IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis and Review 2020: 19 January 2020

IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2020:

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducted the IBPS Clerk Mains exam on 19 January 2020 in different shifts. Candidates who qualified the IBPS Clerk Prelims 2019 appeared for the Mains examination to fetch recruitment as Clerk in public sector banks.

As per the candidates' feedback, the overall difficulty level of the IBPS Clerk Mains Exam 2020 was "Moderate". Candidates were able to make around 120 good attempts out of the total 190 questions asked. Check here the detailed exam analysis and review of the IBPS Clerk Mains 2019-20 and know the difficulty level, questions asked and good attempts.

IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2019-20 (Overall): 19 January 2020

Sections	No. of Qs	Good Attempts	Difficulty Level
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	50	27-34	Moderate
Quantitative Aptitude	50	35-39	Moderate
General English	40	27-30	Easy-Moderate
General/Financial Awareness	50	32-38	Moderate
TOTAL	190	121-141	Moderate

Quantitative Aptitude

Topic	No. of Questions	Difficulty Level
Data Interpretation - Pie Chart + Tabular + Profit & Loss DI, Caselet	20	Moderate-Difficult
Arithmetic - Train, Profit & Loss, Time & Work, Mensuration, Age, Average, Boat & Stream	20	Moderate
Data Sufficiency	5	Moderate
Approximation	5	Moderate
Total	50	Moderate

Reasoning & Computer Aptitude 

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Puzzles  - Blood Relation based, Circular based,	25	Moderate-Difficult
Coded Direction	5	Moderate
Data Sufficiency	5	Easy-Moderate
Coded Inequality	5	Easy-Moderate
Syllogism	5	Easy
Coding Decoding	5	Easy- Moderate
Total	50	Moderate

General English

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension	15	Moderate-Difficult
Fillers (Three Blanks , One Word)	5	Easy-Moderate
Error Detection	5	Easy-Moderate
Cloze Test, Starters	5 + 5	Easy-Moderate
Sentence Rearrangement (New Format)	5	Moderate
Total	40	Moderate

General/Financial Awareness

A total of 50 questions were asked from General-Financial Awareness section. Questions were based on Static GK and latest Current Affairs of national & international importance. The following questions were asked in the IBPS Clerk Mains exam:

• 10th February is celebrated as – World Pulses Day.
• Hemant Soren has been recently appointed as CM of which state? -Jharkhand
• National Youth Day is celebrated on 12 January in memory of – Swami Vivekananda.
• Young Scientist Laboratories is associated with – DRDO.
• The Joint Military Exercise Tiger Triumph was held between between – India & USA.
• What is the Theme of New Delhi World Book Fair 2020? -  ‘Suryodaya: Emerging voices from North East India’.
• National Science Congress 2020 will be held at – Bangalore.
• Total Forest and Tree Cover rises to ------- percent of the total geographical area of the Country. - 24.56
• Name of India’s first UNESCO Heritage City – Ahmedabad
• The IAEA has its headquarters in  - Vienna, Austria
• Great Himalayan National Park belongs to which state? - Himachal Pradesh.
• The cricketer “Peter Siddle” belongs to which country? -  Australia
• SWIFT's headquarters, designed by Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura, are in ---------. -  Belgium
• Who won Noble Prize for Literature in 2019? - Peter Handke
• What is the Full form of “MANI” app launched by RBI - Mobile Aided Note Identifier
• National Development Bank (NDB) is headquartered in - Shanghai, China 
• Full form of M in MDR? -  Merchant 
• Konark Festival is associated to which state? - Odisha.
• Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana launched 3 offerings ‘Shishu’, ‘Kishore’, ‘Tarun’. What is the maximum loan cover for ‘Kishore’ segment? -  Rs. 5 Lakh.
• What is the minimum capital required by UCB to convert itself to SFB? -  100 crore.
• Humpy Koneru is related to which sport? - Chess
• The New and Renewable Energy Ministry denounced a Crisil report that stated the ministry may miss the renewable energy target by 42 per cent, and asserted that the clean power capacity by 2022 will exceed the goal of ------. - 175 GW
• Vidya Sinha passed away recently. She was a famous – Actress
• ISRO Second Launchpad Coming Up in - Tamil Nadu
• Indian astronauts to be trained by which country for Gaganyaan programme? -  Russia 
• Weightlifter ----- banned for four years for doping by NADA . -  Seema
• Brasilia is the capital of which country? - Brazil
• Indian Council of Medical Research is located in -  New Delhi.
• Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant is located in which state? - Tamil Nadu.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the Rohtang Tunnel connecting Manali to Leh will now be known as -----------. - Atal Tunnel.
• Who is the CEO of Paytm? - Vijay Shekhar Sharma.
• What is the deadline for Digital Payment Number? - 31st March 2022.
• Which country has topped Swachh Survekshan 2019? - Indore.
• Which Bank will lead convenor bank for union territory of Ladakh? - State Bank of India 
• In Pradhan Mantri Kisan Vikas yojana, Rs. 6000 will be paid to each eligible farmers in how many installments? - 3 

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