The first stage of IBPS Clerk 2019 Recruitment – Preliminary Exam is being conducted on 7th and 8th December 2019. In this blog, we are going to provide you with the detailed section-wise IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam analysis 2019 of all the shifts being conducted today, i.e 7th December 2019. Here are providing you the overall & section-wise difficulty level of each shift, we will give you the question-type wise bifurcation of all the questions asked in each of the 3 sections – Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude and English Language.
IBPS Clerk Prelims 2019: Overall Good Attempts
The preliminary exam for IBPS Clerk was conducted online and had 100 questions for 60 minutes. Candidates have to manage those 60 minutes (20 minutes for each section) themselves while dealing with three sections- Reasoning (35 Ques), Quantitative Aptitude (35 Ques), and English (30 Ques).
| Subject | Good Attempt | Time (in min.) |
| English Language | 21-25 | 20 minutes |
| Reasoning Ability | 27-32 | 20 minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 22-26 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 76-83 | 60 minutes |
English Language ( Moderate )
The level of English Language was Moderate. The topic of reading comprehension was related to an article on animals, predators and environment. There were 2-3 questions of vocabulary in RC.
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 8 | Easy-Moderate |
| Fillers | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Words Rearrangement in a Sentence | 6 | Easy |
| Cloze Test | 6 | Easy |
| Spelling Errors, Word Replacement | 5 | Moderate |
| Total | 30 | Moderate |
Quantitative Aptitude (Moderate)
The level of Quantitative Aptitude in IBPS Clerk Prelims 2019 examination’s Shift 1 was also Moderate. There was only 1 set of Data Interpretation – Bar Graph.
| Topic | No. Of questions | Level |
| DI | 5 | Moderate |
| Simplification | 10 | Easy-Moderate |
| Wrong Number Series | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Miscellaneous (Word Problems) | 10 | Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Moderate |
Reasoning Ability (Easy)
There were 4 puzzles and Seating Arrangement which are given below:-
- Square Seating Arrangement
- Linear Seating Arrangement with parallel rows
- Linear Seating Arrangement (no. of people was not mentioned- all facing north)
- Month based puzzle- 7 months and 7 persons
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Alpha-Numeric Series | 5 | Easy |
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangement | 20 | Moderate |
| Blood Relation | 3 | Moderate |
| Alphabet | 2 | Easy |
| Syllogism (also included few questions of “only few” type) | 5 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy |