IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis, Review 2018: 13th October- 4th Slot |

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Dear Aspirants,

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2018:

IBPS PO is 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. 13th October is the first day of the first phase of this exam, i.e., prelims and the 4th shift is over now. There have been changes from the first shift to fourth in today’s IBPS PO Prelims Examination. The first shift was of a moderate level and in the second shift the level shifted towards the difficult side with new pattern based questions in the English Language and a lengthy Quantitative Aptitude Section. Candidates who appeared for the third shift, reported that it was however easier when compared with the previous two.

In this article we will discuss the exam review and analysis of today’s fourth and final shift. The examination held in this shift was of Moderate level. The order of occurrence of sections was English, Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude

IBPS PO Exam Analysis 2018: Section-wise Analysis

Subject	Good Attempt	Time
English Language	18-23	20
Reasoning Ability	24-29	20
Quantitative Aptitude	13-17	20
Total	54-59	60

Quantitative Aptitude (Moderate- Lengthy)

The level of Quantitative Aptitude section was moderate to lengthy. One can easily attempt questions if they have practiced well. There were a total of 3 sets of data interpretation: 2 sets of Tabular+ Pie Chart, and one caselet.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Data Interpretation	16	Moderate-Lengthy
Wrong Number Series	5	Moderate
Data Sufficiency	5	Moderate
Arithmetic Word Problems (Profit and Loss, Problem on Ages, SI & CI etc)	9	Moderate
Total	35	Moderate-Lengthy

English Language (Easy-Moderate)

English section in the 4th shift was of Easy to Moderate level. There were only 7 question in the set of Reading Comprehension out of which 1 question was of vocabulary (Synonyms). It is important that candidates choose wisely what to attempt and what to skip. Reading Comprehension was based on an article related to work pressure on people in Japan.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension	7	Moderate
Error Detection (2 different types)	8	Moderate
Sentence Correction	5	Easy-Moderate
Fillers	5	Easy-Moderate
Sentence Rearrangement	5	Easy
Total	30	Easy-Moderate

Reasoning (Easy-Moderate)

The level of reasoning in this shift was Easy to Moderate. 4 questions of syllogism were also asked in this shift, however there was no question of syllogism in today’s earlier shifts. There were 4 sets of puzzles and Seating Arrangement, following are the types

Random Arrangement Based Puzzle, 5 companies, 5 people, 5 posts
Circular seating arrangement
Box based Puzzle, 9 boxes
Day Based Puzzle, (Mon to Sat)

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement	20	Moderate
Order and Ranking	3	Easy-Moderate
Direction sense	2	Easy
Blood Relation	2	Easy
Alphabet	1	Easy-Moderate
Inequality	3	Easy-Moderate
Syllogism	4	Easy-Moderate
Total	35	Easy-Moderate