Dear Aspirants,
The 3rd Shift of 13th October is over for IBPS PO Prelims Exam 2018. As you know, the Paper consisted of three sections, viz, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability and English Language with a total time duration of 1 hour. Here is a brief analysis of the third slot exam. Overall, the exam was of an Easy to moderate level.
| Subject | Good Attempt | Time |
| English Language | 18-20 | Moderate |
| Reasoning Ability | 24-26 | Moderate |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 17-19 | Moderate |
| Total | 58-60 | Moderate |
This section was Easy to Moderate level and The Data Interpretation was based on Bar Graph, Caselet and Tabular.
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Missing Number Series | 05 | Easy to Moderate |
| Quadratic Equation | 06 | Moderate |
| Data Interpretation | 03 Set (15 questions) | Moderate |
| Problem on Ages | 01 | Moderate |
| Profit and Loss | 01 | Moderate |
| Average | 01 | Moderate |
| Misc. | 06 | Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Moderate |
This section was Easy to Moderate level.
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 07 | Moderate |
| Error Detection | 08 | Easy to Moderate |
| Cloze Test | 05 | Easy |
| Fillers | 06 | Easy to Moderate |
| Sentence Improvement | 04 | Moderate |
| Total | 30 | Moderate |
This section was Easy to Moderate level. There were 2 Puzzles (Box Based and Month Based) and 2 Seating Arrangement (Linear and Square).
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Seating Arrangement and Puzzles | 21 | Moderate |
| Coding-Decoding | 05 | Moderate |
| Inequality | 05 | Easy to Moderate |
| Alphabet | 01 | Moderate |
| Number Based | 01 | Moderate |
| Misc. | 02 | Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Moderate |
