Dear Aspirants,
The 2nd 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 Second 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 | 32-35 | 45 min. |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 28-32 | 45 min. |
| Total | 88-94 | 120 minutes |
Over-All Analysis (LAW & RAJBHASA)
| Subject | Good Attempt | Time |
| English Language | 18-22 | 45 min. |
| Reasoning Ability | 32-35 | 45 min. |
| General Awareness | 27-32 | 30min. |
| Total | 85-92 | 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 Questions) | Easy-Moderate |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 | Moderate |
| Miscellaneous | 15 | Easy |
| Total | 50 | Easy-Moderate |
DI: There was three sets of DI (Tabular, Line, Pie Chart) and one set of Caselets. Level of the questions was moderate.
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 | 17 | Moderate |
| Error Spotting | 10 | Moderate |
| Fill in the Blanks(New Pattern) | 5 | Moderate |
| Cloze Test (New Pattern) | 10 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Parajumbles | 5 | Moderate |
| Miscellaneous | 5 | Moderate |
| Total | 50 | Moderate-Difficult |
Two sets of Readining comprehension was asked. 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 | Easy-Moderate |
| Cause & Defect | 5 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous | 5 | Easy |
| Total | 50 | Easy-Moderate |
Puzzle & Sitting arrangement: There were four Sets of puzzle & Sitting Arrangement (Square & Linear).
