IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis:
The IBPS SO Prelims exam has been completed shortly. Many candidates have appeared for the exam across the country. The candidates are waiting eagerly to know the exam level and good attempts. We have prepared the IBPS SO Prelims exam analysis.
Candidates can check the IBPS SO Prelims exam analysis 2022 here. This analysis will have good attempts for each section. Also, you can know the overall good attempts. hence you can come to a conclusion about the exam difficulty level. It will also be useful for the cut off prediction.
IBPS SO Prelims Exam Pattern:
The IBPS SO Prelims exam pattern will have the following sections as mentioned in the table below. Each section also has a minimum time duration as mentioned in the table. There are two types of mains patterns based on the posts of IBPS SO. Both are displayed here for your reference. The various posts of IBPS SO are,
- IT Officer (Scale-I)
- Agricultural Field Officer (Scale-I)
- Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale-I)
- Law officer (Scale-I)
- HR / Personnel Officer (Scale-I)
- Marketing Officer (Scale-I)
Prelims Pattern for Rajbhasha Adhikari & Law Officer:
Subject |
No. of questions |
Total Marks |
Duration |
General Awareness with special reference to the Banking industry |
50 |
50 |
40 mins |
Reasoning |
50 |
50 |
40 mins |
English Language |
50 |
25 |
40 mins |
Total |
150 |
125 |
120 mins |
Prelims Pattern for All Other Posts:
Subject
|
No. of questions
|
Total Marks
|
Duration
|
Quantitative Aptitude |
50 |
50 |
40 mins |
Reasoning Ability |
50 |
50 |
40 mins |
English Language |
50 |
25 |
40 mins |
Total |
150 |
125 |
120 mins |
IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis- Slot 1: (AFO & Rajbhasa Adhikari)
Sections |
Good Attempts(AFO) |
 Good Attempts(Rajbhasa Adhikari) |
English Language |
38 – 42 |
33 – 36 |
Reasoning Ability |
27 – 33 |
25 – 32 |
General Awareness |
NA |
35 – 40 |
Quantitative Aptitude |
27 – 35 |
NA |
Total |
94 – 112 |
86 – 107 |
English Language Level: (Rajbhasa Adhikari)
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level |
Reading Comprehension |
10 |
Moderate |
Error Detection |
08 |
Moderate |
Miscellaneous |
15 |
Easy-Moderate |
Sentence Rearrangement |
05 |
Easy-Moderate |
Connectors |
05 |
Easy |
Cloze Test |
07 |
Easy-Moderate |
Total |
50 |
Easy-Moderate |
English Language Level: (Agriculture Field Officer)
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level |
Reading Comprehension |
20 |
Moderate |
Error Detection (Identify the correct sentence among 3) |
05 |
Easy-Moderate |
Miscellaneous |
05 |
Easy-Moderate |
Word Swap |
05 |
Easy-Moderate |
Connectors |
05 |
Easy |
Cloze Test |
05 |
Easy |
Word Usage |
05 |
Easy-Moderate |
Total |
50 |
Easy-Moderate |
Quantitative Aptitude Level:
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level |
Number Series (Wrong) |
05 |
Moderate |
Data Interpretation(Caselet, Pie,Line Graph & Missing DI Tabular) |
20 |
Moderate |
Quadratic Equation |
05 |
Easy-Moderate |
Quantity Based |
03 |
Moderate |
Application Sums |
17 |
Moderate |
Total |
50 |
Moderate |
Reasoning Level: (Rajbhasa Adhikari)
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level |
Puzzles & Seating arrangements(Square, Linear) |
20 |
Moderate |
Direction Sense |
04 |
Easy-Moderate |
Coding-Decoding |
05 |
Easy |
Blood Relation |
05 |
Easy |
Miscellaneous |
04 |
Moderate |
Inequality |
05 |
Moderate |
Logical Reasoning |
03 |
Moderate |
Alphabet Series |
01 |
Easy-Moderate |
Total |
50 |
Moderate |
Reasoning Level: (Agriculture Field Officer)
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level |
Puzzles & Seating arrangements |
20 |
Moderate |
Syllogism |
05 |
Easy |
Direction Sense |
04 |
Easy-Moderate |
Machine Input-Output |
05 |
Easy-Moderate |
Miscellaneous |
02 |
Moderate |
Inequality |
06 |
Moderate |
Logical Reasoning (2 Assumption based, 1 conclusion based) |
03 |
Moderate |
Blood Relation |
05 |
Easy |
Total |
50 |
Moderate |
IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis- Slot 2: (IT, HR & Marketing)
Sections |
Good Attempts |
English Language |
36-40 |
Reasoning Ability |
27-35 |
Quantitative Aptitude |
25-31 |
Total |
87-108 |
English Language Level: (IT, HR & Marketing)
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level |
Reading Comprehension |
20 |
Moderate |
Word Replacement |
05 |
Easy-Moderate |
Miscellaneous |
10 |
Easy |
Error Detection |
05 |
Easy-Moderate |
Match the Column |
05 |
Easy |
Sentence Rearrangement |
05 |
Easy-Moderate |
Total |
50 |
Easy-Moderate |
Quantitative Aptitude Level: (IT, HR & Marketing)
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level |
Number Series (Wrong) |
05 |
Moderate |
Data Interpretation(Caselet, Double Pie, Bar Graph, 2 Tabular DI) |
25 |
Moderate |
Quantity Based |
05 |
Moderate |
Approximation |
05 |
Easy-Moderate |
Application Sums |
10 |
Moderate |
Total |
50 |
Moderate |
Reasoning Level: (IT, HR & Marketing)
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level |
Puzzles(Floor, Box, Year) & Seating arrangements (Circular, Linear) |
26 |
Moderate |
Syllogism |
05 |
Easy |
Coding-Decoding |
05 |
Easy-Moderate |
Alphabet Based |
01 |
Easy |
Logical Reasoning |
08 |
Moderate |
Inequality |
05 |
Moderate |
Total |
50 |
Moderate |