IBPS PO Prelims Overall Analysis 2020: Important Takeaways for 10th & 11th Oct Exam Takers

By Akshay Khandelwal|Updated : October 7th, 2020

Key Takeaways for the upcoming IBPS PO Prelims Exam 2020: IBPS Probationary Officer Recruitment exam 2020 is scheduled to be held on the three days of October, they are 3rd, 10th and 11th October 2020. At the time of writing this article, the first day of IBPS PO Prelims exam 2020 is over. All the four shifts of IBPS PO Prelims 2020 exam of 3rd October 2020 are conducted successfully. BYJU'S Exam Prep has provided you with the detailed exam analysis of all the four shifts of the IBPS PO Prelims exam 202o along with a special session of memory-based questions asked in the IBPS PO Prelims Exam. 

In the article, we are going to analyse all the four shifts of IBPS PO Prelims exam. In doing so we will be comparing the questions asked in all the different shifts of each section separately and will try to calculate useful insights for the upcoming IBPS PO Prelims exam shifts. Comparing the Exam analysis of IBPS PO Prelims exam will help students to predict the topics which might be asked in the upcoming exam, expected difficulty level upcoming shifts, number of questions form any particular topic, expected safe/ good attempts etc. 

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Now, let's compare each section of IBPS PO Prelims Exam 2020.

IBPS PO Prelims Exam 2020: Reasoning Ability

Following tables shows the breakup of the questions asked in all the four shifts of the IBPS PO Prelims exam conducted on 3rd October 2020. 

Reasoning Ability

Name of the TopicNumber of Questions   
Shift 1Shift 2Shift 3Shift 4
Alphanumeric Series-
Blood Relation13 -
Coding & Decoding 3 -55
Direction & Sense -3
Inequality33 -
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement20 (Circular, Linear, Scheduling, Ranking Based Tabulation)25 (Scheduling: Age & Month, Dual Row, Tabulation, Unknown Number Linear)20 (Circular, Linear, Tabular, Scheduling)23 ( Square, Box, Floor, Linear, Tabulation)
Order & Ranking3 -3 -
Syllogism3 -34
Miscellaneous2143
Total Number of Questions35353535

Important Key takeaways for IBPS PO Prelims Reasoning Section:

  • You can see the majority of the questions, at least 20, had been asked from the Puzzles and Seating Arrangement topics.
  • There were at least 2 sets asked from the various seating arrangement topics and puzzle topics. You can expect the same pattern to continue in the upcoming IBPS PO Prelims exams.  
  • Most of the sets from puzzles and seating arrangement are likely to be of 2 variable. 
  • A minimum of 9 questions and a maximum of 13 questions, in total, were asked from the other topics such as Blood Relation, Coding & Decoding, Direction Sense, Inequality, Order & Ranking, & Syllogism.
  • There were no questions from the Alphanumerical Series as expected and it is highly unlikely to be asked in the upcoming exams. 
  • You can expect 2-4 miscellaneous questions from the topics such as Word/ Number Forward and Backward, Odd one out, Meaningful word, Question-based on Numbers etc. 

Now, let's take a look at the Quantitative Aptitude:

IBPS PO Prelims Exam 2020: Quantitative Aptitude:

Following table depicts the breakup of the questions asked in the Quant section of the IBPS PO Prelims exam 2020.

Quantitative Aptitude

Name of the TopicNumber of Questions   
Shift 1Shift 2Shift 3Shift 4
Approximation & Simplification556
Data Interpretation & Analysis 13 ( Tabular, Line, Caselet:3 )15 (Line, Tabulation, Caselet)15 (Tabular, Line, Caselet)15 (Line, Tabulation, Caselet)
Number Series-5 (Missing)5 (Wrong)4 (Wrong)
Quadratic Equations55 - -
Arithmetic 12101010
Total Number of Questions35353535

Important Key takeaways for IBPS PO Prelims Quantitative Aptitude:

  • In 3 out of 4 shifts, there were 15 questions form the Data Interpretation. Another peculiar thing that you'll surely notice once you look at the table is that in all the four shifts same type of DI topic were asked. 
  • In each shift, there was a set of Line Chart, Tabular DI, & Caselet. Out of these 3 sets of DI at least one was bit calculative. You can expect IBPS may follow a similar pattern in the upcoming IBPS PO Prelims Exam. 
  • Another point worth noticing is that out of Approximation & Simplification, Number Series, & Quadratic Equations only two topics were asked at a time. There were 10 questions from these topics. You can expect the same amount of questions being asked in the upcoming exam shift. 
  • You can also expect 10 - 12 questions from the various arithmetic topics such as Percentage, Profit and Loss, Ratio, Average, Partnership, SI & CI, Time Distance, Time & Work etc. 

Now, Let's take a look at the English Section of the IBPS PO Prelims Exam 2020

IBPS PO Prelims Exam 2020: English Language:

In the following table, you can see the breakup of the English section of all four shifts of IBPS PO Prelims exam 2020.

English Language

Name of the TopicNumber of Questions
Shift 1Shift 2Shift 3Shift 4
Reading Comprehension71088
Error Spotting5354
Cloze Test577 
Para Jumble   5
Sentence Rearrangement5 5 
Sentence Improvement5   
Word Exchange 3555
Fill in the Blanks   4
Phrase Replacement 5 4
Total Number of Questions30303030

 Important Key takeaways for IBPS PO Prelims English Language:

  • In English, 7-10 questions were asked from the Reading Comprehension. There were at least 2 - 3 Vocabulary based questions in the RC. 
  • The RCs were based on the following topics;
    • Online Education and EdTech Startup
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Pandemic
    • Automation of AI would disrupt the Economy.
  • Cloze test was asked in the first three shift and Para Jumble is asked in the last shift, but they are not asked in at the same time. IBPS likely to follow the same pattern. 
  • In the second and third shift, there were 7 questions from the cloze test and not the standard set of 5 questions. 
  • Other important topics that were asked in the English sections are Sentence Rearrangement, Phrase Replacement, Word Exchange, Sentence Improvement, & Fill in the blanks. 

These are the important insights from the exam analysis of IBPS PO Prelims shifts of the day first. Use these insights to prepare better for the upcoming IBPS PO Prelims exam. 

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Note: The breakup of IBPS PO Prelims exam provided in this article is based on the feedback provided by the students who appeared in the exam. We have been meticulous in driving the break up of the questions asked in the exam by cross verifying the feedback provided by the many aspirants. Still, there can be some margin of error in our computation.

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