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IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis Trend of Last 4 Years (2018-2021): The Institute of Banking & Personnel Selection releases the IBPS PO 2022 Notification on 1st August 2022 on the official website of IBPS @https://www.ibps.in. There are a total of 6432 vacancies and students must start their preparation now. In this article, we are discussing the IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis Trend of Last 4 years i.e. 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021.
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IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis Trend of Last 4 Years (2018-2021)
Check the complete post to have an insight into the exam trend which means the types of questions asked or topics in the last 4 years. This will help you to understand the frequency of topics each year and the addition of new topics.
Reasoning Ability
The given table shows the exam trend analysis of Reasoning Ability of the last 4 years i.e. 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021. Students must prepare the Puzzles and Seating Arrangement section as 20 questions out of 35 are being asked from this section in 4 consecutive years.
| IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis Trend: Reasoning Ability | ||||||
| Name of the Topic | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | ||
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangement | 22 (Dual Row, Uncertain Linear Row, Selection Based, Category Based & Floor & Flat Based Puzzle) | 20 (Month Based, Circular, Linear, & Classification Based Puzzle) | 20 (Linear, Box Based, Square Sitting, Month Based) | 20 (Linear, Square Arrangement, Floors Based, Data Arrange (3 Variables) | ||
| Syllogism | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Blood Relation | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Number based Coding | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Alphabet Based (to make a meaningful word) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Alpha-Numeric Series | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coding-Decoding | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Direction Sense | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Inequalities | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Word Pairing | 1 | |||||
| Total | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | ||
Quantitative Aptitude
Data Interpretation is the most important topic as 15 questions were asked in 2019, 2020 & 2021. You can expect at least 10 questions from DI in 2022. After that Arithmetic Question contains a minimum weightage of 10 marks.
| IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis Trend: Quantitative Aptitude | ||||||
| Name of the Topic | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | ||
| Data Interpretation | 15 (Tabular + Pie Chart, Pie Chart & Caselet DI) | 15 (Tabluar, Caselet, Line Graph) | 15 (Tabluar, Caselet, Line Graph) | 13 (Line, Bar Graph, Table) | ||
| Quadratic Equation | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Approximation | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Arithmetic Questions | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Missing/Wrong Number Series | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Quantity-Based (Q1-Q2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | ||
English Language
Reading Comprehension contains 8-10 marks weightage. Students must practice article reading, and newspaper reading for better preparation.
| IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis Trend: English Language | ||||||
| Name of the Topic | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | ||
| Reading Comprehension | 10 | 8 | 10 | 5 | ||
| Phrase and Idioms Replacement | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Error Detection/Sentence Improvement | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Word Rearrangement | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Sentence Rearrangement (paragraph) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Word Replacement | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Single Fillers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Find the Correct Sentence | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cloze Test | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Total | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | ||
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