IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis, Review 2018: 9th December- Shift- 2 |

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Dear Aspirants,

IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2018:

IBPS Clerk is one of the most sought-after recruitment in the banking industry. Several aspirants are burning candles at both ends to get a seat for themselves in this prestigious bank. 9th December is the second day of the first phase of this exam, i.e., prelims. Many students appeared for this exam and the competition will be very tough this time. Therefore, it is necessary that one gets aware about the type of questions being asked in the exam so that you get an idea about how to plan your strategy to attempt the questions in the exam and manage your time accordingly.

This year there is the sectional timing of 20 minutes in the Prelims Exam, its important for all banking aspirants to go through the review once. Exam analysis and review can help the aspirants who are yet to appear in upcoming shifts of IBPS Clerk Prelims to get an idea of the difficulty level and expected pattern of questions in Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, and English Language sections. The examination held in this shift was of the Easy level. The order of occurrence of sections was English, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning.

IBPS Clerk Exam Analysis 2018: Section-wise Analysis

Subject	Good Attempt	Time
English Language	22-25	20
Reasoning Ability	28-32	20
Quantitative Aptitude	24-28	20
Total	73-78	60

Quantitative Aptitude (Easy-Moderate)

The level of Quantitative Aptitude section was Easy to Moderate. One can easily attempt questions if they have practised well. DI questions based on a Bar Graph in this slot.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Data Interpretation	05	Easy-Moderate
Quadratic Equation	05	Easy-
Missing Number Series	05	Easy
Simplification	10	Easy
Arithmetic Word Problems (Profit and Loss, Problem on Ages, SI & CI etc)	10	Easy-Moderate
Total	35	Easy-Moderate

English Language (Easy)

English section was also of the easy level. There was one set of Reading Comprehension with 6 questions out of which 2 questions were of identifying the antonyms and synonym. The passage of the RC was based on an article related to Excess Use of Smartphone.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension	6	Easy-Moderate
Phrase Replacement	6	Easy
Cloze Test	7	Easy
Para Jumble	5	Easy
Find the Correct Sentence	6	Easy
Total	30	Easy

Reasoning (Easy)

The level of reasoning was of Easy to Moderate. There were 3 sets of puzzles and Seating Arrangement, following are the types

Circular seating arrangement (8 people)
Floor Based Puzzle
Linear Seating Arrangement (Uncertain Number of People)

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement	15	Easy-Moderate
Syllogism	4	Easy
Coding-Decoding	4	Easy
Number Series	3	Easy
Coding-Decoding	4	Easy
Alphabet	1	Easy
Alpha-Numeric Series	4	Easy
Total	35	Easy