IBPS Clerk Exam Analysis 2020, Shift 1 (12 December): Questions, Difficulty Level, Attempts

IBPS Clerk Exam Analysis 2020 for Prelims 1st Shift 12 December 2020: The first Shift of the IBPS Clerk Prelims 2020 of day 2 is now over. Lakhs of students have appeared in the IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 2020. All the students who have appeared in the exam and the students who are going to appear in the upcoming shifts of the IBPS clerk exam 2020 are must be waiting for the IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 2020 exam analysis.

In this post, we are going to discuss the IBPS clerk prelims 2020 exam analysis. Under the exam analysis, we are going to discuss the detailed section-wise analysis of today's exam held on 12th December 2020. Students going to appear in the upcoming shifts or preparing for other banking exams must go through the exam analysis to understand the current exam pattern, difficulty level, expected topics, expected cutoffs, etc.

Let us discuss the section-wise IBPS Clerk 1st Shift Prelims exam review, 12th Dec 2020, the difficulty level of the paper, types of questions asked, and good attempts below.

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IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 1st Shift Analysis 12th December 2020 - Key Highlights

The first shift was easy
The sequence of the IBPS Clerk Prelims exam was english>Quant>Reasoning
There were no new pattern questions in any of the subjects.
The level of the English section was easy. No changes were observed
The reasoning ability was Easy to Moderate
Overall no major changes were introduced. Candidates with clarity of the concepts must have done well.

IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 2020: Exam Center Timings

Shift	Reporting Time	Exam Time
Shift-1	8 AM	9 AM to 10 AM
Shift-2	10:30 AM	11:30 AM to 12:30 pm
Shift-3	1 PM	2 PM to 3 PM
Shift-4	3:30 PM	4:30 PM to 5:30 PM

IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 2020: Exam Centre Guidelines

All the Students who are appearing in the IBPS Clerk are required to wear a mask during the examination.
Students are allowed to carry a personal transparent water bottle, personal hand sanitizer (50 ml), gloves & a simple pen inside the exam centre
An aspirant must have installed Arogya-Setu app on their smartphone and the app must show the COVID 19 risk profile of the student.
At the exam centre, the registration of the candidates will be done with photo capture.
In the exam hall, there will be two separate dropbox for the rough sheets and call letters. Students are required to drop these in the designated boxes.

IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 1st Shift Review 12th December 2020 (Section-wise)

1. IBPS Clerk Prelims 1st Shift Review: Reasoning Ability

The overall level of the section was Easy-moderate and doable.
Below is a detailed analysis of the Reasoning section.

Name of the topic	Topic Details
Puzzles & Seating Arrangements	Total questions: 20 Level: Easy to moderate Scheduling (Year based) Flat and floor-based Dual Row arrangement (5+5 person given) Scheduling (Day based-Sunday to Monday)
Blood Relation	Total questions:3 Level: Easy to moderate
Letter and number series	Total questions: 5 Level: Easy
Direction Sense	Total questions: 3 Level: Easy
Inequality	Total questions: 3 Level: Easy, Standard type questions were asked
Miscellaneous	Total questions: 3 Level: Easy WATERING word was given GRACEFUL Word was given one question on backward and forward

2. IBPS Clerk Prelims 1st Shift Review: Quantitative aptitude

The overall level of the section was easy.
Following table depicts the topic-wise breakdown of the questions asked in quantitative aptitude Analysis -

Topic Name	Topic Details
Data Interpretation	Total questions: two sets of DI( 10 Questions) Level: Easy to Moderate One was Line DI and other was based on a Table
Simplification	Total questions: 10 Level: Easy Based on BODMAS Rule
Missing Number Series	Total questions: 5 Level: Easy
Arithmetic Questions	Total questions: 10 Level: Easy to Moderate Questions from topics like Profit and Loss, mensuration, time and work, speed and distance, etc.

3. IBPS Clerk Prelims 1st Shift Review: English Language

The overall level of this section was moderate
We have provided the topic wise questions asked in this section in below table -

Name of the topic	Topic Details
Reading Comprehension	Total questions: 7-8 Level: Easy Theme: Environment of Sweden; effect of CO2 Constraint- Syno Striking- Anto
Sentence Rearrangement	Total questions: 5 Level: Easy
Spelling Error	Total questions: 5 Level: Easy
Error Spotting	Total questions: 5 Level: Easy We need to find the correct statement
Cloze Test	Total questions: 6-7 Level: Easy Theme: Sleep Disorder

IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 1st Shift Analysis 5th December 2020: Good Attempts (Overall)

Based on the level of the exam, we are sharing the good attempts sectional and overall as follows -

Name of Section	Number of Good Attempts
Reasoning Ability	27-31
English Language	22-24
Numerical Ability	26-30
Overall	72-78

How was your 1st Shift Exam, Share exam feedback and questions asked in the comment section below !!

IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Expected cut off 2020:

Now that first shift of the second day of IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 2020 of 12th December 2020 is now over. We have provided the exam analysis of all the shifts of IBPS Clerk exam based on the feedback and insights shared by the students who have appeared in the exam. We have contacted many students from various shifts and gathered their attempts and on the basis of good attempts shared by all those aspirants we have figured out an approximate IBPS Clerk Prelims expected cut off.

FAQs for IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis, Shift 1:

Following are the most common frequently asked questions for IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 2020.

Q. Is there sectional and overall cut off for IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 2020?

Ans: Yes, there are both sectional and overall cut off for an exam.

Q. Is IBPS Clerk Prelim exam available in both Hindi and English?

Ans: Yes, the IBPS Clerk Prelims exam is available in both language.

Q. What was the duration of the sectional timer in the IBPS Clerk prelims exam 2020?

Ans: Yes, there was a sectional timer of 20 minutes for each section.

Q. What was the duration of the IBPS Clerk Prelims Shift 1 exam?

Ans: The total time allotted for the exam is 60 minutes.

Q. Was students allowed to switch between the sections at their will?

Ans: No, candidates are not allowed to switch between sections during the exam.

Q. Is candidates require to wear gloves during IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam?

Ans. No, a candidate may choose to wear the gloves during the exam but they are not compulsory.

Q. Does the marks obtain in the IBPS Clerk Prelims exam consider in the calculation of merit list?

Ans: Not, IBPS Clerk Prelims exam is qualifying in nature and its marks does not consider into the calculation of merit list.

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This is all about the IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2020, Shift 1 of 12th December 2020.

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