The
Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducted online examination,
for the recruitment of Personnel in Clerical Cadre in the 20 Nationalized
Banks, across the country on the November 30 and December 01, 2013.
There were
200 questions in the paper, which had to be answered in 120 minutes. There were
five sections in all - Reasoning, Numerical Ability, General Awareness, English
Language and Computer Knowledge. Other than the fourth section, where in a
candidate had to attempt the section in English Language, all the other
sections were available bilingually, that is, in both English and Hindi. Each
question had 5 options. There was negative marking of one-fourth or 0.25 of the
marks assigned to that question for all the sections.
Overall
the examination was Moderate. The questions in Numerical Ability and
Reasoning were a bit lengthy and Time consuming. That’s exactly the
point where results might make a difference. English and Computer
Knowledge sections were easy. General awareness section was moderate and
was dominated by Banking Questions.
The
pattern of test was as follows:
|
Section
|
Total Questions
|
Max. Marks
|
Level of Difficulty
|
Possible Attempts
|
|
Reasoning
|
40
|
40
|
Moderate
|
25-28
|
|
Numerical Ability
|
40
|
40
|
Moderate
|
25-28
|
|
General Awareness
|
40
|
40
|
Moderate
|
30-32
|
|
English Language
|
40
|
40
|
Easy-Moderate
|
32-34
|
|
Computer Knowledge
|
40
|
40
|
Easy
|
32-35
|
|
Total
|
200
|
200
|
|
135-150
|
Reasoning
This section was a bit time consuming though the questions were easy. The pattern was on the lines with the previous exams conducted in the Clerical Cadre. There was no question from Non-Verbal Reasoning just as IBPS PO-III Exam. Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles were time consuming.
This section was a bit time consuming though the questions were easy. The pattern was on the lines with the previous exams conducted in the Clerical Cadre. There was no question from Non-Verbal Reasoning just as IBPS PO-III Exam. Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles were time consuming.
The
details of the section are as follows:
|
Topic
|
Number of Questions
|
|
Syllogism
|
5
|
|
Data Sufficiency
|
4
|
|
Seating Arrangement
|
5
|
|
Puzzle
|
5
|
|
Coding-Decoding
|
5
|
|
Alpha-Numeric Series
|
5
|
|
Miscellaneous
|
6
|
|
Inequalities
|
5
|
English
Language
The
questions in this section were fairly easy thereby making students, who feel it
difficult to score in this section, breathe a sigh of relief.
The
details of the section are as follows:
|
Topic
|
Number of Questions
|
|
Reading Comprehensions
|
10
|
|
Rearrangement
|
5
|
|
Cloze test
|
10
|
|
Error Spotting
|
5
|
|
Phrases
|
5
|
|
Fill in the blanks
|
5
|
Numerical
Ability
DI in this section was, IBPS took most of the students by surprise. Though the questions
in DI were easy enough, there were a few questions in this section that were
time consuming. There were 10 questions on simplification which were tedious.
The details of the section are as follows:
The details of the section are as follows:
|
Topic
|
Section
|
|
Number Series
|
5
|
|
Data Interpretation(Pie-Chart,
Table)
|
5-10
|
|
Simplification
|
10
|
|
Arithmetic
|
15-20
|
General Awareness
This section was of moderate difficulty
level as compared to the other sections. Banking and Economy dominated this
section. Questions in Current Affairs were asked from International affairs as
well as Indian Economy Questions related to RBI were given a special attention.
Questions on currency and awards were also asked.
Computer Knowledge
This section was based on basic knowledge
of computers. Questions were very easy. The main areas from which questions
were asked are: MS Office, Application Software, Hardware, Software, and Input-Output
Units.
