IBPS - PO - PRELIMS EXAM (First Shift, 27-10-2016) is over and the level of the paper was moderate to difficult and pattern of the paper is being given below:
1. English – Total 30 Questions (Level – Moderate to Difficult )
| TOPIC | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension (Based on Mexico & U.S. GDP) | 7 |
| Cloze Test | 8 |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 |
| Error Detection | 10 |
2. Quantitative Aptitude – Total 35 Questions (Level – Easy To Moderate)
| TOPIC | No. of Questions |
| Simplification (Approximation) | 5 |
| Number Series | 5 |
| Inequality | 5 |
| Data Interpretation (Pie Chart + Table Graph) | 10 |
| Language Problems (Profit Loss, Average, Boats and Stream, CI/SI, Time and Work, Average, Ratio and Proportion, Percentage, Partnership, etc.) | 10 |
Number Series
- 7, 6, 8, 15, 44, ?
- 16, 25, 42, ?, 66, 96
- 4, 6, 9, 34, ?
- 7, 6, 9.9, 14.5, 23.7, ?
- 9, 5, 4, 7.5, 13,?
3. Reasoning Ability – Total 35 Questions – (Level – Easy To Moderate )
| TOPIC | No. of Questions |
| Puzzle - Order Ranking - (Floor) | 5 |
| Puzzle (Sitting Arrangement) | 5 |
| Inequality | 5 |
| Direction | 3 |
| Blood Relation | 3 |
| Puzzle ( Linear) | 5 |
| Syllogism | 5 |
| Misc, | 4 |
