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IBPS SO 2017 Prelims Exam Analysis: 30th Dec (Shift-2)

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The second shift for IBPS SO Prelims 2017 is over, now it’s time for exam analysis of IBPS SO Prelims for IT Officer, Marketing, HR and Agriculture Officer (2nd Shift). This is for the first time when IBPS has conducted a Preliminary Test for IBPS SO Recruitment. And this Preliminary Exam had a new pattern when compared to conventional Banking Recruitment’s Prelims Test; IBPS SO Prelims was of 2 hours with 150 questions for 125 marks. This new pattern gave heebie jeebies to many Specialist Officer aspirants but the 1st and 2nd shifts of SO Prelims exam was a sigh of relief to aspirants. 
As IBPS SO Prelims for  IT Officer, Marketing, HR and Agriculture Officer is over, this review can help SO Aspirants (of Law and Rajbhasha Adhikari) to get an idea of what the can expect in tomorrow’s IBPS SO Preliminary Exam. Overall the level of this exam was Moderate. Keep on reading to know all the details about types of questions asked in Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning and English Language of IBPS SO Prelims


The preliminary exam for IBPS SO was conducted online and had 150 questions for 120 minutes. Candidates have to manage those 120 minutes themselves while dealing with three sections- Reasoning (50 Ques), Quantitative Aptitude (50 Ques), and English (50 Ques). 

Subject Good Attempt (IT Officer)
English Language 27-29
Reasoning Ability 36-39
Quantitative Aptitude 33-37
Total  97-105 for IT Officer
95-102 for (HR/Agriculture/Marketing)

English Language (Moderate)
The level of English Language was Moderate. Much to the surprise and relief to students this section was not too over the board, with the recently set “conventional pattern” questions ruling the majority; aspirants who have done adequate practice can score in the English Language section of this exam. There were 2 sets of Reading Comprehension (which did not include question based on vocabulary).

Topics No. of Questions Level
Reading Comprehension 20 Moderate- Difficult
Fillers (Single blank) 5 Easy-Moderate
Phrase Replacement 5 Moderate
Cloze Test (New Pattern) 10 Moderate
Error Detection 5 Moderate
Sentence Rearrangement 5 Moderate
Total 50 Moderate


Quantitative Aptitude ( Easy-Moderate)

The level of quantitative aptitude section was Easy-Moderate. If you are yet to appear for IBPS SO Prelims exam (tomorrow), The first and most basic tip to help you clear quantitative aptitude section’s cut off is that you should work on your calculation speed. There were 3 sets of DI and a Caselet:
  • Tabular 
  •  Pie Chart
  • Line Graph
  • Caselet
Topics No. of Question Level
Number Series (Missing) 5 Moderate
Approximation 5 Easy
Data Interpretation 20 Moderate
Inequality 5 Easy
Miscellaneous- Arithmetic Word Problems (Average, Mixture and Allegation, CP and SP, Profit and Loss, Partnership etc.) 15 Easy-Moderate
Total 50 Easy-Moderate

    Reasoning Ability (Easy-Moderate)

    There were 5 puzzles and Seating Arrangement which are given below:-
    • Circular (2 Variables)
    • Stack Arrangement (1 Variable)
    • Floor Based (2 Variables)
    • Month Based (2 Variables)
    • Linear
        Topics
        No. of Questions
        Level
        Syllogism
        5
        Easy-Moderate
        Puzzles and Seating Arrangement
        25
        Moderate
        Direction Sense
        2
        Easy
        Coding Decoding
        2
        Easy-Moderate
        Inequality
        5
        Easy
        Alphabet
        1
        Easy
        Data Sufficiency 5 Easy-Moderate
        Logical Reasoning 5 Moderate
        Total
        50
        Easy-Moderate

        Stay confidence and you’ll surely do well in the exam!
        All the best for upcoming exams!!




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