NEW DELHI: The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (
IBPS) has conducted the Prelim Examination for the post of Specialist Officer successfully across the country on 30
th December 2018.
This year IBPS SO Prelims was little bit difficult. As per the review, the sequence of the section was Reasoning Ability,
Quantitative Aptitude and English Language. Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Ability was lengthy and calculative.
The level of English Language section was moderate.
As per the review, the Quantitative Aptitude was the most difficult section.Reasoning section was full of puzzles and seating arrangement.
Check section-wise difficulty level, topic-wise question distribution, good attempts, and important highlights of the topics which were asked in different sections of this IBPS SO Prelims exam 2018
Arrangement of the sections in IBPS SO Prelims 2018 Exam
The arrangement of the individual section is default by the server. As the time limit for each section was fixed so, the students had to answer the questions within the specified time.
IBPS SO Prelims 2018 Exam: Good Attempts
Sections
| Good Attempts
| Level
|
1. English Language
| 33-38
| Moderate
|
2. Reasoning Ability
| 29-34
| Moderate - Difficult
|
3. Quantitative Aptitude
| 32-35
| Difficult
|
Overall Good Attempts
| 96-102
| Moderate -Difficult
|
Below is the detail analysis of all the section:
Analysis of Quantitative Aptitude
Detailed Analysis of the question’s topic wise
Topics
| No. of Qs
| Level
|
1. Data Interpretation
| 20 Questions
| Easy - Moderate
|
2. Quantity Comparison
| 5 Qs
| Moderate - Difficult
|
3. Data Sufficiency
| 5 Qs
| Moderate - Difficult
|
4. Number Series
| 5 Qs
| Moderate
|
5. Arithmetic
| 10 Qs
| Moderate- Difficult
|
6. Aproximation
| 5 Qs
| Easy
|
Analysis of English Language Section
Topics
| No. of Qs
| Level
|
1. Reading Comprehension
| 12 Qs
| Moderate
|
2. Parajumble
| 5 Qs
| Moderate
|
3. Cloze Test
| 5 Qs
| Moderate
|
4. Error Detection
| 10 Qs
| Easy - Moderate
|
5. Sentence connector
| 5 Qs
| Moderate - Difficult
|
6. Phrase Replacement
| 5 Qs
| Moderate
|
7. Fillers
| 5 Qs
| Easy – Moderate
|
8. Word Replacement
| 3 Qs
| Moderate
|
Analysis of Reasoning Ability Section
Topics
| No. of Qs
| Level
|
1. Puzzle & Seating Arrangement
| 20
| Moderate -Difficult
|
2. Inequality
| 5
| Moderate
|
3. Input Output
| 5
| Moderate
|
4. Syllogism
| 5
| Easy - Moderate
|
5. Data Sufficiency
| 5
| Moderate
|
6. Logical Reasoning
| 3
| Moderate
|
7. Miscellaneous Questions
| 5 - 7
| Moderate
|
This was the brief exam analysis of IBPS SO Prelims 2018 Exam. For more details like section-wise difficulty level, questions asked in the exam, & safe score, check detailed exam
review of IBPS SO Prelims 2018 at Gradeup.