IBPS PO Mains Previous Year Exam Analysis & Cut Off 2015

IBPS PO Mains Previous Year Exam Analysis 2015: The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection i.e. IBPS announced 8822 vacancies in various Public Sector Banks (PSBs) for the post of Probationary Officer/ Management Trainee for the year 2016. Last year also, IBPS conducted the same exam and shortlisted candidates are now working in banks as a Probationary Officer. Let us analyse IBPS PO Mains Previous Year exam and get a flavour of level of the IBPS Mains examination.

Over here we will analyse each section in detail and topic wise difficulty level of IBPS PO Mains Previous year exam. We will also get in touch with the IBPS PO Mains 2015 cut off with expected safe attempts this year to be in race.

IBPS PO Mains Previous Year Exam Analysis 2015

IBPS PO Mains Previous year exam comprised five sections namely English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, General Awareness and Computer section. Let us now get a detail topic wise information with the level of difficulty in IBPS PO Mains previous year exam 2015-

English Language

• Total Questions:  40
• Level: Moderate

In English section, Reading Comprehension was covering a major chunk along whereas other sections were covering equal number of questions.

• Reading Comprehension: 2 Sets (Easy)
• Jumbled Sentences: 5 Questions (Moderate)
• Cloze Test: 5 Questions (Moderate)
• Error Spotting: 5 Questions (Moderate)
• Sentence Correction: 5 Questions (EASY)

We will say IBPS PO Previous Year Mains English Language section was of moderate level. Candidates did not find much difficulty in attempting this section.

Quantitative Aptitude

• Total Questions: 50
• Level: Tough

IBPS PO Mains Previous year Quantitative Aptitude section contained questions from every section. Let us have a look on topic wise difficulty section.

• DATA INTERPRETATION: 4 Sets (Moderate)
• Number Series: 5 Questions (Moderate)
• Data Sufficiency: 1 Set (Tough)
• Miscellaneous: Moderate to Tough

Overall we conclude that IBPS PO Mains Previous year Quantitative Aptitude section was of difficult level. We can expect the same this year.

Reasoning Ability

• Total Questions: 50
• Level: Tough

Let us analyse IBPS PO Reasoning ability section topic wise

• PUZZLES: 25 questions (Extremely Tough)
• Input/Output: 5 questions (Extremely Tough)
• Syllogism: 5 questions (EASY )
• Data Sufficiency: 5 questions (Easy)
• Logical Reasoning: 10 questions (Moderate)

IBPS PO Mains Previous Exam Reasoning ability section was much complicated and its level of difficulty was at sky heights.

General Awareness

• Total Questions: 40
• Level: Moderate

IBPS PO Mains Previous Exam General awareness section contained moderate questions from current, static, banking and financial section.

Computer Subject

• Total Questions: 20
• Level: Easy

IBPS PO Mains Computer Subject was easy. A candidate can attempt well if he/she has studied computer in school as a subject.

Here we conclude our IBPS PO Mains Previous year topic wise exam analysis. Overall, Reasoning and Quantitative sections were extremely tough.

Also Read: IBPS PO Mains Syllabus Exam Pattern 2016

Although there is a change in the exam pattern as IBPS has allotted a fixed time to a particular section in which candidate cannot switch to other section, we will advice aspirants to solve IBPS PO Mains 2015 previous year exam in accordance to the duration allotted by IBPS to a particular section.

IBPS PO Mains 2015 Cut Off

After analyzing topic wise data and the level of difficulty in IBPS PO Mains previous year exam 2015, let us now get in touch with the IBPS PO Mains 2015 cut off and expected safest attempts this year to be in race.

IBPS PO Mains 2015 Cut off for the general category was 76.00 out of 200. A large number of candidates appeared for the mains exam. Out of which around 40,763 candidates have successfully qualified for the final phase of interview. Try to align your preparation in accordance with last year IBPS PO Mains 2015 cut off. Due to lesser number of vacancies this year, total cut off is expected to rise than previous IBPS PO Mains 2015 cut off.

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Let us now try to formulate expected number of safest attempts for IBPS PO Mains 2016 examination. Based on several factors, 110-115 will be the safest attempts with minimum 80% accuracy.

So here we conclude our article on IBPS PO Mains Previous Year Exam Analysis & Cut Off 2015. Always remember that –

“Accuracy is always a better factor than Quantity”

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