Dear Aspirants,
The 1st Shift of 31st December is over for IBPS SO Pre Exam. As you know, the Paper consisted of three sections, viz, Quantitative Aptitude/General Awareness, Reasoning Ability and English Language with a total time duration of 2 hours. Here is a brief analysis of the first slot exam. Overall, the exam was of moderate level.
Over-All Analysis (IT, MKT, AFO & HR)
| Subject | Good Attempt | Time |
| English Language | 18-22 | 30 min. |
| Reasoning Ability | 33-36 | 45 min. |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 30-34 | 45 min. |
| Total | 90-96 | 120 minutes |
Over-All Analysis (LAW & RAJBHASA)
| Subject | Good Attempt | Time |
| English Language | 18-22 | 45 min. |
| Reasoning Ability | 33-36 | 45 min. |
| General Awareness | 23-29 | 30min. |
| Total | 82-88 | 120 minutes |
Quantitative Aptitude (AFO, MKT, HR & IT)
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Simplification and Approximation | 5 | Easy |
| Number Series | 5 | Easy |
| Data Interpretation | 4 Set (20-25 Questions) | Easy-Moderate |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 | Moderate |
| Miscellaneous | 10-15 | Easy |
| Total | 50 | Easy-Moderate |
DI: There were 3-4 sets of DI (Tabular, Line, Pie Chart, Caselets).
General Awareness (LAW & RAJBHASA):- There are 50 Questions of General Awareness related to Banking, Current affairs, Static GK.
English Language
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 12-15 | Moderate |
| Error Spotting | 5 | Moderate |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Fill in the Blanks(New Pattern) | 5 | Moderate |
| Cloze Test (New Pattern) | 10 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Sentence Improvement | 5 | Moderate |
| Phrase Replacement | 5 | Moderate |
| Total | 50 | Moderate-Difficult |
The level of English Language was Moderate-Difficult.
Reasoning Ability
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Alphabetic Series | 5 | Easy |
| Inequality | 5 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 5 | Easy |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 | Easy |
| Sitting Arrangement/Puzzles | 20-25 | Easy-Moderate |
| Course of action | 5 | Easy |
| Total | 50 | Easy-Moderate |
Puzzle & Sitting arrangement: There were four Sets of puzzle & Sitting Arrangement (Circular & Linear) and puzzle on an arrangement of books of different colors.
