Dear Aspirants,
Yesterday , IBPS has conducted the Preliminary exam for the post of Probationary Officers (PO). Most of you have appeared for the same. There is a lot to learn from yesterdays exam. So here we are presenting you a gist of IBPS PO Pre Exam held on 16th October 2016. This will surely help you to score good marks and not to face the obstacle which other candidates faced while appearing for the same.
The exam has been conducted in 4 slots on various shifts i.e 9 am, 11.30 am, 2 pm, 4.30 pm. The overall level of today’s exam was of moderate level.
The pattern of the exam is as follows:
I. English Language (30 Qs)
English was quite moderate & doable, with Reading Comprehension, Cloze test were moderate & typical Parajumble question. Rest of the questions like Spotting Error were easy. Don’t start section with Parajumble question. You can easily attempt 15 – 18 questions with good accuracy.
Note: No Antonym Synonym was asked
Now as per the pattern, parajumble is definitely not a good option to start with. So, it will be better to opt for parajumble at the last and Spotting Error & Cloze Test at the beginning.
Analysis
English Language
Level – Moderate
1. Reading Comprehension –
- 1 slot – RC was based on Economy (Moderate) – 5 Qs
- 2nd slot – RC (Moderate) – 8Qs
- 3rd slot – RC – (Moderate) (Based on Globalisation) – 8Qs
- 4th slot – RC – (Moderate) (was based on Trading) – 7 Qs
Note: No Antonym Synonym was asked
2. Cloze test
- 1 slot – Cloze test – 10 Qs (Easy) based on Economy
- 2nd slot – Cloze Test – 7 Questions (Moderate) (Based on Britain Exit)
- 3rd slot – Cloze Test – 7 Questions (Moderate)
- 4th slot – Cloze test – 8 Qs (Moderate) based on Data Analytics in Companies
3. Parajumble – 5 Qs (Easy to Moderate) Environment based
4. Spotting Error – 10 Qs (Easy to Moderate)
Some questions asked in Exam
Parajumble
1. Carbon sinks, 70% forest cover, powered almost entirely by mountain streams—Bhutan is a poster child for green living.
2. It is the only country in the world that is carbon negative, which means it produces more oxygen than it consumes.
3. So far, so good. But then, two things happened.
4. One, India and China got richer.
5. Bhutan, sandwiched between the two most populous nations on Earth, suffers for their sins.
6. Glaciers are beginning to melt, flash floods and heavy rains—and even droughts—are common, and temperatures are climbing
Cloze Test
Big ideas come from tackling big problems. When one is confronted with an overwhelming task, it’s
pieces. Business jargon is full of phrases about that, like “pilot projects” and “low-hanging fruit.”
They have their place, but in the repertory of management practice, they should share their place
with bold approaches to big challenges. Much of today’s most valuable management knowledge
came from wrestling with such issues. The most complicated workplace in the middle of the last
century was the automobile assembly plant. Drawn to its complexity where Peter F. Drucker,
Edwards Deming, and Taiichi Ohno, among others. The work they and their disciples did, applied
In industry after industry, is the basis of the best that we know about operations, managing people,
innovation, organizational design, and much more. The most complex workplaces are tertiary care
hospitals. These vast enterprises employ tens of thousands of people who, under one roof, do
everything from neurosurgery to laundry. Each patient – that is to say, each “job” — calls on a
different set of people with a different constellation of skill; even when the two patients have the
same diagnosis, success may be measured differently. This is complexity of an order of magnitude
greater than automobile assembly, and anyone who has been hospitalized knows that management
has thus far been unequal to the scope of task. The workers, managers, consultants, and scholars
who crack this nut will reshape industries and institutions just as profoundly as Drucker, Deming,
and Ohno did.
Note: the options were confusing so while choosing use logic that the concept of the passage should be clear.
II. Reasoning Ability (35 Qs)
2. Reasoning Section –
This time the level of the Reasoning section was of moderate level. There were 3 puzzle, mostly puzzle was of moderate and time consuming but one puzzle was easy. To clear the sectional cutoff of this section, don’t start with spuzzle questions. You can start questions with Inequality (Direct), Blood relation, Syllogism etc. Try to attempt questions with 100% accuracy. If you can manage to attempt 17 – 20 questions, you can easily clear the sectional cutoff of this section.
Analysis
Reasoning Ability
Level – Moderate
1. Puzzle (floor based) – 5 Qs – (Moderate) – 1st slot
2. Arrangement / Puzzle –
- 1st slot- Seating arrangement (circular)- 5 Qs facing inward outward (5 inside and 3 outside) (Moderate)
- 2nd slot Puzzle and Arrangement – 15 Questions (Moderate) (Building arrangement and Circular arrangement)
- 3rd slot – Puzzle and Sitting Arrangement– 15 Questions (Moderate – Difficult) (Floor based, Circular Arrangement)
- 4th slot – Puzzle (floor based) – 15 Qs – (Moderate)
3. Linear Seating Arrangement – 5 Qs – 8 persons facing north south
4. Inequality (Direct)- 5 Qs
5. Direction – 3 Qs (Easy t0 moderate)
6. Blood Relation – 3 Qs (Moderate)
7. Syllogism – 5 Qs
8. Rest Miscellaneous
Some questions asked in Exam
Q. All apple is mango
All mango is orange
No Orange is cherry
Conclusion
Some apple is cherry
Some mango is orange
Q. B is to the 8m South of A. C is 12m to the east of B. D is to the 17m North of C. E is 3m west of D. M is to the north of A. If a person walks 7m south of M and take left turn then he reaches E.
- If F is 3m North of C then what is the distance between D and F and F is in which direction of D
- what is the distance between A and M
- M is in which direction with respect to C?
Note: Question no 2,3&4 are exactly asked in exam.
Q. There are six people A,B,C,D,E and F. E is having more chocolates than D and B A is having less chocolate than D. B is not having least chocolate. C has more chocolate than E but not maximum.A has 7 chocolate.
- If D has 12 chocolates then how many chocolates does D and A have?
- What is the difference between E and A if E has 20 chocolates?
III. Quantitative Aptitude (35 Qs)
This section was of moderate level. Quadratic Equation and Approximation questions was easy to moderate, try to attempt these questions first to clear the sectional cutoff.
The Number series questions was of easy to moderate level, you can attempt 5 questions.
Also Data Interpretation questions were lengthy but doable.
Note: Remember give only 30 to 40 sec to analyze each questions of Number Series, it the pattern clicks then continue otherwise move on
Some Miscellaneous questions was of moderate & time consuming, so don’t waste time on these question. You can easily attempt 20 – 22 question in this section.
Analysis
Quantitative Aptitude
Level – Moderate
1. Number Series – 5 Qs
Pattern – Multiplication, Subtraction, Square
2. Data Interpretation –
- 1st slot – 2 set (10 Qs) – One Line Grpah & Table graph DI (Calculative)
- 2nd slot – 2 set (10 Qs) – (Easy to Moderate) (Line and Tabular graphs)
- 3rd slot – (2 Sets) – 10 Questions (Easy to Moderate) (Tabular based)
- 4th slot – 2 set (10 Qs) – One Bar Graph & Table Graph DI (Easy)
Note: No Missing DI
3. Approximation – 5 Qs (Easy)
4. Quadratic Equation – 5 Qs (Easy)
5. Miscellaneous – 10 Qs (Moderate)
Some topics – Time & work, Profit & Loss, CI, SI
Some questions asked in Exam
Number Series
- 14-25-47-91- ?
- 28 32 23 39 14
- 11 24 44 70 101
- 18 8 6 8 24
- 5 12 33 136 675
- 12 19 35 59 90 ?
- 4 10 27 112 555 ?
- 19 23 14 30 5 ?
- 15 22 36 64 ? 232
Data Interpretation
Study the following table and answer the questions that follow. ( TV is total votes and VV is valid votes)
Village. A B C
Year TV VV TV VV TV. VV
2004 2100 1975 8150 8020 5200 5150
2005 4000 3750 7240 6850 7000 6700
2006 4100 3950 6700 6100 4720 4300
Q1) What is the average valid votes in year 2004?
Q2) Valid votes in village A in 2006 is how much percent of valid votes polled in villageB in 2005?
Approximation
- 15.5% of 345 + 17.5% of 400
At Last
The exam conducted by IBPS on 16th october for PO was quite similar to the mock papers provided by us. Following things were asked in IBPS Prelims Exam yesterday:
1. Linear seating arrangement (All 8 facing north and south) we covered exactly same in 21 mock tests.
2. You can find floor based puzzle in almost each of the mock papers.
3. Circular sitting arrangement with the appropriate difficulty level were also covered in mock tests.
4. Inequality (Coded as well as normal) was covered in each of the mock tests (IBPS asked normal inequality)
5. Syllogism with up to 3 and 4 conclusions were covered in mock tests (IBPS asked the questions having two conclusions only).
6. Plenty of Blood relation, direction questions were also at the end part of each of the mock tests.
7. Tabular and linear DI were asked ( We covered Paragraph type, tabular, linear, missing, Pi, Bar and missing DI in the mock tests so that you will not find anything new while sitting for the actual exam).
8. 5 Quadratic Equations, 5 Simplification, 5 number series and 10 Miscellaneous were there in all 21 mock tests.
9. This time IBPS changed the pattern of English section a bit. However the questions asked were not from any of the unfamiliar topics.
10. Economy based Reading Comprehensions were provided in mock tests keeping in mind the trend of the RCs.
11. You can find Spotting Error, Parajumbles and Cloze test in each of the tests. So on an whole, we can say that those who are good with the basics of the mentioned topics and gave/ are giving mock tests on a regular basis are going to crack the prelims easily.
Do’s & Don’t
Please plan sectional timing properly & attempt the exam in following sequence, you can follow your own strategies also…
1. Quant – 25 min
2. Reasoning : 20 mins
3. English Lang – 15 min
Good Attempts –
1. English Language – 15 – 17
2. Reasoning Ability – 17 – 20
3. Quantitative Aptitude – 22 – 25
Section-wise Expected Cut off
1. English Section – 7 – 8
2. Reasoning – 8 – 9
3. Quantitative Aptitude – 8 – 9
Please share your attempt in the IBPS PO Prelims Exam through the Poll below. This will help us in providing overall detailed analysis and expected cutoff.
Also read –
1. IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis – 1st slot
2. IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis – 2nd slot
3. IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis – 3rd slot
4. IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis – 4th slot
Note:
As per the feedback received from the students, all the slot paper were very similar to Gradeup IBPS PO Prelims Mock Test Series. Many of the students commented earlier that the Gradeup Mock Test was easy, however, after today slot lots of students shared feedback that the Gradeup test series really helped in the exam.
Thus, our advice to the aspirants would to, attempt test papers which are of similar pattern to that of final exam. Too difficult papers are often not very helpful in the final exam.
Here is the link to the gradeup IBPS PO Mock test series which is based on the similar pattern to that of today’s IBPS PO Prelims Exam:
IBPS PO Online Mock Test Series – Get Now
All The Best!!
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