Analysis of SBI PO (Prelim) Online exam held on 6th Jan 2021 (Slot 4)

The analysis of the SBI PO 2020 Prelim exam held on the 6th Jan 2021 (Slot 4) has been presented below.

Snapshot of the Exam:

No of choices per question – 5

Negative marking: 0.25 of the marks assigned to each question

As per feedback received from our students who appeared for this exam, the exam can be rated as Moderate.

The section wise analysis of the above-mentioned session, as reported by our students, is given below:

Quantitative Aptitude:

This section can be rated as moderate. No new question types / pattern of questions was asked in this slot of the exam.

There were no questions on Simplifications, Quadratic Comparisons, Data Sufficiency and Data Comparison.

There were fifteen questions (3 sets) on Data Interpretation (five questions each on Table + Pie Chart, Table and Caselet). Questions on Data Interpretation were time-consuming and lengthy. There were five questions each on Approximations and missing number series. Questions on Approximations and missing number series were easy to moderate.

Individual Quant questions were ten in number. These were a combination of easy, moderate, and difficult ones.

A student could, therefore, have solved around 16 - 17 questions in 20 minutes if he chose judiciously.

Reasoning:

This section has been given a 'Moderate' tag and lengthy.

There were twenty questions on Puzzles (Square Arrangement (8 persons; some facing persons facing centre and some persons facing outside), Comparisons (6 persons and their heights), Floor Arrangement (3 floors; 2 flats; 6 persons), Distribution (6 movies; 6 months and 6 different countries), which were of easy to moderate level of difficulty. There were three questions on Blood Relations and five questions on Deductions (Syllogisms). These questions ranged from easy to moderate. There were four questions on miscellaneous topics.

About 23 to 24 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes. The topic -wise split, as reported by our students, is as given below.

English Language:

This section has been tagged as 'Easy to Moderate' by our students.

• The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation and comprised seven questions. There was one question on word replacement. The passage was based on 'Mental illnesses.
• There were six questions each on Error Identification and Word Interchange.
• There were five questions on Cloze Test. The passage was based on 'Biodiversity in India'.
• There were three questions on Phrase Replacement.

Thus, about 18-19 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:

Overall, the paper can be rated as Moderate.

Good Attempts and Expected Cutoffs:

Analysis of SBI PO (Prelim) Online exam held on 6th Jan 2021 (Slot 3)

The analysis of the SBI PO 2020 Prelim exam held on the 6th Jan 2021 (Slot 3) has been presented below.

Snapshot of the Exam:

No of choices per question – 5

Negative marking: 0.25 of the marks assigned to each question

As per feedback received from our students who appeared for this exam, the exam can be rated as Moderate.

The section wise analysis of the above-mentioned session, as reported by our students, is given below:

Quantitative Aptitude:

This section can be rated as moderate. No new question types / pattern of questions was asked in this slot of the exam.

There were no questions on Simplifications, Quadratic Comparisons, Data Sufficiency and Data Comparison.

There were fifteen questions (3 sets) on Data Interpretation (five questions each on Table, 2 Pie Charts and Caselet). Questions on DI were lengthy and time-consuming. There were five questions each on Approximations and Wrong Number Series. Questions on Approximations and Wrong Number Series were easy to solve.

Individual Quant questions were ten in number. These were a combination of easy, moderate, and difficult ones.

A student could, therefore, have solved around 16 - 17 questions in 20 minutes if he chose judiciously.

Reasoning:

This section has been given a 'Moderate' tag and lengthy.

There were twenty-two questions on Puzzles (Linear Arrangement (unknown number of persons facing North), Circular Arrangement (8 persons; some facing towards centre and some facing away from the centre), Floor Arrangement (10 persons; 5 floors and 2 flats), Distribution (7 persons; 7 subjects), Distribution (Age based; 6 different years; 6 persons; 6 colours), which were of easy to moderate level of difficulty. There were three questions on Direction Sense, two questions on Symbols Notations (Inequalities) and five questions on Deductions/Syllogisms (Only a few). These questions ranged from easy to moderate. There were three questions on miscellaneous topics.

About 21 to 22 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes. The topic -wise split, as reported by our students, is as given below.

English Language:

This section has been tagged as 'Easy to Moderate' by our students.

• The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation and comprised seven questions. There was one Vocab based question (Synonym. The passage was based on 'How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Entrepreneurship in India.'.
• There were five questions on identifying 'Grammatically Correct Sentence'.
• There were four questions on Fill in the blanks (Two blanks) and Match the Column
• There were five questions each on Sentence Rearrangement and Phrase Replacement.

Thus, about 17-18 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:

Overall, the paper can be rated as Moderate.

Good Attempts and Expected Cutoffs:

Analysis of SBI PO (Prelim) Online exam held on 5th Jan 2021 (Slot 3)

The analysis of the SBI PO 2020 Prelim exam held on the 5th Jan 2021 (Slot 3) has been presented below.

Snapshot of the Exam:

No of choices per question – 5

Negative marking: 0.25 of the marks assigned to each question

As per feedback received from our students who appeared for this exam, the exam can be rated as Moderate.

The section wise analysis of the above-mentioned session, as reported by our students, is given below:

Quantitative Aptitude:

This section can be rated as moderate. No new question types / pattern of questions was asked in this slot of the exam.

There were no questions on Simplifications, Quadratic Comparisons, Data Sufficiency and Data Comparison.

There were ten questions (2 sets) on Data Interpretation (five questions each on Table + Pie Chart and Line Graph). Questions on Data Interpretation were lengthy and time-consuming. There were five questions on Approximations and six questions on wrong number series. Questions on wrong number series and Approximations ranged from easy to moderate.

Individual Quant questions were fourteen in number. These were a combination of easy, moderate, and difficult ones.

A student could, therefore, have solved around 17 - 18 questions in 20 minutes if he chose judiciously.

Reasoning:

This section has been given a 'Moderate' tag and lengthy.

There were twenty-three questions on Puzzles (Linear Arrangement (Two row; 9 persons), Floor Arrangement, Distribution (Year based), Comparisons, Box arrangement) which were of easy to moderate level of difficulty. There were five questions on Coding-Decoding, three questions each on Blood Relations and Direction Sense. These questions ranged from easy to moderate.

About 21 to 22 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes. The topic -wise split, as reported by our students, is as given below.

English Language:

This section has been tagged as 'Easy to Moderate' by our students.

• The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation and comprised six questions. There was one Vocab based question.
• There were six questions on Cloze test which ranged from easy to moderate.
• There were five Error Identification Questions. All these five questions were easy to solve.
• There were five questions each on Word Interchange and Phrase Replacement

Thus, about 19 - 20 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:

Overall, the paper can be rated as Moderate.

Good Attempts and Expected Cutoffs:

Analysis of SBI PO (Prelim) Online exam held on 4th Jan 2021 (Slot 3)

The analysis of the SBI PO 2020 Prelim exam held on the 4th Jan 2021 (Slot 3) has been presented below.

Snapshot of the Exam:

No of choices per question – 5

Negative marking: 0.25 of the marks assigned to each question

As per feedback received from our students who appeared for this exam, the exam can be rated as Moderate.

The section wise analysis of the above-mentioned session, as reported by our students, is given below:

Quantitative Aptitude:

This section can be rated as moderate. No new question types / pattern of questions was asked in this slot of the exam.

There were no questions on Simplifications, Approximations and Data Comparison.

There were fifteen questions (3 sets) on Data Interpretation (five questions each on Table, Pie Chart and Caselet). Questions on Data Interpretation were lengthy and time-consuming. There were five questions each on Quadratic Comparisons, four questions on missing number series and three questions on Data Sufficiency (2 statements). Questions on missing number series and Quadratic Comparisons were easy to solve where as the questions based on Data Sufficiency ranged from easy to moderate.

Individual Quant questions were eleven in number. These were a combination of easy, moderate, and difficult ones.

A student could, therefore, have solved around 17 - 18 questions in 20 minutes if he chose judiciously.

Reasoning:

This section has been given a 'Moderate' tag and lengthy.

There were twenty questions on Puzzles (Linear Arrangement (8 persons; four facing North and four facing South), Circular Arrangement (9 persons; all facing towards centre), Distribution (Month based), Distribution (8 persons + 3 departments + colours), which were of easy to moderate level of difficulty. There were four questions on Coding-Decoding, three questions on Blood Relations, two on Direction Sense and five questions on Deductions/Syllogisms (Only a few model). These questions ranged from easy to moderate.

About 23 to 24 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes. The topic -wise split, as reported by our students, is as given below.

English Language:

This section has been tagged as 'Easy to Moderate' by our students.

• The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation and comprised ten questions. There was five Vocab based questions – two Synonyms and three on Antonyms. The passage was based on 'Modern Life Depression'.
• There were five Error Identification Questions. All these five questions were easy to solve.
• There were five questions each on Fill in the blanks (Two blanks) and Phrase Replacement
• There were five questions on Para Jumbled Sentences. Five sentences to be rearranged to form a meaningful paragraph.

Thus, about 19 - 20 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:

Overall, the paper can be rated as Moderate.

Good Attempts and Expected Cutoffs:

Analysis of SBI PO (Prelim) Online exam held on 4th Jan 2021 (Slot 1)

The analysis of the SBI PO 2020 Prelim exam held on the 4th Jan 2021 (Slot 1) has been presented below.

Snapshot of the Exam:

No of choices per question – 5

Negative marking: 0.25 of the marks assigned to each question

As per feedback received from our students who appeared for this exam, the exam can be rated as Moderate.

The section wise analysis of the above-mentioned session, as reported by our students, is given below:

Quantitative Aptitude:

This section can be rated as moderate. No new question types / pattern of questions was asked in this slot of the exam.

There were no questions on Simplifications, Series, Data Sufficiency and Data Comparison.

There were twelve questions (2 sets) on Data Interpretation (six questions each on Table + Pie Chart and Missing data table). Questions on missing data table were time-consuming. There were six questions each on Approximations and Quadratic Comparisons. Questions on Approximations and Quadratic Comparisons were easy to solve.

Individual Quant questions were eleven in number. These were a combination of easy, moderate, and difficult ones.

A student could, therefore, have solved around 16 - 18 questions in 20 minutes if he chose judiciously.

Reasoning:

This section has been given a 'Moderate' tag and lengthy.

There were twenty-three questions on Puzzles (Linear Arrangement (unknown number of persons), Square Arrangement (8 persons; persons sitting at the middle facing centre and persons sitting at the corners facing outside), Comparisons (6 persons and their speeds), Distribution (Month based;6 persons and 6 months), Distribution (Month and Date based; 6 persons, 3 months, 2 dates), which were of easy to moderate level of difficulty. There were three questions on Blood Relations and five questions on Deductions (Syllogisms). These questions ranged from easy to moderate. There were four questions on miscellaneous topics.

About 23 to 25 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes. The topic -wise split, as reported by our students, is as given below.

English Language:

This section has been tagged as 'Easy to Moderate' by our students.

• The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation and comprised seven questions. There was one Vocab based question (Synonym), one question on word replacement and one question on FIB. The passage was based on 'Technology advancement and its impact on employment levels'.
• There were five Error Identification Questions. All these five questions were easy to solve.
• There were five questions on Fill in the blanks (Two sentences with a blank; one word will fit both the sentences).
• There were 5 questions on Para Jumbled Sentences. Five sentences to be rearranged to form a meaningful paragraph.
• There were four questions each on Word Interchange (four words) and Phrase Replacement.

Thus, about 17-19 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:

Overall, the paper can be rated as Moderate.

Good Attempts and Expected Cutoffs:

Thus, about 19-21 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:

Over all, the paper can be rated as easy to moderate.

Good Attempts and Expected Cutoffs:

Analysis of IBPS PO (Prelim) Online exam held on 11th Oct 2020 (Slot 1)

The analysis of the IBPS PO 2020 Prelim exam held on the 11th of October 2020 (Slot 1) has been presented below.

Snapshot of the Exam:

No of choices per question – 5

Negative marking: 0.25 of the marks assigned to each question

As per feedback received from our students who appeared for this exam, the exam can be rated as easy to moderate.

The section wise analysis of the above-mentioned session, as reported by our students, is given below:

Quantitative Aptitude:

This section can be rated as easy to moderate. No new question types / pattern of questions was asked in this slot of the exam.

There was no question on Number Series, Data Sufficiency and Data Comparison.

There were twelve questions (2 sets) on Data Interpretation (six questions each on Table and Pie Chart). The questions were calculation based and were moderate in nature. The set given on Table is based on Marked Price and Discount (Quant based DI). There were five questions each on Approximations and Quadratic Comparisons. Questions on Quadratic comparisons and Approximations were easy to solve.

Individual questions were thirteen in number. These were a combination of easy, moderate, and difficult ones. These questions were based on Ages, Profit & Loss, Mixtures & Alligations, Time and Work, Time & Distance, Compound Interest etc...

A student could, therefore, have solved around 20 -22 questions in 20 minutes, if he chose judiciously.

Reasoning:

This section has been given an 'Easy to Moderate' tag.

There were twenty questions on Puzzles (Linear Arrangement ( 8 persons facing North and South), Floor Arrangement + Distribution – (6 persons; 6 colours – 3 floors and 2 flats), Circular Arrangement + QBR ( 6 Persons all facing inside + Ages), Box Arrangement(9 boxes)), which were of easy to moderate level of difficulty. There were three questions each on Syllogisms (Deductions), Blood Relations, Direction Sense and Symbols and Notations. The questions on Symbols and Notations and Blood Relations were easy to solve whereas the questions on Direction sense can be classified as easy to moderate. The three questions on Syllogisms (Only a few model) which were moderate in nature.

About 21-23 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes. The topic -wise split, as reported by our students, is as given below.

English Language:

This section has been tagged as 'Easy to Moderate' by our students.

• The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation, and comprised of eleven questions, of which three were vocab questions, and one was based on FIB.
• There were five questions each on
• Word Interchange (One sentence with three words in bold was given, and the aspirant was expected to rearrange/interchange the given words to form a grammatically meaningful sentence. This model was earlier present in IBPS RRB Office Assistant 2019 Main exam.)
• Cloze Test
• Fill in the blanks (Two fillers)
• There were four questions on Phrase Replacement (Which of the phrases given below each sentence should REPLACE THE PHRASE IN BOLD to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and no correction is required, mark (5), 'No correction required', as the answer)

Thus, about 23 - 24 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:

Overall, the paper was a combination of easy, moderate questions across all the three sections and can hence be rated as 'Easy to Moderate'.

Good Attempts:

Analysis of IBPS PO (Prelim) Online exam held on 10th Oct 2020 (Slot 4)

The analysis of the IBPS PO 2020 Prelim exam held on the 10th of October 2020 (Slot 4) has been presented below.

Snapshot of the Exam:

No of choices per question – 5

Negative marking: 0.25 of the marks assigned to each question

As per feedback received from our students who appeared for this exam, the exam can be rated as easy to moderate.

The section wise analysis of the above-mentioned session, as reported by our students, is given below:

Quantitative Aptitude:

This section can be rated as easy to moderate. No new question types / pattern of questions was asked in this slot of the exam.

There was no question on Data Sufficiency and Data Comparison.

There were fifteen questions (3 sets) on Data Interpretation (five questions each on Table, Pie Chart and Caselet). The data was easy to understand in all the sets. The questions based on pie chart were easy, but the questions based and Table and Caselet were calculation based and were moderate in nature. There were five questions each on Approximations and Quadratic Comparisons. Questions on Quadratic comparisons and Approximations were easy to solve.

Individual questions were ten in number. These were a combination of easy, moderate, and difficult ones. These questions were based on Ages, Percentages, Profit & Loss, Mixtures & Alligations, Time and Work, Time & Distance, Geometry and Mensuration, Simple and Compound Interest, Probability etc...

A student could, therefore, have solved around 21 -23 questions in 20 minutes, if he chose judiciously.

Reasoning:

This section has been given an 'Easy to Moderate' tag.

There were twenty questions on Puzzles (Linear Arrangement ( Fourteen persons; seven persons facing North and seven persons facing South), Linear Arrangement (Unknown number of persons; all facing North), Floor Arrangement + Distribution – (6 persons; 6 colours – 6 floors), Distribution ( 6 persons, 3 months and 2 dates), 9 Persons – 3 Designations), which were of easy to moderate level of difficulty. There were three questions each on Syllogisms (Deductions) and Direction Sense which were moderate in nature. The five questions on Symbols and Notations were easy to solve.

About 24-26 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes. The topic -wise split, as reported by our students, is as given below.

English Language:

This section has been tagged as 'Easy to Moderate' by our students.

• The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation, and comprised of ten questions, of which two were vocab questions, and one was based on FIB. The passage was based on 'Free lancing'.
• There were six questions each on
• Para Forming Questions (Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions given below.)
• There were six questions on Fill in the blanks (Two fillers).
• There were four questions each on
• Error Identification (In each of the questions below, a sentence is split into four parts. Read the sentence and identify whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in ONE PART of the sentence. Mark the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, mark 'No error' as your answer. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
• Word Interchange (One sentence with three words in bold was given, and the aspirant was expected to rearrange/interchange the given words to form a grammatically meaningful sentence. This model was earlier present in IBPS RRB Office Assistant 2019 Main exam.)

Thus, about 23 - 24 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:

Overall, the paper was a combination of easy, moderate questions across all the three sections and can hence be rated as 'Easy to Moderate'.

Good Attempts:

Analysis of IBPS PO (Prelim) Online exam held on 10th Oct 2020 (Slot 3)

The analysis of the IBPS PO 2020 Prelim exam held on the 10th of October 2020 (Slot 3) has been presented below.

Snapshot of the Exam:

No of choices per question – 5

Negative marking: 0.25 of the marks assigned to each question

As per feedback received from our students who appeared for this exam, the exam can be rated as easy to moderate.

The section wise analysis of the above-mentioned session, as reported by our students, is given below:

Quantitative Aptitude:

This section can be rated as easy to moderate. No new question types / pattern of questions was asked in this slot of the exam.

There was no question on Quadratic Comparisons, Data Sufficiency and Data Comparison.

There were fourteen questions (3 sets) on Data Interpretation (five questions on Table, six questions on Pie Chart and three questions on Caselet). The data was easy to understand in all the sets. The questions were calculation based and were moderate in nature. There were five questions on Approximations and six questions on Missing number series. The questions on missing number series and Approximations were easy to solve.

There were no questions on Quadratic Comparisons.

Individual questions were ten in number. These were a combination of easy, moderate, and difficult ones. These questions were based on Ages, Simple Equation, Ratio, Profit and Loss, Averages, Time and Work, Boats and Streams, Mensuration, Simple Interest, etc..

A student could, therefore, have solved around 22 - 24 questions in 20 minutes, if he chose judiciously.

Reasoning:

This section has been given an 'Easy to Moderate' tag.

There were twenty questions on Puzzles (Circular Arrangement (Eight persons; Four of them facing towards centre and four of them facing away from the centre), Distributions (6 persons bought six different things on different occasions), Linear Arrangement + QBR ( Six persons of different ages all facing North), Distribution ( 8 persons, 8 years), Comparisons ( 6 boxes with different weights)), which were of easy to moderate level of difficulty. There were four questions each on Syllogisms (Deductions) and Coding-Decoding. The questions on Syllogisms (Deductions) were moderate n nature whereas the questions on Coding – Decoding were easy to moderate.

About 23-25 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes. The topic -wise split, as reported by our students, is as given below.

English Language:

This section has been tagged as 'Easy to Moderate' by our students

• The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation, and comprised of eight questions, of which two were vocab questions (one each on Synonym and Antonym), and one was based on FIB. The passage was based on 'Machine Learning'.
• There were five questions each on
• Sentence Rearrangement (A statement has been divided into five segments, each of which is denoted by (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E). Rearrange all the segments to form a coherent statement)
• Word Interchange (One sentence with three words in bold was given, and the aspirant was expected to rearrange/interchange the given words to form a grammatically meaningful sentence. This model was earlier present in IBPS RRB Office Assistant 2019 Main exam.)
• Cloze Test
• There were four questions each on
• Error Identification (In each of the questions below, a sentence is split into four parts. Read the sentence and identify whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in ONE PART of the sentence. Mark the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, mark 'No error' as your answer. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
• There were three questions on Grammatically Correct Sentences (Given below are three statements, one has to identify the grammatically correct sentences. More than one sentence can be correct)
• There were four questions on Phrase Replacement (Which of the phrases given below each sentence should REPLACE THE PHRASE IN BOLD to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and no correction is required, mark (5), 'No correction required', as the answer)

Thus, about 20 - 21 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:

Overall, the paper was a combination of easy, moderate questions across all the three sections and can hence be rated as 'Easy to Moderate'.

Good Attempts:

Analysis of IBPS PO (Prelim) Online exam held on 10th Oct 2020 (Slot 2)

The analysis of the IBPS PO 2020 Prelim exam held on the 10th of October 2020 (Slot 2) has been presented below.

Snapshot of the Exam:

No of choices per question – 5

Negative marking: 0.25 of the marks assigned to each question

As per feedback received from our students who appeared for this exam, the exam can be rated as easy to moderate.

The section wise analysis of the above-mentioned session, as reported by our students, is given below:

Quantitative Aptitude:

This section can be rated as easy to moderate. No new question types / pattern of questions was asked in this slot of the exam.

There was no question on Approximations, Data Sufficiency and Data Comparison.

There were fifteen questions (3 sets) on Data Interpretation (five questions each on Bar graph, Line graph and Pie Chart). The data is easy, but the questions were calculation based and were moderate in nature. The questions based on Line graph were lengthy compared to bar graph and pie chart. There were five questions each on Missing Number Series and Quadratic Comparisons. Questions on Quadratic comparisons and Missing Number Series were easy to solve.

Individual questions were ten in number. These were a combination of easy, moderate, and difficult ones. These questions were based on Ages, Profit & Loss, Mixtures & Alligations, Time and Work, Time & Distance, Compound Interest etc...

A student could, therefore, have solved around 19 - 21 questions in 20 minutes, if he chose judiciously.

Reasoning:

This section has been given an 'Easy to Moderate' tag.

There were twenty questions on Puzzles (Floor Arrangement + Distribution – (10 persons; 10 colours – 5 floors and 2 flats), Circular Arrangement + Distribution ( 8 Persons, four of them facing towards centre and four of them facing towards outside + Colours), Box Arrangement(6 boxes), Designation based puzzle), which were of easy to moderate level of difficulty. There were three questions each on Syllogisms (Deductions), Blood Relations, Direction Sense and Symbols and Notations. The questions on Symbols and Notations and Blood Relations were easy to solve whereas the questions on Direction sense can be classified as easy to moderate. The three questions on Syllogisms (Only a few model) which were moderate in nature.

About 24-26 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes. The topic -wise split, as reported by our students, is as given below.

English Language:

This section has been tagged as 'Easy to Moderate' by our students.

• The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation, and comprised of 8 questions, of which two were vocab questions (Synonyms), and one was based on FIB. The passage was based on 'Artificial Intelligence Vs Human Intelligence'.
• There were five questions each on
• Word Interchange (five words) (Each of the following questions has five underlined parts that may or may not be in their correct places in the sentences. Identify which of the given pairs correctly indicate the PAIRS OF WORDS WHICH SHOULD BE INTERCHANGED to make the sentences grammatically and meaningfully correct without changing the meaning of the sentences. If any of the given sentences is correct as it is and no interchange is required, choose (5) i.e. No interchange required' as your answer.)
• Para Forming Questions (Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions given below.)
• Error Identification (In each of the questions below, a sentence is split into four parts. Read the sentence and identify whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in ONE PART of the sentence. Mark the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, mark 'No error' as your answer. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
• There were seven questions on Fill in the blanks (Two fillers). Thus, about 21 - 23 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:

Thus, about 20 - 21 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:

Overall, the paper was a combination of easy, moderate questions across all the three sections and can hence be rated as 'Easy to Moderate'.

Good Attempts:

Analysis of IBPS PO (Prelim) Online exam held on 10th Oct 2020 (Slot 1)

The analysis of the IBPS PO 2020 Prelim exam held on the 3rd of October 2020 (Slot 1) has been presented below.

Snapshot of the Exam:

No of choices per question – 5

Negative marking: 0.25 of the marks assigned to each question

As per feedback received from our students who appeared for this exam, the exam can be rated as easy to moderate.

The section wise analysis of the above-mentioned session, as reported by our students, is given below:

Quantitative Aptitude:

This section can be rated as easy to moderate. No new question types / pattern of questions was asked in this slot of the exam.

There was no question on Data Sufficiency and Data Comparison.

There were twelve questions (2 sets) on Data Interpretation (six questions each on Table and Pie Chart). The data is easy, but the questions were calculation based and were moderate in nature. There were five questions each on Wrong Number Series and Quadratic Comparisons. Questions on Quadratic comparisons and Wrong Number Series were easy to solve.

Individual questions were thirteen in number. These were a combination of easy, moderate, and difficult ones. These questions were based on Ages, Profit & Loss, Mixtures & Alligations, Time and Work, Time & Distance, Compound Interest etc...

A student could, therefore, have solved around 20 -22 questions in 20 minutes, if he chose judiciously.

Reasoning:

This section has been given an 'Easy to Moderate' tag.

There were twenty questions on Puzzles (Linear Arrangement ( 8 persons facing North and South), Floor Arrangement + Distribution – (6 persons; 6 colours – 3 floors and 2 flats), Circular Arrangement + QBR ( 6 Persons all facing inside + Ages), Box Arrangement(9 boxes)), which were of easy to moderate level of difficulty. There were three questions each on Syllogisms (Deductions), Blood Relations, Direction Sense and Symbols and Notations. The questions on Symbols and Notations and Blood Relations were easy to solve whereas the questions on Direction sense can be classified as easy to moderate. The three questions on Syllogisms (Only a few model) which were moderate in nature.

About 24-26 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes. The topic -wise split, as reported by our students, is as given below.

English Language:

This section has been tagged as 'Easy to Moderate' by our students.

• The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation, and comprised of 8 questions, of which two were vocab questions, and one was based on FIB. The passage was based on 'Artificial Intelligence'.
• There were five questions each on
• Phrase Replacement (Which of the phrases given below each sentence should REPLACE THE PHRASE IN BOLD to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and no correction is required, mark (5), 'No correction required', as the answer)
• Sentence Rearrangement (A statement has been divided into five segments, each of which is denoted by (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E). Rearrange all the segments to form a coherent statement)
• Error Identification (In each of the questions below, a sentence is split into four parts. Read the sentence and identify whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in ONE PART of the sentence. Mark the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, mark 'No error' as your answer. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
• There were seven questions on Cloze Test.

Thus, about 23 - 24 questions could possibly be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:

Overall, the paper was a combination of easy, moderate questions across all the three sections and can hence be rated as 'Easy to Moderate'.

Good Attempts: