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.

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