IBPS PO Prelims 2024: Day-1 exam moderately difficult, topics asked

IBPS PO Exam Analysis 2024: Most students managed to attempt around 60 questions out of 100.

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The IBPS PO 2024 prelims exam was conducted in online mode. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Alivia Mukherjee | October 19, 2024 | 05:54 PM IST

NEW DELHI: The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection is conducting the IBPS Probationary Officers (POs) prelims exam 2024 on October 19 and 20. The IBPS PO prelims 2024 day- 1 exam concluded. The IBPS Po 2024 prelims exam was held in 4 shifts- 8 am to 9am; 10:30 am to 11:30 am, 1 pm to 2 pm and 3:30 pm to 4: 30 pm. As per the students reaction the overall difficulty level of the IBPS PO prelims 2024 exam is moderate.

IBPS PO prelims 2024 exam consisted of 100 multiple-choice questions carrying one mark each. There were three sections- reasoning ability, quantitative aptitude, and English. For each wrong answer, 0.25 marks will be deducted. The IBPS PO recruitment 2024 selection process involves three stages- prelims, main and interview.

IBPS PO Exam Analysis 2024: Section-wise Difficulty level

Here's a section-wise analysis based on students' feedback after the IBPS PO prelims 2024 first shift.

Sections

Difficulty level

English Language

Easy

Quantitative Aptitude

Moderate to Difficult

Reasoning Ability

Moderate

Total

Moderate

IBPS PO Prelims 2024 Exam Analysis: Student's feedback

As per the student’s feedback gathered by Super Coaching officials, candidates felt that the 1 hour duration was insufficient to complete the paper comfortably. Most students managed to attempt around 60 questions. According to the IBPS PO 2024 prelims candidates the exam was neither too easy nor overly difficult.

As per the feedback gathered by ADDA officials, there were no unexpected elements in the IBPS PO prelims 2024 exam today. Candidates stated that the paper included one case-based question and two sets of Data Interpretation (DI). As per candidates, almost all puzzles involved variables.

IBPS PO 2024 Prelims: Topics asked

As per the IBPS PO 2024 prelims candidates, the following topics were asked.

Section

Topics asked (as per Students)

Reasoning

Circular seating arrangement, age-based questions, box-based puzzle, comparison-based puzzle, blood relation, chinese coding, odd one out

Quantitative

Data interpretation, simplification, case lead, number series, arithmetic

English

Error finding, spelling, fillers, comprehension

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