IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis – 31/12/2017
Dear Friends,
This is for the first time when IBPS has conducted a Preliminary Test for IBPS SO Recruitment. And this Preliminary Exam had a new pattern when compared to conventional Banking Recruitment’s Prelims Test; IBPS SO Prelims was of 2 hours with 150 questions for 125 marks.
Today’s IBPS SO Prelims 2017 is over, now it’s time for exam analysis of IBPS SO Prelims for Law/ Rajbhasha Adhikari.
The preliminary exam for IBPS SO was conducted online and had 150 questions for 120 minutes. Candidates have to manage those 120 minutes themselves while dealing with three sections- Reasoning (50 Ques), G.A (50 Ques), and English (50 Ques).
| Subject | Good Attempt |
|---|---|
| English Language | 22-24 |
| Reasoning Ability | 33-37 |
| General Awareness | 32-34 |
| Total | 90-95 |
English (Moderate):-
This section was not very difficult as there was no change in pattern of question except for cloze test. Reading Comprehension was moderate and fillers were easy.
|
Topic
|
No. of Questions
|
Level
|
|
Fillers (Single blank)
|
5
|
Easy
|
|
Sentence Rearrangement
|
5
|
Moderate
|
|
Phrase Replacement
|
5
|
Moderate
|
|
Reading Comprehension
|
20
|
Moderate
|
|
Error Detection
|
5
|
Moderate
|
|
Cloze Test (New Pattern)
|
10
|
Moderate
|
Reasoning (Easy-Moderate):-
5 puzzles and Seating Arrangement based on Circular (2 Variables), Stack Arrangement (1 Variable), Floor Based (2 Variables), Month Based (2 Variables), Linear were asked. Thus this section consumed more time
|
Topic
|
No. of Questions
|
Level
|
|
Puzzles & Seating Arrangement
|
25
|
Moderate
|
|
Data Sufficiency
|
5
|
Easy-Moderate
|
|
Syllogism
|
5
|
Easy-Moderate
|
|
Inequality
|
5
|
Easy
|
|
Coding Decoding
|
2
|
Easy-Moderate
|
|
Miscellaneous
|
8
|
Easy-Moderate
|
|
Total
|
50
|
Easy-Moderate
|
General Awareness (Moderate):-
As compared to the other sections, this section had some moderate questions. Some questions were asked from static awareness. Some of the questions were based on banking awareness and some were from current affairs.
