IBPS Clerk Shift Wise Exam analysis 2018
IBPS Clerk exam 2018 is going to take place today i.e., 8th December 2018. The exam is going to take place in four shifts i.e., on 8.00 pm, 10.30 am, 1.00 pm and 3.30 pm. This year there is the sectional timing of 20 minutes in the Prelims Exam, its important for all banking aspirants to go through the review once. Exam analysis and review can help the aspirants who are yet to appear in upcoming shifts of IBPS Clerk Prelims to get an idea of the difficulty level and expected pattern of questions in Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, and English Language sections.
IBPS Clerk Exam Analysis 2018: Section-wise Analysis (Shift-1)
| Subject | Good Attempt | Time |
| English Language | 19-23 | 20 |
| Reasoning Ability | 27-31 | 20 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 23-28 | 20 |
| Total | 68-74 | 60 |
English section was also of easy to moderate level. There was one set of Reading Comprehension with 6 questions out of which 1 question was of identifying the synonym. The passage of the RC was based on an article related to flexibility in jobs and the availability of working from any remote location.
The questions of para jumble or sentence rearrangement were related to a paragraph on the theme of the craze of cricket and it was do-able as well. There were also 5 questions of sentence completion 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 | Easy |
| Total | 30 | Easy-Moderate |
The level of Quantitative Aptitude section was Easy to Moderate. One can easily attempt questions if they have practised well. DI questions based on a Tabular DI in this slot.
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Data Interpretation | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Missing Number Series | 5 | Easy |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 | Easy |
| Simplification | 10 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous (Profit and Loss, Problem on Ages, SI & CI etc) | 10 | Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Easy-Moderate |
The level of reasoning was of Easy to Moderate. There were 4 sets of puzzles and Seating Arrangement, following are the types
Square seating arrangement
Day Based Puzzle
Linear Seating Arrangement, Parallel Line, 12 no of people
Random Arrangement based puzzle, 7 persons, 7 cities
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangement | 20 | Easy-Moderate |
| Syllogism | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Direction Sense | 3 | Easy |
| Alphabet Series | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Misc. | 2 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy to Moderate |
IBPS Clerk Exam Analysis 2018: Section-wise Analysis (Shift-2)
| Subject | Good Attempt | Time |
| English Language | 18-22 | 20 |
| Reasoning Ability | 25-30 | 20 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 21-25 | 20 |
| Total | 68-72 | 60 |
English section was also of easy to moderate level. There was one set of Reading Comprehension with 7 questions (Topic- Leadership).
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 7 | Moderate |
| Sentence Improvement | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
| Para Jumble | 5 | Easy |
| Phrasal Verb or Sentence Correction | 5 | Moderate |
| Sentence Reangement | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Match the Following (Sentence Completion) | 5 | Easy |
| Total | 30 | Easy-Moderate |
The level of Quantitative Aptitude section was Easy to Moderate. One can easily attempt questions if they have practiced well. DI questions based on Bar Graph, Caselet DI, Simplification and Misc.
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Data Interpretation | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Missing Number Series | 5 | Easy |
| Caselet DI | 5 | Easy |
| Simplification | 10 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous (Profit and Loss, Problem on Ages, SI & CI etc) | 10 | Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Easy-Moderate |
The level of reasoning was of Easy to Moderate. There were 4 sets of puzzles and Seating Arrangement, following are the types
Floor based Puzzle
Month Based Puzzle
Linear Seating Arrangement, Parallel Line, 12 no of people
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangement | 15 | Easy-Moderate |
| Syllogism | 4 | Easy-Moderate |
| Blood Relation | 3 | Easy |
| Three letter Word Based Series | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Number Based Series | 5 | Easy |
| Order and Ranking | 3 | |
| Total | 35 | Easy to Moderate |
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