Dear Students, IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam is scheduled to be held on 8th, 9th and 15th of December. Are you wondering what could be the pattern of this year’s IBPS Clerk Pre Exam 2018? To help you figure that out, here are Section-wise analyses of IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017 Exam & IBPS PO Prelims 2018 Exam and based on them, the expected pattern of IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 2018. Kindly go through the tables that follow and make up your mind to appear for IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 2018 with a pre-planned integrated strategy.
English Language
IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017 (Shift 1):
| Topic | No. of Question | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 5 | Moderate |
| Double Fillers | 10 | Moderate |
| Idioms/ Phrases | 10 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Sentence Rearrangement (New Pattern) | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Total | 30 | Moderate-Difficult |
IBPS PO Prelims 2018 (Shift 1):
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 7 | Moderate |
| Error Detection | 7 | Easy-Moderate |
| Filler | 5 | Moderate |
| Cloze Test | 6 | Moderate |
| Sentence Improvement | 5 | Moderate |
| Total | 30 | Moderate |
Expected IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 2018:
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 8-10 | Easy-Moderate |
| Idioms/ Phrases | 4-6 | Easy-Moderate |
| Filler/ Cloze Test | 5-7 | Easy-Moderate |
| Sentence Improvement/ Sentence Rearrangement | 4-6 | Easy-Moderate |
| Error Detection/ Matching/ Phrase Replacement | 4-5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 30 | Easy-Moderate |
Reasoning Ability
IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017 (Shift 1):
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Order and Ranking based puzzle | 3 | Easy |
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangement | 10 | Moderate |
| Alpha-numerical-symbol Series | 5 | Easy |
| Blood relation | 3 | Easy |
| Inequality | 3 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 3 | Easy |
| Direction Sense | 3 | Easy |
| Alphabet-based | 2 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous | 3 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy |
IBPS PO Prelims 2018 (Shift 1):
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangement | 15 | Moderate |
| Coding Decoding | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Direction Sense | 3 | Moderate |
| Inequality | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Alphabet | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
| Comparison Based Questions | 2 | Moderate |
| Miscellaneous | 4 | Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Moderate |
Expected IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 2018:
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangement | 17-23 | Easy-Moderate |
| Coding Decoding/ Input Output | 4-5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Direction Sense/ Blood Relation | 1-2 | Easy-Moderate |
| Inequality/ Syllogism | 2-3 | Easy-Moderate |
| Alphabet/ Alphabetical Series | 2-3 | Easy-Moderate |
| `Numeric/ Symbol Series | 4-5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Easy-Moderate |
Quantitative Aptitude
IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017 (Shift 1):
| Topics | No. of Question | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Tabular DI | 5 | Moderate |
| Simplification | 13 | 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 | 4 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy-Moderate |
IBPS PO Prelims 2018 (Shift 1):
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Data Interpretation | 11 | Moderate |
| Wrong Number Series | 6 | Moderate |
| Quadratic Equation | 6 | Moderate |
| Arithmetic Word Problems (Profit and Loss, Problem on Ages, SI & CI etc) | 12 | Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Moderate |
Expected IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 2018:
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| DI | 5-10 | Easy-Moderate |
| Number Series | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Simplification/ Approximation | 5-6 | Easy-Moderate |
| Quantity 1 Quantity 2/ Data Sufficiency | 5-6 | Easy-Moderate |
| Arithmetic Word Problems (Profit and Loss, Problem on Ages, SI & CI etc.) | 10-12 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Easy-Moderate |
We do not claim that it will exactly be the same as we expect it to be for IBPS can surprise candidates with a changed face of banking examinations anytime. So, you also have to prepare yourself for all sorts of bombshells that can be dropped by IBPS when the exam is conducted. All the best!!
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