IBPS Clerk 8 December Shift 3 Prelims Exam Analysis 2018: The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection has culminated the slot 3 of the day. The shortlisted candidates from the first phase will be called for the next round, Mains Examination.
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Missed our previous article on IBPS Clerk Exam Analysis? Refer to the links below:
- IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis: 8th December 2018 (Shift 1)
- IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis: 8th December 2018 (Shift 2)
Here we begin our IBPS Clerk Prelims 3 December Exam Analysis for Shift-3, where will discuss the difficulty level of the paper as well as the number of good attempts essential for qualifying for the mains exam.
IBPS Clerk Exam Analysis: 8th December (Shift 3)
Continuing our series, this article entails IBPS Clerk Exam Analysis, Paper Review and Level of Difficulty of each section asked in today’s preliminary examination i.e 8 December 2018 (Shift 3) Evening Batch. If you have appeared for the paper or are yet to appear, read the exam analysis thoroughly.
IBPS Clerk 8 December Shift 3 Exam: English Section
- Level of Difficulty: Easy-Moderate
- Good Attempts: 16-19
- Optimal Time: 20 Minutes
This section was a bit Moderate Difficulty level. This year, IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017 posed a major threat to aspirants who relied heavily upon scoring well in English Section. First, most scoring topics like Cloze Test were nowhere to be found and Fillers & Words with Similar Meaning questions were challenging to solve.
Name of the Topic | No. of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
Spot the correct one | 10 | Moderate |
Reading Comprehension | 7 | Difficult |
Single Filers | 5 | Moderate |
Error Detection | 4 | Moderate |
Sentence completion | 5 | Moderate |
Word usage | 4 | Moderate |
- Topics like Para jumble or cloze test were nowhere to be found.
- In the topic, Words with similar meaning, students had to find the option which was similar to the word highlighted in the given question
IBPS Clerk 8 December Shift 3 Exam: Quantitative Aptitude
- Level of Difficulty: Easy – Moderate
- Good Attempts: 22-24
- Optimal Time: 20 Minutes
Our next part of IBPS Clerk Exam Analysis and Review is Quant Section, which was moderate and filled with a bunch of easy but calculative questions. Candidates found today’s Maths section more attemptable than that of yesterday’s exam. The topic-wise review and distribution are as follows:
Name of the Topic | No. of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
Data Interpretation | 10 | Moderate |
Number Series | 5 | Easy |
Simplification | 10 | Easy-Moderate |
Miscellaneous (S.I & C.I, Partnership, Profit& loss etc.) | 10 | Moderate |
Questions on topic Discount, Ages, Average, SI/CI, Profit & Loss etc. were moderate to attempt. Other topics were little calculative.
IBPS Clerk 8 December Shift 3 Exam: Reasoning Ability Section
- Level of Difficulty: Easy-Moderate
- Good Attempts: 26-28
- Optimal Time: 25 Minutes
Our final part of IBPS Clerk Exam Analysis and Review ends with reasoning section which had a bit of Easy to Moderate Difficulty Level range. The topic-wise review and distribution are as follows:
Name of the Topic | No. of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
Sitting Arrangements & Puzzles | 20 | Easy-Moderate |
Numeric series | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Alphabetic series | 3-4 | Easy-Moderate |
Blood relation | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
Syllogism | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Candidates found today’s reasoning section to be more attemptable. The difficulty level was easy to moderate. All the puzzles were easy to attempt.
Based on the sectional and overall level of IBPS Clerk exam conducted in 3rd slot, 69-75 will be the safest attempts with minimum 90% accuracy.
Here we conclude our article. We hope this article on IBPS Clerk Exam Analysis for 8 December Shift-1 helps you understand the paper better. We will be back soon with our next analysis and detailed paper review.
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