IBPS PO Mains Exam Analysis 2019: Difficulty Level and Sectional Analysis

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IBPS PO Mains Exam Analysis 2019: Difficulty Level and Sectional Analysis

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IBPS PO Mains 2019 exam has been successfully conducted on 29th November 2019 as per the official exam dates. All those candidates who qualified the IBPS PO Prelims 2019 exam appeared for the single shift mains examination.
The exam took place in an online computer-based mode across the country. The IBPS PO Mains 2019 exam is taken by approximately more than 45k candidates at their respective allotted exam centres.
Based on the feedback of the students, the overall level of the IBPS PO Mains Examination was Moderate.

Some of the sections were difficult and tricky but some of them can be attempted easily if prepared well.
Candidates can check here the detailed analysis of the IBPS PO Mains examination to know the overall and section-wise good attempts, the number of questions asked of each topic and more.

IBPS PO Mains Exam Analysis 2019

Sections	No. of Questions	Marks
Data Analysis & Interpretation	35	60
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	45	60
English Language	35	40
General Awareness	40	40
Total	155	200
Descriptive	2	25

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IBPS PO section-wise Mains Analysis 2019
Let’s now discuss the IBPS PO Mains 2019 exams analysis in detail: -
Data Interpretation & Analysis
The section is difficult and time consuming, however, the limitation of time does not allow you to spend more than 40 minutes on this section. Below is the detailed analysis:

Topics	No. of Questions Asked
Data Interpretation	25
Probability	3
Caselet Time and Work	3
Number Series	1
Caselet Population	5

Reasoning & Computer Aptitude
This section is allotted 45 minutes for a total of 35 questions. Below is the detailed analysis of this section:

Topics	No. of Questions Asked
Puzzles & Seating Arrangement	20
Inequality	3
Coding-Decoding	3
Direction Distance	3-4

English Language
An easiest and a scoring section among all where students easily attempting reading comprehension and cloze test questions. Below is the detailed analysis:

Topics	No. of Questions Asked
Reading Comprehension	16-18
Error spotting	3-4
Word Exchange	4-5
Word Replacement	3-4

General Awareness
Again one of the scoring sections, which requires only your intelligence and checking your memorising power. Below is the detailed analysis:

Topics	No. of Questions Asked
General/Economy/Financial Awareness	25-28

The IBPS PO Mains exam is comparatively difficult than the prelims examination. Therefore, it becomes really crucial for students to prepare at their best for the mains examination. This year the IBPS PO Mains exam was difficult as expected but no changes were seen as of last year.
Lastly, the analysis shared above of IBPS PO Mains 2019 exam is completely based on the feedback shared by the students at Gradeup.

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