IBPS PO III Exam 20th Oct 2013 today

(Morning Shift)

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducted 1^st installment of online examination, for the recruitment of Probationary Officer/Management Trainee, across the country on the 19th of October, 2013. 

Overall the examination was moderate, comparatively easier than last years’ examination. This time IBPS surprised the candidates by not following the middle-of-the-road pattern for the Numerical Ability section. It skipped the approximation and simplification questions in the paper.  General awareness section was easier than expected as it contained more direct questions. More conceptual based questions were there in sections such as Reasoning, English, and Computer Knowledge.

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. Except for English Language all the other sections were available bilingually. 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.

The pattern of test was as follows:

Section	Total Questions	Max. Marks	Level of Difficulty	Possible Attempts
Reasoning	50	50	Moderate	27-29
Numerical Ability	50	50	Moderate	30-32
General Awareness	40	40	Easy-Moderate	25-27
English Language	40	40	Difficult	20-22
Computer Knowledge	20	20	Easy	13-15
Total	200	200		117-120

Reasoning 
This section primarily saw moderate level of questions. A student should have attempted at least 27 questions. As expected no non-verbal questions were there in the paper.

The details of the section are as follows:

Topic	Number of Questions
Alphanumeric Series	2
Sitting Arrangement	10
Puzzle	5
Syllogism	5
Analytical Reasoning (Assumption, Inference, Cause and effect)	10
Direction Test	1
Ranking	1
Inequality	5
Input-Output	5
Data Sufficiency	5

English Language
Questions on Comprehension dominated this section. There were two Comprehension passage with 10 questions each (based on Indian Economy). The questions in this section were quite time consuming. Rest of the section consisted of Rearrangement of sentences, which was easiest in the entire section, Error spotting and Cloze test.

The details of the section are as follows:

Topic	Number of Questions
Reading Comprehensions	20
Rearrangement	5
Cloze test	10
Error Spotting	5

Numerical Ability
Questions on Arithmetic and Data Interpretation dominated this section. Surprisingly, there were no questions from Simplification and Approximation. In general, it was of moderate difficulty level. 3 sets of DI was calculative and short-cut calculations would have come handy.

The details of the section are as follows:

Topic	Section
Number Series	5
Data Interpretation	20
Arithmetic	10
Mensuration	5
Data Sufficiency	5
Inequality	5

General Awareness  
The maximum number of questions from this section was from Banking and Economy. Some questions from Current Affairs were also there. This section was of easy-moderate difficulty level.

Computer Knowledge 
This section comprised questions of moderate difficulty level based on basic knowledge of computers. The main areas from which questions were asked are: Windows, Networking, Hardware, Software, and History of Computers.

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