Institute of Banking Personal Selection (IBPS) has started recruitment process for Probationary Officers (POs) with its Preliminary exam on 03 October 2015. IBPS has already ended its RRBs exam last week. This is the first time that IBPS has adopted two tier exam pattern for POs. State bank of India (SBI) has already concluded two tier written exam pattern for POs.
Exam Pattern: The exam consists of 3 sections that include Quantitative Aptitude (35 Qns), Reasoning (35 Qns) and English Language (30 Qns). The total time given was 1 hour.
Exam Analysis: It was almost the same type of paper that was asked in SBI PO Preliminary Exam. The paper was not so difficult but students found Quantitative Aptitude section a bit time taking. Overall the whole paper was of moderate difficulty level.
Analysis of individual section is given below. Read More on Question Paper Analysis
Difficulty Level and Expected Cutoff: Difficulty level and expected cutoff for individual and overall section is given below-
| Section | Total Qns | Max Marks | Difficulty Level | Expected Cutoff | Good Score |
| Reasoning | 35 | 35 | Moderate | 10-12 | 16-18 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 | Moderate | 10-12 | 16-18 |
| English | 30 | 30 | Moderate | 10-12 | 18-20 |
| Total | 100 | 100 | Moderate | 45-50 | 55+ |
Reasoning section: Reasoning section had 35 questions. The difficulty level was moderate. Topics included are-
| Topic | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Syllogism | 5 | Moderate |
| Seating Arrangement | 5 | Moderate |
| Inequality | 5 | Moderate |
| Puzzles | 10 | Moderate |
| Blood Relation | 2 | Moderate |
| Coding Decoding | 5 | Easy |
| Direction Sense & Others | 3 | Easy |
English Language: This section comprised of 30 questions. The breakup of section is given below-
| Topic | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 10 | Moderate |
| Para Jumbles | 5 | Difficult |
| Sentence Correction | 5 | Moderate |
| Cloze Test | 5 | Moderate |
| Sentence Fillers | 5 | Moderate |
Quantitative Aptitude: This section comprised of 35 questions. The break up is given below-
| Topic | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Number Series | 5 | Moderate |
| Simplification | 5 | Easy |
| Time, Speed & Distance | 3 | Moderate |
| SI and CI, Time & Work | 5 | Moderate |
| Ratio and Proportion | 2 | Moderate |
| Data Interpretation | 10 | Easy |
| Equation Based | 5 | Moderate |
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