IBPS Clerk Prelims 2021 has been released recently featuring 5,830 vacancies. The IBPS Clerk Prelims exam is scheduled for 28th August, 2021 thereby leaving not much time for the exam preparation. Have you started preparing well for the IBPS Clerk prelims 2021 examination? Those who have already started with it have made a good step, however those who haven’t done it yet must start preparing for the same without delaying any further. Taking a free mock test of IBPS Clerk Prelims would be first step to start with your preparation as it will give you a bird’s eye view of your initial exam preparation level. In order to stay ahead of the crowd one must master all the concepts, topics and he or she must practice a lot. Candidates are advised to create a study plan so that they don’t miss out on any important topic. We have created a comprehensive IBPS Clerk prelims study plan that can be incorporated in your exam preparation. It can be tweaked according to your own preparation.
Let us take a closer look at the IBPS Clerk prelims exam pattern:
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern
| S. No. | Name of Tests | No. of Questions | Max Marks | Time allotted for each test (separately timed) |
| 1 | English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 mins |
| 2 | Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 mins |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 mins |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 60 mins |
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NOTE:
- Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS.
- Adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main examination.
- There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.
Considering the fact that you need to deal with 100 questions in 60 minutes, it will obviously be a challenge maintaining accuracy and speed. But there is a solution. With practice, you can attain the desired speed along with maintaining a decent accuracy.
Coming to the previous year exam analysis, this will surely help you to gain some insights as what kinds of questions have been asked previously so that you can prepare those well at least as you never know if any of those gets repeated this time. We always say that its good to practice previous year question papers and its time for the aspirants to have a look at those and solve it. So, here we are with the previous year section-wise exam analysis of the IBPS Clerk Prelims examination. Last year the examination was held on Dec 7 & Dec 8, 2020.Check out the exam analysis below:
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IBPS Clerk Prelims Dec 7, 2019 Section Wise Analysis
Shift 1 Exam Analysis
English Language Shift 1 Analysis
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension (Topic: Tiger Reserves & Population) | 10 |
| Error Detection | 5 |
| Single Fillers | 3 |
| Spelling Errors | 3 |
| Sentence Rearrangement (Sentence based) | 5 |
| Cloze Test | 4 |
| Total | 30 |
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Numerical Ability Shift 1 Analysis
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Data Interpretation (Bar Graph) | 5 |
| Simplification | 10 |
| Wrong No. Series | 5 |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 |
| Word Problems | 10 |
| Total | 35 |
Reasoning Ability Shift 1 Analysis
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Seating Arrangement & Puzzles -Double Row Seating Arrangement -Puzzle of Uncertain no. of People -Month Based puzzle -Square based puzzle | 20 |
| Alphanumerical Series | 5 |
| Syllogism | 5 |
| Blood Relation | 3 |
| Miscellaneous | 2 |
| Total | 35 |
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Shift 2 Exam Analysis
English Language Shift 2 Analysis
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension (Topic: Travelling) | 10 |
| Sentence Improvement | 5 |
| Error Detection (Error in words) | 5 |
| Single Fillers | 5 |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 |
| Total | 30 |
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Numerical Ability Shift 2 Analysis
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Data Interpretation -Bar Graph | 5 |
| Simplification | 10 |
| Wrong No. Series | 5 |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 |
| Caselet | 5 |
| Word Problems (Boats & Streams, P & L, Age-based) | 5 |
| Total | 35 |
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Reasoning Ability Shift 2 Analysis
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Seating Arrangement & Puzzles -Square-based puzzle -Double Row Seating Arrangement -Floor-based puzzle -Day-based puzzle (to manage 7 days) -Order-based puzzle | 23 |
| Alphanumerical Series | 5 |
| Syllogism | 5 |
| Miscellaneous | 2 |
| Total | 35 |
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Shift 3 Exam Analysis
English Language Shift 3 Analysis
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension (Topic: Renewal Energy) | 10 |
| Sentence Improvement | 5 |
| Word Swap | 5 |
| Single Fillers | 5 |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 |
| Total | 30 |
Numerical Ability Shift 3 Analysis
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Data Interpretation -Tabular based | 5 |
| Simplification | 10 |
| Missing No. Series | 5 |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 |
| Word Problems | 10 |
| Total | 35 |
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Reasoning Ability Shift 3 Analysis
This section was easy-moderate. Coding-decoding appeared for the first time since the morning.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Seating Arrangement & Puzzles -Circular Seating Arrangement -Single Row Seating Arrangement of 8 members -Box-based puzzle of 8 boxes | 15 |
| Inequalities | 3 |
| Direction sense | 3 |
| Numbers Arrangement | 5 |
| Coding-decoding | 5 |
| Syllogism | 3 |
| Odd one out | 1 |
| Total | 35 |
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Shift 4 Exam Analysis
English Language Shift 4 Analysis
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension (Topic: Gross Domestic Product) 2 Vocab-based questions | 10 |
| Error Correction | 5 |
| Single Fillers | 5 |
| Phrase Replacement | 5 |
| Word Swap | 5 |
| Total | 30 |
Numerical Ability Shift 4 Analysis
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Data Interpretation -Tabular based | 5 |
| Simplification | 10 |
| Missing No. Series | 5 |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 |
| Word Problems | 5 |
| Total | 35 |
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Reasoning Ability Shift 4 Analysis
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Seating Arrangement & Puzzles -Parallel Seating Arrangement -Month-based Puzzle -Circular Seating Arrangement -Box-based Puzzle | 20 |
| Direction sense | 2 |
| Alphanumeric Series | 3 |
| Coding-decoding | 4 |
| Inequalities + Syllogism (Only & Few) | 6 |
| Total | 35 |
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IBPS Clerk Prelims Dec 8, 2019 Section Wise Analysis
Shift 1 Analysis
English Analysis
No. of Questions | |
| Reading Comprehension (Topic: Coffee Production) 2 to 3 questions from Vocab | 10 |
| Error correction | 5 |
| Single Fillers | 5 |
| Spelling Errors (Multiple options) | 5 |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 |
| Total | 30 |
Numerical Ability
This section was Easy.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Data Interpretation (Table Form) Ratio | 5 |
| Simplification | 15 |
| Missing No. Series | 5 |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 |
| Arithmetic (1 question on Age, 2 questions SI & CI) | 5 |
| Total | 35 |
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Reasoning Ability
This section was Easy.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Seating arrangements & Puzzles Square based Arrangement Linear Seating Arrangement North facing 8 persons Month and Day based puzzle | 15 |
| Alphabetical Series | 1 |
| Coding Decoding | 5 |
| Inequality | 5 |
| Alphanumeric series | 5 |
| Blood Relation (set based) | 3 |
| Miscellaneous | 1 |
| Total | 35 |
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Shift 2 Analysis
English Language
This section was Easy
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension (Topic: Work Pressure and Stress) Vocab 2 questions, 1 Filler | 7 |
| Error Detection (old pattern) | 6 |
| Single Fillers | 7 |
| Phrase replacement | 5 |
| Sentence Rearrangement (Set based) | 5 |
| Total | 30 |
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Numerical Ability
This section was Easy to Moderate.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Data Interpretation (Table DI) | 5 |
| Simplification | 10 |
| Missing No. Series Multiplication & Difference | 5 |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 |
| Word Problem | 10 |
| Total | 35 |
Reasoning Ability
This section was Easy.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Seating arrangements & Puzzles Circular Table (6 people, outside facing) Month & Date based puzzle Parallel Line (6 person facing north, 6 person facing South) | 15 |
| Alphabetical Pair | 2 |
| Inequalities | 5 |
| Syllogs (Only a few) | 5 |
| Alphanumeric series | 3 |
| Blood Relations (Set based) | 3 |
| Miscellaneous | 2 |
| Total | 35 |
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Shift 3 Analysis
English Language
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension (Employee and Employer relationship..Example: Mc Donalds) 2 to 3 vocab questions, Synonym (Gain) word 1 filler question | 7 |
| Spelling Errors | 5 |
| Parajumbles (Water Conservation) | 5 |
| Phrase replacement | 5 |
| Word Rearrangement | 4 |
| Error Detection (Identifying the correct sentence out of 5) | 4 |
| Total | 30 |
Numerical Ability
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Data Interpretation (Table based DI) Month & 4 Companies Consumers data given | 5 |
| Simplification (One Liner) | 10 |
| Missing No. Series | 5 |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 |
| Word Problems | 10 |
| Total | 35 |
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Reasoning Ability
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Seating arrangements & Puzzles Floor based (8 floors & 8 persons) Square seating arrangement Grid Matrix Puzzle (8 Bags 8 people) Linear arrangement (uncertain number) | 20 |
| Syllogisms | 5 |
| Numeric Series | 5 |
| Direction Sense Test | 3 |
| Miscellaneous | 2 |
| Total | 35 |
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Shift 4 Analysis
English Language
This section was easy to moderate.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension (Pros & Cons of Gadgets) 2 questions on vocab | 8 |
| Parajumbles (Set based) | 4 |
| Cloze Test (Digital based) | 8 |
| Sentence Correction | 5 |
| Error Detection | 5 |
| Total | 30 |
Numerical Ability
This section was Easy.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Data Interpretation (Tabular DI) | 5 |
| Simplification | 10 |
| Wrong No. Series | 5 |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 |
| Word Problems | 10 |
| Total | 35 |
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Reasoning Ability
This section was easy.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Seating arrangements & Puzzles Month based puzzle (2 dates given, 6 person to be arranged) Parallel row puzzle (5 people in one line) Circular arrangement (8 person, inside facing) | 15 |
| Coding Decoding | 5 |
| Syllogism | 5 |
| Alphanumeric series | 5 |
| Blood relations | 3 |
| Miscellaneous (alphabet based) | 2 |
| Total | 35 |
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This brings us to the end of the article. This previous year’s exam analysis of IBPS Clerk Prelims will surely help the candidates to prepare better for this year’s IBPS Clerk Prelims 2021 examination.
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