Dear Readers,
The first shift of IBPS SO Prelims Exam 2017 which is held on today is over now. This year, for the 1st time IBPS has conducted the Prelims exams for Specialist Officers exam.
According to us, the ideal attempt for this exam would be 90-100. The overall exam was Moderate - Difficult.
This exam was basically cover three topics: English, Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude.
Total 150 questions(50 in each section) were given to be solved in 2 hours.
| Sections | Ideal Attempts |
|---|---|
| English | 27-30 |
| Reasoning | 31-35 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 32-35 |
| Total Attemps | 90-100 |
English (Moderate)
This section was not very difficult as there was no change in pattern of question except for cloze test. Reading Comprehension was moderate and fillers were easy.
Topic
|
No. of Questions
|
Level
|
Fillers (Single blank)
|
5
|
Easy
|
Sentence Rearrangement
|
5
|
Moderate
|
Phrase Replacement
|
5
|
Moderate
|
Reading Comprehension
|
20
|
Moderate
|
Error Detection
|
5
|
Moderate
|
Cloze Test (New Pattern)
|
10
|
Moderate
|
Reasoning (Easy-Moderate)
5 puzzles and Seating Arrangement based on Circular (2 Variables), Stack Arrangement (1 Variable), Floor Based (2 Variables), Month Based (2 Variables), Linear were asked. Thus this section consumed more time
Topic
|
No. of Questions
|
Level
|
Puzzles & Seating Arrangement
|
25
|
Moderate
|
Data Sufficiency
|
5
|
Easy-Moderate
|
Syllogism
|
5
|
Easy-Moderate
|
Inequality
|
5
|
Easy
|
Coding Decoding
|
2
|
Easy-Moderate
|
Miscellaneous
|
8
|
Easy-Moderate
|
Total
|
50
|
Easy-Moderate
|
Quantitative Aptitude (Moderate-Difficult)
Three different types of DI (Tabular, Pie ChartLine Graph) and one Caselet DI was asked but the questions asked bit difficult to understand or solve. Miscellaneous questions were of moderate level
Topic
|
No. of Questions
|
Level
|
Approximation
|
5
|
Easy
|
DI
|
20
|
Moderate
|
Missing series
|
5
|
Moderate
|
Inequality
|
5
|
Easy
|
Miscellaneous
|
15
|
Easy-Moderate
|
Total
|
50
|
Easy-Moderate
|
Thanks.
