IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 15th Dec 2018 : All Shift 1, 2, 3, 4
Lakhs of aspirants from all over India appear for IBPS Clerk Exam each year. Today (15th Dec 2018) also the IBPS Clerk exam is conducting in India. Now, it is the time to take a look at the analysis of exam.
This exam will be conducted in 4 shifts/slots on 8th, 9th, 15th and 16th Dec 2018 for recruiting 7275 posts.
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Shift Timing/Reporting
Below is the shift or reporting time for each shift of IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam.
| Shift | Reporting Time | Exam Time |
| 1 | 08:00 AM | 09:00 – 10:00 AM |
| 2 | 10:20 AM | 11:30 – 12:30 PM |
| 3 | 01:00 PM | 02:00 – 03:00 PM |
| 4 | 03:30 PM | 04:30 – 05:30 PM |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 15th Dec 2018 : Section Wise Analysis (1st Shift)
IBPS Clerk Prelims 2018 Exam has 3 sections which have 100 objective MCQ questions. Total time duration obtained to complete the exam was 60 minutes. 1st shift Exam on 15th Dec 2018 was of easy to moderate level.
| Subject | Good Attempt | Time |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 25-27 | 20 |
| Reasoning Ability | 25-28 | 20 |
| English Language | 20-24 | 20 |
| Total | 76-79 | 60 |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 15 Dec 2018 – Quantitative Aptitude Shift 1
Quantitative Aptitude section – IBPS Clerk exam shift 1 on 15th Dec 2018 was of easy to moderate level. Set of Data Interpretation (DI) questions was based on Bar Graph.
-> For Practice Only : Missing number Series
2, 4, 9, 28, 125, ?
Ans : 786 => Solution Fact 1 + 1, Fact 2 +2, Fact 3 + 3, ……
1, 5, 19, 77, 317, ?
Ans : 1269 => Solution *4 +1, *4 – 1, alternatively.
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Data Interpretation | 5 | Easy |
| Wrong Number Series | 5 | Easy |
| Simplification | 10 | Very Easy |
| Arithmetic Word Problems (Profit and Loss, Problem on Ages, SI & CI etc) | 15 | Easy to Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Easy |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 15th Dec 2018 – Reasoning Ability Shift 1
Reasoning Ability – IBPS Clerk Exam shift 1 on 15th Dec 2018 was of easy level. 3 seating arrangement sets & 1 puzzle came into exam shift 1 as following.
Seating Arrangement – 15 questions
-> Circle arrangement (8 people, facing inside) – 5 questions
-> Square Arrangement (8 people) – 5 questions
-> 12 person Facing North & South – 5 questions
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangement | 20 | Easy |
| Inequality | 5 | Easy |
| Alphabet & Number Series | 3 | Easy to moderate |
| Order and Ranking | 2 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 15th Dec 2018 – English Language Shift 1
English Language section – IBPS Clerk Prelims shift 1 on 15th Dec 2018 exam was of easy to moderate level.
One Reading Comprehension (Related to Role of Siblings in our life & 2 question antonyms based.
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 10 | Easy Moderate |
| Filler | 5 | Easy |
| Cloze Test | 5 | Easy |
| Match the following (Sentence Joining) | 5 | Easy |
| Error Detection | 5 | Easy |
| Total | 30 | Easy |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 15th Dec 2018 : Section Wise Analysis (2nd Shift)
IBPS Clerk Prelims 2018 Exam has 3 sections which have 100 objective MCQ questions. Total time duration obtained to complete the exam was 60 minutes. 2nd shift exam was of ? level.
| Subject | Good Attempt | Time |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 23-25 | 20 |
| Reasoning Ability | 24-27 | 20 |
| English Language | 19-22 | 20 |
| Total | 67-75 | 60 |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 15th Dec 2018 – Quantitative Aptitude Shift 2
Quantitative Aptitude section – IBPS Clerk exam shift 2 on 15th Dec 2018 was also of easy to moderate level. Two sets of Data Interpretation (DI) questions was based on .
Find wrong number in series.
7, 17, 25, 67, 107, 157
Ans – (25) correct number is 37 => Solution differences of 10, 20, 30, …
20, 19, 17, 7, 10, 5
Ans – (7) correct number is 14 (-1, -2, -3, -4, differences)
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 15th Dec 2018 – Reasoning Ability Shift 2
Reasoning Ability – IBPS Clerk Exam 2nd shift on 15th Dec 2018 was of easy level.
-> Linear Rearrangement
-> Coding Decoding – 7-8 questions
-> Syllogism
-> Dictionary Arranged word – Columbo
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 15th Dec 2018 – English Language Shift 2
English Language section – IBPS Clerk Prelims shift 2 exam on 15th Dec was of easy level.
1. One Reading Comprehension (Related to Human Behavior impact on Insects). Below were some questions from RC
-> Synonyms of Follow
-> Phrasal verbs of exaggeration
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 15th Dec 2018 : Section Wise Analysis (3rd Shift)
IBPS Clerk Prelims 2018 Exam has 3 sections which have 100 objective MCQ questions. Total time duration obtained to complete the exam was 60 minutes. 3rd shift exam on 15th Dec was of easy to moderate level.
| Subject | Good Attempt | Time |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 22-25 | 20 |
| Reasoning Ability | 27-30 | 20 |
| English Language | 22-25 | 20 |
| Total | 74-79 | 60 |
In Quantitative Aptitude, DI was based on Line Graph.
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Data Interpretation | 05 | Easy-Moderate |
| Quadratic Equation | 05 | Easy-Moderate |
| Wrong Number Series | 05 | Easy |
| Simplification | 10 | Easy |
| Arithmetic Word Problems (Profit and Loss, Problem on Ages, SI & CI etc) | 10 | Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Easy-Moderate |
In English Language, RC was having 7 questions out of which 2 were from identifying synonymous & antonyms and based on a article related to ‘Non-Commutative Scheme’.
In Reasoning, 4 set of puzzles and seating arrangement were of following types.
(i) Circular Seating Arrangement (8 people)
(ii) Linear Sitting Arrangement (north-south, 7 people in a single row)
(iii) Month Based Puzzle
(iv) Random Puzzle (7 people, 7 cars)
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 15th Dec 2018 : Section Wise Analysis (4th Shift)
IBPS Clerk Prelims 2018 Exam has 3 sections which have 100 objective MCQ questions. Total time duration obtained to complete the exam was 60 minutes. 4th shift exam on 15th Dec was of easy to moderate level.
| Subject | Good Attempt | Time |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 24-27 | 20 |
| Reasoning Ability | 25-28 | 20 |
| English Language | 21-25 | 20 |
| Total | 70-79 | 60 |
Quantitative Aptitude : DI was based on bar graph.
Reading Comprehension : related to topic of success. Two questions were from vocabulary.
(i) Synonyms of ‘Down’
(ii) Antonyms of ‘keen’
-> Find the correct sentence out of 4 sentences.
-> Error Detection (10 questions)
-> Spelling Correction (5 questions)
-> Sentence Improvement
Reasoning : 4 sets of puzzles and Seating Arrangement are of following types.
(i) All 9 person were facing North Direction
(ii) Circular seating arrangement
(iii) A box based puzzle asked in which 9 boxes needed to be arranged.
(iv) One liner (Single Line) Puzzle
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Review 15th Dec 2018 Shift 1, 2, 3, 4 – How was Exam? Share your Feedback
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