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IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2024, 9th November Shift 1 Questions

The 1st shift of the IBPS SO Prelims 2024, with thousands of candidates participating is over. According to their feedback, the exam was of moderate difficulty. The Institute of Banking and Personnel Selection has scheduled the IBPS SO Prelims Exam 2024 for 9th November 2024, in two shifts. We have prepared a detailed and accurate exam analysis of the first day and first shift of the IBPS SO Prelims Exam, including an overview of overall attempts and a detailed section-wise breakdown. This information will be a valuable resource for candidates with upcoming exams in the IBPS SO Prelims 2024.

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2024

Our faculty has connected with the aspirants who had their IBPS SO Prelims Exam today and we will provide you with a complete analysis for Shift-1 IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2024 here. To know what was the level of examination and which questions were asked in the exam go through the complete article below. IBPS SO Pre 2024 exam had 3 sections in the objective test of 125 marks that constituted 150 questions to be completed in 2 hours. The sections asked were:

  1. English Language
  2. Reasoning Ability
  3. General Awareness/Quantitative Aptitude

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2024 Overall Difficulty

As per the candidate’s reviews, IBPS SO Prelims Exam was lengthy and time-consuming. The level of the exam can be considered Moderate. Our experts have predicted the overall good attempts & section-wise good attempts that have been updated here after the complete IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2024.

Sections Good Attempts Difficulty Level
English Language 29-31 Moderate
Reasoning Ability 26-28 Moderate
Quantitative Aptitude/
General Awareness
25-27 Moderate
Total 80-86 Moderate

IBPS SO Prelims Shift-1 Exam Analysis 2024

Below we have provided the sectional IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis for Shift-1 for your reference. Go through the complete IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis conducted for Shift-1 of 9th November 2024. As per the student’s review, each section was of Moderate Level and a few questions were time-consuming. Have a look at each section of IBPS SO Exam Analysis and know what was asked in the IBPS SO Exam.

IBPS SO Exam Analysis 2024 Reasoning Ability

The level of reasoning in Shift-1 of IBPS SO Prelims was very Moderate. There were questions asked from Puzzle and Seating Arrangement Questions were asked. The questions of Logical Reasoning were difficult and calculative. Puzzles were lengthy and time-consuming.

  • 8 Persons + Countries Puzzle- 5 questions
  • 3 Cities + 8 Persons Puzzle- 5 questions
  • Parallel Row Seating Arrangement- 5 questions
  • Linear Row Seating Arrangement- 5 questions
Topics No. of Questions Difficulty Level
Puzzles and Seating Arrangements 20 Moderate
Input-Output 04 Moderate
Syllogism 05 Moderate
Inequalities 04 Moderate
Meaningful Word 01 Easy to Moderate
Pair Formation 01 Easy to Moderate
Blood Relation 02-03 Easy to Moderate
Verbal Reasoning 04-05 Moderate
Total 50 Moderate

IBPS SO Exam Analysis 2024 Quantitative Aptitude

The level of the questions asked in this section as per IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2024 for Shift-1 was of Moderate level. There was no question asked from inequality. The questions from the Arithmetic section were from Boat & Stream, Age, Profit & Loss, CI, Mixture & Alligation, Speed, Distance & Time, Mensuration, Ratio & Proportion, Etc.

Name of the topics Number of questions Difficulty Level
Wrong Number Series 04-05 Moderate
Quadratic Equation 05 Easy to Moderate
Pie Chart Data Interpretation (Sold and Unsold) 05 Easy
Tabular Data Interpretation (Profit and Loss) 05 Easy to Moderate
Line Graph Data Interpretation (UPI Payment) 05 Moderate
Caselet DI 05 Difficult
Quantity Comparison 4-5 Moderate
Arithmetic 15 Moderate
Total  50 Moderate

IBPS SO Exam Analysis 2024 English Language

There was no question asked from Cloze Test in IBPS SO Prelims Exam this year. There were 2 sets of Reading Comprehensions with total of 20 questions.

Topics No. of Questions Difficulty Level
Reading Comprehension 10 Moderate
Reading Comprehension 10 Moderate
Error Detection 05 Moderate
Sentence Rearrangement 05 Easy to Moderate
Match the Column 05 Easy to Moderate
Miscellaneous 15 Moderate
Total 50 Moderate
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