IBPS PO ALL SHIFT Exam Analysis
Today(3-10-2020) IBPS PO has conducted the all shifts prelims exam for recruitment of Probationary Officers successfully. Our team is regularly following the candidates to know the level of the exam so that the banking students can be ready for the exam in the upcoming shift or upcoming banking exam accordingly.A lot of candidates appeared for this exam in order to fulfill sector books.
As per the candidates, the question paper was moderate.Most of the candidates who had been preparing for the exam could attempt the maximum number of questions and with accuracy. There is also a negative marking of 0.25 for each wrong answer.
Overall Analysis:
| Subject |
IBPS PO Good Attempts |
| Reasoning Ability |
28 – 32 |
| English Language |
23 – 26 |
| Quantitative Aptitude |
24 – 27 |
**Over all good attempt = 68-78
ALL SHIFT ANALYSIS:
Sectional Analysis: IBPS PO Shift-1 Analysis
Shift-1 Analysis
Reasoning Ability:
The Reasoning Section of the exam was very easy. Seating Arrangement Questions were as follows-
- Circular Seating Arrangement
- Linear seating arrangement – 8 people facing south and north
| Topics |
No. of Questions |
Level |
| Puzzle & Seating Arrangement |
20 |
Easy to Moderate |
| Blood Relations |
1 |
Easy |
| Syllogism |
3 |
Easy |
| Miscellaneous |
1 |
Easy |
| Inequality |
5 |
Easy |
| Coding Decoding |
5 |
Easy to Moderate |
| Total |
35 |
Easy to Moderate |
Numerical Ability:
Questions in the Numerical Ability were also very easy just like the Reasoning Section. Candidates who have done enough practice, have attempted around 35-38 questions with accuracy. Talking about questions, there were 3 sets of Data Interpretation- in this shift with 5 questions in each set.
Let’s have a look at the questions asked in this section-
| Topics |
No. of Questions |
Level |
| Data Interpretation |
15 |
Easy to Moderate |
| Quadratic Equation |
5 |
Easy |
| Approximation |
10 |
Easy |
| Arithmetic Word Problems |
10 |
Easy |
| Total |
35 |
Easy to Moderate |
English Language (Easy to Moderate)
This section was also easy to moderate. The reading comprehension was based on the theme of education and there were about 8 questions in the set of RC.
| Topics |
No. of Questions |
Level |
| Reading Comprehension |
8 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Sentence Improvement |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Phrase Rearrangement |
4 |
Moderate |
| Word Rearrangement |
4 |
Easy |
| Cloze Test |
5 |
Easy |
| Find the correct sentence |
4 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Total |
30 |
Easy-Moderate |
2nd Shift Analysis:
Reasoning Aptitude:
The Reasoning Section in a second shift was also easy.
| Topics |
No. of Questions |
Level |
| Puzzle and Seating Arrangement |
20 |
Easy to Moderate |
| Direction Sense |
3 |
Easy |
| Blood Relations |
3 |
Easy |
| Inequality |
4 |
Easy |
| Order and Ranking based |
1 |
Easy |
| Number Pairing Based |
1 |
Easy |
| Alphabet based + Miscellaneous |
3 |
Easy |
| Total |
35 |
Easy-Moderate |
Numerical Ability:
- Caselet DI – table based
- Line Graph
- there was one more DI
| Topic |
No. of Questions |
Level |
| Data Interpretation |
15 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Quadratic Equation |
5 |
Easy |
| Missing Number Series |
5 |
Easy |
| Approximation |
5 |
Easy |
| Arithmetic Word Problems |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Total |
35 |
Easy-Moderate |
English Language (Easy to Moderate)
| Topics |
No. of Questions |
Level |
| Reading Comprehension (Economy based) |
8 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Fillers |
5 |
Easy |
| Error Detection (2-3 lines) |
5 |
Moderate |
| Word Replacement |
5 |
Easy |
| Cloze Test |
7 |
Easy |
| Total |
30 |
Easy-Moderate |
3RD SHIFT ANALYSIS:
Reasoning Ability:
- Circular Seating Arrangement
- Linear Seating Arrangement
- Order and Ranking based- 9 people
- Day based puzzle-people attending play from mon to sat
Here is the complete review for the reasoning ability section-
| Topics |
No. of Questions |
Level |
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangement |
20 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Coding Decoding |
5 |
Easy |
| Syllogism |
4 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Alphabet based- meaningful word |
1 |
Easy |
| Number Based (odd even) |
1 |
Easy |
| Odd one out- letter based |
1 |
Easy |
| Order and Ranking (height based arrangement) |
3 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Total |
35 |
Easy-Moderate |
Numerical Ability:
| Topic |
No. of Questions |
Level |
| Data Interpretation |
15 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Wrong Number Series |
5 |
Easy |
| Approximation |
5 |
Easy |
| Arithmetic Word Problems |
10 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Total |
35 |
Easy-Moderate |
English Language (Easy to Moderate)
| Topics |
No. of Questions |
Level |
| Reading Comprehension (passage on the theme of mental issues faced by people due to COVID lockdown) |
7 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Sentence Rearrangement |
5 |
Easy |
| Error Detection |
7 |
Moderate |
| Word Replacement |
5 |
Easy |
| Cloze Test |
6 |
Easy |
| Total |
30 |
Easy-Moderate |
4th Shift Analysis:
Reasoning Ability
- Square seating arrangement
- Linear seating arrangement all facing north (weight of those persons was also given)
- Floor and Flat based puzzle- 4 floor, 2 flats
- box puzzle with color
Here is the complete review for the reasoning ability section-
| Topics |
No. of Questions |
Level |
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangement |
20 |
Moderate |
| Coding Decoding |
5 |
Easy |
| Syllogism |
5 |
Easy |
| Order and Ranking based |
3 |
Easy |
| Number Based |
1 |
Easy |
| Alphabet Pairing |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Total |
35 |
Moderate |
Numerical Ability:
| Topic |
No. of Questions |
Level |
| Data Interpretation |
15 |
Moderate |
| Wrong Number Series |
5 |
Easy – Moderate |
| Approximation |
5 |
Easy |
| Arithmetic Word Problems |
10 |
Moderate |
| Total |
35 |
Moderate |
English Language (Easy to Moderate)
The following are the questions asked in the English Language section of the fourth shift of IBPS PO Prelims 2020-
| Topics |
No. of Questions |
Level |
| Reading Comprehension |
7 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Fillers |
5 |
Easy |
| Error Detection |
5 |
Moderate |
| Word Replacement |
5 |
Easy |
| Sentence Rearrangement |
5 |
Easy |
| Phrase Replacement |
3 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Total |
30 |
Easy-Moderate |
