IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 26th December 2021: Today was the 1st Shift of IBPS SO Prelims 2021 and thousands of candidates have appeared in this shift. As per their reviews, today's IBPS SO Prelims Exam was of Moderate level. The Institute of Banking and Personnel Selection has scheduled IBPS SO Prelims Exam 2021 for 26th December 2021 in four shifts. Here we have come up with the 1st Day 1st Shift IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis for you with overall good attempts, and detailed section-wise analysis. This will surely be a helping hand for the candidates who have their exams in the upcoming shifts of IBPS SO Prelims 2021. 

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021 Shift-1

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 2021 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 2021 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 2021 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 has been updated here after the complete IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021. 

SectionsGood AttemptsDifficulty Level
English Language22-24Moderate
Reasoning Ability33-37Moderate
Quantitative Aptitude32-34 Moderate 
Total88-96Moderate

IBPS SO Prelims Shift-1 Exam Analysis 2021

Below we will be providing 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 26th December 2021. 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 Prelims Exam Analysis- Reasoning 

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. 

1. Date Based Puzzle (variable)- 5 questions

TopicNo. of QuestionsLevel
Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles20 Moderate
Data Sufficiency04-05Moderate 
Direction Sense02-03 Moderate
Blood Relations03 Moderate 
Inequality03-04Moderate 
Machine Input05 Easy to Moderate 
Syllogs03-04 Moderate 
Logical Reasoning 03-04Difficult
Alphabetical 01Easy
Number Series01Easy
Total50Moderate 

IBPS SO Exam Analysis for Quantitative Aptitude

The level of the questions asked in this section as per IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021 for Shift-1 was of Moderate level. There was no question asked from Quadratic Equation & Inequality. There were 5 questions from Caselet based on Mensuration. In shift-1, 30 questions were from Speed Maths & the remaining 20 were from Miscellaneous/Arithmetic. 

There were 3 sets of DI of the following type- 

  1. Tabular DI
  2. Pie Chart
  3. Line Graph
TopicNo. of QuestionsLevel
Data Interpretation15Moderate
Missing Number Series05Moderate
Approximation05Easy-Moderate
Caselet05Moderate
Arithmetic20Moderate
Total50Moderate

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis- English Language

There was no question asked from Cloze Test in There were 2 Reading Comprehension asked in 

1st Reading Comprehension was based on a Report of Indonesia 

2nd Reading Comprehension was based on Immunity

Antonyms/Synonyms- Vented, Latent, Encourage 

TopicNo. of QuestionsLevel
Reading Comprehension 20Easy to Moderate
Word Swap05 Easy to Moderate
Error Detection05Easy
Phrase Replacement05Easy to Moderate
Match the following03-04 Easy to Moderate 

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IBPS SO Preliminary Exam Pattern 2021

For the post of Law Officer & Rajbhasha Adhikari

S NoSectionNo. of QuestionsTotal MarksDuration
1.Reasoning505040 minutes
2.English Language502540 minutes
3.General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry505040 minutes
Total150125120 minutes

For other Specialist Officers (Agriculture Field Officer, Marketing Officer (Scale I), HR/Personnel Officer, IT Officer Scale I

S NoSectionNo. of QuestionsTotal MarksDuration
1.Reasoning505040 minutes
2.English Language502540 minutes
3.Quantitative Aptitude505040 minutes
Total150125120 minutes

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IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021: FAQs

Ans. As per IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021 conducted, the level of exam was Moderate

Ans. The overall good attempts of IBPS SO 2021 Prelims Exam in Shift-1 is 88-96

Ans. There were 3 DIs asked Tabular DI, Pie Chart and Line Graph.

Ans. No, there was no question asked in IBPS SO Shift-1 Prelims Exam.

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