IBPS PO Mains Exam Analysis: 20th November 2016

Exam Analysis

Sections	Ideal Attempt	Sectional Time
English Language	18-19	30
Reasoning Ability	16-18	40
Quantitative Aptitude	20-21	40
Computer Awareness	16-18	10
General Awareness	23-24	20
Total	95-98	140

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE (Difficult)

As expected, Data interpretation sets were difficult. Series questions were easy.

The questions were:

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Series	5	Easy
Inequalites	5	Moderate
Approximation	5	Moderate
Data Interpretation	20	Difficult
Miscellaneous(SI,CI, Speed &Time, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Averages, Ages, Ratio etc.)	15	Moderate
Total	50	Difficult

ENGLISH LANGUAGE (MODERATE)

This year Reading Comprehensions were surprisingly difficult.

The level of English was difficult as compared to previous year. There were Sentence Fillers in this section and there were 2 Reading Comprehension.

RC Topic- Infrastructure Investment, Informal Economy to formal Economy

The questions were:

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension	20	Difficult
Sentence fillers	5	Moderate
Para-Jumbled(odd one types)	5	Moderate
Spotting Errors	5	Easy
Words replacement	5	Moderate
Antonym/synonym	5	Difficult
Total	40	Moderate

REASONING ABILITY (MODERATE)

The level of reasoning was moderate to difficult.Syllogism and Data Sufficiency was relatively easy.

The questions asked were:

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Syllogism	5	Easy
Sitting Arrangement (1 Circular set and 1 Linear set )	10	difficult
Puzzles	10	difficult
Coding-decoding	5	difficult
Logical reasoning	10	Moderate
Data Sufficiency	5	Easy
Miscellaneous ( Ranking, Direction Sense)	5	difficult
Total	50	difficult

GENERAL AWARENESS (Easy)

General Awareness section was easy. Most of the questions were asked from our GK Digest and various articles published on our portal from last 1 month.