IBPS Clerk Exam Analysis 2020: Candidates can get the exam analysis for IBPS Clerk 2020 for the shifts here. The preliminary examination for IBPS Clerk is scheduled for December 05, 12 & 13, 2020. The main exam is scheduled for January 24, 2021. Once the exam of IBPS Clerk is over, we will provide the here unofficial answers keys and well as IBPS Clerk exam analysis. Through IBPS Clerk exam analysis, aspirants can know about the difficulty level, good number of attempts, and much more. Scroll down and read more about the IBPS Clerk Exam analysis 2020, expected cutoff marks.
IBPS Clerk Exam Analysis 2020
IBPS Clerk Prelims exam 2020 will commence on December 05, 12 & 13, 2020. Candidates appearing for the exam can check the IBPS Clerk IX Exam Analysis from this section after the exam. Meanwhile, applicants can check Previous year exam analysis to know the format of the real examination.
Preliminary Exam Analysis for IBPS Clerk 2019
Below is the full analysis of the IBPS Clerk Preliminary exam for the last year.
| Section | Good Attempts | Level |
| English Language | 22-26 Questions | Easy to Moderate |
| Reasoning Ability | 27-32 Questions | Easy to Moderate |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 23-28 Questions | Easy to Moderate |
Section-Wise IBPS Clerk Exam Analysis 2019 – Preliminary Exam
The preliminary exam consists of 3 sections which have 20 minutes each. Below is the section-wise analysis of the previous year exam from which the candidates can get an idea of the question paper of this year.
(i) English Language: This section is for measuring the candidates command and candidate’s understanding of the English Language. The applicants who had a very good command in English felt the difficulty level of this section to be moderate. While for others, this section was difficult:
(ii) Reasoning Ability: The questions in this section are asked from the linear arrangement, circular arrangement, inequality, alphabetical series, symbol series. The difficulty level of this section was from easy to moderate.
(iii) Quantitative Aptitude: This section consist of number series, simplification and approximation, data interpretation and misc. topics. The section had a difficulty level of easy to moderate.
Main Exam Analysis for IBPS Clerk 2019
Here is the main exam analysis for the last year IBPS Clerk exam. Applicants can get an idea of the level of questions that are asked in this exam.
| Section | Good Attempts | Level |
| English Language | 22-24 Questions | Moderate to Difficult |
| Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 21-26 Questions | Moderate & Lengthy |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 20-22 Questions | Difficult |
| General /Economy/Banking Awareness | 33-36 Questions | Easy to Moderate |
Section-wise IBPS Clerk Exam Analysis 2019 – Main Exam
The main exam consists of 4 sections which are English Language, Reasoning & Computer Aptitude, Quantitative Aptitude and General/Economy /Banking Awareness. Below is the section-wise analysis of the IBPS Clerk Main Exam for the year 2018. This give aspirants an idea of how the question paper for this exam is:
(i) English Language: This section consists of questions from the reading comprehensions, sentence fillers, jumble words, jumble paragraphs, sentence correction etc. The difficulty level for solving this section was moderate.
| Topics | No. of Ques. |
| Reading Comprehensions | 16 |
| Sentence Fillers | 5 |
| Para jumbles | 1 |
| Errors | 4 |
| Sentence Corrections | 4 |
| Word Formulation | 7 |
| Para Completion | 3 |
| Total | 40 |
(ii) Reasoning & Computer Aptitude: This section consist of question to analyse the reasoning ability of the candidate and the knowledge of the candidates for the computer section. Below is the analysis of this section:
(iii) Quantitative Aptitude: The quantitative aptitude section was the dificult one for this exam. The questions in the exam were from the topics of quadratic equations, data interpretation, number series, data sufficiency, etc. Below is the overall analysis of this section.
| Topics | No. of Questions |
| data sufficiency | 5 |
| quadratic quation | 5 |
| data interpretation | 10 |
| misc. | 15 |
| number series | 5 |
| Total | 40 |
(iv) General/Economy /Banking Awareness: The candidate who knew quite well about the current affairs of the national level and have good general knowledge, for such candidates this section was easy. The questions here were from the current affairs of last 4 months. The candidates are advised to read news paper daily.
IBPS Clerk 2020 Exam Pattern
Candidates can check the exam pattern for IBPS Clerk from below:
(i) Preliminary Exam:
Mode of Exam: Online Test
Language: English and Hindi
Duration: 1 hour
No. of Questions: 100 questions
Type of Questions: MCQ type questions
Marking Scheme: Every question has 1 mark each and there is negative marking of 0.25 marks for wrong answers.
Sections:
| Sections | No. of Questions | No. of Marks |
| English Language | 30 | 30 |
| Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
(ii) Main Exam:
Mode of Exam: Online Test
Language: English and Hindi
Duration: 160 minutes
No. of Questions: 190 questions
Type of Questions: MCQ type questions
Marking Scheme: Every Question has 01 mark allotted. There is negative marking of 25% of total marks of particular question.
Section:
| Sections | No. of Questions | No. of Marks |
| General/ Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 |
| General English | 40 | 40 |
| Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude | 50 | 60 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 |
| Total | 190 | 200 |
IBPS Clerk 2019 Cut-off
The cut-off for the IBPS exam is declared by the institute after the exam. The candidates who clear the cut-off are qualified for the next level of the selection process. The expected cut off for the IBPS Clerk can be analysed by the cut-off marks decided by the institute last year. Cut-off is different for every state and every category of candidate. Below is the cut off marks of IBPS Clerk 2018 from which candidates can get an idea of cut-off for this year:
About IBPS Clerk
The Institute of Banking personnel Selection conducts exam for recruitment of Clerk in 3 stage process. The selection process consists of preliminary exam, main exmaand peronal interview. The preliminary exam is conducted in the month of December and the main exam is conducted in the month of January next year. The final merit list is usually declared in the month of April.
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