An Analysis
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducted online examination, for the recruitment of Personnel in Clerical Cadre in the 21 Nationalized Banks, across the country on the 6th December, 2014.
There were 200 questions in the paper, which had to be answered in 120 minutes. There were five sections in all - Reasoning, Numerical Ability, General Awareness, English Language and Computer Knowledge.
Other than the fourth section, where in a candidate had to attempt the section in English Language, all the other sections were available bilingually, that is, in both English and Hindi. Each question had 5 options. There was negative marking of one-fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question for all the sections.
Overall the examination was Easy. The questions in Numerical Ability was bit lengthy and Time consuming. That’s exactly the point where results might make a difference. English and Computer Knowledge sections were easy. General awareness section was moderate and was dominated by Banking Questions.
The pattern of test was as follows:
Section
Total Questions
Max. Marks
Level of Difficulty
Possible Attempts
Reasoning
40
40
Easy
28 - 30
Numerical Ability
40
40
Moderate
23 – 25
General Awareness
40
40
Easy
26 – 28
English Language
40
40
Easy
25 - 27
Computer Knowledge
40
40
Easy
30 - 35
Total
200
200
132-145
Reasoning
This section was a bit time consuming though the questions were easy. The pattern was on the lines with the previous exams conducted in the Clerical Cadre. There was no question from Non-Verbal Reasoning just as IBPS PO-IV Exam. Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles were time consuming.
The details of the section are as follows:
Topic
Number of Questions
Syllogism
5
Data Sufficiency
5
Sitting Arrangement
10
Puzzle
5
Coded Inequalities
5
Miscellaneous
10
English Language
The questions in this section were fairly easy thereby making students, who feel it difficult to score in this section, breathe a sigh of relief.
The details of the section are as follows:
Topic
Number of Questions
Reading Comprehensions
10
Rearrangement
5
Cloze test
10
Error Spotting
5
Phrases
5
Fill in the blanks
5
Numerical Ability
DI in this section was, IBPS took most of the students by surprise. Though the questions in DI were easy enough, there were a few questions in this section that were time consuming. There were 10 questions on simplification which were tedious.
The details of the section are as follows:
Topic
Section
Number Series
5
Data Interpretation(Pie-Chart, Table)
5
Simplification
10
Arithmetic (Profit Loss, Time & work, Percentage, Age, etc.
15-20
General Awareness
This section was of "Super Easy" as compared to the other sections. Banking and Economy dominated this section. Questions in Current Affairs were asked from International affairs as well as Indian Economy Questions related to RBI were given a special attention. Questions on
CURRENCY
Capital
UN
Census
Venue
Sports
Headquarters
Abbreviations
Awards
According to our BA Readers, our Capsule proved to be a super success.
Computer Knowledge
This section was based on basic knowledge of computers. Questions were very easy. The main areas from which questions were asked are: MS Office, Application Software, Hardware, Software, and Input-Output Units.
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