IBPS PO Prelims : Exam Analysis (4 October)

IBPS PO prelims exam analysis for exam held on 4 October 2015 (Morning shift).

Pattern of exam was same as yesterday. So it is expected that it will remain same through out all the slots.

Quantitative Aptitude 

Data interpretation was the only time consuming part in this section. Rest of the paper was fairly easy.

Topic	No. of Questions	Difficulty Level
Quadratic Equation	5	Easy
Series	5	Easy
Simplification	5	Moderate
Arithmetic	10	Easy to moderate
Data Interpretation (Tables)	10	1 set was easy another was moderate
Total	35	Easy

English Language

As expected Reading comprehensions and Para jumbles were difficult. But all the text in Reading comprehensions came before financial and banking industry.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension (Financial topics)	10	Hard
Fill in the blanks	5	Easy
Cloze test	5	Easy
Para-Jumbles	5	Hard
Error spotting	5	Moderate
Total	30	Moderate

Reasoning Ability

Puzzles were hard. Skip Puzzles.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Syllogism	5	Easy
Coding & Decoding	5	Easy
Inequalities	5	Easy
Circular Sitting Arrangement	5	Moderate
Blood relations and Direction sense	5	Easy
Puzzles(5 variables, floors with blood relations)	10	Hard
Total	35	Hard

Ideal attempt

Quantitative aptitude - 20-22

Reasoning - 20-22

English - 18-19

Important and easy to solve chapters

• Series
• Blood relations 
• Direction sense test
• Arithmetic
• Syllogism
• Cloze tests
• Simplifications
• Coding-decoding
• Inequalities 

Expected cutoff - For General category, cutoff should be around 42-43 (on the higher end)

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