IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis – Sectional Analysis, Check Difficulty Level Here

IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis: Every year, the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) holds the IBPS Clerk Exam to recruit qualified candidates for clerical cadre positions in 11 public sector banks. On its official website, IBPS has announced the IBPS Clerk 2023 Recruitment Notification, which includes 5830 vacancies.

The selection process is divided into two stages: prelims and mains. Punjab National Bank, Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Union Bank of India, UCO Bank, and other major banks participate in IBPS recruitment. On the official website of IBPS, candidates must fill out an application form for IBPS Clerk Recruitment 2023.

Applicants will be able to access IBPS Clerk 2023 Exam Analysis for the Prelims and Mains exams within a few hours of the exams taking place. Exam candidates should read the IBPS Clerk Exam Analysis because it gives them an understanding of what is expected from the exam, the overall difficulty level of the written exam, key aspects, topic-wise distribution of questions, commonly asked questions, preparation/weightage of topics, and the number of good attempts, among other things.

The difficulty level of the IBPS Clerk 2020 Prelims Exam was moderate last year. The sections on quantitative aptitude and reasoning were both moderate. The English section was straightforward.

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IBPS Prelims Exam Pattern 2023

Before understanding the exam analysis, candidates should review the Prelims exam pattern for the IBPS Prelims exam. The IBPS Clerk prelims exam pattern is listed below:

Section	Number of Questions	Time Duration	Maximum Marks
Quantitative Aptitude	35	20 minutes	35
English Language	30	20 minutes	30
Reasoning Ability	35	20 minutes	35
Total	100	60 minutes	100

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IBPS Prelims Exam Analysis 2023

IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 2023 has not yet taken place. Candidates can, however, use the exam analysis from the previous year as a guide.

IBPS Prelims 2020-21: Day-Wise Exam Analysis

Here is a detailed analysis of the IBPS Clerk Prelims exam for the three days it was held. The following is a list of the exam’s difficulty level and the number of successful attempts in each shift on all three days:

IBPS Clerk Prelims Overall Exam Analysis (December 5, 2020)

Shift	Good Attempt	Level of Exam
Shift 1	76-79	East – Moderate
Shift 2	75-78	Easy – Moderate
Shift 3	74-78	East – Moderate
Shift 4	75-77	East – Moderate

IBPS Prelims Overall Exam Analysis (December 12, 2020)

Shift	Good Attempt	Level of Exam
Shift 1	74-78	East to Moderate
Shift 2	72-76	Easy to Moderate
Shift 3	75-77	East To Moderate
Shift 4	73-75	East To Moderate

IBPS Clerk Prelims Overall Analysis (December 13, 2020)

Shift	Level of Exam	Good Attempt
Shift 1	East to Moderate	71-75
Shift 2	Easy to Moderate	72-77
Shift 3	East To Moderate	74-78
Shift 4	East To Moderate	73-77

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IBPS Clerk Prelim: Section-Wise Exam Analysis

The exam analysis for the IBPS Clerk Prelims exam is provided below, section by section. The shift-by-shift analysis for each section is listed below:

Section-wise Exam Analysis for IBPS Clerk (Dec 5, 2020): Section-wise Good Attempts

Section	Reasoning Ability	English Language	Quantitative Aptitude
Shift 1	28-29	22-25	26-28
Shift 2	28-29	20-22	27-28
Shift 3	27-28	21-24	26-29
Shift 4	25-29	21-22	29-30

Exam Analysis for IBPS Clerk (December 12, 2020): Section-wise Good Attempts

Section	English Language	Quantitative Aptitude	Reasoning Ability
Shift 1	22-24	26-27	26-27
Shift 2	21-22	26-27	25-27
Shift 3	23-24	26-28	27-28
Shift 4	21-22	27-28	25-29

Exam Analysis for IBPS Clerk (December 13, 2020): Section-wise Good Attempts

Section	Reasoning Ability	English Language	Quantitative Aptitude
Shift 1	26-27	23-24	26-29
Shift 2	25-27	21-22	26-28
Shift 3	27-30	23-25	27-29
Shift 4	25-27	21-22	27-28

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IBPS Clerk Prelim: Section-Wise Difficulty Level

The following is the difficulty level of each section in the IBPS Clerk Prelims:

Section	Level
English	Easy
Quantitative	Moderate
Reasoning Ability	Moderate
Overall	Easy-Moderate

The following is a topic-by-topic breakdown of each section of the IBPS Clerk Prelims exam:

IBPS Clerk Prelim: Quantitative Ability

In terms of its difficulty, this section was simple to moderate. There are 35 questions in this section. The section on quantitative aptitude was moderate. DI questions were based on line graphs.

This section’s exam analysis is as follows:

Topic	Number of Questions	Difficult level
Data Interpretation	5	Easy
Approximation	5	Easy
Simplification	13	Easy
Arithmetic	7-8	Easy-Moderate
Quadratic Equation	5	Easy
Total	35	Moderate

IBPS Clerk Prelim: English Language

The overall level of difficulty was low. One set of Reading Comprehension questions had seven questions, one of which was a Synonym and Antonym question. Word Swap, Phrase Correction, and Error Detection were all tested. There were also five inquiries about the cloze procedure. The following is an analysis of the IBPS Clerk Prelims English Section exam paper:

Topic	Number of Questions	Difficult level
Close test	5	Easy-Moderate
Word Swap	5	Easy-Moderate
Phrase correction	5	Easy
Rearrangement of sentences	3	Easy
Reading Comprehension	7	Easy
Error correction	5	Easy
Total	30	Easy

IBPS Clerk Prelims: Reasoning Ability

Reasoning ability was moderate. Within the exam, there were four puzzles and seating arrangement questions. In the exam, the following types of questions were asked.

1. Sequence Puzzle
2. Month-based Puzzle
3. Floor Puzzle
4. Year-based Puzzle

Topic	Number of Questions	Difficulty Level
Puzzle and Sitting arrangement	20	Moderate
Miscellaneous	2	Easy-Moderate
Sequence/Oder Ranking	3	Easy
Series	4	Easy
Syllogism	3	Easy
Inequality	3	Easy-Moderate
Total	35	Moderate

Candidates should look over the IBPS Clerk Main Exam Analysis to get a sense of the exam’s difficulty level. Candidates should consult previous year question papers as well as exam analysis to determine the types of questions that are most important in the exam.

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