IBPS Clerk Prelims Analysis: Overall
The preliminary exam for IBPS Clerk was conducted online and had 100 questions for 60 minutes. Candidates have to manage those 60 minutes themselves while dealing with three sections- Reasoning Ability (35 Ques), Numerical Ability (35 Ques), and English Language (30 Ques).
| Subject | Good Attempt | Time (in min.) |
|---|---|---|
| English Language | 15-17 | 15 |
| Reasoning Ability | 29-32 | 20 |
| Numerical Ability | 24-27 | 25 |
| Total | 79-84 | 60 |
English Language (Moderate-Difficult)
The level of English Language was Moderate-Difficult. The topic of reading comprehension was based on story. There were no questions related to the vocabulary with Reading Comprehension. The Error Detection questions were of a new pattern where candidates were asked to find the part in the sentence that does not have any error. There were questions of (single) Fill in the blank where two words would fit one blank and candidate had to choose among given set of words and identify the two words that would fill in the blank appropriately.
| Topic | No. of Question | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 5 | Moderate |
| Single Filler - New Pattern | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Error Detection | 8 | Moderate |
| Phrase Replacement | 12 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Total | 30 | Moderate-Difficult |
Numerical Ability (Easy-Moderate)
The level of Numerical Ability section was Easy-Moderate. The number of questions from arithmetic (word problems) was significantly high as 10 out of 35 questions were from the arithmetic portion There was only 1 set of DI:
- Tabular
| Topics | No. of Question | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Tabular DI | 5 | Moderate |
| Simplification | 15 | Easy-Moderate |
| Number Series (Missing) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Average | 1 | Easy |
| Profit & Loss | 1 | Easy |
| Simple Interest and Compound Interest | 1 | Easy |
| Discount | 1 | Easy |
| Problem on Ages | 1 | Easy |
| Ratio and Proportion | 1 | Easy |
| Time and Work | 1 | Moderate |
| Boat and Stream | 1 | Moderate |
| Miscellaneous | 2 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy-Moderate |
Reasoning Ability (Easy)
There were 3 sets of puzzles and Seating Arrangement:-
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Direction Sense | 2 | Easy |
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangement | 15 | Moderate |
| Coding-Decoding | 5 | Easy |
| Alphabet based | 2 | Easy |
| Inequality | 3 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 3 | Easy |
| Alphabet Series | 5 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy |
