IBPS PO Prelims 2018 – 13th October – 3rd shift – Exam analysis
IBPS PO prelims 2018 will be conducted on 13th, 14th, 20th, and 21st October. Many students all over India have applied for the post of a probationary officer in the prestigious PSBs. They have toiled for days only for this day.
Today is the first day of IBPS PO Prelims 2018. The exam will be held today in four shifts. And here we bring forward the exam analysis for shift 3 of 13th October along with the number of questions, marks distribution and questions asked in the exam after collecting information from the students who have appeared for the exam.
Go through the analysis so that you can analyze your performance. If you are one among those, who are yet to appear in the exam, this analysis will give you an idea of the questions that will be asked in your shift.
Sectional timing has been introduced this year and each section has a sectional time of 20 minutes. The sequence of the exam was English, Reasoning and Quantitative aptitude.
So, let’s see what was asked in the exam.
Good Attempts
| Sections | No. of Questions | TIME (min.) | Good Attempts | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGLISH | 30 | 20 | 24-27 | Easy - Moderate |
| QUANT | 35 | 20 | 15-18 | Easy - Moderate |
| REASONING | 35 | 20 | 21-25 | Easy - Moderate |
| TOTAL | 100 | 60 | 61-65 | Easy - Moderate |
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension | 6 | Moderate |
| Error Detection | 9 | Moderate |
| Single Filler | 5 | Easy |
| Cloze Test | 5 | Easy |
| Sentence Improvement / Phrase Replacement | 5 | Easy - Moderate |
| Total | 30 | Easy - Moderate |
REASONING
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Puzzles 1) Floor-based - 5 people & 5 subject 2) Month Date based - Jan, June, Oct month given 6 people sitting in 15 and 30 date. | 10 | Moderate |
| Seating Arrangement 1) Linear - 7 people facing north and lives in a different city 2) Square - 4 people facing outside the table and 4 facing inside the table | 10 | Easy - Moderate |
| Coding Decoding | 5 | Easy |
| Inequality | 5 | Easy |
| Blood Relations | 3 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous (Alphabet,Number) | 2 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy - Moderate |
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Data Interpretation 1. Line and Bar Graph (5) 2. Line (5) 3. Caselet D.I. on Compound Interest | 15 | Easy - Moderate |
| Missing Number Series | 5 | Easy |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous Word Problems | 10 | Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Moderate |
In Third Shift exam, Level is Easy to Moderate but highlight point are :
In Quantitative aptitude,
- No question asked from Simplification/Approximations.
- No question asked from Data sufficiency/Quantity based inequality.
In Reasoning,
1. No syllogism asked
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