IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 20th January 2019 | Analysis and Q&A

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IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 20th January 2019
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Institute of Banking Personnel Selection is conducted IBPS Clerk Mains exam on 20th January 2019. We have brought to you the complete IBPS Clerk Mains exam analysis 20th January 2019 to make you aware of the exam pattern this term. Go through the IBPS Clerk exam paper review and know your chances of clearing the exam. The paper analysis will help you to find the difficulty level, weightage of topics and the questions asked in the exam. Moreover, you will also get to know the good number of attempts for each section as well as for overall paper. This IBPS Clerk Mains Paper review will update you with new type of questions asked in the exam
Overall IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 20th January 2019
SECTIONS | GOOD ATTEMPTS |
---|---|
General English | 29-33 |
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 27-32 |
Quantitative Aptitude | 31-36 |
General/ Financial Awareness | 28-34 |
TOTAL | 117-129 |
⇒QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
Difficulty level of data analysis and interpretation were moderate. There were a total of 4 sets of DI including Caselet. Following were the types on DI seen in this section:
- Bar Graph
- Caselet
- Pie Chat
- Tabular
Topics | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
---|---|---|
Data Interpretation | 20 | Moderate to Difficult |
Data Sufficiency | 5 | Moderate |
Quantity 1, Quantity 2 | 5 | Moderate |
Quadratic Equation | 5 | Easy |
Miscellaneous- Arithmetic Word Problems | 15 | Moderate |
Total | 50 | Moderate |
⇒GENERAL ENGLISH
There were a total of 3 sets of Reading Comprehension and their themes were related to diet, wildlife conservation, and drinking water.
Topics | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
---|---|---|
Reading Comprehension | 15 | Moderate to Difficult |
Word Replacement | 5 | Moderate to Difficult |
Word Usage | 5 | Moderate |
Sentence Connectors | 5 | Moderate |
Double Fillers (suitable words were given in A & B column form) | 5 | Moderate |
Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | Moderate |
Total | 40 | Moderate to Difficult |
⇒REASONING AND COMPUTER APTITUDE
Puzzles & Seating Arrangement:
- Circular- Two circular tables
- Month Based Puzzle (Dates, months, events were given to arrange)
- Year based puzzle (year and colours were given to arrange)
- Linear Seating Arrangement
- Floor Based Puzzle (2 variables, 6 floors)
- Box based puzzle (Boxes and chocolates to arrange)
Topics | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
---|---|---|
Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles |
25
|
Moderate to Difficult |
Direction Sense | 4 | Moderate |
Alphabet | 2 |
Easy to Moderate
|
Inequality | 3 | Easy to Moderate |
Logical Reasoning | 6 | Moderate |
Machine Input Output | 4 | Moderate |
Coding Decoding – Alphabet & Number based | 3 | Easy to Moderate |
Syllogism | 3 | Easy |
Total | 50 | Moderate to Difficult |
⇒GENERAL/FINANCIAL AWARENESS
This section had 50 questions and the level of the questions asked were moderate. Most of the questions in this section were covering the current affairs and news of July’18 – Jan’19 Months. As per the review by students who appeared for this exam, there were only a few questions from static and banking awareness.
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