IBPS clerk prelims analysis for slot 2 exam on December 8

IBPS clerk prelims analysis : Saturday was the first day of the IBPS clerk preliminary exam 2018. A total of 100 questions had to be answered in 60 minutes.

IBPS clerk prelims analysis : Saturday was the first day of the IBPS clerk preliminary exam 2018. Spanning a period of one week (ending December 15), the exam is being conducted in four time slots: 2 each in the morning and evening.

IBPS clerk prelims analysis : A total of 100 questions had to be answered in 60 minutes. All the sections, except English Language, were available in both English and Hindi. (HT file)

A total of 100 questions had to be answered in 60 minutes. All the sections, except English Language, were available in both English and Hindi. Every correct answer will fetch 1 mark, while every incorrect answer will reduce the score by 0.25. This year there is sectional timing of 20 minutes.

The detailed break-up of IBPS clerk preliminary exam 2018 is as follows:

Note: Section wise and overall cut-offs are not uniform for all states.

English Language:

Questions from the RC passage were mainly factual. Two questions were from Vocabulary. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.

Reasoning Ability:

There were four sets of five questions each from Seating Arrangement and Data Arrangement. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.

Numerical Ability:

There were two sets of Data Interpretation. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.

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