IBPS SO Prelims Exam 2019 (Shift 2): Detailed Analysis with Good Attempts

By Ranita Mukherjee|Updated : December 29th, 2019

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2019 2nd shift !

The second shift of today's IBPS SO Prelims 2019 exam is now over. Here, you will get a complete analysis of this exam. Read further to know the topic-wise distribution of questions and the overall difficulty level of the exam.

After taking the feedback of the students, it can be said that the difficulty level of the exam was Moderate.

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IBPS SO Prelims 2019: Important Highlights

Reasoning Ability and English Language sections are common for all posts of IBPS SO Prelims Exam 2019
Quantitative Aptitude was the third section for the posts of IT, Agriculture, Marketing and HR/Personnel Officer.
The third section was General Awareness for the posts of Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari, the exam of which was conducted in the first shift.
The sequence of sections in second shift was in the order: English Language, Reasoning Ability, and Quantitative Aptitude.

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2019: Quantitative Aptitude (Moderate)

Check the details of the topic asked in IBPS SO Prelims exam with the exact question distribution:

Topic Name	No. of Questions	Topic Details
Simplification and Approximation	5	Questions were easy.
Data Interpretation	20	There was one caselet-based DI. 5 questions were asked. The other one was a bar graph, comprising 5 questions. 5 companies were producing goods. The data given was total products and defective products. The third DI was a double pie-chart, consisting of 5 questions, which was based on flats. In one pie-chart, the data of the vacant flats and alloted flats was mentioned and in the second one, vacant flat data was given. The fourth DI was a tabular DI, based on person's savings and expenditure.
Wrong Number Series	5-6	Questions were easy and based on old pattern.
Data Sufficiency	4	Basic questions were asked.
Arithmetic	13-15	Topics asked from the miscellaneous topics included profit and loss, SI, CI, Problems of ages, average, ratio, proportion, etc.

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2019: English Language (Easy-Moderate)

IBPS SO Prelims English Language section comprised of topics mentioned below:

Topic Name	Number of questions	Topic Details
Reading Comprehension	16	There were 2 passages. One was based on the theme of US-Chian Trade war and the second was on the theme of NEO banking.
Error Spotting	10	It was easy to solve You have to find the word which is incorrect
Para Jumble	6	Questions were based on the old pattern. 6 sentences need to be arranged
Match the Column	5	Questions were based on old pattern.
Word Jumbles	5	5 words were given, which need to be arranged amongst themselves. There were 5 questions of such type.
Fill in the Blanks/Fillers	3	Questions were easy doable.
Phrase Replacement	5	The questions were based on old pattern.

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2019: Reasoning Ability (Moderate)

Go through the details of topic-wise questions asked in Reasoning section below:

Topic Name	No. of Questions	Topic Details
Puzzles & Seating Arrangement	25	There was a linear puzzle, where an uncertain number of people were facing north. Another was a circular based seating arrangement, where 8 people (facing inward) were mentioned along with their favourite colors. The next one was a floor-based puzzle, where there were 5 floors, where 10 people. 2 flats were on each floor. The next one was a scheduling puzzle, where age of people had to be found out, based on their date of birth. The last one was a double-row seating arrangement, where there were 2 rows. 7 people were facing north and another 7 were facing south.
Coding-Decoding	5	Chinese old pattern questions was asked.
Inequality	5	Old pattern was asked.
Critical Reasoning	4	Based on inference
Syllogism	3	You had to answer as per the questions asked. Basic questions were asked.
Forward and backward arrangement	1	The word given was Champion.
Data Sufficiency	4	Basic old pattern questions were based in this topic.
Miscellaneous Questions	3	Based on old pattern.

IBPS SO Prelims 2019 (IT Officer, HR Personnel and Marketing Officer): Good Attempts

Name of Section	Good Attempts
Reasoning Ability	27-28
English Language	30-32
Quantitative Aptitude	25-26
Overall	85+

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