Many aspirants were waiting for IDBI PO PGDBF exam, Now it’s time for exam analysis as its 1st shift is over. A lot of students have appeared for IDBI PO recruitment today and this brings them to a step closer in their journey of getting a Job in Banking Sector. Without wasting any moment, let’s get straight to the analysis For which you are all waiting for.
There are 4 Sections in IDBI PO PGDBF exam namely English, Reasoning, General Awareness and Quantitative Aptitude. Overall the examination was of moderate-difficult level.
OVER-ALL ANALYSIS
Subject
|
Good Attempt
|
English Language
|
26-29
|
Reasoning Ability
|
25-28
|
Quantitative Aptitude
|
25-28
|
General Awareness
|
31-34
|
Total
|
142-148
|
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE (Difficult)
The level of this section was quite difficult and quant was also very calculative. There were two tabular DI, one Missing DI and one caselet. Even the questions from approximation were calculative.
Following are the types of series questions asked in this shift.
13, 126, 140, 265, 201, 228, 2208, 10,
18, 28, 48, 78, 12026, 35, 60, 109, 230,
386, 68818, 11, 13, 21.5, 45, 118,
345.57, 11, 27, 63, 113, 227, 371.
The questions were:
Topic
|
No. of Questions
|
Level
|
Series (Wrong)
|
5
|
Difficult
|
Quadratic Equation
|
5
|
Moderate
|
Approximation
|
5
|
Moderate-Difficult
|
Data Interpretation
|
20
|
Moderate-Difficult
|
Miscellaneous(SI,CI, Speed &Time, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Averages, Ages, Ratio etc.)
|
15
|
Difficult
|
Total
|
50
|
Difficult
|
ENGLISH LANGUAGE (Moderate)
This section was overall moderate in comparison with other sections of this examination. There were two Reading Comprehension, a total of 20 questions from RC and it also had questions of vocabulary in it. The Reading Comprehension were economy based, one was related to Economy of Taiwan and another was related to Multi National Companies. There were also questions of word usage where they asked to pick up the most inappropriate word in the context.
The questions were:
The questions were:
Topic
|
No. of Questions
|
Level
|
Reading Comprehension
|
20
|
Moderate
|
Close Test
|
5
|
Easy-Moderate
|
Para-Jumbled
|
5
|
Moderate
|
Errors
|
5
|
Moderate
|
Fill in the Blanks (Double filler)
|
5
|
Moderate
|
Inappropriate Word
|
5
|
Moderate
|
Sentence Improvement
|
5
|
Moderate
|
Total
|
50
|
Moderate
|
REASONING ABILITY (MODERATE-DIFFICULT)
Reasoning section was of moderate to difficult level. There were 10 questions of syllogism out of which 5 were of the conventional pattern and 5 questions were of the reverse syllogism in which they provide the conclusions in the question and statements are given in options. There was one linear seating arrangement in which the questions was centered araung a person and his relatives which were to be arranges facing north and south. Another puzzle was of boxes and was of 2 variables. The 3rd puzzle was related to 12 months and 12 people.
The questions were:
Topic
|
No. of Questions
|
Level
|
Inequalities
|
5
|
Moderate
|
Syllogism
|
10
|
Moderate-Difficult
|
Sitting Arrangement
(Linear)
|
5
|
Moderate
|
Puzzles
|
10
|
Difficult
|
Machine Input Output
|
5
|
Moderate
|
Logical Reasoning
|
10
|
Moderate-Difficult
|
Data Sufficiency
|
5
|
Moderate-Difficult
|
Total
|
50
|
Moderate-Difficult
|
GENERAL AWARENESS (Moderate)
G.A section was of moderate level and most of the questions were from banking and current affairs portion of January. There were many questions related to Pradhan Mantri Schemes and also there were 2-3 questions of static awareness.
All the best for next shift !!