | Time taken (in minutes) |
| English Language | 30 | Easy-Moderate | 18-21 | 20 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | Moderate | 18-20 | 20 |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | Moderate | 21-22 | 20 |
| Total | 100 | Easy-Moderate | 57-63 | 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) | 48.5-51.5 | OBC: 47.5-50.5 SC: 38-42 ST: 31.5-33.5 |
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| Reading Comprehension (Economy based) | 6 | Moderate |
| Spot the Error | 4 | Easy-Moderate |
| Phrase/Word Replacement | 4 | Easy-Moderate |
| Fill in the blanks | 5 | Moderate |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 4 | Moderate |
| Sentence Correction | 4 | Moderate |
| Match the statements from column 1 and column 2 | 3 | Easy- Moderate |
The English Language section comprised of questions based on Reading Comprehension, Spot the Error, Sentence Rearrangement, Fill in the blanks, Match the statements etc. The Reading Comprehension was based on economy. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| Number Series (Series Completion) | 5 | Moderate |
| Data Interpretation (Line Graph and Table) | 6 | Moderate |
| Data Interpretation(Table) | 5 | Moderate |
| Data Interpretation (Caselet based) | 5 | Moderate |
| Simplification/Approximation | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Data Sufficiency | 3 | Moderate |
| Miscellaneous (Quant based – PLD, Ages, SI/CI etc.) | 6 | Moderate |
There were three sets of Data Interpretation. This year one data interpretation set has both line graph and table. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate, and most of the questions were calculative.
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – 2 parallel rows – 6 persons each – north/south) | 6 | Moderate |
| AR (Data Arrangement – 10 Boxes based) | 5 | Moderate |
| AR (Data Arrangement – Month based - January to August) | 5 | Moderate |
| AR (Data Arrangement – Ages based) | 5 | Moderate |
| Direction – set based | 4 | Moderate |
| Blood Relation – set based | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
| Data Sufficiency | 3 | Moderate |
| Puzzles – Alphabet based | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
| Syllogism | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
The Reasoning Ability section was dominated by questions based on Analytical Reasoning. There were four different sets of Analytical Reasoning based on various kinds of Seating Arrangement and Data Arrangement. Directions based set was moderate. Three questions based on Syllogism were there in the exam. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.
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All the Best!
Team CL