IBPS PO/MT Main Exam 2018 Analysis & Cutoff

IBPS PO/MT Main Exam (November 18, 2018): Analysis

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducted the Main Examination, for the recruitment of Probationary Officers/Management Trainee across the country on November 18, 2018.

There were 155 questions, which had to be answered in 180 minutes. There were four sections, namely, Reasoning & Computer Aptitude, General/Economy/Banking Awareness, English Language and Data Analysis & Interpretation. All the sections except the section on English Language were available bilingually, that is, both in English and in Hindi. Each question had 5 options. One-fourth or 0.25 marks will be deducted for every incorrect answer.

Objective Part:

The detailed break-up of IBPS PO Main Exam 2018 is as follows:

Sections	Number of questions	Maximum marks	Level of difficulty	Good attempts (in marks)	Time allotted for each section
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	45	60	Difficult	16-19	60 minutes
General/Economy/Banking Awareness	40	40	Moderate	25-28	35 minutes
English Language	35	40	Difficult	15-17	40 minutes
Data Analysis & Interpretation	35	60	Difficult	14-16	45 minutes
Total	155	200	Difficult	83-88	180

Sectional and overall expected cut-off of Objective Part of IBPS PO Main Exam 2018:

Subject	General	OBC	SC	ST
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude (Out of 60 marks)	10-12	7-9	7-9	7-9
General/Economy/Banking Awareness (Out of 40 marks)	11-13	8-10	8-10	810
English Language (Out of 40 marks)	6-8	4-6	4-6	4-6
Data Analysis & Interpretation (Out of 60 marks)	14-16	10-12	10-12	10-12
Overall Objective Test (Out of 200)	80-84	75-79	62-67	42-47

Reasoning & Computer Aptitude:

Questions featured in the Reasoning section were difficult in terms of difficulty level. There were no questions asked from Computer Aptitude. The reasoning part saw questions from Seating Arrangements & Puzzles, Data Sufficiency, Coding-Decoding and Machine Input-Output.

Topics	Number of Questions	Level of Difficulty
AR (Rectangular Seating Arrangement – Direction and distance were also given.)	5	Difficult
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – with an uncertain number of people)	5	Difficult
AR (Puzzle – 6 people were there and their date of birth and number of days gap (4 < gap > 8) between them were given.	5	Difficult
Coding-Decoding	2	Moderate - Difficult
Data Sufficiency	2	Moderate - Difficult
Blood Relation questions with calculations	4	Difficult
Machine Input Output	5	Moderate -Difficult
Direction – set based	5	Moderate -Difficult
AR – Linear Arrangement – Some certain children are sitting and some like fruits facing south and some like flowers facing north.	1	Difficult
Puzzle – 3 floors were given and each floor has 2 flats. Area of each room was given.	1	Difficult
Logical Reasoning	10	Difficult

General/Economy/Banking Awareness:

In general, the difficulty level of this section was moderate. This section saw a mix of questions from Current Affairs & News of May to November months and Banking. Some questions were from Static Part.

English Language:

The overall difficulty level of the English Language section was difficult. There were questions on Reading Comprehension, Para Jumbles, Statement Connection, Fill in the Blanks (double FIB), Cloze Test and Spot the Error. There were short passages having 2-3 questions each.

Topic	Number of questions	Level of difficu lty
Reading Comprehension (5 + 3 + 2 Qs.)	10	Moderate-Difficult
RC - Synonyms or Antonyms	4	Moderate
Cloze Test (Bold words were given)	6	Difficult
Para jumbles (5th sentence was fixed.)	3	Difficult
Fill in the blanks (Double FIB)	3	Moderate-Difficult
Spot the Error – Error based statements	4	Difficult
Rephrasing Sentences	3	Difficult
Statement Connection – Connectors/Starters	2	Difficult

Data Analysis & Interpretation:

Questions in the Data Analysis & Interpretation section were difficult and calculation intensive. There were questions on Data Interpretation- Bar Graph, Caselet and Table. The questions on Data Sufficiency and Number Series were moderate to difficult.

Topic	Number of questions	Level of difficulty
Data Sufficiency	5	Moderate-Difficult
Comparison of three quantities – 3 quantities based questions along with inequalities and we have to compare them.	5	Difficult
Data Interpretation (Table based)	5	Difficult
Data Interpretation (Bar Graph)	5	Difficult
Data Interpretation (Caselet based)	5	Difficult
Number Series (2 series were given, one has to be found according to the pattern given in first one.)	5	Moderate-Difficult
Mensuration	1	Moderate-Difficult
Time, Speed and Distance	1	Moderate-Difficult
Time and work	1	Moderate-Difficult
Numbers – HCF/LCM	1	Moderate-Difficult
Miscellaneous (Quant based)	1	Moderate-Difficult

Descriptive Part:

There were two writing tasks (for 25 marks) to be completed in 30 minutes.

Essay writing: (200 words)
Topics (Memory based):

Face news
Physical copies of magazines and journals have become very less and it has become digital due to less readership.
Various universal health schemes
Use of Foreign language

Letter writing: (150 words)

Topics (Memory based):

Write a letter to the editor to present your views on various types of pollution caused due to festivals and measures to minimize it.
Write a letter to the neighbor thanking them for their help in the hour of need.

Expected cut-off of Descriptive Part of IBPS PO Main Exam 2018:

Subject	General	OBC	SC	ST
English Language - Descriptive (Out of 25 marks)	10 -12.5	8-10	8-10	8-10

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