IBPS PO Prelims Exam Review – 16th Oct 2016: Slot II

Dear Friends,

Finally much awaited exam i.e. IBPS Probationary Officer’s Prelims exam day has come and the second slot of the exam is over now.

Without wasting any moment, let’s get straight to the analysis which you all are interested in.

There are 3 Sections in IBPS PO Pre exam namely English, Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude. This year the paper was of moderate level. There were 2 seating arrangements and 2 puzzles in reasoning. No Fillers were asked in English Language and Quant was of Easy-Moderate level.

Over-all Analysis

Subject	Good Attempt	Time
English Language	14-15	15 min.
Reasoning Ability	22-24	20 min.
Quantitative Aptitude	18-20	25 min.
	54-57	60 Minutes

Detailed Sectional Analysis

ENGLISH:

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension	10	Moderate – Difficult
Close Test (Related to situation of Work Place)	5	Moderate
Para-Jumbled	5	Moderate
Errors	10	Moderate to Difficult
Total	30	Moderate-Difficult

REASONING:

The level of reasoning was easy to moderate. No questions from coding decoding were asked.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Inequalities	5	Easy- Moderate
Syllogism	5	Easy-Moderate
Sitting Arrangement (Circular and Linear)	10	Moderate
Puzzles	10	Moderate to Difficult
Miscellaneous ( Ranking, Direction Sense, Blood Relations etc. )	5	Easy
Total	35	Easy to Moderate

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE:

The level of quantitative aptitude was easy to moderate. There were two sets of DI, one was of Line graph and another was of Table.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Series	5	Easy-Moderate
Quadratic Equation	5	Easy
Approximation	5	Easy
Data Interpretation	10	Moderate
Miscellaneous(SI,CI, Speed &Time, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Averages, Ages, Ratio etc.)	10	Moderate – Difficult
Total	35	Easy-Moderate