IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2017: 10th Dec

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	15-18	15
Reasoning Ability	29-32	20
Numerical Ability	24-27	25
Total	78-82	60

English Language (Moderate-Difficult)

The level of English Language was Moderate-Difficult. There were new pattern questions on idiom and phrases where one had to choose an idiom/phrase the was similar to the word given in bold. There were questions of double fillers. In sentence rearrangement, parts of a sentence were to be rearranged to make a meaningful sentence.

Topic	No. of Question	Level
Reading Comprehension	5	Moderate
Double Fillers	7	Moderate
Idioms/ Phrases	10	Moderate-Difficult
Sentence Rearrangement (New Pattern)	8	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 (Different shopkeer selling mobiles on different days)

Topics	No. of Question	Level
Tabular DI	5	Moderate
Simplification/Approximation	15	Easy-Moderate
Number Series (Missing)	5	Easy-Moderate
Partnership	2	Easy
Mensuration	1	Easy
Simple Interest	1	Easy
Time, Speed and Distance	1	Easy
Problem on Ages	2	Easy
Time and Work	1	Easy
Miscellaneous	2	Easy
Total	35	Easy-Moderate

Reasoning Ability (Easy)

There were 3 sets of puzzles and Seating Arrangement which are given below:-

• Linear (Double line, Both North) 1 Variable
• Square(8 person sitting, Four at cornor and four at middle of the side)
• Months based Puzzle(2 Variable)

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Coding Decoding	4	Easy
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement	15	Moderate
Alphabet Series	5	Easy
Blood Relation	3	Easy
Inequality	4	Easy
Syllogism	4	Easy
Total	35	Easy

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IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis, Review 2017: 03rd Dec - Slot - 1

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

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IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis, Review 2017: 02nd Dec - Slot 3

IBPS CLERK PRELIMS EXAM ANALYSIS & REVIEW: 

IBPS‘s recruitment of Clerk is the much-anticipated opportunity for every banking aspirant and with the Preliminary exam, you are now a step closer to achieve your goal. Today's (02nd December'17) IBPS Clerk Pre exam 3rd shift is over now, and it is the time for its Exam Analysis. All those aspirants who are yet to appear for IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam can benefit from this exam analysis as here we provide you an insight on the types and levels of questions being asked in this year's IBPS Clerk Prelims exam. The level of this shift's examination was Moderate.

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	15-18	15
Reasoning Ability	26-29	20
Numerical Ability	21-24	25
Total	77-80	60

English Language (Moderate-Difficult)

The level of English Language was Moderate-Difficult. The topic of reading comprehension was based on "The strategy and actions of China's ecological.". 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 which are given below:-

• Linear (North-South, 1 variable)
• Circular (Towards the center) - 1 Variable
• Floor Based (1 variable)

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Order and Ranking	2	Easy
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement	15	Moderate
Numerical Series	4	Easy
Alphabet based	1	Easy
Inequality	2	Easy
Syllogism	3	Easy
Alphabet Series	5	Easy
Direction Sense	2	Easy
Coding-Decoding	1	Easy
Total	35	Easy

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RBI Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis, Review 2017: 27th Nov

RBI‘s recruitment of Assistant is the much-anticipated opportunity for every banking aspirant and with the Preliminary exam, you are now a step closer to achieve your goal. Today's (27th November'17) RBI Assistant Pre exam 3rd shift is over now, and it is the time for its Exam Analysis. All those aspirants who are yet to appear for RBI Assistant Prelims Exam can benefit from this exam analysis as here we provide you with an insight on the types and levels of questions being asked in this year's RBI Assistant Pre exam. The level of this shift's examination was Very Easy. You can expect this year's cut off to be high in comparison to last year's RBI Assistant Pre-cut off. In the 03rd shift, some changes were introduced in Reasoning Ability and English Language Section.

RBI Assitant Prelims Analysis: Overall  

The preliminary exam for RBI Assistant 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	18-20	15
Reasoning Ability	28- 30	20
Numerical Ability	23-25	25
Total	83-86	60

English Language (Easy-Moderate )

The level of English Language was Easy-Moderate. The topic of reading comprehension was based on a story. There were 4 questions of Antonyms and synonym with the passage.

Topic	No. of Question	Level
Reading Comprehension	12	Moderate
Single Filler	5	Easy
Error Detection	10	Easy-Moderate
Sentence Improvement	3	Moderate
Total	30	Esay-Moderate

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 15 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	Easy-Moderate
Simplification	10	Easy
Number Series (Missing)	5	Easy
Average	1	Moderate
Profit & Loss	2	Easy
Compound Interest	1	Moderate
Discount	2	Easy
Problem on Ages	1	Moderate
Ratio and Proportion	1	Moderate
Time and Work	1	Moderate
Boat and Stream	1	Moderate
Miscellaneous	5	Moderate
Total	35	Easy-Moderate

Reasoning Ability (Very Easy)

There were 3 puzzles and Seating Arrangement which are given below:-

• Linear (7 person, Facing North) - 1 Variable
• Month Based - 1 Variable
• Circular (8 person facing inward)- 1 variable

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Direction Sense	3	Easy
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement	15	Easy-Moderate
Inequality	3	Easy
Number Series	5	Easy
Syllogism	3	Easy
Alphabet Series	5	Very Easy
Miscellaneous	1	Very Easy
Total	35	Very Easy

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IBPS PO Mains Exam Analysis : 26th Nov 2017

IBPS PO Mains 2017 Recruitment Exam is over, Now it's time for the much awaited IBPS  PO  Mains Exam Analysis & Review (26th Nov 2017). Many students have appeared for this exam today and this brings them to a step closer in their journey of getting a Job in govt. sector. Without wasting any moment, let's get straight to the analysis for which you are all waiting for. Overall the exam was of a Difficult Level level. No questions were asked from computer aptitude. There were many new types of questions introduced in the reasoning and English section. Students found reasoning section to be exceptionally difficult and in such a scenario accuracy is the key to crack the exam.

IBPS PO Mains 2017 exam had 4 sections in the objective test of 200 marks - Reasoning and Computer Aptitude, English Language, Data Analysis and Interpretation, and General Economy and Banking Awareness. Each section had its particular time limit and overall the IBPS PO Mains Paper was fr 3 hours. This time there was also a test of Descriptive Writing after the objective paper.

IBPS PO Mains 2017-18 Exam ANALYSIS (OVER-ALL):

SECTIONS	GOOD ATTEMPTS (Marks)
Reasoning and Computer Aptitude	16-19
English Language	12-14
Data Analysis and Interpretation	19-21
General Economy and Banking Awareness	24-28
TOTAL	74-78

Data Analysis and Interpretation ( Moderate-Difficult )

This section had 35 questions for 60 marks with a time limit of 45 minutes.  The inequality questions were based on "Quantity 1 and Quantity 2 Pattern and among the set of 5 questions of inequality 2 questions were based on diagrams. There were 3 sets of DI with 4 questions in each of the set. Following were the types of DI:

• Tabular (Missing) +Bar
• Tabular
• Caselet

The questions were:

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Data Interpretation	15	Difficult
Data Sufficiency	5	Difficult
Wrong Number Series	5	Moderate-Difficult
Inequality (Q1, Q2 Type)	5	Moderate-Difficult
Miscellaneous	5	Moderate-Difficult
Total	35	Moderate-Difficult

English Language (Difficult)

This section had 35 questions for 40 marks with a time limit of 40 minutes. There were many new introductions in new pattern questions in English Section of this exam. The cloze test questions asked were of a totally new pattern, where there were two possible answers against a blank.There were new types of connector questions asked in this exam, where 2 words were given and five sentences and students had to identify the combination of sentences that can be connected using the given two connecting words. Error Detection questions also came with a twist, as in a sentence there was a part marked in bold which was grammatically correct and the student had to identify the erroneous part in the rest of the sentence.

With such a difficulty level it is best to stay calm and first invest time in reading the directions properly. There were 2 reading comprehensions with 5 questions in each set.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension	10	Difficult
Cloze Test	5	Moderate
Error Detection	5	Moderate-Difficult
Rephrasing Sentence to correct grammatical form	4	Difficult
Connector Usage	5	Moderate-Difficult
Double Filler	2	Moderate
Para Jumble (New Pattern)	4	Difficult
Total	35	Difficult

Reasoning and Computer Aptitude  (Difficult)

The level of reasoning was very Difficult.  There were NO Questions asked from Computer Aptitude. This year in IBPS PO Mains Exam there were around 10 questions of logical reasoning which includes course of action, cause and effect, conclusion and inference. 1-2 small para puzzles were also there, however, these had less matter to read and deduct from they were really tricky when compared to a lengthy one. Following were the types of puzzles asked:

• Linear (North-South) 2 Variable
• Small-Para Puzzles
• Circular (with uncertain information as the number of people in the seating arrangement was not given e.g. more than 10 people are sitting on a circular table)
• Figure Based Puzzle

The questions were:

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles	15	Difficult
Logical Reasoning	10	Difficult
Coded Blood Relation	4	Difficult
Coded Direction Sense	5	Difficult
Input-Output	5	Difficult
Data Sufficiency	2	Difficult
Micellaneous	4	Difficult
Total	45	Difficult

General Economy and Banking Awareness (Moderate)
The level of this question was Moderate when compared to the rest of the exam. There were around 3 questions from Budget and 3-4 questions from static awareness. Rest was Current Affairs and Banking Awareness where number of questions from Banking awareness was more than current affairs.

Descriptive Writing Test
English Language (Letter & Essay Writing) for 25 marks, time limit 30 minutes. There were 3 Essays and 3 Letter Writing Topics from which a candidate has to choose:

Essay topic
1. Which reform in Indian education can be compared with International level
2. Advantages and Disadvantages of Cashless economy
3. Effects of gadets on intellectual capabilities of humans

Letter Writing
1. Write a Letter to you friend encouraging and advising him to plan his own start-up
2. Letter to your office colleague
3. Write a letter to the branch manager requesting him to block your credit card as you've lost it and ask him to issue you a new card.

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OICL AO Prelims Exam Analysis & Review: 22nd Oct 2017

OICL AO Prelims Exam Analysis & Review: 

OICL ‘s recruitment of Administrative Officer is the much-anticipated opportunity for every insurance aspirant and with the Preliminary exam, you are now a step closer to achieve your goal. Today's (22nd October'17) OICL AO Pre exam 1st shift is over now, and it is the time for its Exam Analysis. All those aspirants who are yet to appear for OICL AO Prelims Exam can benefit from this exam analysis as here we provide you an insight on the types and levels of questions being asked in this year's OICL AO Pre exam. The level of this shift's examination was Easy to Moderate.You can expect cut off to be higher, due to the easy-moderate level of paper.

OICL AO Prelims Analysis: Overall  

The preliminary exam for OICL AO was conducted online and had 100 questions for 60 minutes. Candidates have to manage those 60 minutes themselves while dealing with three sections- Reasoning (35 Questions), Quantitative Aptitude (35 Questions), and English (30 Questions). 

Sections	Good Attempt	Time (in min.)
English Language	17-21	15
Reasoning Ability	23-27	20
Quantitative Aptitude	19-23	25
Total	68-74	60

English Language ( Moderate)

The level of English Language was Moderate. The topic of reading comprehension was related to  Arctic sea polythene accession. There were 1 questions of Antonyms and 2 question of synonym with the passage.

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension	10	Moderate
Phase Replacement	5	Moderate
Single Filler	5	Easy-Moderate
Error Detection	10	Moderate
Total	30	Moderate

Quantitative Aptitude ( Easy- Moderate )

The level of quantitative aptitude section was Easy-Moderate. If you are yet to appear for OICL AO exam, The first and most basic tip to help you clear quantitative aptitude section’s cut off is that you should work on your calculation speed. There were only 2 sets of DI:

• Line Graph (Boys and Girls)
• Tabular (Worker and Manager)

Topics	No. of Question	Level
Series (Missing)	5	Moderate
Approximation	5	Moderate
Data Interpretation	10	Easy-Moderate
Quadratic Equation	5	Easy
Profit & Loss	1	Moderate
Compound Interest	1	Moderate
Discount	1	Moderate
Problem on Ages	1	Moderate
Ratio and Proportion	2	Easy
Time and Work	1	Moderate
Boat and Stream	1	Moderate
Miscellaneous	2	Easy
Total	35	Easy-Moderate

Reasoning Ability (Easy-Moderate)

There were 6-7 types of questions from puzzles and Seating Arrangement which is given below:-

• Linear (North-South)
• Circular
• Day and Color
• Box
• Misc. 

• Topics	No. of Questions	Level
  Alphabets	1	Easy
  Puzzles and Seating Arrangement	25	Moderate
  Direction Sense	2	Easy
  Number Based	1	Moderate
  Order and Ranking	1	Easy
  Syllogism	5	Moderate
  Total	35	Easy-Moderate

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RBI Grade-B 2017 Phase-1 Exam Analysis 2017 (Shift-2)

Dear Aspirants, The Most awaited RBI Grade-B 2017 Phase-1 exam is over, Now it's time for exam analysis of RBI Grade-B 2017 Phase-1 (17th June 2017), Shift-2. A lot of students have appeared for their mains exam today and this brings them to a step closer in their journey of getting a Job in Banking Sector. Without wasting any moment, let's get straight to the analysis For which you are all waiting for. The overall exam was moderate to difficult. 

There are 4 Sections in RBI Grade-B 2017 Phase-1 exam namely English, Reasoning, General Awareness and Quantitative Aptitude.

RBI GRADE-B 2017 PHASE-1 EXAM ANALYSIS (OVER-ALL):

SECTIONS	GOOD ATTEMPTS
ENGLISH LANGUAGE	10-12
REASONING ABILITY	31-34
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE	9-11
GENERAL AWARENESS	38-41
TOTAL	87-94

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE (Difficult)

The level of quantitative aptitude was difficult. There were three sets of DI one form Line Graph (With Missing DI) another one based on double pie chart and the third one was caselet DI.

The questions were:

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Inequalities (New Pattern)	5	Difficult
Data Interpretation (Double Pie Chart and Line graph with missing DI)	15	Difficult
Miscellaneous(SI,CI, Speed &Time, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Averages, Ages, Ratio etc.)	10	Difficult
Total	30	Difficult

ENGLISH LANGUAGE (Difficult)

The level of English was Difficult. There were two set of RC in which one was based on new pattern(that came in SBI PO mains) and another one was based on old pattern.

Topics of Reading Comprehension:

• Valuation of currency (USD)
• European Central Bank. 

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension	12	Moderate-Difficult
Double fillers	5	Moderate
Idioms and Phrases	3	Difficult
Sentence Correction	5	Difficult
Total	30	Difficult

REASONING ABILITY (Moderate-Difficult)

The level of reasoning was moderate - Difficult. There were 4 puzzles and sitting Arrangement based on following pattern:-

• Linear North- South 
• Students and class (Odd Even)
• Month based Puzzle
• Floor based Puzzle with salary.

The questions were:

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Data Sufficiency	5	Moderate
Input - Output	6	Difficult
Logical Reasoning	11	Moderate
Blood Relation	3	Moderate
Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles (Linear, Circular, and Floor)	20	Moderate-Difficult
Inequality	5	Moderate
Syllogism	7	Moderate
Direction	3	Moderate
Total	60	Moderate

GENERAL AWARENESS (Moderate)

General Awareness had 80 questions for 80 marks. This section is moderate for those who knows banking terms. Most of the current affairs questions were asked from Our GK POWER Capsule. Our Capsule is the first and last resource to all banking aspirants in India. The questions were mainly asked from banking and  recently Current affairs (May and June). No questions were asked from budget and economy survey. Some questions were from static.

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