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IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017 Overall Exam Analysis & Expected Cut Off

By BYJU'S Exam Prep

Updated on: September 25th, 2023

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1. Overall Exam Analysis of IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017
2. Important Tips to Crack IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam for the Upcoming Slots:
3. IBPS Clerk Expected Cut Off 2017

The first leg of IBPS Clerk Preliminary exam 2017 is now over and the next set of this exam would be conducted on 9th & 10th December 2017 in various slots. Today we are going to share overall exam analysis of IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017 with you all, to help you all figure out the actual level of this exam as well as help the students prepare efficiently for the upcoming slots of this exam. We have also shared the expected cut off range of IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017 in this post based on the exam conducted in different shifts of this exam.

Note that the cut off of IBPS Clerk exam is released state-wise and hence, we have shared the minimum and maximum cut off range of IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017 in this post. IBPS Clerk Prelims cut off is expected to vary in this range.

Overall Exam Analysis of IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017

We have shared this overall exam analysis of IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017 based on several parameters mentioned below.

Major Highlights of IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 2017

The most important change in the prelims exam of IBPS Clerk conducted on 2nd and 3rd December was that unlike previously conducted exams of IBPS this year, there was no slot-wise variation in the topics. i.e. the topics asked from different sections were common for each slot of IBPS Clerk Prelims exam.
The only variation was introduced in the last shift of the exam conducted on 3rd December, where the topics of English Language section were changed.
The overall level of each shift of IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017 can be categorized into Easy to Moderate level. Almost all the topics asked in this exam were doable.
There was no major pattern change introduced by IBPS in any topic this year. The only change was in the manner of asking the question, especially in the English section. The pattern of Filler based questions was slightly changed, but doable.

Trend Analysis of Numerical Ability section of IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017

The overall pattern of Numerical Ability section for each slot of IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017 was exactly similar to the exam conducted last year.
The topics and the number of questions asked from them were on exactly similar lines as that of the exam conducted in 2016.

Topics asked in IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam:

1. Number Series

No. of Questions	Topic Level	Topic Details
5 Questions	Easy to Moderate	Missing Number Series based questions were asked, which involved basic arithmetic calculations. For instance, 3, 4 , 10 , 33 , 136 , ? The above series followed the pattern of: 1 + 1, 2 +2 , 3 + 3 , 4 + 4 , *5 + 5

2. Simplification/ Approximation

No. of Questions	Topic Level	Topic Details
15 Questions	Easy	Basic knowledge of BODMAS rules will help you solve questions of this topic with ease. One could easily attempt 11-12 questions from this topic.

3. Data Interpretation

No. of Questions	Topic Level	Topic Details
5 Questions	Easy	A tabular graph was asked in each slot of the IBPS Clerk Prelims exam, where the data of some entities for 3-4 years/ weekdays was provided and basic questions (like ratios, percentages, difference/ sum etc) were asked from them. Questions were easily doable.

4. Miscellaneous Questions

No. of Questions	Topic Level	Topic Details
10 Questions	Easy to Moderate	Questions were asked from different arithmetic topics like: Partnerships, Problem on Ages, Simple & Compound Interest, Profit & Loss, Percentages, Time & Work, Mixtures, Mensuration etc.

Trend Analysis of English Language section of IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017

1. Reading Comprehension

No. of Questions	Topic Level	Topic Details
5 Questions	Easy to Moderate	The major change was that the passage was not Story based this year and there were no vocabulary based questions(Synonyms-Antonyms) from this topic. The passages were based on various environmental or social issues.

2. Spotting Errors

No. of Questions	Topic Level	Topic Details
10 Questions	Easy to Moderate	The pattern of these questions was usual, however, the questions were framed differently. A sentence was divided into 5 different parts and the students had to pick out the parts with or without error in it (varied for slots). The questions were doable.

3. Fill in the blanks

No. of Questions	Topic Level	Topic Details
10 Questions	Moderate	The pattern of these questions was slightly different. A single filler was given in the statement. The options, however, were based on multiple choices. For instance, It has come to the notice of RBI that some Banks are illegally mobilizing funds from the public by making false promise of ________ rates of return/interest under various schemes (a) extreme (b) unreasonable (c) illegal (d) high (e) exorbitant (A) Both (a) and (b) (B) Both (b) and (c) (C) Both (c) and (d) (D) Both (c) and (e) (E) Both (d) and (e)

4. Phrase Replacement

No. of Questions	Topic Level	Topic Details
5 Questions	Easy to Moderate	These questions were mostly based on idioms/ phrases. A phrase/ idiom was given in the sentence, and students had to figure out which option could be used to replace them.

5. Cloze Test

No. of Questions	Topic Level	Topic Details
5 Questions	Easy	Cloze test questions were asked only in the last shift of the exam conducted on 3rd December. Questions were based on old pattern & easily doable.

6. Para Jumbles

No. of Questions	Topic Level	Topic Details
5 Questions	Easy	Like Cloze test, para jumbles questions were also asked only in the last slot of yesterday’s exam. Questions were asked on the old pattern.

7. Mis-spelt Words

No. of Questions	Topic Level	Topic Details
5 Questions	Easy	This topic was asked only in the 4th slot of yesterday’s exam. A word in the sentence was mis-spelt or grammatically incorrect and the students had to identify it.

Trend Analysis of Reasoning Ability section of IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017

1. Puzzles

No. of Questions	Topic Level	Topic Details
5 Questions	Easy to Moderate	Questions were either floor based or scheduling based. All the puzzle questions asked were single variable based and doable.

2. Seating Arrangement

No. of Questions	Topic Level	Topic Details
10 Questions	Easy to Moderate	Circular Arrangement: Question of the first day first shift had 2 parameters (people & their currency note), while all other slots had single parameter based circular arrangement question. Linear Arrangement: The pattern of linear arrangement was varied across shifts. Following patterns were included: (a) People sitting in a single row, some facing north & some south (b) People sitting in 2 rows, both facing north. (c) People sitting in 2 rows, 1 row facing north and the other facing south.

3. Inequality

No. of Questions	Topic Level	Topic Details
3-4 Questions	Easy	Questions were asked from Direct Inequality and were easily doable.

4. Syllogism

No. of Questions	Topic Level	Topic Details
3-4 Questions	Easy	Questions of this topic were direct and almost all of them could be easily attempted.

5. Series based Questions

No. of Questions	Topic Level	Topic Details
10 Questions	Easy	Following types of Series questions were asked: (a) Alphanumeric Series (combination of alphabets, numbers & symbols) (b) Alphabet Series (Only letters: single as well as grouped) (c) Numeric Series (Only numbers: single as well as grouped)

6. Coding-Decoding

No. of Questions	Topic Level	Topic Details
5 Questions	Easy	Usual Sentence Coding questions were asked, which were easily doable.

7. Miscellaneous Questions

No. of Questions	Topic Level	Topic Details
4-5 Questions	Easy	This included questions from Blood Relations, Distance and Direction, Order and Ranking, which varied from the slot to slot.

Important Tips to Crack IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam for the Upcoming Slots:

English section was a bit time consuming for a lot of students, so, we would advise you to first finish off the other 2 sections of the exam and then move on to this section.
Try to start with Numerical Ability Section and attempt the questions in the order given below:
1. Simplification/ Approximation
2. Data Interpretation
3. Number Series
4. Arithmetic Questions
The pattern of Numerical ability section is expected to remain the same for upcoming shifts as well.
Next, move on to the Reasoning section and start with topics like Inequality, Syllogism and Series based questions. You can start with puzzles & arrangement questions once you are done with these. Make sure that you do not spend more than 3-4 minutes on any puzzle or arrangement question.
Divide your time efficiently among all the 3 sections. Ideally, you should devote 20-25 minutes for Numerical Ability, almost 20 minutes for Reasoning and 15 minutes for English Section in the upcoming slots of the IBPS Clerk Prelims exam.

IBPS Clerk Expected Cut Off 2017

Based on the prelims exam conducted in different slots, the cut off marks of IBPS Clerk 2017 are expected to vary in the range given below

Name of the Section	Expected Cut Off marks range
English Language	6-9 marks
Numerical Ability	10-12 marks
Reasoning Ability	10-12 marks
Overall Exam	60-72 marks

Note: The overall cut off of IBPS Clerk Prelims varies from state to state and hence such a wide range of expected cut off has been provided.

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