IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2020 (19 January – All Shifts): Questions Asked & Difficulty Level.

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IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2020 is provided here of the exam held on 19th January in different shifts. The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducted the IBPS Clerk Mains 2019-20 exam across various exam centres of India. Lakhs of candidates appeared for the exam to fetch IBPS Clerk Recruitment 2019. As per the feedback shared by the candidates, the difficulty level of the exam was ‘Moderate to Difficult’. Candidates were able to attempt around 115 – 130 questions out of the total 190 asked in the exam. Have a look at the detailed exam analysis and review of the IBPS Clerk Mains 2020 exam below and know the types of questions asked and their difficulty level. 

In IBPS Clerk Mains 2019-20 exam, candidates were asked 190 multiple choice questions from four sections Reasoning and Computer Aptitude, Quantitative Aptitude, General English and General/Financial Awareness. Candidates were allotted a total of 160 minutes to attempt the IBPS Clerk Question Paper 2020. There is a negative marking of 1/4th marks of each wrong answer marked by candidates. Those candidates who succeed in obtaining the IBPS Clerk Mains Cut off 2020 will be declared as pass in the exam.

Here is the detailed and subject-wise IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2019-20. Know the types of questions asked in the exam and their difficulty level.

IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2019-20 (Overall): 19 January 2020

SectionsNo. of MCQsGood AttemptsDifficulty Level
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude 5027-32Moderate-Difficult
Quantitative Aptitude 5031-36Moderate
General English4029-33Moderate-Difficult
General/Financial Awareness5028-34Moderate
TOTAL190117-130Moderate-Difficult

Quantitative Aptitude

TopicNo. of QuestionsDifficulty Level
Data Interpretation – Pie Chart + Tabular + Profit & Loss DI, Caselet20Moderate-Difficult
Arithmetic – Train, Profit & Loss, Time & Work, Mensuration, Age, Average, Boat & Stream20Moderate
Data Sufficiency5Moderate
Approximation5Moderate
Total50Moderate

Reasoning & Computer Aptitude 

TopicNo. of QuestionsLevel
Puzzles  – Blood Relation based, Circular based, 20Moderate-Difficult
Alphanumeric Series5Moderate
Coded Direction5Moderate
Data Sufficiency5Moderate-Difficult
Coded Inequality5Moderate
Syllogism5Moderate
Coding-Decoding3 – 5Moderate
Total50Moderate-Difficult

General English

TopicNo. of QuestionsLevel
Reading Comprehension 18Moderate-Difficult
Fillers5Moderate
Error Detection5Moderate
Cloze Test6Moderate
Sentence Rearrangement6Moderate-Difficult
Total40Moderate-Difficult

General/Financial Awareness: Moderate Level

A total of 50 questions were asked from General-Financial Awareness section. Questions were based on Static GK and latest Current Affairs of national & international importance. The following questions were asked in the IBPS Clerk Mains exam:

Theme of National Book Fair

Bank Rate linked with Repo Rate

Important Days

Questions related to Reserve Bank of India

Military Exercise between India & USA– Tiger Triumph

National Science Congress 2020

Forest Cover of India

India’s UNESCO Heritage City

International Atomic Energy Agency

MUDRA Scheme