IBPS Clerk mains 1st January 2017 Exam Review
Dear Friends,
Finally on the 1st day of the year i.e. 1st January 2017 IBPS has conducted Clerical level Mains exam.A lot of students have appeared for their mains exam today and this brings them to a step closer in their journey of getting a Job in Banking Sector.
There are 5 Sections in IBPS Clerk mains exam namely English, Reasoning, Computer awareness, General Awareness and Quantitative Aptitude.
OVER-ALL EXAM ANALYSIS :
| SECTIONS | GOOD ATTEMPTS |
| ENGLISH LANGUAGE | 13-17 |
| REASONING ABILITY | 15-17 |
| QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE | 15-18 |
| COMPUTER AWARENESS | 24-28 |
| GENERAL AWARENESS | 23-27 |
| TOTAL | 90-100 |
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE (Moderate-Difficult)
The level of quantitative aptitude was moderate to difficult. There were two sets of DI.
The questions were:
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 | Moderate |
| Quadratic Equations | 5 | Easy to moderate |
| Data Interpretation | 10 | Moderate to difficult |
| Miscellaneous(SI,CI, Speed &Time, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Averages, Ages, Ratio etc.) | 15 | Moderate to difficult |
| Number Series (Missing) | 5 | Moderate to difficult |
| Total | 40 | Moderate to difficult |
ENGLISH LANGUAGE (DIFFICULT)
The level of English was difficult. In the Year 2016, The IBPS and SBI have changed the pattern of English Section completely. In every banking exams, CLERK or PO, The type of questions asked have been changed dramatically. In banking Exams, Questions are being asked from CAT exam pattern.
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 16 | Moderate |
| Sentence fillers | 5 | Moderate to difficult |
| Para-Jumbled (odd one types) | 1 | Moderate to difficult |
| Errors | 4 | Easy to moderate |
| Sentence Correction | 4 | |
| Word formation/odd one out questions | 8 | Easy to moderate |
| Paragraph completion | 2 | |
| Total | 40 | Difficult |
REASONING ABILITY (DIFFICULT)
The level of reasoning was moderate to difficult.
The questions were:
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Logical | 4 | Moderate/ Difficult |
| Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles | 27 | Moderate/ Difficult |
| Coding-decoding | 5 | Moderate/ Difficult |
| Data Sufficiency (three statements) | 4 | Difficult |
| Total | 40 | Difficult |
GENERAL AWARENESS
General Awareness was moderate. This section is quite easy for those who knows banking terms.The questions were mainly asked from Banking, Static and Current affairs.
COMPUTER AWARENESS
Computer Awareness is quite easy. There were 40 questions in this sections. This section was quite easy to attempt as questions were asked from familiar topics.
