Exam Pattern of IBPS PO Mains

Dear Aspirants,

The Mains phase of one of the most anticipated banking exams of the country is now over. The exam was scheduled from 9:30 am - 11:50 am. Here is the detailed analysis of this exam.

Exam Pattern of IBPS PO Mains

The overall level of the Exam was Moderate to Difficult. IBPS followed the pattern of SBI Mains in today's exam. We take utmost care of providing the right analysis based on the feedback shared by our readers. Please let us know in case of any anomaly in comments section, we will update it.
Let's now delve into the detailed analysis of each individual section.

Reasoning Ability Number of Question - 50
Overall Level - Moderate to Difficult

Syllogism - 5 Questions
The questions asked were tricky. Most questions had the case of possibility. You had to identify the conclusion which did not follow logically.

Seating Arrangement/ Puzzles - 4 sets (20 questions)
(a) Based on meeting of 8 different people in 4 different months on 2 days - 13th and 27th. Different cases were given for this.
(b) Based on 9 people who belonged to 3 different departments - HR, IT and Marketing with positions of Manager and Senior Manager in each. The questions was tricky.
(c) One Puzzle was row based.
(d) Floor based puzzle - 10 people living on 4 different floors with 3 flats on each floor. 2 were unoccupied.
Logical Reasoning- 10 Questions (Based on Statement assumption, selection procedure based)
Coding Decoding -  5 Questions (Sentence coding)
Miscellaneous - 10 Questions (Distance and distance - 5 Questions)
English Language
Number of Questions - 40
Overall Level -

Reading Comprehension - 2 sets (15 Questions)
(a) RC was based on Economy. Informal vs. Formal Economy.
Phrase Starter based questions - 5 Questions
Para Completion - 5 Questions (A short paragraph was given with 5 statements in the options. The most appropriate sentence had to be selected)
Synonym / Antonym Questions - 5 Questions
Sentence Improvement - 5 Questions (2 parts of the sentence were highlighted here )
Identifying the correct sentence among the given options - 5 Questions
Quantitative Aptitude
Number of Questions - 50
Overall Level -

Data Interpretation - 4 sets (20 Questions)
(a) Paragraph DI - Based on Production and Consumption of wheat in different Years
(b) Missing DI - Based on Income / Expenditure
(c) Pie Chart - Based on 2 product brands A, B sold on different shops.
(d) Line Graph - Based on number of visitors
Number Series - 5 Questions (The wrong number out of the given series had to be identified)
(a) 3   6   15   45   113   243
(b) 33   39   56   85   127   178
(c) 13   27   45   117   333   981   2925
(d) 7   4   9   21   52.5   160.5
(e) 7   9   21   67   275
Simplification/Approximation - 5 Questions (These questions were doable)
Data Sufficiency - 10 questions
Miscellaneous - 10 Questions (Probability - 1 question, Partnership - 2 question, Average - 1 question, Mensuration - 1 question, Mixture and Alligation - 1 question, Boats and Streams - 1 question, Time and Work - 1 question)
General Awareness
Number of Questions - 40
Overall Level - Easy to Moderate

The section was doable. Questions asked included -
NATO Summit - Name of City and Country were it took place
Bank not regulated by RBI
Typhoon HAIMA recently came in which country.
Who was awarded Nobel Price in Economy

Computer Knowledge
Number of Questions - 20
Overall Level - Easy to Moderate

This section was easy to attempt. Questions asked included -
1 nibble = 4 bits
Name of IBM supercomputer - WATSON
Rename Functions in MS Word etc.

All the best for your exams..

Team Excellence..!!