IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam (December 08, 2018) Analysis - Slot I

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IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam (December 08, 2018) Analysis - Slot I

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Today was the first day of the IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam 2018. Spanning a period of one week (ending December 15, 2018), the exam is being conducted in four time slots: 2 each in the 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.

This year there is sectional timing of 20 minutes.
The detailed break-up of IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam 2018 is as follows:

Section	Total Questions	Level of difficulty	Good Attempts	Time taken (in minutes)
English Language	30	Easy- Moderate	20- 22	20
Reasoning Ability	35	Easy-Moderate	28-30	20
Numerical Ability	35	Easy-Moderate	22-25	20
Total	100	Easy-Moderate	71-78	60

Note: Section wise and overall cut-offs are not uniform for all states.
English Language

Topic	Number of questions	Level of difficulty
Reading Comprehension – based on flexibility in jobs (There was one question based on synonyms.)	6	Moderate
Parajumbles /Sentence rearrangement – based on craze of cricket.	5	Easy-Moderate
Fill in the blanks (Based on single FIB)	4	Easy-Moderate
Phrase Replacement	5	Easy-Moderate
Vocabulary based (Spelling)	5	Easy-Moderate
Match the following (Sentence Completion)	5	Moderate

Reading Comprehension was lengthy. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
Reasoning Ability

Topic	Number of questions	Level of difficulty
AR (Data Arrangement – 7 Persons/Location/Month)	5	Moderate
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement - in 2 parallel rows facing North/South)	5	Moderate
AR (Square Seating Arrangement – facing in/out)	5	Moderate
AR (Data Arrangement – Day based)	5	Moderate
Direction – set based	5	Difficult
Alphabet Series (5 words was given)	5	Easy-Moderate
Word based (Pairs of letters)	1	Easy-Moderate
Syllogism	4	Easy-Moderate

There were four sets of five questions each from Seating Arrangement and Data Arrangement. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
Numerical Ability

Topic	Number of questions	Level of Difficulty
Data Interpretation (Table based)	5	Easy-Moderate
Simplification/Approximation	10	Easy
Number Series (Series Completion)	5	Easy
Comparison of variables: Quadratic Equations	5	Easy
Comparison of quantities: Quantity I and Quantity II	5	Moderate
Mensuration	1	Moderate
Ratio and Proportion	1	Moderate
Average	1	Moderate
Time, Speed and Distance	1	Moderate
Miscellaneous (Quant based)	1	Moderate

There was one set of five questions from Data Interpretation (table based). The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
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.

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