Hi readers,
The first shift of IBPS Clerk Exam 2017 Day II is over. The online exam conducted at various exam centres had 100 questions to be attempted in 60 minutes. According to exam pattern, the paper had three sections Reasoning Ability (35 Ques), Numerical Ability (35 Ques) and English Language (30 Ques).
Ideal Attempts
Keeping in view the difficulty level of the exam, the ideal attempt can be 80-85.
| Subject |
Ideal Attempt |
| English Language |
16-18 |
| Reasoning Ability |
30-32 |
| Numerical Ability |
25-27 |
| Total |
80-85 |
English Language
Difficulty: Moderate-DifficultThe level of English Language was Moderate-Difficult. RC Passage was story based and just like yesterday's exam, no question was asked from the vocabulary. New pattern error spotting was given in which students were supposed to find the part of the sentence which was error free. Cloze test was also of the new pattern with two possible answers.
| Topic |
No. of Question |
Level |
| Reading Comprehension |
5 |
Moderate |
| Single Filler – New Pattern |
5 |
Difficult |
| Error Detection |
8 |
Moderate |
| Phrase Replacement |
12 | Difficult |
| Total |
30 |
Moderate-Difficult |
Numerical Ability
Difficulty Level: Easy-ModerateThis section was Easy-Moderate. 10 out of 35 questions were asked from the arithmetic portion There was only 1 set of DI
| Topics |
No. of Question |
Level |
| Simplification |
15 |
Moderate |
| Tabular DI |
5 |
Moderate |
| Number Series (Missing) |
5 |
Moderate |
| Average |
1 |
Easy |
| Simple Interest and Compound Interest |
1 |
Easy |
| Profit & Loss |
1 |
Easy |
| Discount |
1 |
Easy |
| Problem on Ages |
1 |
Easy |
| Time and Work |
1 |
Easy |
| Ratio and Proportion |
1 |
Moderate |
| Boat and Stream |
1 |
Moderate |
| Miscellaneous |
2 |
Easy |
| Total |
35 |
Easy-Moderate |
Reasoning Ability
Difficulty Level: Easy
This section was also easy. It did not consume much time. There were 3 sets of puzzles and Seating Arrangement.
| Topics |
No. of Questions |
Level |
| Order and Ranking |
2 |
Easy |
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangement |
15 |
Moderate |
| Alphabet based | 2 |
Easy |
| Numerical Series |
5 |
Easy |
| Inequality |
3 |
Easy |
| Syllogism |
3 |
Easy |
| Alphabet Series |
5 |
Easy |
| Total |
35 |
Easy |
