IBPS PO Prelims 2018: Exam Analysis, Review, Expected Cut-off

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis: Check IBPS PO Prelims exam analysis (13 October & 14 October 2018, All 4 Slots). IBPS is conducting preliminary exam for 4252 vacancies of Probationary Officer. In this article, you will get an in-depth section-wise analysis of all the slots held on 13th and 14th October 2018. This analysis is provided by Mr Mohan Prasad, Mentor, Career Launcher. IBPS PO Prelims 2018 Result is expected to be announced at the end of October month or in the first week of November month. Candidates are advised to start preparing for IBPS PO Mains 2018 without waiting for the result as there will be very less time after the announcement of IBPS PO Prelims Result 2018.

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In the computer based SBI PO Prelims online exam, sections appeared in the following sequence

English Language → Reasoning Ability → Quantitative Aptitude

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis: 13 October, Slot 1

October 13, 2018 was the first day of the IBPS PO Preliminary Exam 2018. The exam is being conducted in four time slots: 2 each in morning and evening.

A total of 100 questions had to be answered in 60 minutes. All the sections, except English Language, were available in both English and Hindi. Every correct answer will fetch 1 mark, while every incorrect answer will reduce the score by 0.25.

The detailed break-up of IBPS PO Prelims 2018 exam is as follows:

Sectional and overall expected cut-off of IBPS PO Preliminary Exam 2018:

English Language:

The English Language section of IBPS PO Preliminary Exam 2018 comprised of questions based on Reading Comprehension, Spot the Errors, Cloze test, fill in the blanks, interchange words and Phrase Replacement. The Reading Comprehension was based on information circulation. The interchanging words questions were having 5 to 6 bold words, which needs to be interchanged to make the sentence meaningful. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.

Quantitative Aptitude:

The Quantitative Aptitude section of IBPS PO Preliminary 2018 saw questions from a variety of topics. Some commonly asked topics were Mensuration, Time Speed and Distance, Simple Interest & Compound Interest, Partnership, Age, and Profit, Loss and Discount. This year data interpretation sets contain more number of questions than usual as one set has 6 question and the other one has 7 questions based on it.  The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate to difficult, since most of the questions were calculative and hence the questions asked for the approximate value for the answer.

Reasoning Ability:

The Reasoning Ability section of IBPS PO Preliminary 2018 was dominated by questions based on Analytical Reasoning. There were two sets of Sitting Arrangement questions with persons facing in opposite direction.. In Floor Arrangement, name and orders placed were to be arranged on 5 different floors. Directions based set was easy and requires no calculation. No questions based on Syllogism were there in the exam. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis (Section-wise): 13 October, Slot 2

A total of 100 questions had to be answered in 60 minutes. All the sections, except English Language, were available in both English and Hindi. Every correct answer will fetch 1 mark, while every incorrect answer will reduce the score by 0.25.

The detailed break-up of IBPS PO Prelims 2018 exam is as follows:

Sectional and overall expected cut-off of IBPS PO Preliminary Exam 2018:

English Language:

The English Language section comprised of questions based on Reading Comprehension, Spot the Error, Phrase/Word replacement, Parajumbles, Word usage and Match the statements. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate to difficult.

Quantitative Aptitude:

The Quantitative Aptitude section saw questions from a variety of topics. Some commonly asked topics were Time Speed and Distance, Simple Interest & Compound Interest, Partnership, Probability, Time and work, Percentage and Ratio & Proportion. There were 3 sets of Data Interpretation. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate, since most of the questions were calculative and hence the questions asked for the approximate value for the answer.

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis (Section-wise): 13 October, Slot 3

A total of 100 questions had to be answered in 60 minutes. All the sections, except English Language, were available in both English and Hindi. Every correct answer will fetch 1 mark, while every incorrect answer will reduce the score by 0.25.

 The detailed break-up of IBPS PO Prelims 2018 exam is as follows:

Sectional and overall expected cut-off of IBPS PO Preliminary Exam 2018:

English Language:

The Reading Comprehension was based on economy. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.

 Quantitative Aptitude:

There were 3 sets of Data Interpretation. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.

Reasoning Ability:

The Reasoning Ability section was dominated by questions based on Analytical Reasoning. There were four different sets of based on various kinds of Seating Arrangement and Data Arrangement. There were no questions based on Syllogism in this exam. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis (Section-wise): 13 October, Slot 4

A total of 100 questions had to be answered in 60 minutes. All the sections, except English Language, were available in both English and Hindi. Every correct answer will fetch 1 mark, while every incorrect answer will reduce the score by 0.25.

The detailed break-up of IBPS PO Prelims 2018 exam is as follows:

Sectional and overall expected cut-off of IBPS PO Preliminary Exam 2018:

English Language:

The English Language section comprised of questions based on Reading Comprehension, Spot the Errors, Sentence Rearrangement, Fill in the blanks, Replacement of bold words. The Reading Comprehension was based on the people of Japan overwork in the office. The replacement of bold words questions were having one bold word, which needs to be interchanged to make the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.

Quantitative Aptitude:

The Quantitative Aptitude saw questions from a variety of topics. Some commonly asked topics were Mensuration, Time Speed and Distance, Simple Interest & Compound Interest, Partnership, Probability, and Profit, Loss and Discount. This year one data interpretation set has both pie chart and table. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate, and most of the questions were calculative.

Reasoning Ability:

The Reasoning Ability section was dominated by questions based on Analytical Reasoning. There was a set based on Circular arrangement in which 8 people were sitting who like different flowers. Directions based set was easy and requires no calculation. Three questions based on Syllogism were there in the exam. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis: 14 October, Slot 1

October 14, 2018 was the second day of the IBPS PO Preliminary Exam 2018. The exam is being conducted in four time slots: 2 each in morning and evening.

A total of 100 questions had to be answered in 60 minutes. All the sections, except English Language, were available in both English and Hindi. Every correct answer will fetch 1 mark, while every incorrect answer will reduce the score by 0.25.

The detailed break-up of IBPS PO Prelims 2018 exam is as follows:

Sectional and overall expected cut-off of IBPS PO Preliminary Exam 2018:

English Language:

The English Language section comprised of questions based on Reading Comprehension, Spot the Error, Sentence Rearrangement, Fill in the blanks, Match the statements etc. The Reading Comprehension was based on economy. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.

Quantitative Aptitude:

There were three sets of Data Interpretation. This year one data interpretation set has both line graph and table. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate, and most of the questions were calculative.

Reasoning Ability:

The Reasoning Ability section was dominated by questions based on Analytical Reasoning. There were four different sets of Analytical Reasoning based on various kinds of Seating Arrangement and Data Arrangement. Directions based set was moderate. Three questions based on Syllogism were there in the exam. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis: 14 October, Slot 2

A total of 100 questions had to be answered in 60 minutes. All the sections, except English Language, were available in both English and Hindi. Every correct answer will fetch 1 mark, while every incorrect answer will reduce the score by 0.25.

The detailed break-up of IBPS PO Prelims 2018 exam is as follows:

Sectional and overall expected cut-off of IBPS PO Preliminary Exam 2018:

English Language:

The English Language section comprised of questions based on Reading Comprehension, Phrase/Word Replacement, Fill in the blanks, Parajumbles etc. The Reading Comprehension was based on Bank and its technology. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.

Quantitative Aptitude:

There were two sets of Data Interpretation. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate, and most of the questions were calculative.

Reasoning Ability:

The Reasoning Ability section was dominated by questions based on Analytical Reasoning. There were five different sets of Analytical Reasoning based on various kinds of Seating Arrangement and Data Arrangement. Directions based set was moderate. Four questions based on Syllogism were there in the exam. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis: 14 October, Slot 3

A total of 100 questions had to be answered in 60 minutes. All the sections, except English Language, were available in both English and Hindi. Every correct answer will fetch 1 mark, while every incorrect answer will reduce the score by 0.25.

The detailed break-up of IBPS PO Prelims 2018 exam is as follows:

 Sectional and overall expected cut-off of IBPS PO Preliminary Exam 2018:

English Language:

The English Language section comprised of questions based on Reading Comprehension, Phrase/Word Replacement, Match the statements etc. The Reading Comprehension was based on impact of technology and job markets. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.

Quantitative Aptitude:

There were three sets of Data Interpretation. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate, and most of the questions were calculative.

Reasoning Ability:

The Reasoning Ability section was dominated by questions based on Analytical Reasoning. There were four different sets of Analytical Reasoning based on various kinds of Seating Arrangement and Data Arrangement. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis: 14 October, Slot 4

A total of 100 questions had to be answered in 60 minutes. All the sections, except English Language, were available in both English and Hindi. Every correct answer will fetch 1 mark, while every incorrect answer will reduce the score by 0.25.

The detailed break-up of IBPS PO Prelims 2018 exam is as follows:

Sectional and overall expected cut-off of IBPS PO Preliminary Exam 2018:

English Language:

The English Language section comprised of questions based on Reading Comprehension, Phrase/Word Replacement, Spot the error, Fill in the blanks etc. The Reading Comprehension was based on Global Warming. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.

Quantitative Aptitude:

There were three sets of Data Interpretation. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate, and most of the questions were calculative.

Reasoning Ability:

The Reasoning Ability section was dominated by questions based on Analytical Reasoning. There were five different sets of Analytical Reasoning based on various kinds of Seating Arrangement and Data Arrangement. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.

The above analysis is provided by Mr. Mohan Prasad, Mentor, Career Launcher.

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