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Indian Bank PO Mains 2017-18 Exam Analysis

Hello Friends,

As A lot of students have appeared for the Indian Bank PO mains exam today and this brings them to a step closer in their journey of getting a Job in Banking Sector.Now it’s time for exam analysis of Indian bank PO mains.
There are 5 Sections in Indian Bank PO Mains exam namely English Language, Reasoning, Computer Knowledge, General Awareness and Quantitative Aptitude.

OVER-ALL ANALYSIS

SECTIONS	GOOD ATTEMPTS
ENGLISH LANGUAGE	16-20
REASONING	25-30
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE	21-25
COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE	12-15
GENERAL AWARENESS	18-22
TOTAL	120-128

ENGLISH LANGUAGE (MODERATE – DIFFICULT)

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension (2 Passage)	20	Moderate-Difficult
Sentence fillers (double)	5	Moderate
Para-Jumbled	5	Difficult
Sentence improvement	5	Moderate
Sentence correction	5	Moderate-Difficult
Total	40	Moderate-Difficult

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE (Moderate)

The level of quantitative aptitude was moderate. There were four sets of DI and they were very calculative. It included Pie Chart, Missing DI, Caselete, Tabular DI.

The questions were:

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Data Sufficiency (2 Statement)	5	Moderate
Quadratic Equations	6	Easy
Data Interpretation	19	Moderate-Difficult
Miscellaneous(SI,CI, Speed &Time, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Averages, Ages, Ratio etc.)	10	Moderate-Difficult
Number Series (Missing)	5	Moderate
Approximation	5	Easy
Total	50	Moderate

REASONING (MODERATE)

The level of reasoning was moderate to Moderate. Among puzzles and seating arrangement there was a circular seating arrangement, 7 days based puzzle and a floor based puzzle.

The questions were:

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Inequality	5	Easy- Moderate
Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles	15	Moderate-Difficult
Machine Input-Output	5	Difficult
Coding-decoding	5	Moderate
Syllogism	5	Moderate
Logical	8	Moderate
Miscellaneous(blood relation, data sufficiency & direction)	7	Moderate
Total	50	Moderate

GENERAL AWARENESS (Moderate-Difficult)

General Awareness was moderate. This section is moderate for those who knows banking terms. The questions were mainly asked from Banking, Static and Current affairs. Around 6-7 were from Static Awareness.

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE (Easy-Moderate)

Computer Awareness was quite Easy. There were 20 questions in this sections. The questions were mainly from basics of computer.

DESCRIPTIVE WRITING:-

Letter:- 3 Options

Letter to editor about youth politics (Should youth join politics yes or no)
Letter to friend complaining and advising about his son’s overusage of mobile phone.
Letter to higher authority for recommending oneself to fill the position which recently got vacant.

Essay:- 3 Options

National Pension Scheme (advantages and disadvantages).
Fear of employees of loosing job due to digitization in banking sector.
People joining GYM a lot now a days (Good or Bad, If bad What can be alternative).