We are providing here the last year’s IBPS PO mains analysis and questions asked. It will be useful for you to prepare this year’s IBPS PO mains exam. This previous year IBPS PO mains analysis will give you an idea about the exam level, good attempts, cut off, etc. so you can prepare accordingly, to handle the tougher questions in the exam. The analysis was done for each section. Also for each topics the number of questions asked and good attempts are discussed in detail. So you can have a clear picture of the IBPS PO mains exam. The Exam pattern of the IBPS PO mains included for your reference.
| Topic | No. of Questions | Maximum Mark | Time |
| Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 45 | 60 | 60 minutes |
| General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| English Language | 35 | 40 | 40 minutes |
| Data Analysis & Interpretation | 35 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| TOTAL | 155 | 200 | 3 hours |
| English Language (Letter Writing & Essay) | 2 | 25 | 30 minutes |
Here the section-wise overall good attempts are given. If students have attempted in this range it will be good, considering the difficulty level of the exam. These ranges are predicted by our experts after a series of analyses.
| Topic | Over Good Attempt |
| Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 14-20 |
| General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness | 25-30 |
| English Language | 13-21 |
| Data Analysis & Interpretation | 08-12 |
| TOTAL | 68-78 |
The level of this section is difficult and tricky. Around 7 questions are based on the new pattern. the candidates found it difficult to give more attempts in this section. The good attempts of this section is around 14 to 20.
| Topic | No. of questions | Level | Good Attempt |
| Seating ArrangementTriangle-based (Facing In & Out) & Line (Facing North & South) | 10 | Difficult & Tricky | 14-20 |
| Puzzle (Ages and Month Based) | 13 | Difficult | |
| Input-Output (New Pattern) | 4 | Moderate-Difficult | |
| Blood Relation (Calculative) | 1 | Moderate-Difficult | |
| Alphabet (3 series) | 1 | Moderate-Difficult | |
| Coding-Decoding (New Pattern) | 3 | Moderate-Difficult | |
| Miscellaneous | 5 | Difficult |
According to IBPS PO mains analysis, the overall level of this section is difficult and time-consuming. Especially the DI questions consumed more time. The difficulty level of almost all the application sums is very high. The good attempts for this section are around 8 to 12.
| Topic | No. of questions | Level | Good Attempt |
| Data Interpretation | Radar type – 4 (2 mark / Question)Line Graph-4 (Data sufficiency based) | Moderate-Difficult | 08-12 |
| Case-let | 9 | Difficult | |
| Number Series (New Pattern) | 3 | Moderate-Difficult | |
| Data Sufficiency (Quantity I, Quantity II and Quantity III) | 5 | Moderate-Difficult | |
| Partnership | 1 | Difficult | |
| Time and Work | 1 | Difficult | |
| Time and Distance | 3 | Difficult | |
| Allegation & Mixture | 1 | Difficult | |
| Profit & Loss | 1 | Difficult | |
| LCM & HCF | 1 | Difficult | |
| Mensuration | 1 | Difficult | |
| Miscellaneous | 1 | Difficult |
The level of this section is moderate to difficult. The reading comprehension part alone covered a bulk of 21 questions. the total good attempts for this section is 13 to 21. Students having good reading skills and grammar knowledge can ace in this section.
| Topic | No. of questions | Level | Good Attempt |
| Reading Comprehension | 21 | Moderate-Difficult | 13-21 |
| Cloze Test | 1(Error Spotting based)4 (Triple Fillers Based) 2 (Phrase Replacement) 3 (New Model) | Moderate-Difficult | |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 4 | Moderate-Difficult |
The level of this section is moderate. Many questions were asked from our IBPSGuide GK Power Capsule. If you have studied well our power capsule, you can easily score around 30 marks. The good attempts for this section is 25 to 30. The current affairs questions are from May – October month. Some questions have been asked from our IBPS PO mains mock test.
Get More: How To Prepare General Awareness For IBPS PO Mains Exam
IBPS PO Mains General Awareness Power capsule PDF
The level of this typing test is easy. The topics given for letter-writing and essay are given below for your reference.,
Write any one of the following (Word Limit: 150) –
Essay writing (200 words) 5 topics were there and you have to choose one
The previous year IBPS PO mains sectional and overall cut-offs are added here for your reference. The overall cut off for the general section matches with our good attempts prediction range.
| Category | Cut Off Marks |
|---|---|
| GENERAL | 74.50 |
| OBC | 68.38 |
| SC | 56.38 |
| ST | 35.75 |
| HI | 42.63 |
| OC | 53.25 |
| VI | 66.88 |
| ID | 37.00 |
| Sections | Maximum Marks | Cut-Off Marks (SC/ST/OBC/PWD) | General |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 60 | 7.50 | 10.25 |
| General Economy/Banking Awareness | 40 | 8.25 | 11.25 |
| English Language | 40 | 3.25 | 5.75 |
| Data Analysis & Interpretation | 60 | 10.75 | 14.00 |
| English Language (Descriptive) | 25 | 8.75 | 10.00 |
Our GK power capsule covered most of the questions in the general awareness section. Also, the previous year’s memory-based questions were helpful in scoring marks in the reasoning and quantitative aptitude sections. For this year prepare in this manner to score high marks in the exam. The links are given below for you.
This post was last modified on November 19, 2019 11:03 am