IBPS PO Exam Analysis 2020: Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) successfully conducted IBPS PO 2020 Prelims exam on 3, 10 and 11 October in Shift 1, 2, 3 and 4. Lakhs of candidates appeared for the IBPS PO 2020 Prelims exam to get recruited as Probationary Officers in public sector banks. Here in this article, we have provided below the detailed exam analysis and review of the IBPS PO exam below along with questions asked, their difficulty level and number of good attempts made by candidates. As per the feedback shared by candidates, the overall difficulty level of the exam was of 'Easy to Moderate' level. Candidates can go through the exam analysis below to get a decent idea about the expected IBPS PO question paper.
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IBPS PO Prelims 2020 exam duration is of 1 hour, 20 minutes allotted to each section - Reasoning Ability (35 questions), Quantitative Aptitude (35 questions) and English Language (30 questions). Each question is of 1 mark. There is a penalty of negative marking for each wrong answer marked by candidates in the Prelims exam. So, candidates need to mark their answers carefully in the exam to avoid lessening of their scores in the exam. Those who are able to obtain minimum qualifying marks or IBPS PO Cut Off 2020, will get shortlisted for the Mains exam.
Let's now have a look at the detailed exam analysis of the IBPS PO Prelims 2020 below:
IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis & Review (10 & 11 October 2020-All Shifts 1/2/3/4)
The IBPS PO Prelims 2020 exam held on 10 October Shift 1 was of 'Moderate' difficulty level. Candidates shared their feedback that they were able to make around 70 to 78 good attempts in the exam. Have a look at the detailed exam analysis below:
| Section | Total Marks | Good Attempts | Difficulty Level |
| Reasoning Ability (35 Questions) | 35 | 21-24 | Moderate |
| English Language (30 Questions) | 30 | 23 – 26 | Easy to Moderate |
| Quantitative Aptitude (35 Questions) | 35 | 22-25 | Moderate to Difficult |
| Total | 100 Marks | 70-78 | Moderate |
IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis & Review (3 October 2020 - All Shifts 1/2/3/4)
The overall difficulty level of the IBPS PO Prelims 2020 exam was 'Easy to Moderate' level. Candidates were able to make around 75 to 82 good attempts in the exam. Have a look at the detailed exam analysis below:
| Section | Total Marks | Good Attempts | Difficulty Level |
| Reasoning Ability (35 Questions) | 35 | 27 – 31 | Easy to Moderate |
| English Language (30 Questions) | 30 | 22 – 25 | Easy to Moderate |
| Quantitative Aptitude (35 Questions) | 35 | 24 – 27 | Easy to Moderate |
| Total | 100 Marks | 74 – 80 | Easy to Moderate |
Let's look at the section-wise exam analysis of the prelims examination below:
Section-wise IBPS PO Exam Analysis 2020
Reasoning Ability: In this section, the questions were asked from puzzles, Coding-Decoding, Blood Relations, Inequality, Syllogism and others. The difficulty level of reasoning section was easy to moderate.
| Topics | No. of MCQs | Difficulty Level |
| Puzzles - Seating Arrangement (Month-based, Circular, Linear & Classification Puzzle) | 20 | Easy to Moderate |
| Coding Decoding | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Inequality | 5 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 3 | Easy to Moderate |
| Blood Relations | 1 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous | 1 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy to Moderate |
Quantitative Aptitude: In this section, questions were asked from Data Interpretation, Quadratic Equation, Approximation, Arithmetic problems. The difficulty level of the section was Easy to Moderate level.
| Topic | No. of MCQs | Difficulty Level |
| Data Interpretation - Line Graph, Tabular DI | 10 | Easy to Moderate |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 | Easy |
| Approximation | 5 | Easy |
| Arithmetic Word Problems | 15 | Easy to Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Easy to Moderate |
English Language: In this section, the questions were asked from Reading Comprehensions, Fill in the blanks, Error Detection, Cloze Test and Sentence Rearrangement. The difficulty level of the exam was Easy to Moderate level.
| Topics | No. of MCQs | Difficulty Level |
| Reading Comprehensions (Education) | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Fillers | 5 | Easy |
| Error Detection | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | Easy |
| Cloze Test | 5 | Easy |
| Word Swap | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Total | 30 | Easy to Moderate |
Watch this space for exam analysis of all shifts here.
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