ANALYSIS OF IBPS PO PRELIMINARY EXAM MORNING SHIFT (3rd Oct ’2015)
In this article we are going to provide you an overview
and analysis of Probationary Officer Preliminary Exam of 3rd October
2015 Morning shift i.e. first day first slot of the exam.
Today, Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)
finally conducted the most awaited exam among the aspirants and for the
recruitment of Probationary Officer in various banking organizations. As you
all know this year IBPS has changed the pattern of exam, as exam will be
conducted in three phases i.e. Preliminary exam, Main exam and Afterwards
Interview of the selected candidates.
According to feedback shared by our readers we are able
to analyze the exam and the exam was MODERATE
and for a good attempt one should attempt 47-50 questions. However
different section has different level of difficulty. The overall analysis will
be:
SECTION
|
QUESTIONS/MARKS
|
LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY
|
GOOD ATTEMPTS
|
MAX. TIME TAKEN (Minutes)
|
Quantitative
Aptitude
|
35 questions/35
marks
|
Moderate
|
13-15
|
28 minutes
|
Reasoning
|
35 questions/35
marks
|
Easy
|
18-20
|
20 minutes
|
English Language
|
30 questions/30
marks
|
Moderate
|
16-18
|
12 minutes
|
SECTIONAL WISE ANALYSIS:
The Reasoning section was Easy to
moderate, English Section was moderate, General but the Quantitative section
was most time taking mainly because of the calculations.
The sectional wise analysis of questions
is as follows for the benefit of our visitors.
REASONING:
REASONING:
Topic
|
Number of questions
|
Difficulty Level
|
Syllogism
|
5 questions
|
Easy to Moderate
|
Coding & Decoding
|
5 questions
|
Easy
|
Seating arrangement (Circular)
|
5 questions
|
Moderate
|
Puzzle (Complex arrangement)
|
10 questions
|
Moderate
|
Inequality
|
5 questions
|
Moderate
|
Blood relations, Direction sense,
Alphanumeric series etc.
|
5 questions
|
Easy to Moderate
|
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE:
Topic
|
Number of questions
|
Difficulty Level
|
Number series
|
5 questions
|
Moderate
|
Quadratic Equations
|
5 questions
|
Moderate
|
Simplification
|
5 questions
|
Moderate
|
Data Interpretation
|
10 questions
|
Moderate to Difficult
|
Profit and loss, CI, SI, Speed,
Distance, Time, Ages etc.
|
10 questions
|
Moderate
|
ENGLISH LANGUAGE:
Topic
|
Number of questions
|
Difficulty Level
|
Reading Comprehension (Bank License
Based)
|
10 questions
|
Moderate
|
Cloze test
|
5 questions
|
Moderate
|
Fill in the blanks
|
5 questions
|
Moderate
|
Sentence Errors
|
5 questions
|
Moderate
|
Par jumbled
|
5 questions
|
Moderate to
Difficult
|
Based on this analysis
expected category wise cut off will be:
47-53: General Candidates
40-45: OBC candidates
35-38: SC candidates
32-36: ST candidates
Disclaimer: All information on
cut-offs, analysis, answer key and scores are based on independent analysis and
evaluation provided by our readers. We do not take responsibility for any
decision that might be taken, based on this information.