The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is conducting the PO Prelims 2019 exam now. The first shift is already over. As per the feedback shared by the candidates who appeared for IBPS PO Prelims 2019 exam, the questions asked in the exam were of ‘Easy to Moderate’ Level. IBPS PO Prelims is qualifying in nature and the candidates who qualify the exam will have to appear for the IBPS PO Main 2019 exam.
A total of 100 Objective type questions were asked which needed to be answered in 60 minutes. There are 3 sections and each section was given 20 minutes duration. Except English Language, all the sections were available in English and Hindi. There will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer given by the candidate.
Let’s look in detail the type of questions asked in the exam, their difficulty level and the number of good attempts to clear cut-off marks this year:
English Language
| Topics | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension | 10 |
| Double Fillers | 05 |
| Word Replacement | 05 |
| Cloze Test | 05 |
| Error Detection | 05 |
| Total | 30 |
Quantitative Aptitude
Topics
|
No. of Questions
|
Data Interpretation (Caslet +Table Graph + Line Graph)
|
15
|
| Quadratic Equation |
05
|
Approximation
|
05 |
| Arithmetic Word Problems | 10 |
| Total | 35 |
Reasoning Ability
Topics
|
No. of Questions
|
Coding Decoding (Chinese)
|
05 |
Inequality
|
05 |
| Puzzle (Floor Based + Age Based + Single Linear + Month Based ) |
20
|
Blood Relation
|
03
|
| Alphanumeric Series | 02 |
| Total | 35 |
