IBPS SO 2016-17 Exam Analysis - 28th January (2nd Slot)

The Institute of Banking Personnel conducts IBPS SO to get the best of candidates across the country for the post of “Specialist Officers” (SO). The IBPS SO exam is a vital platform for aspirants who dream of a career in any of the participating bank in the IBPS recruitment session. The exam is conducted for aspirants to work as:

• Law Officer (Scale I)
• HR/ Personnel Officer (Scale I)
• Marketing Officer (Scale I)
• IT Officer (Scale I)
• Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I)
• Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)

The IBPS SO exam on 28th January 2017 was for IBPS SO IT and Marketing Officer which was meant to filter out eligible candidates out of many. The IBPS SO IT and Marketing Officer exam was an interesting session altogether and we bring you the in- depth analysis of the Slot 2:

IBPS SO – IT and Marketing Officer Exam Analysis- 28th January 2017 (Slot 2/ Shift 2): Summary of Analysis

Let us make you go through a quick and crisp summary of the slot 2:

Sections	Difficulty level	Good Attempts
Reasoning	Moderate-Difficult	20-24
English	Difficult	20-23
Quantitative Aptitude	Easy-Moderate	25-29
Professional Knowledge	Moderate-Difficult	42-47

IBPS SO – IT and Marketing Officer Exam Analysis- 28th January 2017 (Slot 2/ Shift 2): Overall Analysis

When we talk about the overall thing, the IBPS SO- IT and Marketing Officer examination was Moderate-Difficult in terms of difficulty. 105-110 number of attempts can easily pave your way to clear cut- off marks.

IBPS SO – IT and Marketing Officer Exam Analysis- 28th January 2017 (Slot 2/ Shift 2): Section- wise Analysis

Now, it’s time for the section- wise analysis of Slot 2 in detail. Here we go:

Reasoning:

Difficulty level: When we talk of difficulty level of this section, it was Moderate-Difficult.

Good Attempts: 20-24 number of attempts can easily pave your way to clear cut- off marks.

Topics asked:

Topics	Level of Difficulty
Syllogism	Moderate-Difficult
Seating Arrangement	Easy-Moderate
Puzzles	Difficult
Passage Inference	Difficult
Blood Relation	Moderate-Difficult
Inequality	Easy-Moderate
Data Sufficiency	Moderate-Difficult

Quantitative Aptitude:

Difficulty level: When we talk of difficulty level of this section, it was Easy-Moderate.

Good Attempts: 25-29 number of attempts can easily pave your way to clear cut- off marks.

Topics asked:

Topics	Level of Difficulty
Number Series	Easy-Moderate
Data Interpretation	Moderate-Difficult
Quadratic Equations	Moderate
Arithmetic	Moderate
Approximation/Simplification	Easy-Moderate
Miscellaneous	Easy-Moderate

(Miscellaneous topics: Time and Work, Speed and distance, Profit and Loss, Simple and Compound Interest, Age, Average Partnership etc.)

English:

Difficulty level: When we talk of difficulty level of this section, it was Difficult.

Good Attempts: 20-23 number of attempts can easily pave your way to clear cut- off marks.

Topics asked:

Topics	Level of Difficulty
Jumbled Paragraph	Difficult
Appropriate/Inappropriate	Moderate-Difficult
Para Jumbles	Moderate-Difficult
Reading Comprehension	Difficult
Cloze Test	Difficult

Professional Knowledge):

Difficulty level: When we talk of difficulty level of this section, it was Moderate-Difficult.

Good Attempts: 42-47 number of attempts can easily pave your way to clear cut- off marks.

Topics asked:

Topics	Level of Difficulty
DBMS	Moderate-Difficult
Networking	Moderat-Difficult
Software Engineering  - JAVA	Difficult
OSI	Difficult-Difficult
Unix	Difficult
Data Structure	Moderate-Difficult
Programming language	Difficult
Operating System	Moderate

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