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IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Paper Trend of Last 5 Years: The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection will conduct the IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam on 28th August, 3rd, 4th September 2022 and we expect that those candidates who are aiming for the IBPS Clerk 2022 must have started their preparation. With the better progress of preparation, candidates must have a hint about the exam paper trend, so in this articles, we will discuss the IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Paper Trend of Last 5 Years (2017-2021).
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Paper Trend of Last 5 Years (2017-2021)
To help the candidates in getting familiar with these important topics we will be providing the IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Paper Trend of the last 5 years i.e. 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, & 2021 so keep reading. IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Paper Trend of Last 5 Years i.e. 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021 will help students to understand the types of questions asked in every section i.e. Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude, and English Language. They can boost up their preparation with these topics according to the frequency of the topics in consecutive years.
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Paper Trend of Reasoning Ability
In the Reasoning section, we can see that at least 15 questions about puzzles and seating arrangement are always asked in the IBPS Clerk prelims exam. Questions of number series/alphanumeric series have been asked for the last 5 years. Students must be ready for the Puzzles, Seating Arrangement which can take students’ time in real-time.
| REASONING ABILITY | |||||||
| Name of the Topic | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | ||
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangement | 20 | 20 | 20 (Square Arrangement, Linear Arrangement, Month Based, Parallel Row) | 15 (Floor Based, Parallel Row, Square Arrangement) | 15 (Floor Based, Linear, Circular Arrangement) | ||
| Syllogism | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Blood Relation | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Number based Coding | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alphabet Based (to make a meaningful word) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Alphanumeric Series | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Coding-Decoding | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Direction Sense | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Order Ranking | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Data Sufficiency | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Inequalities | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Total | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | ||
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IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Paper Trend of Quantitative Aptitude
In the Quantitative Aptitude section, a minimum of 5 questions is asked from the data interpretation part in 2017, 2018 & 2019 but 10 questions were asked in 2020. Candidates must be prepared with the arithmetic questions as at least 10 questions are always asked on this topic.
| QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE | |||||||
| Name of the Topic | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | ||
| Data Interpretation | 5 (Tabular) | 10 (Tabular, Line Graph) | 5 (Bar Graph) | 5 (Bar Graph) | 5 (Tabular) | ||
| Quadratic Equation | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Approximation/Simplification | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 15 | ||
| Arithmetic Questions | 15 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Missing/Wrong Number Series | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Quantity Based (Q1-Q2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | ||
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IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Paper Trend of English Language
The English language section contains 30 questions in the IBPS Clerk Prelims exam. 5 questions were asked from the Reading Comprehension in 2017 and from the last 2 years, 8 questions were asked.
| ENGLISH LANGUAGE | |||||||
| Name of the Topic | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | ||
| Reading Comprehension | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 5 | ||
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Phrase and Idioms Replacement
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0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | ||
| Error Detection | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Word Rearrangement | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Para Jumble | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phrase Replacement | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mis Spelt | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Single Fillers | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Match the Column Based | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Close Test | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | ||
