IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2018-19: Exam Difficult than last year

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The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has conducted the Mains Examination for the post of Clerical Cadre successfully across the country on 20th January 2019.

IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2018-19: Exam Difficult than last year

NEW DELHI: The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) had conducted the Mains Examination for the post of Clerical Cadre successfully across the country on 20th January 2019. The candidates who have qualified the IBPS Clerk Prelims 2018 Exam appeared in the Clerk Mains Examination. The exam was held in a single slot from 10.00 am to 12.40 pm.

The result for the same is likely to be released in the month of March 2019.
This year IBPS Clerk Mains 2018-19 Exam was full of surprises in terms of new question types and patterns. The level of the IBPS Clerk Mains 2018-19 Exam was moderate and difficult as compared to the last year.

As per the review, the Quantitative Aptitude section was the most difficult section. While, the English Language section was full of Reading Comprehension and based on new pattern questions. Reasoning section was also difficult & lengthy. On the other hand, the level of General Awareness section was easy to moderate.

The Main Examination consists of only Objective Tests of total 190 questions. The total duration of the exam was 160 minutes (2 hours and 40 minutes).

IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2018-19: Expected Cutoff, Good Attempts

Arrangement of the sections in IBPS Clerk Mains 2018-19 Examination
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.
The order of the section is as follows –

1. General Awareness Section (35 min) – 50 Qs
2. English Language (35 min) – 40 Qs
3. Reasoning + Computer Aptitude (45 min) – 50 Qs
4. Quantitative Aptitude (45 min) – 50 Qs
IBPS Clerk Mains 2018-19 Examination: Good Attempts

Sections	Good Attempts	Level
1. English Language	22-24	Moderate to Difficult
2. Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	21-26	Moderate & Lengthy
3. Quantitative Aptitude	20-22	Difficult
4. General /Economy/Banking Awareness	33-36	Easy to Moderate
Overall Good Attempts	110-115

Below is the detail analysis of all the section:
Analysis of English Language Section
The level of the English Language section was moderate to difficult. English Section was based on new pattern questions and multiple (Single) questions on Reading Comprehension.
The topic-wise breakup of topics asked

Name of the topic	Number of questions
Reading Comprehension 3 Sets Topics – Water, Health Dieses, Impact of food on body	15 Qs
Single Qs on RC	3-4 Qs
Double fillers + Match the following Qs (New Pattern Qs)	5 Qs
Sentence re-arrangement	2 Qs
Word Exchange - 5 different options (New pattern)	5 Qs
Cloze Test + Reading Comprehension New Pattern based	5 – 6 Qs
Sentence Connector	3- 4 Qs
Vocabulary single Qs (Single Qs on Vocabulary)	2 Qs

Analysis of Quantitative Aptitude Section
The Quantitative Aptitude Section was most difficult section in the exam. There were not a single Questions from Number Series & Simplification topics.
The topic-wise breakup of topics asked

Name of the topic	Number of questions
Data Interpretation	4 sets (20 Qs) 1 Caselet (paragraph based) 1 Bar Graph - Double Bar Graph 1 Table Chart 1 Mixed Di. - Pie + Table
Quadratic Equation	5 Qs
Miscellaneous Questions	15 Qs
Data Sufficiency	5 Qs
Quantity 1 & Quantity 2	4-5 Qs

Analysis of Reasoning & Computer Aptitude Section
The Reasoning & Computer Aptitude section was most lengthy section in the exam.
The topic-wise breakup of topics asked

Name of the topic	Number of questions
Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles	20 Qs Circle - Double Circle (Inside & Outside) - 5 Qs Month Date - 5 Qs Year Date - 5 Qs Single Qs Floor & Linear Arrangement was there
Inequality - Lengthy	3-4 Qs
Verbal Reasoning	4-5 Qs
Machine Input Output on Numbers (4 Digit numbers)	5 Qs
Syllogism	3-4 Qs
Coding Decoding	2-3 Qs
Computer Aptitude + Coding Decoding (Lengthy)	5 Qs

General Awareness Analysis of IBPS Clerk Mains 2018-19 Exam
It is one of the easiest sections of the exam. Major chunk of the questions was asked from Current Affairs which was based on the last 6 months news.
* There were around 4-5 questions from Banking Awareness and 5-6 questions from Static Gk.
This was the brief review of IBPS Clerk Mains 2018. For more details like good attempts, questions asked in the exam, and safe score, check the detailed review of IBPS Clerk Mains 2018-19 at Gradeup.

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