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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IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis: 13 October 2018, Slot 1

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis: 13 October 2018, Slot 2

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis: 13 October 2018, Slot 3

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis: 13 October 2018, Slot 4

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis: 14 October 2018, Slot 1

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis: 14 October 2018, Slot 2

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis: 14 October 2018, Slot 3

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis: 14 October 2018, Slot 4

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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:

Section	Total Questions	Level of difficulty	Good Attempts	Time taken (in minutes)
English Language	30	Moderate	17-19	20
Quantitative Aptitude	35	Moderate-difficult	15-17	20
Reasoning Ability	35	Easy-Moderate	20-22	20
Total	100	Moderate	52-58	60

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

Subject	General	SC/ST/OBC
English Language (Out of 30)	5-7.5	3-5
Quantitative Aptitude (Out of 35)	7.5-9.5	5-7
Reasoning Ability (Out of 35)	10-12.5	7-9
Overall Objective Test (Out of 100)	48.5-51.5	OBC: 47.5-50.5 SC: 38-42 ST: 31.5-33.5

English Language:

Topic	Number of Questions	Level  of Difficulty
Reading Comprehension (Information circulation based)	5	Moderate
Spot the Error (Sentence was divided in 4 parts, 5th option was No error)	6	Moderate-Difficult
Interchange bold words	5	Easy-Moderate
Fill in the blanks (Single FIB)	5	Moderate
Cloze Test (2 Sets – 5 + 1 – Old Pattern)	6	Easy-Moderate
Phrase Replacement	3	Easy-Moderate

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:

Topic	Number of Questions	Level  of Difficulty
Number Series (Wrong numbers based)	6	Moderate
Data Interpretation (Line Graph Based )	7	Moderate
Data Interpretation  (Table and bar graph based)	6	Moderate
Comparison of Variables: Quadratic Equations	6	Easy-Moderate
Profit , Loss and Discount	1	Moderate
Simple Interest & Compound Interest	1	Difficult
Average	2	Easy - Moderate
Partnership	1	Easy-Moderate
Time, Speed and Distance - Boats and Streams	1	Easy
Algebra - Linear Equation	1	Easy-Moderate
Mensuration (Cylinder based)	1	Easy-Moderate
Age Problem	1	Easy
Percentage	1	Moderate

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:

Topic	Number of Questions	Level  of Difficulty
AR (Data Arrangement - 3 variable	5	Moderate
AR (Linear Sitting Arrangement - 4 Peoples facing North- 4 facing South)	5	Easy-Moderate
AR (Floor Arrangement - 2 variables)	5	Easy-Moderate
AR (Sitting Arrangement - Square table/opposite direction)	5	Moderate
Coding-decoding (set based)	5	Easy
Calendar	1	Easy
Directions (Set based)	3	Easy
Mathematical Inequalities	5	Easy- Moderate
Odd One Out (Alphabet based)	1	Easy

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:

Section	Total Questions	Level of difficulty	Good Attempts	Time taken (in minutes)
English Language	30	Moderate-Difficult	15-17	20
Quantitative Aptitude	35	Moderate	15-17	20
Reasoning Ability	35	Moderate-difficult	17-20	20
Total	100	Moderate-Difficult	52-58	60

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

Subject	General	SC/ST/OBC
English Language (Out of 30)	5-7.5	3-5
Quantitative Aptitude (Out of 35)	7.5-9.5	5-7
Reasoning Ability (Out of 35)	10-12.5	7-9
Overall Objective Test (Out of 100)	48.5-51.5	OBC: 47.5-50.5 SC: 38-42 ST: 31.5-33.5

English Language:

Topic	Number of Questions	Level  of Difficulty
Reading Comprehension (Two questions were based on vocabulary.)	7	Moderate
Spot the Error (Out of 4 bold words, one was wrong.)	4	Moderate-Difficult
Phrase/Word replacement	5	Moderate
Word Usage: Meaning of word appropriately used in which sentence.	3	Moderate
Parajumbles	6	Moderate
Match the statements from Column 1 with column 2	5	Easy-Moderate

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:

Topic	Number of Questions	Level  of Difficulty
Number Series (Wrong numbers based)	5	Moderate
Data Interpretation (Bar Graph)	5	Moderate
Data Interpretation (Table)	6	Moderate
Data Interpretation (Caselet – Ratio based)	5	Moderate
Comparison of Variables: Quadratic Equations	6	Easy-Moderate
Probability	1	Moderate
Simple Interest & Compound Interest	1	Moderate
Ratio and Proportion	1	Easy - Moderate
Partnership	1	Moderate
Time, Speed and Distance - Boats and Streams	1	Moderate
Time and Work	1	Moderate
Percentage	1	Moderate
Time, Speed and Distance – Average Speed	1	Moderate

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:

Section	Total Questions	Level of difficulty	Good Attempts	Time taken (in minutes)
English Language	30	Easy - Moderate	18-20	20
Quantitative Aptitude	35	Moderate	17-20	20
Reasoning Ability	35	Easy-Moderate	20-22	20
Total	100	Moderate	55-62	60

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

Subject	General	SC/ST/OBC
English Language (Out of 30)	5-7.5	3-5
Quantitative Aptitude (Out of 35)	7.5-9.5	5-7
Reasoning Ability (Out of 35)	10-12.5	7-9
Overall Objective Test (Out of 100)	50.5-53.5	OBC: 49.5-52.5 SC: 40-44 ST: 33.5-35.5

English Language:

Topic	Number of Questions	Level  of Difficulty
Reading Comprehension (Economy based)	6	Moderate
Spot the Error	8	Moderate-Difficult
Cloze Test	5	Easy-Moderate
Sentence Improvement.	5	Moderate
Fill in the blanks	6	Easy-Moderate

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

 Quantitative Aptitude:

Topic	Number of Questions	Level  of Difficulty
Number Series (Series Completion)	6	Moderate
Data Interpretation (Bar Graph)	5	Moderate
Data Interpretation (Table)	5	Moderate
Data Interpretation (Caselet)	5	Moderate
Comparison of Variables: Quadratic Equations	5	Easy-Moderate
Profit, Loss and Discount	1	Moderate
Simple Interest & Compound Interest	1	Moderate
Age based problem	1	Easy - Moderate
Miscellaneous (Quant based)	6

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

Reasoning Ability:

Topic	Number of Questions	Level  of Difficulty
AR (Data Arrangement – Floor based)	6	Moderate
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement)	5	Moderate
AR (Data Arrangement – Month based)	5	Moderate
AR (Square Seating Arrangement)	5	Moderate
Coding-Decoding	5	Easy-Moderate
Mathematical Inequalities	5	Easy- Moderate
Puzzles - Alphabet based	1	Easy- Moderate
Puzzles - Number based	1	Easy- Moderate
Miscellaneous	2	Easy- Moderate

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:

Section	Total Questions	Level of difficulty	Good Attempts	Time taken (in minutes)
English Language	30	Easy-Moderate	18-20	20
Quantitative Aptitude	35	Moderate	16-18	20
Reasoning Ability	35	Easy-Moderate	20-22	20
Total	100	Moderate	56-60	60

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

Subject	General	SC/ST/OBC
English Language (Out of 30)	5-7.5	3-5
Quantitative Aptitude (Out of 35)	7.5-9.5	5-7
Reasoning Ability (Out of 35)	10-12.5	7-9
Overall Objective Test (Out of 100)	48.5-51.5	OBC: 47.5-50.5 SC: 38-42 ST: 31.5-33.5

English Language:

Topic	Number of Questions	Level  of Difficulty
Reading Comprehension (People of Japan overwork there as compare to other countries)	7	Moderate
Error Detection-(5 sentences were given, one was correct and other type was one sentence was divided into 5 parts ,error was in one part	8	Moderate
Replacement of bold words	5	Easy-Moderate
Fill in the blanks (Single FIB)	5	Easy-Moderate
Sentence Rearrangement	5	Easy

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:

Topic	Number of Questions	Level  of Difficulty
Number Series (Wrong numbers based)	5	Moderate
Data Interpretation (Pie chart and Table Based )	5	Easy-Moderate
Data Interpretation(Pie Chart)	5	Moderate
Data Interpretation  (Caselet based)	5	Moderate
Comparison of two quantities: Quantity I and Quantity II	3	Easy-Moderate
Profit , Loss and Discount	1	Easy-Moderate
Simple Interest & Compound Interest	1	Difficult
Average	1	Easy-Moderate
Partnership	1	Moderate
Time, Speed and Distance	1	Moderate
Data Sufficiency	5	Easy
Mensuration (Cylinder and Cube based)	1	Easy-Moderate
Probability	1	Easy

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:

Topic	Number of Questions	Level  of Difficulty
AR (Circular Arrangement)	5	Easy
Syllogism	3	Moderate
Ranking Arrangement Set based	3	Easy
Blood relation Set based	3	Easy-Moderate
Puzzle (Box based)	5	Easy-Moderate
Data Arrangement(Different days were given)	5	Easy-Moderate
Directions (Set based)	3	Easy
Mathematical Inequalities	3	Easy
Data Arrangement(3 variables based)	5	Moderate

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:

Section	Total Questions	Level of difficulty	Good Attempts	Time taken (in minutes)
English Language	30	Easy-Moderate	18-21	20
Quantitative Aptitude	35	Moderate	18-20	20
Reasoning Ability	35	Moderate	21-22	20
Total	100	Easy-Moderate	57-63	60

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

Subject	General	SC/ST/OBC
English Language (Out of 30)	5-7.5	3-5
Quantitative Aptitude (Out of 35)	7.5-9.5	5-7
Reasoning Ability (Out of 35)	10-12.5	7-9
Overall Objective Test (Out of 100)	48.5-51.5	OBC: 47.5-50.5 SC: 38-42 ST: 31.5-33.5

English Language:

Topic	Number of Questions	Level  of Difficulty
Reading Comprehension (Economy based)	6	Moderate
Spot the Error	4	Easy-Moderate
Phrase/Word Replacement	4	Easy-Moderate
Fill in the blanks	5	Moderate
Sentence Rearrangement	4	Moderate
Sentence Correction	4	Moderate
Match the statements from column 1 and column 2	3	Easy- Moderate

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:

Topic	Number of Questions	Level  of Difficulty
Number Series (Series Completion)	5	Moderate
Data Interpretation (Line Graph and Table)	6	Moderate
Data Interpretation(Table)	5	Moderate
Data Interpretation  (Caselet based)	5	Moderate
Simplification/Approximation	5	Easy-Moderate
Data Sufficiency	3	Moderate
Miscellaneous (Quant based – PLD, Ages, SI/CI etc.)	6	Moderate

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:

Topic	Number of Questions	Level  of Difficulty
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – 2 parallel rows – 6 persons each – north/south)	6	Moderate
AR (Data Arrangement – 10 Boxes based)	5	Moderate
AR (Data Arrangement – Month based - January to August)	5	Moderate
AR (Data Arrangement – Ages based)	5	Moderate
Direction – set based	4	Moderate
Blood Relation – set based	2	Easy-Moderate
Data Sufficiency	3	Moderate
Puzzles – Alphabet based	2	Easy-Moderate
Syllogism	3	Easy-Moderate

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:

Section	Total Questions	Level of difficulty	Good Attempts	Time taken (in minutes)
English Language	30	Easy-Moderate	17-20	20
Quantitative Aptitude	35	Moderate	17-20	20
Reasoning Ability	35	Moderate	21-23	20
Total	100	Moderate	55-63	60

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

Subject	General	SC/ST/OBC
English Language (Out of 30)	5-7.5	3-5
Quantitative Aptitude (Out of 35)	7.5-9.5	5-7
Reasoning Ability (Out of 35)	10-12.5	7-9
Overall Objective Test (Out of 100)	48.5-51.5	OBC: 47.5-50.5 SC: 38-42 ST: 31.5-33.5

English Language:

Topic	Number of Questions	Level  of Difficulty
Reading Comprehension (Bank and its technology based)	8	Moderate
Phrase/Word Replacement	6	Easy-Moderate
Fill in the blanks	5	Moderate
Parajumbles/Sentence Arrangements	5	Moderate
Word Replacement	6	Moderate

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:

Topic	Number of Questions	Level  of Difficulty
Number Series (Series Completion)	6	Moderate
Data Interpretation (Pie Chart)	5	Moderate
Data Interpretation(Table)	6	Moderate
Quadratic Equations: Quantity I and Quantity II	5	Easy-Moderate
Miscellaneous (Quant based – PLD, Ages, SI/CI etc.)	13	Moderate

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:

Topic	Number of Questions	Level  of Difficulty
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – 2 parallel rows – north/south)	6	Moderate
AR (Data Arrangement – 11 Boxes based)	5	Moderate
AR (Data Arrangement – Day based - Monday to Friday)	5	Moderate
AR (Circular Seating Arrangement – 10 people facing inward)	5	Moderate
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – Single row)	5	Moderate
Direction – set based	3	Easy-Moderate
Puzzles – Alphabet based	2	Easy-Moderate
Syllogism	4	Easy-Moderate

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:

Section	Total Questions	Level of difficulty	Good Attempts	Time taken (in minutes)
English Language	30	Easy-Moderate	18-21	20
Quantitative Aptitude	35	Moderate	17-20	20
Reasoning Ability	35	Easy-Moderate	21-24	20
Total	100	Easy-Moderate	55-65	60

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

Subject	General	SC/ST/OBC
English Language (Out of 30)	5-7.5	3-5
Quantitative Aptitude (Out of 35)	7.5-9.5	5-7
Reasoning Ability (Out of 35)	10-12.5	7-9
Overall Objective Test (Out of 100)	48.5-51.5	OBC: 47.5-50.5 SC: 38-42 ST: 31.5-33.5

English Language:

Topic	Number of Questions	Level  of Difficulty
Reading Comprehension (Based on impact of technology and job markets)	7	Moderate
Phrase/Word Replacement	4 + 3	Easy-Moderate
Cloze Test	5	Moderate
Parajumbles/Sentence Arrangements	5	Moderate
Word Usage	3	Easy
Match the statements Column 1 and Column 2	3	Easy-Moderate

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:

Topic	Number of Questions	Level  of Difficulty
Number Series (Series Completion)	5	Moderate
Data Interpretation (Table)	5	Moderate
Data Interpretation (Bar Graph)	5	Moderate
Data Interpretation (Caselet)	5	Easy-Moderate
Comparison of 2 quantities: Quantity I and Quantity II	3	Easy-Moderate
Simplification/Approximate	5	Easy-Moderate
Miscellaneous (Quant based – PLD, Ages, SI/CI etc.)	7	Moderate

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:

Topic	Number of Questions	Level  of Difficulty
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – 2 parallel rows – 5 persons in each row with color – facing north/south)	5	Moderate
AR (Data Arrangement – 9 Boxes based)	5	Moderate
AR (Data Arrangement)	5	Moderate
AR (Circular Seating Arrangement)	5	Moderate
Mathematical Inequalities	5	Easy
Data Sufficiency	3	Moderate
Coding-Decoding	5	Easy
Puzzles – Alphabet based	1	Easy-Moderate
Puzzles – Number based	1	Moderate

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:

Section	Total Questions	Level of difficulty	Good Attempts	Time taken (in minutes)
English Language	30	Easy-Moderate	17-20	20
Quantitative Aptitude	35	Moderate	18-20	20
Reasoning Ability	35	Easy-Moderate	21-24	20
Total	100	Easy-Moderate	56-64	60

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

Subject	General	SC/ST/OBC
English Language (Out of 30)	5-7.5	3-5
Quantitative Aptitude (Out of 35)	7.5-9.5	5-7
Reasoning Ability (Out of 35)	10-12.5	7-9
Overall Objective Test (Out of 100)	48.5-51.5	OBC: 47.5-50.5 SC: 38-42 ST: 31.5-33.5

English Language:

Topic	Number of Questions	Level  of Difficulty
Reading Comprehension (Based on Global Warming)	5	Moderate
Phrase/Word Replacement	3	Easy-Moderate
Spot the error	7	Moderate
Parajumbles/Sentence Arrangements	5	Moderate
Word Usage	5	Easy
Fill in the blanks	5	Easy-Moderate

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:

Topic	Number of Questions	Level  of Difficulty
Number Series (Series Completion)	5	Moderate
Data Interpretation (Pie Chart)	5	Moderate
Data Interpretation (Bar Graph)	5	Moderate
Data Interpretation (Caselet)	5	Moderate
Comparison of two variables: Quadratic Equations	5	Easy-Moderate
Data Sufficiency	5	Easy-Moderate
Miscellaneous (Quant based word problems - PLD, Ages, SI/CI etc.)	5	Moderate

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:

Topic	Number of Questions	Level  of Difficulty
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – 2 parallel rows – 7 persons in each row – facing north/south)	5	Moderate
AR (Data Arrangement – 6 persons/6 colors based)	5	Moderate
AR (Data Arrangement – 5 months based)	5	Easy- Moderate
AR (Circular Seating Arrangement – 8 persons)	5	Moderate
AR (Data Arrangement)	5	Easy- Moderate
Data Sufficiency	5	Moderate
Direction – set based	5	Easy

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.

Disclaimer: All information on cut-offs, analysis, answer key and scores are based on independent analysis and evaluation made by Career Launcher. We do not take responsibility for any decision that might be taken, based on this information.