Today was the second 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 | 22-23 | 20 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | Easy-Moderate | 22-24 | 20 |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | Easy-Moderate | 25-27 | 20 |
| Total | 100 | Easy-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: 57-62 |
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Spot the Error |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Reading Comprehension (Based on Solar Pump) – Three questions were based on vocabulary and fill in the blanks. |
8 |
Easy-Moderate |
Phrase Replacement |
2 |
Easy |
Fill in the blanks – Single FIB |
5 |
Easy |
Word Replacement |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Para jumbles/Sentence Rearrangement |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
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 (Bar graph) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Data Interpretation (Double Pie Charts) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Data Interpretation (Caselet) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Comparison of Variables: Quadratic Equations |
5 |
Easy |
|
Simplification/Approximation |
10 |
Easy |
|
|
10 |
Easy-Moderate |
There were three sets of Data Interpretation of 5 questions each. Some commonly asked topics were Mensuration, Time Speed and Distance, Simple Interest, Partnership, Ages and Profit, Loss and Discount etc. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy-moderate,
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
AR (Data Arrangement – 6 People/Sequence of posts/Flowers based) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – People/North facing/likes chocolate) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
AR (Square Seating Arrangement – 8 People/Different Places based) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Coding-decoding (set based) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Mathematical Inequalities |
5 |
Easy |
Coding-Decoding |
5 |
Easy |
Blood Relation |
3 |
Easy |
Alphabet based |
2 |
Easy |
The Reasoning Ability section was dominated by questions based on Analytical Reasoning. There were four sets of Seating Arrangement and Data Arrangement. No questions based on Syllogism were there in the exam. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
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