IBPS Clerk: Reasoning analysis 2018(Last year)

IBPS Clerk Pre Exam Analysis (Reasoning) – 2018

IBPS clerk is one of the most important Exams conducted by IBPS. Many Aspirants working hard to clear the Exam. Over the period of time there are several changes in the pattern of exam pattern as well as level of the question (Initially it is conducted in only one phase but later IBPS introduced Prelims and Mains Examination). And moreover, the type of question is not same in each slot i.e. if they asked syllogism question in the first slot, then it might possible they not asked in the next slot instead questions come from a topic which is not covered in the previous slots.

The competition was very tough. So it becomes very important for the students to gets aware of the type of question being asked in the examination.  
The pattern of the test was as follows: 

The overall exam was of moderate level.

REASONING 

 In this section, questions were asked from various topics like:

• Puzzles (Distribution, Day Based, Selection etc) question based on this topic is basically moderate to tough level.
• Seating Arrangement based on (Linear, Circular, Square, Parallel etc) question based on this topic is basically easy to moderate level. In some of the slots arrangement were given where initial position is not known.
• Coding-Decoding question based on this topic is basically an easy one.
• Blood relation and Direction Sense (Easy)
• Syllogism
• Inequality etc.

The details of the section are as follows for (8^th and 9^th Dec):

The details of the section are as follows for (15^th and 16^th Dec):

 Our aim to score maximum marks in this section and if you relate that with the table above you can clearly frame a strategy to score those marks.

1. Your strategy will be to first select Inequalities, Syllogism, Direction and Blood Relation if present and other easy question. From here you can easily score 15-18 marks.
2. From the remaining on an average 4 puzzles & seating arrangement question came in each slot, your aim should be to select 1 puzzles based on your comfort factor and all seating arrangement question because seating arrangement in prelims is of easy level. One can easily solve these questions by investing 9 to 12 min. 
3. Attempt the topic tests on our platform and see where you stand in your preparation level. 
4. Try to gauge the difficulty level of a section and plan your attempts accordingly. It doesn't make sense to attempt more when the difficulty level is high, because of negative marking. This will come by experience.