Lakhs of aspirants from all over India appear for IBPS Clerk Exam each year. Today (8th 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 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 was of easy to moderate level.
| Subject | Good Attempt | Time |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 21-25 | 20 |
| Reasoning Ability | 27-31 | 20 |
| English Language | 19-23 | 20 |
| Total | 68-74 | 60 |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis – Quantitative Aptitude Shift 1
Quantitative Aptitude section – IBPS Clerk exam shift 1 was of easy to moderate level. Set of Data Interpretation (DI) questions was based on Tabular related. Some questions were from Series based as mentioned below.
(i). 9, 45, 180, 540, ?, 1080 => Ans 1080
(ii) 50, 59, 45, 61, 36, ?
(iii) 3, 43, 81, 115, 143, ?
(iv) 200, 192, 179, 158, ?, 95
(v) 1, 6, 35, 76, 153, ?
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Data Interpretation | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Missing Number Series | 5 | Easy |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 | Easy |
| Simplification | 10 | Easy |
| Arithmetic Word Problems (Profit and Loss, Problem on Ages, SI & CI etc) | 10 | Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Easy-Moderate |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis – Reasoning Ability Shift 1
Reasoning Ability – IBPS Clerk Exam shift 1 was of easy to moderate level. Four Seating Arrangement and puzzles were asked in paper which are mentioned below.
1. Day based puzzle
2. Linear Seating Arrangement, Parallel Line, 12 no of people
3. Square Seating Arrangement
4. Random Arrangement based puzzle, 7 persons, 7 cities.
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangement | 20 | Moderate |
| Syllogism | 4 | Easy-Moderate |
| Direction Sense | 3 | Moderate |
| Alphabet Series | 4 | Easy-Moderate |
| Alphabet | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
| Order and Ranking | 3 | Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Easy to Moderate |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2018 – English Language Shift 1
English Language section – IBPS Clerk Prelims shift 1 exam was of easy to moderate level.
1. One Reading Comprehension (Related to social media) : contains 6 questions out of which 1 question was of synonym. This passage was based from an article related to flexibility in jobs and the availability from home at remote distance.
2. Para Jumble or Sentence Rearrangement : based on theme of the craze of cricket.
3. Sentence Completion : 5 questions in a match the following format.
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 6 | Moderate |
| Error Detection (Spelling & Grammatical) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Single Filler | 4 | Easy |
| Phrasal Verb or Sentence Correction | 5 | Moderate |
| Sentence Reangement | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Match the Following (Sentence Completion) | 5 | Moderate |
| Total | 30 | Easy-Moderate |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 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 easy to moderate level.
| Subject | Good Attempt | Time |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 19-24 | 20 |
| Reasoning Ability | 28-32 | 20 |
| English Language | 18-24 | 20 |
| Total | 68-74 | 60 |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis – Quantitative Aptitude Shift 2
Quantitative Aptitude section – IBPS Clerk exam shift 2 was also of easy to moderate level. Two sets of Data Interpretation (DI) questions was based on Bar Graph and Caselet related. Some questions were from Series based as mentioned below.
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis – Reasoning Ability Shift 2
Reasoning Ability – IBPS Clerk Exam 2nd shift was of easy to moderate level. Four Seating Arrangement and puzzles were asked in paper which are mentioned below.
1. Floor Based Puzzle
2. Linear Seating Arrangement, Parallel Line, 12 no of people
3. Random Arrangement based puzzle, 7 persons, 7 cities
4. Month Based Puzzle
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2018 – English Language Shift 2
English Language section – IBPS Clerk Prelims shift 2 exam was of easy to moderate level.
1. One Reading Comprehension (Related to social media) : contains 7 questions out of which 2 question was Vocab based. This passage was based from an article related to first impression of leaders in politics and society.
2. Para Jumble or Sentence Rearrangement : 5 questions
3. Sentence Completion : 5 questions in a match the following format.
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 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 was of easy to moderate level.
| Subject | Good Attempt | Time |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 20-25 | 20 |
| Reasoning Ability | 27-32 | 20 |
| English Language | 19-26 | 20 |
| Total | 69-77 | 60 |
In English Language, RC was based on an article related to introverts and extroverts. Out of 7 questions 1 question was related to vocab.
In Reasoning, Circular Seating Arrangement, Day Based Puzzle, Box Puzzle, Puzzle based on uncertain no. of people, Short puzzle based on comparison.
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 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 was of easy to moderate level.
| Subject | Good Attempt | Time |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 17-21 | 20 |
| Reasoning Ability | 26-32 | 20 |
| English Language | 22-26 | 20 |
| Total | 67-73 | 60 |
Quantitative Aptitude : DI (Tabular & Caselet)
Reading Comprehension : related to friendship
Reasoning : Linear Seating Arrangement (3 questions), Month Based Puzzle, Puzzle on uncertain number of people.
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Review 8th Dec 2018 Shift 1, 2, 3, 4 – How was Exam? Share your Feedback
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