The IBPS notification 2021 for the recruitment of Probationary Officers was released on October 19, 2021. A total of 4135 vacancies were announced. Now that the notification is out and the application window is open, we hope you have also put your preparation in 5th gear.
You can submit your online application by November 20, 2021.
In today’s article, we will be making an analysis of the IBPS PO Prelims exam 2020. We will then also examine the cut-off scores for this exam.
IBPS PO 2020 Prelims Exam Analysis
English Language
There was a Reading Comprehension on the Education System that was followed by questions based on the passage for 8 marks. There were between 4-6 questions from Word Replacement, Cloze Test and Sentence Rearrangement.
The overall standard of assessment was easy-to-moderate.
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 8 | Easy- Moderate |
| Word Replacement | 4 | Moderate |
| Sentence Correction | 3 | Easy |
| Spotting the Errors (Find the correct part) | 5 | Moderate |
| Cloze Test | 6 | Easy |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | Easy |
| Total | 30 | Easy-Moderate |
Reasoning Aptitude
There were 10 Seating Arrangement questions on both Linear and Circular Seating Arrangement. Also, there were 13 questions on Puzzles. We always advise our students to prepare Seating Arrangement and Puzzles thoroughly as a significantly large number of questions are expected from these 2 subjects in every exam.
Some other questions were based on Syllogism, Inequality and Blood Relations.
The overall level of assessment was easy.
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Seating Arrangement | 10 | Easy-Moderate |
| Puzzles | 13 | Easy-Moderate |
| Coding-Decoding and Blood relations | 4 | Easy |
| Alphabet Based Qs | 2 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 3 | Easy |
| Inequality | 3 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy |
Quantitative Aptitude
15 questions on Data Interpretation were asked in the form of tabular data, line graphs and Caselets. 10 questions were based on Arithmetic Word Problems. There were 5 questions each on Missing Number Series and Quadratic Equations. The overall level of difficulty of this section was easy-to-moderate.
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Number Series (Missing) | 5 | Easy |
| Data Interpretation | 15 | Easy- Moderate |
| Quadratic Equations | 5 | Easy |
| Arithmetic Word Problem | 10 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Easy-Moderate |
IBPS PO 2020 Prelims Cut-off
Section-wise Cut-off
The highest cut-off mark from all the 3 subjects was for English Language at 11 for the General category. Similarly, among the reserved groups, the cut-off mark was 7.75 in English. This reflects the relatively easy standard of assessment of this section. The overall lowest cut-off mark was 4.25 for the reserved groups for Reasoning Ability.
| Subjects | General/EWS | SC/ST/OBC |
| English Language | 11.00 | 7.75 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 9.25 | 6.00 |
| Reasoning Ability | 8.00 | 4.25 |
Category-wise Cut-off
The overall cut-off for the General category was 58.75 that was also the highest cut-off across all streams. The lowest cut-off was for the ST category at 43.50.
| Category | Cut-offs |
| General | 58.75 |
| OBC | 58.50 |
| SC | 51.00 |
| ST | 43.50 |
| EWS | 57.75 |
In case you have not begun filling in your online application yet, now would be a good time to start. The sooner you complete your application and submit it, the better. You can get it out of the way and focus all your energy on your preparation.
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IBPS PO Prelims Previous Years’ Papers
Now that we have analyzed the IBPS PO Prelims paper for you, there is no need to further comment on the importance of looking at previous years’ papers. You can take a gander at the IBPS PO Prelims Previous Years’ Papers at ixamBee.
Since there is such a large number of vacancies announced for this year, we are repeatedly urging candidates to not let go of this opportunity. If you have any queries regarding the exam itself, eligibility criteria and such, please take a look at the video below.
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