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.

Preeti Singh