Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) declared the online preliminary result for IBPS CWE-V Clerk exam. Qualified candidates are eligible to appear for the Main examination which is scheduled to be held on 02-03 January 2016.
Candidates who had appeared for the Preliminary Examination can find their result from the link given below.
Pattern of Examination: The examination has 3 sections – Reasoning Ability, Numerical Ability, and English Language. The candidates shall be required to qualify in each section as per cut-off marks determined on the basis of performance in each section and also on total weighted score. Negative marking is applicable for the Objective Test. For every wrong answer, one-fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty.
Analysis of Examination: The overall difficulty level of the examination was Easy to Moderate.
The Banking team of Jagranjosh.com has given comprehensive analysis of the question paper and the expected cut off for the examination.
| Section | Total Ques. | Level of Difficulty |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | Moderate |
| Numerical Ability | 35 | Easy to Moderate |
| English Language | 30 | Easy |
The section wise details are as follows:
Reasoning Ability
The level of difficulty was Moderate for this section. It has been noticed that no Syllogism question were asked in this section.
| Topics | Number of question | Level of difficulty |
| Circular seating arrangement | 5 | Easy |
| Linear arrangement | 5 | Moderate |
| Alphabetical Series | 5 | Easy |
| Puzzle | 5 | Easy |
| Coding-decoding | 5 | Moderate |
| Inequalities | 5 | Moderate |
| Miscellaneous (Blood relation, Direction, series, Ranking etc.) | 5 | Moderate |
| Total no. of question | 35 |
|
Numerical Ability
The difficulty level of Numerical Ability section was Easy to Moderate but some question was calculative. Quadratic equation was missing in this section.
| Topic | Number of question | Level of difficulty |
| Data Interpretation (Table chart) | 5 | Easy |
| Approximation/ Simplification | 10 | Easy |
| Number Series | 5 | East to Moderate |
| Arithmetic- Simple & compound interest, Time and work, Ration and proportion, profit and loss , percentage, Averages, Ages | 15 | Moderate |
| Total no. of question | 35 |
|
English Language
The section was Easy.
| Topic | Number of question | Level of difficulty |
| Reading Comprehension(Based on story) | 10 | Easy |
| Cloze test | 5 | Easy |
| Spotting error | 5 | Easy |
| Sentence Improvement | 5 | Moderate |
| Para jumble | 5 | Moderate |
| Total no. question | 30 |
|
Expected Cutoff marks: - As per our analysis, the following Cutoff marks are expected for different category.
| General | 50-55 |
| SC | 30-35 |
| ST | 22-25 |
| OBC | 48-54 |
Note: The candidates should note that the above cut offs may vary as it depends upon various factors hence, it is not possible to predict the exact cut off marks until IBPS declared it on its website. The IBPS will announce cut off marks, when the process of selection is over.
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