The most anticipated IBPS Clerk 2019 Prelims Exam has been conducted on 07th, 08th, 14th and 21st December 2019 and Main Exam on 19th January 2020.
After the exam, you must be waiting to see the paper analysis as this will give you a brief idea of the level of the paper. This will also help the candidates who are preparing for the 2020 exam.
Check out the insight of the difficulty level, types of questions and no. of good attempts to prepare for the exam. In this article, we have come up with the IBPS Clerk Prelims & Main Exam Analysis for all dates.
Main Exam Analysis – 19th January 2020
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IBPS Clerk Main Exam Analysis – 19th January 2020
Below you can check the complete analysis for all sections of the IBPS Clerk 2019 Mains Exam. The overall level of the questions were Moderate to Difficult. The Quantitative Aptitude section was the lengthiest one.
Check the table below to know the no. of good attempts for each section:
| Sections |
Good Attempts |
| General/ Financial Awareness |
30-36 |
| Reasoning & Computer Aptitude |
28-33 |
| General English |
28-36 |
| Quantitative Aptitude |
32-38 |
| Total |
119-138 |
IBPS Clerk Main Analysis for Quantitative Aptitude Section
The level of the questions asked in this section were Moderate. Almost 40% of the questions were asked from Data Interpretation and consists of following 4 sets:
Pie Chart + Bar Graph
Caselet DI
Tabular
Line Graph
| Topic Name |
No. of Questions |
Difficulty Level |
| Data Interpretation |
20 |
Moderate to Difficult |
| Miscellaneous |
15 |
Moderate |
| Approximation |
6 |
Easy |
| Quantity 1, Quantity 2 |
5 |
Moderate |
| Data Sufficiency |
4 |
Moderate to Difficult |
| Total |
50 |
Moderate |
IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Review for Reasoning & Computer Aptitude
The questions were of Moderate to Difficult level. But there were no questions from Computer Aptitude. Majority of the questions were asked from Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles and were of the following types:
Linear Seating Arrangement (Single Row)
Circular Seating Arrangement
Alphabet Based Puzzle
Order & Ranking (11 people, buying something)
| Topic Name |
No. of Questions |
Difficulty Level |
| Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles |
20 |
Moderate to Difficult |
| Alphanumeric Symbol Series |
5 |
Moderate |
| Coded Inequality |
5 |
Easy to Moderate |
| Coding Decoding |
5 |
Moderate |
| Syllogism |
5 |
Moderate |
| Direction Sense |
5 |
Moderate |
| Data Sufficiency |
4 |
Moderate |
| Logical Reasoning |
2 |
Moderate to Difficult |
| Total |
50 |
Moderate to Difficult |
IBPS Clerk Mains Analysis – English Language
The English section in the Mains Exam was a bit difficult. This section had 3 sets of Reading Comprehension and were based of the following themes:
Artificial Intelligence
Coffee
| Topic Name |
No. of Questions |
Difficulty Level |
| Reading Comprehension |
15 |
Moderate to Difficult |
| Cloze Test |
6 |
Easy to Moderate |
| Fillers |
5 |
Moderate |
| Error Detection |
5 |
Moderate |
| Sentence Rearrangement |
5 |
Moderate to Difficult |
| Starters |
4 |
Easy |
| Total |
40 |
Difficult |
IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis – General/Financial Awareness
Majority of the questions asked in this section were from Banking Awareness related to current affairs & contemporary events of national & international importance of December/January. The questions were of Moderate level.
Following are the questions that were asked in the IBPS Clerk Mains Exam 2019:
Headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency
Joint Military Exercise Tiger Triumph between
National Science Congress 2020
Question related to Forest Cover of India
India’s first UNESCO Heritage City
IBPS Clerk Prelims Analysis 2019 (All Shifts)
Candidates may checkout the IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam analysis of all days for all shifts below. The no. of questions mentioned in the below tables are only memory based.
IBPS Clerk Prelims Analysis – 07th December 2019
The 1st Day of the IBPS Clerk Exam was successfully conducted in 4 shifts. As per the students’ reaction, the overall difficulty level of the exam was Easy to Moderate.
| Sections |
Good Attempts |
| English Language |
19- 24 |
| Reasoning Ability |
25- 31 |
| Quantitative Aptitude |
20- 25 |
| Total |
65-75 |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Review for English Language
As per the candidates review, the difficulty level of this section was Easy to Moderate. The Reading Comprehension had 2 vocab questions: 1 synonym and 1 antonym.
| Topics |
No. of Questions |
Level |
| Reading Comprehension |
7-10 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Para Jumble |
5 |
Easy |
| Sentence Rearrangement |
4-5 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Fillers |
4-5 |
Easy |
| Sentence Correction |
4-5 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Total |
30 |
Easy-Moderate |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Analysis for Quantitative Aptitude
This section was of Easy to Moderate level. DI questions in 1st and 2nd shift were based on a bar graph. In 3rd and 4th shift the DI questions were based on Tabular Form. You can check the no. of questions asked in Quantitative section in the table below.
| Topic |
No. Of questions |
Level |
| Date Interpretation |
5-10 |
Moderate |
| 5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
| Simplification & Approximation |
8-10 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Miscellaneous (Word Problems) |
5-10 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Total |
35 |
Easy-Moderate |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Review for Reasoning Ability
This was the easiest section among all. There were 4 puzzles in 1st and 2nd shift, 3 puzzles in 3rd and 4th shift. The questions asked in the 4th shift were very easy.
| Topics |
No. of Questions |
Level |
| Direction |
3-4 |
Easy |
| Seating Arrangement |
10 |
Easy |
| Puzzle |
3-4 |
Easy |
| Syllogism |
3-5 |
Easy |
| 2 |
Easy |
|
| Miscellaneous |
5-10 |
Easy |
| Total |
35 |
Easy |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Analysis – 08th December 2019 (All Slots)
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam was conducted successfully on the 2nd Day. The overall difficulty level of the Day 2 exam was Moderate. IBPS English section was Easy to Moderate, Quantitative was Moderate and Reasoning was the easiest section among all.
| Sections |
Good Attempts |
| English |
23-27 |
| Quantitative Aptitude |
22-28 |
| Reasoning Ability |
27-34 |
| Total |
76-87 |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Review for English Language
The overall level of this section was Easy to Moderate. There were 2-3 questions of vocabulary in Reading Comprehension in each sift. Questions from Cloze Test were only asked in the 4th Shift.
| Topics |
No. of Questions |
Level |
| Reading Comprehension |
7-10 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Para Jumble |
5 |
Easy |
| Sentence Rearrangement |
4-5 |
Easy |
| Error Detection |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Sentence Correction |
4-5 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Total |
30 |
Easy-Moderate |
IBPS Clerk Analysis for Prelims Exam – Quantitative Aptitude
IBPS Quantitative Aptitude section was of Moderate level. There was only a single set of Data Interpretation in each shift. You can check the no. of questions asked in the exam below.
| Topic |
No. Of questions |
Level |
| Date Interpretation |
5 |
Moderate |
| Missing Number Series |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Quadratic Equation |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Simplification |
10 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Miscellaneous (Word Problems) |
10 |
Moderate |
| Total |
35 |
Moderate |
IBPS Clerk Exam Review for Prelims – Reasoning Ability
IBPS Reasoning was the easiest section. There were 3 puzzles and Seating Arrangement in all the shifts except in the 3rd shift where there were 4.
| Topics |
No. of Questions |
Level |
| Alphabet Based |
2 |
Easy |
| Direction Sense |
3 |
Easy |
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangement |
15-20 |
Moderate |
| Syllogism |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Alpha-Numeric Series |
3-5 |
Easy |
| Total |
35 |
Easy |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Analysis – 14th December 2019 (All Slots)
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam was conducted successfully on the 14th December 2019. The difficulty level of the exam was Easy to Moderate. The exam was conducted in three sections: English Language, Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Ability.
| Sections |
Good Attempts |
| English |
24-27 |
| Quantitative Aptitude |
22-28 |
| Reasoning Ability |
30-34 |
| Total |
78-87 |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis for English Language
The level of the questions asked in this section was Easy. This was the easiest and the most scoring section among all. Have a look at the no. of questions asked in the exam below.
| Topics |
No. of Questions |
Level |
| Reading Comprehension |
7-10 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Para Jumble |
5 |
Easy |
| Sentence Rearrangement |
2-5 |
Easy |
| Error Detection |
5 |
Easy |
| Sentence Correction |
4-5 |
Easy |
| Total |
30 |
Easy |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Review for Quantitative Aptitude
The difficulty level of this section was Easy to Moderate. Check the no. of questions asked from this section below.
| Topic |
No. Of questions |
Level |
| Date Interpretation |
5 |
Easy to Moderate |
| Missing Number Series |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Simplification |
10 |
Easy-Moderate |
| 5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
| Miscellaneous (Word Problems) |
10 |
Moderate |
| Total |
35 |
Easy to Moderate |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Review for Reasoning Ability
The questions asked in this section were of Easy to Moderate level. Candidates can check the no. of questions asked from each topic of this section.
| Topics |
No. of Questions |
Level |
| Alphabet Based |
2 |
Easy |
| Direction Sense |
2-3 |
Easy to Moderate |
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangement |
15-20 |
Easy to Moderate |
| Syllogism |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Alpha-Numeric Series |
3-5 |
Easy |
| Total |
35 |
Easy to Moderate |
So, here we have given the complete IBPS Clerk Analysis 2019 for Prelims Exam for the tests conducted in different shifts. The candidates who want to appear in the Upcoming Bank Exams may take help from this review.
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