Today was the first day of the IBPS PO Preliminary Exam 2019. 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 | 22-24 | 20 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | Moderate-difficult | 20-22 | 20 |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | Easy-Moderate | 25-28 | 20 |
| Total | 100 | Moderate | 67-74 | 60 |
| Subject | General | SC/ST/OBC |
| English Language (Out of 30) | 8-10 | 5-7 |
| Quantitative Aptitude (Out of 35) | 7-9 | 4-6 |
| Reasoning Ability (Out of 35) | 8-10 | 5-7 |
| Overall Objective Test (Out of 100) | 60-65 | OBC: 57-62SC: 51-55ST: 43-47 |
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Reading Comprehension (Based on Environment |
6 |
Easy |
Reading Comprehension (Based on Purpose of Life/Leadership of Company) - One question was based on synonym. |
8 |
Moderate |
Phrase Replacement |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Fill in the blanks- Single FIB/3 statements -Multiple Options |
3 |
Easy |
Cloze Test (Based on Growth and Development of Economy) |
6 |
Easy-Moderate |
Interchanged of Bold word |
2 |
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 Environment. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Data Interpretation (Table based) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Data Interpretation (Table based) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Data Interpretation (Caselet – Partnership based) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Simplification/Approximation |
5 |
Easy |
Quant based word problems: (Profit, Loss and Discount, Simple Interest & Compound Interest, Average, Partnership, Time, Speed and Distance - Boats and Streams, Mensuration, Ages, Percentage etc.) |
10 |
Moderate |
There were three sets of Data Interpretation of 5 questions each. Some commonly asked topics were Mensuration, Time Speed and Distance, Simple Interest & Compound Interest, Partnership, Ages and Profit, Loss and Discount. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate,
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
AR (Data Arrangement – 5 Floors/10 Flats/10 People based) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – Facing North/South) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
AR (Data Arrangement – 5 Days/5 People/5 Countries/5 Movies) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
AR (Circular Seating Arrangement – 8 People and their age based) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Coding-decoding (set based) |
5 |
Easy |
Direction based |
3 |
Easy |
Puzzle – Alphabet based |
1 |
Easy |
Puzzle – Number based |
1 |
Easy |
Syllogism |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
The Reasoning Ability section was dominated by questions based on Analytical Reasoning. There were four sets of Seating Arrangement and Data Arrangement. Five questions based on Syllogism were there in the exam. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
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All the Best!
Team CL