IBPS PO Exam Analysis 2020 3rd Shift 10 October: Review, Questions Asked, Difficulty Level, Attempts

As IBPS PO Prelims Shift 3 has now over and all the aspirants who are going to appear in the IBPS PO Exam 2020 shift-4 or on 11th October must be waiting to know the difficulty level of the IBPS PO 2020 questions paper, the accurate breakup of all the three shifts, and a most importantly new type of questions asked in IBPS PO prelims exam.

In this article, we are going to share the accurate and detailed review of the IBPS PO Prelims Exam 2020. Under the IBPS PO Prelims analysis 2020, we are going to discuss the type of questions asked in the paper, difficulty level, the number of questions asked from a particular topic, any changes in the trend and pattern of exam, IBPS PO expected cut off, etc.

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IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis, Shift-1 (10th October)

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis, Shift-2 (10th October)

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis, Shift-4 (10th October)

Now that we know the benefits of the exam analysis, let's now discuss the IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis Shift 3 in detail:

IBPS PO Prelims Exam 2020: Exam Time

Shift	Reporting Time	Start of Examination
Shift-1	8:00 AM	9 AM -10 AM
Shift-2	10:30 AM	11:30 AM- 12:30 PM
Shift-3	1:00 PM	2 PM- 3 PM
Shift-4	3:30 PM	4:30 PM- 5:30 PM

IBPS PO Prelims Exam 2020: Exam Centre Guidelines

Students appearing in the IBPS PO Prelims exam are required to wear a mask during the examination.
Candidates can carry a personal transparent water bottle, personal hand sanitizer (50 ml), gloves & a simple pen inside the exam centre of IBPS PO.
An applicant must have installed Arogya-Setu app on his/her smartphone and that app should show his/her COVID 19 risk profile.
At the exam centre, the registration of the applicants will be done with the help of photo capture.
In the exam hall, two separate dropbox will be provided for the rough sheets and call letters. Students are required to drop these in their designated boxes.

IBPS PO Prelims Exam 3rd Shift Analysis 2020: Key Highlights

In the IBPS Probationary Officer Prelims Exam candidates are required to attempt 100 questions in 60 minutes.
In IBPS PO Prelims exam there is the sectional timer of 20 minutes for each section.
In the English section, there are 30 questions and in both reasoning and quant section, there are 35 questions each.
The sequence of the sections in the IBPS PO Prelims Shift 3 was as follows:
1. English Ability
2. Quantitative Aptitude
3. Reasoning Ability
There were no changes in Shift-3 as compared to other shifts.

IBPS PO 3rd Shift Exam Analysis 2020: Difficulty Level

The overall level of the IBPS PO Prelims Exam Shift 3 was easy to moderate. Among the three-section, English was the easiest and scoring. Check the complete breakup of each section and overall good attempts below.

Section Name	Difficulty Level	Overall Level of the exam
Quantitative Aptitude	Moderate	Moderate
Reasoning Ability	Moderate
English Language	Easy-Moderate

IBPS PO Prelims Exam 3rd Shift Review: 3rd October 2020

1. IBPS PO Prelims Review (Shift 3): Reasoning Ability

Level: Moderate

The following topics were asked in the Reasoning section of this exam:

Topic Name	Number of questions	Topic Details
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement	20	Linear-Age-Based, 7 people, ages were given Scheduling Puzzle, 8 people born in different years. Box Based Puzzle- Circular Seating Arrangement, 8 People facing inward
Syllogism	4	Level: Easy to moderate Only and a few types Four questions were asked. Latest pattern based questions.
Coding-Decoding	5	Conventional type coding-decoding was asked. Questions were easy.
Direction Sense	3	Height based questions Level: Easy to moderate
Miscellaneous	3	There were three questions from Miscellaneous. Level: Easy Word PERFORMING was given Word MERCHANT was given
	35

2. IBPS PO Prelims Review (Shift 3): Quantitative Aptitude

Level: Easy-Moderate

Quantity Aptitude Section consisted of the following topics -

Topic Name	Number of questions	Topic Details
Approximation	5	Questions were based on basic BODMAS rule. Easy and doable.
Missing Number Series	5	6 questions on Missing number series. Standard type. Easy to moderate level.
Data Interpretation	15	Table DI (Easy) Caselet DI Pie Chart
Miscellaneous (Arithmetic)	10	Questions were asked from topics like Simple & Compound Interest, Mixtures, Percentages, Ages, Partnerships, Time Speed & Distance, Alligation, Averages, Time & Work, Profit & Loss, Mensuration etc. Level: Moderate
	35

3. IBPS PO Prelims Review (Shift 3): English Language

Level: Easy

English Language section comprises of topics mentioned below -

Topic Name	Number of questions	Topic Details
Reading Comprehension	8	Topic: Machine Learning 3 vocab question (TWEAK- Synonym) ENVIABLE- opposite PRESCIENT- SYNONYM Level: Moderate
Cloze Test	5	Level: Easy Only five questions were there.
Sentence Improvement	4	5 questions were asked on this topic. Level: Easy
Sentence Rearrangement	5	Questions were easy and less time consuming set of five questions were asked.
Word Rearrangement	5	Total of five questions was there. Level: Easy
Error Spotting	3	Each ques has three sentences Combination of the correct sentences was to be found.
	30

IBPS PO Prelims Exam 2020 (Shift 3): Good Attempts

Section	Good Attempts
Quantitative Aptitude	25-30
Reasoning Ability	24-30
English Language	22-24
Overall Good Attempts	70-75

FAQs for IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis, Shift 3:

The following are the most common frequently asked questions for IBPS Probationary Officer Prelims Exam 2020.

Q. What was the total time allotted for the IBPS PO Prelims Shift 3 exam?

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

Q. Is there a sectional timer in the IBPS PO prelims exam 2020?

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

Q. Was I allowed to switch between the sections during the exam?

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

Q. Is wearing gloves mandatory for IBPS PO Prelims Exam?

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

Q. I do not have a smartphone thus do not have Aarogya Setu app, how can I appear in the exam?

Ans: If you do not have Aarogya Setu app then you can submit the self-declaration form along with the admit card.

Q. How many sections are there in IBPS PO Prelims Exam 2020?

Ans: There are 3 section is the exam, they are:

Reasoning ability
Quantitative aptitude
English language

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

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

Do share any question that you remember in the comment box!!

This is all about the IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2020, Shift 3 of 3rd October 2020.

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