The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) clerk preliminary examination that was held on November 26 and November 27 was of an easy to moderate level this year.
There were 3 sections in the exam, which was held in four slots on both days, namely: English, reasoning ability and quantitative aptitude.
Here’s an analysis of these sections in all the four slots:
November 26
Slot 1
Quantitative aptitude (Easy-Moderate)
The level of quantitative aptitude section was easy to moderate. There were one DI.
The questions were:
English language (Easy-Moderate)
The level of English was easy to moderate. There was no fill in the blanks in this section. The reading comprehension (RC) topic was a forest story about tree and animal.
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Reasoning ability
The level of reasoning was easy to moderate. No questions from coding-decoding were asked and there were no questions from syllogism too.
There was 1 circular sitting arrangement (8 people) and another was linear seating (8 friends sitting in a line facing north). And one parallel seating arrangement in which 4 people were facing north and 4 were facing south.
The questions were:
Slot 2
This slot was almost similar to the first one and the paper was of an easy level.
Quantitative aptitude (Easy-Moderate)
The level of quantitative aptitude was easy to moderate. There were one DI.
The questions were:
English language (Easy-Moderate)
The level was easy to moderate. There was no fill in the blanks in this section. The RC topic was a forest story about tree and animal.
The questions were:
Reasoning ability (Easy-Moderate)
The level of reasoning was easy to moderate. No questions from coding-decoding were asked and there were no questions from syllogism too.
There was 1 circular sitting arrangement (8 people) and another was linear seating (8 friends sitting in a line facing north). And one parallel seating arrangement in which 4 people were facing north and 4 were facing south.
The questions were:
Slot 3
This slot was almost similar to the first two and the paper was of an easy level.
Quantitative aptitude (Easy-Moderate)
The level of quantitative aptitude was easy to moderate. There were one DI.
The questions were:
English (Easy-Moderate)
The level of English was easy to moderate. There was no fill in the blanks in this section. The RC topic was a forest story about tree and animal.
The questions were:
Reasoning ability (Easy-Moderate)
The level of reasoning was easy to moderate. No questions from coding-decoding were asked and there were no questions from syllogism too.
There was 1 circular sitting arrangement (8 people) and one linear seating (8 friends sitting in a line facing north). Another one had a one parallel seating arrangement in which 4 people were facing north and 4 were facing south.
The questions were:
Slot 4
This year the paper in the fourth slot was of easy level as well.
Quantitative aptitude (Easy-Moderate)
The level of quantitative aptitude section was easy to moderate. There were one DI.
The questions were:
English (Easy-Moderate)
The level of English was easy to moderate. There was no fill in the blanks in this section. The RC topic was a forest story about tree and animal.
The questions were:
Reasoning ability (Easy-Moderate)
The level of reasoning was easy to moderate. No questions from coding-decoding were asked and there were no questions from syllogism too.
There was 1 circular sitting arrangement (8 people) and another was linear seating (8 friends sitting in a line facing north). And one parallel seating arrangement in which 4 people were facing north and 4 were facing south.
The questions were:
November 27 exam
Slot 1
This slot was almost similar to those in November 26th papers.
Here’s how the sections faired:
Quantitative aptitude (Easy-Moderate)
The level of quantitative aptitude was easy to moderate. There were one DI.
The questions were:
English language (Easy-Moderate)
The level this section was easy to moderate. There was no fill in the blanks in this section. The RC topic was story based.
The questions were:
Reasoning ability (Easy-Moderate)
The level of reasoning was easy to moderate. No questions from coding-decoding were asked and there were no questions from syllogism too.
There was 1 circular sitting arrangement (8 people) and another was linear seating (8 friends sitting in a line facing north). And one parallel seating arrangement in which 4 people were facing north and 4 were facing south.
The questions were:
Slot 2
It was similar to that in the first slot.
Quantitative aptitude (Easy-Moderate)
The level of quantitative aptitude was easy to moderate. There were one DI.
The questions were:
English language (Easy-Moderate)
The level of English was easy to moderate. There was no fill in the blanks in this section. The RC topic was story based.
The questions were:
Reasoning ability (Easy-Moderate)
The level of reasoning was easy to moderate. No questions from coding-decoding were asked and there were no questions from syllogism too.
There was 1 circular sitting arrangement (8 people) and another was linear seating (8 friends sitting in a line facing north). And one parallel seating arrangement in which 4 people were facing north and 4 were facing south.
The questions were:
Slot 3
There were no changes in the third slot.
Quantitative aptitude (Easy-Moderate)
The level of quantitative aptitude was easy to moderate. There were one DI.
The questions were:
English language (Easy-Moderate)
The level of English was easy to moderate. There was no fill in the blanks in this section. The RC topic was story based.
The questions were:
Reasoning ability (Easy-Moderate)
The level of reasoning was easy to moderate. No questions from coding-decoding were asked and there were no questions from syllogism too.
There was 1 circular sitting arrangement (8 people) and another was linear seating (8 friends sitting in a line facing north). And one parallel seating arrangement in which 4 people were facing north and 4 were facing south.
The questions were:
Slot 4
It was same as the third slot.
Quantitative aptitude (Easy-Moderate)
The level of quantitative aptitude was easy to moderate. There were one DI.
The questions were:
English language (Easy-Moderate)
The level of English was easy to moderate. There was no fill in the blanks in this section. The RC topic was story based.
The questions were:
Reasoning ability (Easy-Moderate)
The level of reasoning was easy to moderate. No questions from coding-decoding were asked and there were no questions from syllogism too.
There was 1 circular sitting arrangement (8 people) and another was linear seating (8 friends sitting in a line facing north). And one parallel seating arrangement in which 4 people were facing north and 4 were facing south.
The questions were:
(Mr Nagar is CEO and Co-founder of Career Power. Views expressed here are personal)