IBPS Clerk Exam
Apart from all the resources and information that you need to prepare for the IBPS Clerk exam, one other important information that you need by your side before you march on with the preparation is the previous year’s exam analysis. How can reading an exam analysis help?
- Answers your two questions – What & How (much)! – the analysis will help you identify what to prepare & how much to prepare.
- Gives you a comprehensive knowledge of the exam pattern
- Gives you clarity regarding the level of the exam
- Gives you an idea of which section/topics to prioritize over others
- Helps you move ahead with a realistic approach
Let us go through the IBPS Clerk Prelims exam analysis & IBPS Clerk Mains analysis for the year 2020.
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2020
English Language
| Topics | No. of questions | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 7 | Easy |
| Error Detection | 5 | Easy |
| Cloze Test | 5 | Easy |
| Word Swap | 3 | Easy |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | Easy |
| Spelling error/Phrase Correction | 5 | Easy |
| Total | 30 | Easy |
Reasoning Ability
| Topics | No. of questions | Level |
| Puzzle | 20 | Easy-Moderate |
| Alphabet Based | 3 | Easy |
| Inequality | 3 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 3 | Easy |
| Numeric series | 5 | Easy |
| Number based | 1 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy-Moderate |
Numerical Ability
| Topics | No. of questions | Level |
| Simplification | 10 | Easy |
| Series | 5 | |
| Arithmetic | 10 | Easy-Moderate |
| DI (2) | 10 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Easy-Moderate |
IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2020
Quantitative Aptitude
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Data Interpretation(Tabular, Double Pie Chart, Line Graph Data-Based) | 20 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Approximation | 6 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Quantity 1, Quantity 2 | 5 | Moderate |
| Data Sufficiency | 4 | Easy |
| Arithmetic Word Problems | 15 | Moderate |
| Total | 50 | Moderate |
English Language
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 11 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Sentence Rearrangement (new format) | 6 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Connectors | 6 | Moderate |
| Vocab Based Questions | 3 | Moderate |
| Error Detection | 7 | Moderate |
| Fillers (Three blanks, one word) | 7 | Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Moderate-Difficult |
Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles | 20 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Coding-Decoding | 5 | Moderate |
| Data Sufficiency | 4 | Easy-Moderate |
| Direction Sense (in form of coding) | 5 | Moderate |
| Coded Inequality | 5 | Moderate |
| Alphanumeric Symbol Series (new pattern) | 4 | Moderate |
| Syllogism | 5 | Moderate |
| Logical Reasoning | 2 | Moderate- Difficult |
| Total | 50 | Moderate-Difficult |
As you can see, the level of the IBPS Clerk Prelims fluctuated around easy to moderate & IBPS Clerk Mains questions were somewhere around moderate to difficult. This can help you in forming a basic understanding of what to expect in the exam.
Disclaimer 1: The past cannot define the future!
- Do not rely totally on the analysis. It is only for ‘reference’ purposes and not a confirmation of the upcoming exam pattern or questions.
Disclaimer 2: The future has endless possibilities
- There can be a possibility of an extremely difficult paper or an easier one too.
- It is up to you how you utilize the available information & resources to the best of your abilities and come out with flying colours regardless of the circumstances.
We hope that the above information will be able to give you enough clarity about what all you need to include in your preparation strategy and move ahead with a feasible plan that may be helpful for both Prelims and Mains. A far-sighted plan with a foolproof strategy for both Phase 1 & 2 will close the deal for you.
If you are in search of proper guidance, get yourself enrolled in IBPS Clerk Exclusive Online Course and march ahead.
Practice:
IBPS Clerk Prelims mock tests
IBPS Clerk Mains mock tests
Prepare today, rest tomorrow!
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