IBPS SO Prelims Exam Review – 30th December 2017

Hello Friends,

This year, for the 1st time IBPS has conducted the Prelims exams for Specialist Officers exam. As per the information that we gained from the students, the exam pattern was same as yesterday’s exam.

According to us, the ideal attempt for this exam would be 60-62.

The overall exam was Moderate – Difficult.

This exam was basically cover three topics: English, Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude.

Total 150 questions(50 in each section) were given to be solved in 2 hours.

Sections	Ideal Attempts
English	27-30
Reasoning	31-35
Quantitative Aptitude	32-35
Total Attemps	90-100

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

Quantitative Aptitude (Moderate-Difficult)

Three different types of DI (Tabular, Pie ChartLine Graph) and one Caselet DI was asked but the questions asked bit difficult to understand or solve. Miscellaneous questions were of moderate level

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Approximation	5	Easy
DI	20	Moderate
Missing series	5	Moderate
Inequality	5	Easy
Miscellaneous	15	Easy-Moderate
Total	50	Easy-Moderate