IBPS - CLERK - PRELIMS EXAM (First Shift, 03-12-16) is over and the level of the paper was easy to moderate and pattern of the paper is being given below:
1. English – 30 Questions
| TOPIC | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension | 10 |
| Cloze Test | 10 |
| Error Detection | 10 |
2. Quantitative Aptitude – 35 Questions
| TOPIC | No. of Questions |
| Simplification | 10 |
| Number Series | 5 |
| Data Interpretation (Bar Graph) | 5 |
| Language Problems (Profit Loss, Average, Boats and Stream, CI/SI, Time and Work, Average, Ratio and Proportion, Percentage, Partnership, Pipe and Cistern etc.) | 15 |
Number Series
1. 7 20 46 85 ? 202
2. 4 13 40 121 ? 1093
3. 17 18 14 23 7 ?
4. 2180 2179 2152 2027 ?
5. 6 10 19 32 48 ?
2. 4 13 40 121 ? 1093
3. 17 18 14 23 7 ?
4. 2180 2179 2152 2027 ?
5. 6 10 19 32 48 ?
3. Reasoning Ability – 35 Questions
| TOPIC | No. of Questions | |
| Puzzle - (Sitting Arrangement) - Straight Line | 5 | |
| Puzzle (Sitting Arrangement) North South | 5 | |
| Alpha Numberic Series | 5 | |
| Inequality (Simple) | 5 | |
| Alphabetic Grouping (3 Albhabet In Each Group As Number Grouping) | 5 | |
| Puzzle (Center Facing) | 5 | |
| 5 |
