IBPS SO Exam Analysis 30th December 2018 | Shift 1 & Shift 2 Analysis
Check Exam analysis for IBPS SO Exam conducted on 30th December 2018 along with Difficulty Level and Q&A – IBPS SO Exam Analysis 30th December 2018
IBPS SO Exam Analysis 30th December 2018
Dear Aspirants,
The 1st Shift and 2nd Shift of IBPS SO Prelims 29th December is over. As Paper consisted of three sections, viz, Quantitative Aptitude/General Awareness, Reasoning Ability and English Language with a total time duration of 2 hour. Here is a brief analysis of the first slot exam. Overall, the exam was of moderate level.
IBPS SO Exam Analysis 30th December 2018 – Shift 1
⇒IT,MKT,AFO & HR
| Subject | Good Attempt | Time |
| English Language | 18-22 | 40 min. |
| Reasoning Ability | 33-36 | 40 min. |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 30-34 | 40 min. |
| Total | 90-96 | 120 minutes |
⇒LAW & RAJBHASA
| Subject | Good Attempt | Time |
| English Language | 18-22 | 40 min. |
| Reasoning Ability | 33-36 | 40 min. |
| General Awareness | 23-29 | 40min. |
| Total | 82-88 | 120 minutes |
⇒Quantitative Aptitude (AFO, MKT, HR & IT)
| Topic | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Simplification and Approximation | 5 | Easy |
| Number Series | 5 | Easy |
| Data Interpretation | 4 Set (20-25 Questions) | Easy-Moderate |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 | Moderate |
| Miscellaneous | 10-15 | Easy |
| Total | 50 | Easy-Moderate |
DI: There was 3-4 sets of DI (Tabular, Line, Pie Chart, Caselets).
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⇒General Awareness (Law & Rajbhasa)
There are 50 Questions of General Awareness related to Banking, Current affairs, Static GK.
⇒English Language
- The level of English Language was Moderate-Difficult.
| Topic | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 12-15 | Moderate |
| Error Spotting | 5 | Moderate |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Fill in the Blanks(New Pattern) | 5 | Moderate |
| Cloze Test (New Pattern) | 10 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Sentence Improvement | 5 | Moderate |
| Phrase Replacement | 5 | Moderate |
| Total | 50 | Moderate-Difficult |
⇒Reasoning Ability
| Topics | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Alphabetic Series | 5 | Easy |
| Inequality | 5 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 5 | Easy |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 | Easy |
| Sitting Arrangement/Puzzles | 20-25 | Easy-Moderate |
| Course of action | 5 | Easy |
| Total | 50 | Easy-Moderate |
Puzzle & Sitting arrangement: There were four Sets of puzzle & Sitting Arrangement (Circular & Linear) and puzzle on arrangement of books of different colors
IBPS SO Exam Analysis 30th December 2018 – Shift 2
⇒Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari (Overall)
| Subjects | Good Attempts |
|---|---|
| Reasoning | 29-36 |
| General Awareness | 21-26 |
| English Language | 27-32 |
| Overall | 77-88 |
⇒Reasoning ( Easy-Moderate )
- There were 4 sets of puzzles and Seating Arrangement.
- 2 questions from Circular Seating Arrangement and 2 Variable based Puzzle.
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Puzzle and Seating Arrangement | 20 | Moderate |
| Syllogism | 05 | Moderate |
| Logical Reasoning | 05 | Easy- Moderate |
| Direction Sense | 03 | Easy |
| Blood Relation | 02 | Easy-Moderate |
| Alphabet Based | 03 | Easy |
| Coding Decoding | 05 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous | 07 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 50 | Easy-Moderate |
- The level of this section was easy-moderate.
- There were 3 sets of reading comprehensions that included around 4 vocabulary based questions of synonyms and antonyms.
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension | 15 | Moderate |
| Connectors | 05 | Easy-Moderate |
| Column Based | 05 | Moderate |
| Word Replacement | 05 | Easy-Moderate |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 05 | Moderate |
| Double Fillers | 05 | Easy-Moderate |
| Phrase Replacement | 05 | Moderate |
| Error Detection | 05 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 50 | Easy-Moderate |
General Awareness:
- This section was was easy to moderate.
- Many questions were asked from last 3 month’s Banking Awareness and Current Affairs.
- Questions from static awareness were also asked in the examination.
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