Analysis of IBPS Clerk III – Nov 30 and Dec 01 The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducted online examination, for the recruitment of Personnel in Clerical Cadre in the 20 Nationalized Banks, across the country on the November 30 and December 01, 2013. There were 200 questions in the paper, which had to be answered in 120 minutes. There were five sections in all - Reasoning, Numerical Ability, General Awareness, English Language and Computer Knowledge. Other than the fourth section, where in a candidate had to attempt the section in English Language, all the other sections were available bilingually, that is, in both English and Hindi. Each question had 5 options. There was negative marking of one-fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question for all the sections. Overall the examination was Moderate. The questions in Numerical Ability and Reasoning were a bit lengthy and Time consuming. That’s exactly the point where results might make a difference. English and Computer Knowledge sections were easy. General awareness section was moderate and was dominated by Banking Questions. The pattern of test was as follows: Section Total Questions Max. Marks Level of Difficulty Possible Attempts Reasoning 40 40 Moderate 25-28 Numerical Ability 40 40 Moderate 25-28 General Awareness 40 40 Moderate 30-32 English Language 40 40 Easy-Moderate 32-34 Computer Knowledge 40 40 Easy 32-35 Total 200 200 135-150 Reasoning This section was a bit time consuming though the questions were easy. The pattern was on the lines with the previous exams conducted in the Clerical Cadre. There was no question from Non-Verbal Reasoning just as IBPS PO-III Exam. Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles were time consuming. The details of the section are as follows: Topic Number of Questions Syllogism 5 Data Sufficiency 4 Seating Arrangement 5 Puzzle 5 Coding-Decoding 5 Alpha-Numeric Series 5 Miscellaneous 6 Inequalities 5 English Language The questions in this section were fairly easy thereby making students, who feel it difficult to score in this section, breathe a sigh of relief. The details of the section are as follows: Topic Number of Questions Reading Comprehensions 10 Rearrangement 5 Cloze test 10 Error Spotting 5 Phrases 5 Fill in the blanks 5 Numerical Ability DI in this section was, IBPS took most of the students by surprise. Though the questions in DI were easy enough, there were a few questions in this section that were time consuming. There were 10 questions on simplification which were tedious. The details of the section are as follows: Topic Section Number Series 5 Data Interpretation(Pie-Chart, Table) 5-10 Simplification 10 Arithmetic 15-20 General Awareness This section was of moderate difficulty level as compared to the other sections. Banking and Economy dominated this section. Questions in Current Affairs were asked from International affairs as well as Indian Economy Questions related to RBI were given a special attention. Questions on currency and awards were also asked. Computer Knowledge This section was based on basic knowledge of computers. Questions were very easy. The main areas from which questions were asked are: MS Office, Application Software, Hardware, Software, and Input-Output Units. Read more: bankersadda/2013/12/analysis-of-ibps-clerk-iii-nov-30-and.html#ixzz2mLF4qaGy
Posted on: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 17:59:15 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015