IBPS PO Mains Exam (26th November 2017) - How was your Exam ?

IBPS PO Mains Exam (26th November 2017) - How was your Exam ?

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IBPS PO Mains 2017-18 Exam ANALYSIS (OVER-ALL):

SECTIONS	GOOD ATTEMPTS (Marks)
Reasoning and Computer Aptitude	16-19
English Language	12-14
Data Analysis and Interpretation	19-21
General Economy and Banking Awareness	24-28
TOTAL	74-78

Data Analysis and Interpretation ( Moderate-Difficult )

This section had 35 questions for 60 marks with a time limit of 45 minutes.  The inequality questions were based on "Quantity 1 and Quantity 2 Pattern and among the set of 5 questions of inequality 2 questions were based on diagrams. There were 3 sets of DI with 4 questions in each of the set. Following were the types of DI:

• Tabular (Missing) +Bar
• Tabular
• Caselet

The questions were:

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Data Interpretation	15	Difficult
Data Sufficiency	5	Difficult
Wrong Number Series	5	Moderate-Difficult
Inequality (Q1, Q2 Type)	5	Moderate-Difficult
Miscellaneous	5	Moderate-Difficult
Total	35	Moderate-Difficult

English Language (Difficult)

This section had 35 questions for 40 marks with a time limit of 40 minutes. There were many new introductions in new pattern questions in English Section of this exam. The cloze test questions asked were of a totally new pattern, where there were two possible answers against a blank.There were new types of connector questions asked in this exam, where 2 words were given and five sentences and students had to identify the combination of sentences that can be connected using the given two connecting words. Error Detection questions also came with a twist, as in a sentence there was a part marked in bold which was grammatically correct and the student had to identify the erroneous part in the rest of the sentence.

With such a difficulty level it is best to stay calm and first invest time in reading the directions properly. There were 2 reading comprehensions with 5 questions in each set.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension	10	Difficult
Cloze Test	5	Moderate
Error Detection	5	Moderate-Difficult
Rephrasing Sentence to correct grammatical form	4	Difficult
Connector Usage	5	Moderate-Difficult
Double Filler	2	Moderate
Para Jumble (New Pattern)	4	Difficult
Total	35	Difficult

Reasoning and Computer Aptitude  (Difficult)

The level of reasoning was very Difficult.  There were NO Questions asked from Computer Aptitude. This year in IBPS PO Mains Exam there were around 10 questions of logical reasoning which includes course of action, cause and effect, conclusion and inference. 1-2 small para puzzles were also there, however, these had less matter to read and deduct from they were really tricky when compared to a lengthy one. Following were the types of puzzles asked:

• Linear (North-South) 2 Variable
• Small-Para Puzzles
• Circular (with uncertain information as the number of people in the seating arrangement was not given e.g. more than 10 people are sitting on a circular table)
• Figure Based Puzzle

The questions were:

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles	15	Difficult
Logical Reasoning	10	Difficult
Coded Blood Relation	4	Difficult
Coded Direction Sense	5	Difficult
Input-Output	5	Difficult
Data Sufficiency	2	Difficult
Micellaneous	4	Difficult
Total	45	Difficult

General Economy and Banking Awareness (Moderate)
The level of this question was Moderate when compared to the rest of the exam. There were around 3 questions from Budget and 3-4 questions from static awareness. Rest was Current Affairs and Banking Awareness where number of questions from Banking awareness was more than current affairs.

Descriptive Writing Test
English Language (Letter & Essay Writing) for 25 marks, time limit 30 minutes. There were 3 Essays and 3 Letter Writing Topics from which a candidate has to choose:

Essay topic
1. Which reform in Indian education can be compared with International level
2. Advantages and Disadvantages of Cashless economy
3. Effects of gadets on intellectual capabilities of humans

Letter Writing
1. Write a Letter to you friend encouraging and advising him to plan his own start-up
2. Letter to your office colleague
3. Write a letter to the branch manager requesting him to block your credit card as you've lost it and ask him to issue you a new card.

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• The difficulty level of Reasoning & Computer Aptitude, General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness, English Language, Data Analysis & Interpretation and English Language (Letter Writing & Essay).
• The number of doable questions in the above sections.

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