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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
| Sections | No. of MCQs | Good Attempts | Difficulty Level |
| Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 50 | 27-32 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 31-36 | Moderate |
| General English | 40 | 29-33 | Moderate-Difficult |
| General/Financial Awareness | 50 | 28-34 | Moderate |
| TOTAL | 190 | 117-130 | Moderate-Difficult |
Quantitative Aptitude
| Topic | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Data Interpretation – Pie Chart + Tabular + Profit & Loss DI, Caselet | 20 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Arithmetic – Train, Profit & Loss, Time & Work, Mensuration, Age, Average, Boat & Stream | 20 | Moderate |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 | Moderate |
| Approximation | 5 | Moderate |
| Total | 50 | Moderate |
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Puzzles – Blood Relation based, Circular based, | 20 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Alphanumeric Series | 5 | Moderate |
| Coded Direction | 5 | Moderate |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Coded Inequality | 5 | Moderate |
| Syllogism | 5 | Moderate |
| Coding-Decoding | 3 – 5 | Moderate |
| Total | 50 | Moderate-Difficult |
General English
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 18 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Fillers | 5 | Moderate |
| Error Detection | 5 | Moderate |
| Cloze Test | 6 | Moderate |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 6 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Total | 40 | Moderate-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
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