IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2019: Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducted the IBPS Specialist Officer SO Prelims Exam on 29 December 2019 in different shifts. Get here the detailed Exam Analysis and Review of the IBPS SO Prelims exam of all the subjects and for all the posts - Agriculture Field Officer, IT officer, HR/Personnel Officer, Marketing Officer, Law Officer, and Rajbahsha Adhikari. We have shared here the types of questions asked and difficulty level of the IBPS SO Prelims Exam 2019. The overall difficulty level of the IBPS SO exam was Moderate. Candidates made around 95- 115 good attempts. Check IBPS SO exam analysis below.
IBPS SO Prelims exam for the Agriculture Field Officer, IT officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer contained questions on Quantitative aptitude, Reasoning and English. IBPS SO Prelims exam for Law Officer, and Rajbahsha Adhikari asked questions from General Awareness, Reasoning and English. The common sections for all the posts were English and Reasoning Ability; only the third section was different. The IBPS SO Question Paper 2019 contained 150 multiple choice questions (MCQs) of 125 total marks. The total time duration of the exam was 2 hours with 40 minutes devoted to each section or subject separately.
Let us now go through the detailed exam analysis of the IBPS SO Prelims 2019 below and be familiar with the questions asked in the exam:
IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2019 (29 December): Overall
(For IT officer, HR/Personnel Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, Marketing Officer, Law Officer and Rajbahsha Adhikari)
| Sections |
No. of MCQs |
Good Attempts |
Difficulty Level |
| English Language |
50 |
30 - 40 |
Easy - Moderate |
| Reasoning |
50 |
28 - 38 |
Moderate |
| General & Banking Awareness/Quantitative Aptitude |
50 |
25 - 32 |
Moderate |
| Total |
150 |
105 - 115 |
Moderate |
Section-wise Exam Analysis & Review
Reasoning Ability
| Topic |
Total Questions |
Difficulty Level |
| Puzzles - Square & Linear Seating Arrangement, Floor-based & Month-based |
20 |
Moderate |
| Logical Reasoning - Assumption & Conclusion |
3 |
Moderate |
| Machine Input & Output |
5 |
Moderate |
| Inequality |
6 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Syllogism |
5 |
Moderate |
| Blood Relation |
5 |
Easy |
| Direction |
4 |
Easy |
| Others |
2 |
Easy- Moderate |
| Total |
50 |
Moderate |
English Language
| Topic |
Total Questions |
Difficulty Level |
| Reading Comprehension |
20 |
Moderate |
| Error Detection |
5 |
Moderate |
| Para Jumbles |
5 |
Moderate |
| Connectors |
5 |
Moderate |
| Word Replacement |
5 |
Moderate |
| Cloze Test |
5 |
Moderate |
| Fillers |
5 |
Moderate |
| Total |
50 |
Moderate |
Quantitative Aptitude
| Topic |
Total Questions |
Difficulty Level |
| Data Interpretation - Line Graph, Caselet, Pie Chart & Tabular |
20 |
Moderate |
| Quadratic Equations |
5 |
Moderate |
| Wrong Number Series |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Quantity Based |
3 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Arithmetic |
17 |
Moderate |
| Total |
50 |
Moderate |
General Awareness
The difficulty level of the General Awareness Section was of Easy to Moderate. The questions were asked from Banking Awareness, Current Affairs, Static GK and latest events.