Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) successfully conducted the Common Written Examination-V of IBPS Clerk Mains 1st shift examination on 2nd January 2016 from 10 AM to 12 PM.
A huge number of candidates who had qualified in the preliminary exam appeared for the main exam across various examination centres. .The candidates who manage to score well in this exam and clear the cut off which will be released will have the opportunity to realize their dream of getting a bank job after facing a personal interview round. Read further to get the analysis of IBPS Clerk Mains.
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IBPS Clerk Mains Exam – First Day Analysis
| Section | Total Questions | Level | Good Attempts |
| Mathematics | 40 | Moderate | 25-27 |
| English Language | 40 | Easy to Moderate | 28-30 |
| Reasoning | 40 | Easy to moderate | 32-34 |
| Computers | 40 | Easy | 35-37 |
| General Awareness | 40 | Easy to moderate | 25-27 |
| Total | 40 | Moderate | 145-155 |
Section Wise Analysis
IBPS Clerk Mains – English Language
The English Language is Moderate. This is the easiest and the aspirants can attempt maximum questions. Also, the Overall score of 25-30 might be the good score and the time consumed is 13-14 minutes.
| Topic | Number of questions | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 10 | Moderate |
| Cloze Test | 10 | Easy |
| Sentence improvement | 5 | Easy |
| Para Jumbled | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Errors | 5 | Moderate |
| Double fillers | 5 | Easy |
IBPS Clerk Mains – Numerical Ability
The overall level of this section was moderate but calculative. Candidates should manage their time properly in this section as it consumed about 23-26 minutes. Candidates can get 18-25 marks in this section.
| Topic | Number of questions | Level |
| Series | 5 | Moderate |
| Simplification | 10 | Moderate |
| Data Interpretation | 5 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous (such as SI,CI, Speed &Time, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Averages, Ages, Ratio etc.) | 20 | Moderate |
IBPS Clerk Mains – Reasoning
| Topic | Number of questions | Level |
| Row arrangement | 5 | Easy |
| Floor Arrangement | 5 | Easy |
| Square: In-Out | 5 | Moderate |
| Syllogism | 5 | Easy |
| Data sufficiency | 3 | Moderate |
| Direction Sense | 2 | Easy |
| Inequalities | 5 | Easy |
| Number symbols | 5 | Easy to moderate |
| Coding-Decoding | 5 | Moderate |
IBPS Clerk Mains – General Awareness
This section was of “Super Easy” as compared to the other sections. Banking and Economy dominated this section. Questions in Current Affairs were asked from International affairs as well as Indian Economy Questions related to RBI were given a special attention. The topics are as follows:
- RBI Acts
- Policy Rates
- Currency
- Capital
- UN
- Census
- Venue
- Sports
- Headquarters
- Abbreviations
- Awards / Appointment / Obituary
- Miscellaneous
IBPS Clerk Mains Computer Knowledge
Computer Knowledge section is bit easy. Aspirants can score about 30-35 marks. In this section time consuming is also less.
IBPS Clerk Mains Exam: Slot 2
Overall Analysis
Overall the exam was Moderate. Out of all the sections, the Reasoning and Computer section was easy and scoring and General Awareness, Mathematics & English Language section was easy to moderate.
| Section | Total Questions | Level | Good Attempts |
| Mathematics | 40 | Moderate | 26-28 |
| English Language | 40 | Easy to Moderate | 29-31 |
| Reasoning | 40 | Easy to moderate | 33-35 |
| Computers | 40 | Easy | 35-37 |
| General Awareness | 40 | Easy to moderate | 23-25 |
| Total | 40 | Moderate | 146-156 |
Section Wise Analysis
English Language
The English Language is Moderate. This is the easiest and the aspirants can attempt maximum questions. Also, the Overall score of 25-30 might be the good score and the time consumed is 13-14 minutes.
| Topic | Number of questions | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 10 | Moderate |
| Cloze Test | 10 | Easy |
| Sentence improvement | 5 | Easy |
| Para Jumbled | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Errors | 5 | Moderate |
| Double fillers | 5 | Easy |
Numerical Ability
The overall level of this section was moderate but calculative. Candidates should manage their time properly in this section as it consumed about 23-26 minutes. Candidates can get 18-25 marks in this section.
| Topic | Number of questions | Level |
| Series | 5 | Moderate |
| Simplification | 15 | Moderate |
| Data Interpretation | 5 | Easy |
| Arithmetic including Geometry | 15 | Moderate |
Reasoning
| Topic | Number of questions | Level |
| Row arrangement | 5 | Easy |
| Floor Arrangement | 5 | Easy |
| Square: In-Out | 5 | Moderate |
| Syllogism | 5 | Easy |
| Data sufficiency | 3 | Moderate |
| Direction Sense | 2 | Easy |
| Inequalities | 5 | Easy |
| Number symbols | 5 | Easy to moderate |
| Coding-Decoding | 5 | Moderate |
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I attempted only 15 question of numerical ability out of 40.I attempted 160 over all.can I get cutt of marks.please tell