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IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis & Review 2020: IBPS had conducted IBPS Clerk Mains 2020 Exam on 19 January 2020. IBPS Clerk Exam is conducted every year by IBPS to recruit eligible candidates in various Public Sector Banks. Candidates who have gone through the IBPS Clerk Mains must be looking for the complete exam analysis and review.
IBPS Clerk Mains 2020 Exam had 5 sections: Quantitative Aptitude, General English, Reasoning, Computer Aptitude, and General/Financial Awareness for a duration of 160 minutes and each section had its allotted time limit.
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The level of Today’s exam was of Moderate-Difficult level. Out of all the sections, Quantitative Aptitude was most tedious & calculative, and there were many good Puzzles in Seating & Arrangement Section.
The order of occurrence of section in IBPS Clerk Mains 2019 is as follows:
- General Awareness
- English Language
- Reasoning & Computer Aptitude
- Quantitative Aptitude
Read the detailed analysis provided below for more insight into what types of questions were asked in all the sections of IBPS Clerk Mains 2020
IBPS Clerk Mains 2020 Exam Analysis (OVER-ALL):
| SECTIONS | GOOD ATTEMPTS (Number of Questions) |
|---|---|
| General English | 27-30 |
| Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 27-34 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 35-39 |
| General/ Financial Awareness | 32-38 |
| TOTAL | 121-141 |
Quantitative Aptitude (Moderate)
The Quantitative Aptitude section consisted of 50 questions. The level of data analysis and interpretation was moderate. There were a total of 4 sets of DI asked. Following were the types on DI seen in this section:
- Caselet DI
- Line Graph
- Pie Chart +Bar Graph
- Tabular
The questions were:
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Data Interpretation | 20 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Data Sufficiency | 04 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Quantity 1, Quantity 2 | 05 | Moderate |
| Approximation | 06 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous- Arithmetic Word Problems | 15 | Moderate |
| Total | 50 | Moderate |
English Language (Difficult)
There were 40 questions in English Language section. There were a total of 3 sets of Reading Comprehension and their themes were related to:
- Coffee
- Artificial Intelligence
Sentence Rearrangement:
4 sentences were given out of which 1st & last were fixed. B & C (middle sentences) were divided into parts and had to be arranged among themselves. Finally, the whole paragraph was required to be rearranged.
4 sentences were given out of which 1st & last were fixed. B & C (middle sentences) were divided into parts and had to be arranged among themselves. Finally, the whole paragraph was required to be rearranged.
Cloze Test:
There were 6 words marked as bold. The words were required to be substituted with appropriate words.
Fillers:
3 Sentences were given with a blank in each. Candidates had to identify suitable word which will fit in all 3 blanks.
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension | 15 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Sentence Rearrangement (new format) |
05 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Starters | 04 | Easy |
| Cloze Test | 06 | Easy-Moderate |
| Error Detection | 05 | Moderate |
| Fillers (Three blanks, one word) | 05 | Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Difficult |
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Reasoning & Computer Aptitude (Moderate-Difficult)
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude section had some complex Puzzles & Seating Arrangement questions. No questions were asked from Computer Aptitude. Following are the types of Puzzles & Seating Arrangement questions asked in IBPS Clerk Mains 2019:
- Circular Seating Arrangement
- Alphabet Based Puzzle (Letters were to be arranged in a linear fashion)
- Linear Seating Arrangement (Single row)
- Order & Ranking (11 people, buying something)
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
|
Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles
|
20
|
Moderate-Difficult
|
| Syllogism | 05 | Moderate |
|
Coded Inequality
|
05 |
Easy-Moderate
|
|
Direction Sense (in form of coding)
|
05 |
Moderate
|
|
Data Sufficiency
|
04 |
Moderate
|
|
Alphanumeric Symbol Series (new pattern)
|
05 | Moderate |
| Coding Decoding | 05 | Moderate |
| Logical Reasoning | 02 | Moderate- Difficult |
|
Total
|
50 | Moderate-Difficult |
General/Financial Awareness (Moderate)
This section had 50 questions and the level of the questions asked was moderate. In this section most of the questions, Banking Awareness related to current affairs & contemporary events of national & international importance of December/January.
There were also questions related to “RBI in news” of past 2-3 months & only 2-3 questions of static awareness. Some of the questions are as follows:
- Joint Military Exercise Tiger Triumph between – India & USA
- The Theme of New Delhi World Book Fair – ‘Suryodaya: Emerging voices from North East India’
- National Science Congress 2020
- Question related to Forest Cover of India
- India’s first UNESCO Heritage City
- Headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency – Vienna, Austria
- Question related to MUDRA
- Full form of “MANI” app launched by RBI: Mobile Aided Note Identifier.
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