IBPS PO mains 20th November 2016 Exam Analysis |

Now its time for exam analysis of IBPS PO mains (20th November 2016). A lot of students have appeared for their mains exam today and this brings them a step closer in their journey of becoming a PO. Without wasting any moment, let’s get straight to the analysis which you all are interested in.

There are 5 Sections in IBPS PO mains exam namely English, Reasoning ,Computer awareness, General Awareness and Quantitative Aptitude. This year the paper was of Difficult level. There were 4 seating arrangements and puzzles in reasoning.English Language and Quant was of Moderate to Difficult level.

OVER-ALL ANALYSIS

Sections	Good Attempt	Sectional Time
English Language	16-19	30
Reasoning Ability	15-18	40
Quantitative Aptitude	18-21	40
Computer Awareness	14-16	10
General Awareness	20-23	20
Total	85-91	140

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE (Difficult)

The level of quantitative aptitude was moderate to difficult There were three sets of DI.

DI type – pie chart, line chart , missing DI and caselette

The questions were:

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Series	5	moderate
Inequalites	5	difficult
Approximation	5	moderate
Data Interpretation	20	Moderate to difficult
Miscellaneous(SI,CI, Speed &Time, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Averages, Ages, Ratio etc.)	15	Moderate to difficult
Total	50	Moderate to difficult

ENGLISH LANGUAGE (MODERATE-DIFFICULT)

The level of English was difficult as compared to previous year. There were Sentence Fillers in this section and there were 2 Reading Comprehension.

RC Toipc- Infrastraucture Investment, Informal Economy to formal Economy

The questions were:

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension	15	moderate
Sentence fillers	5	Moderate to difficult
Para-Jumbled(odd one types)	5	Moderate to difficult
Errors	5	Easy to moderate
Words replacement	5	Easy to moderate
Antonym/synonym	5	moderate to difficult
Total	40	difficult

REASONING ABILITY (MODERATE-DIFFICULT)

The level of reasoning was moderate to difficult. Syllogism questions were different this time, only Conclusions were given in questions and statements were provide in options.

Puzzle 1- 12 people (north- south)
Puzzle 2- 8 people (4 month 2 days)
Puzzle 3- 9 people (manager)

The questions were:

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Syllogism	5	difficult
Sitting Arrangement (Circular and Linear)	10	difficult
Puzzles	10	difficult
Coding-decoding	5	difficult
Logical	10	difficult
Data Sufficiency	5	difficult
Miscellaneous ( Ranking, Direction Sense)	5	difficult
Total	50	difficult