IBPS PO 2020 Mains Exam Analysis & Review by Students

IBPS PO 2020 mains exam has been conducted successfully on February 4. The overall paper was moderate in terms of difficulty level. Read here IBPS PO 2020 mains exam analysis & review by students.

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has successfully conducted IBPS PO mains exam on February 4, 2021. The exam has been conducted putting in place all COVID-19 precautions. The temperature of candidates has been checked before they were allowed to enter the exam hall. The security guards at the entry gate ensured that all candidates wore a mask. According to the feedback shared by the candidates, the overall difficulty level of the paper was moderate in terms of difficulty level. The Reasoning & Computer Aptitude section was moderate, General/Economy/Banking Awareness section was moderate to difficult, English Language section was moderate and Data Analysis & Interpretation section was moderate to difficult. The descriptive paper of IBPS PO was moderate to easy. Read below to check IBPS PO mains exam analysis & review by students.

IBPS PO Mains Exam Pattern

The mains exam of IBPS PO comprised both objective and descriptive type tests. Questions in the objective section were asked from Reasoning & Computer Aptitude, General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness, English Language and Data Analysis & Interpretation. The descriptive section carried questions from English Language (Letter Writing & Essay). The duration of the test was 3 hours and 30 minutes. The total marks of the test are 225. The combined marks of the objective and descriptive test will be considered to shortlist candidates for the interview. Read More

IBPS PO 2020 Mains Exam Analysis & Review by Students

Shiksha visited one of the IBPS PO 2020 mains exam centres in Greater Noida to gather the feedback of students regarding the overall difficulty level of the exam. Check below the feedback shared by the students.

Anuj Srivastava: "The overall difficulty of IBPS PO mains exam was moderate. The English Language section was moderate. Questions were asked from passages, sentence rearrangement, fill in the blanks, error detection, antonyms and synonyms, cloze test, etc. Data Interpretation and analysis was moderate to difficult. Questions were asked from DI (20 questions), number series (four questions), data analysis (three to four questions), probability (one question), etc. Reasoning and Computer Aptitude was moderate to difficult. Questions were asked from puzzles (25 questions), coded blood relation (three questions), machine input (five questions), coded direction (one questions), etc. There were no questions from Computer Aptitude. The General Awareness section was moderate to difficult. The descriptive paper was moderate. The Essay topic was based on work from home advantage and disadvantage."

Mahek Arora: "The overall paper was moderate in terms of difficulty level. I found the Reasoning section to be tough. The GA section was easy according to me. The descriptive paper was moderate. Essay writing topic was based on the work from home-its advantages and disadvantages. In letter writing, we were asked to write a letter to the editor regarding spreading awareness among youths spelling and grammatical skills are degrading day by day due to the texting apps."

Satish Kumar: "The paper was moderate to difficult in terms of difficulty level. I found the Reasoning section to be tough. In Quant, questions were asked from DI, wrong number, probability, etc. The GA section was average as compared to SBI. In the descriptive test, we were given to write the formal and informal letter and essay of 250 words."

Shreya: "The paper was moderate in terms of difficulty level. The Reasoning section was tough. Like every year, the Quant section was tough but easy than SBI PO exam. The GA section was easy and English section was moderate. The descriptive test was easy."

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IBPS PO 2020 Mains Exam Analysis: Overall

The overall analysis of IBPS PO mains exam is given below.

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IBPS PO 2020 Mains Exam Analysis

IBPS PO 2020 Mains Exam Analysis: Section-Wise Difficulty Level

The difficulty level of each section of IBPS PO mains exam is discussed below.

English Language

Total 35 questions were asked in this section. Total marks allotted to this section are 40. Candidates had to complete the paper within 40 minutes. Questions were asked from Reading Comprehension, Double Fillers, Para Jumbles (Old Pattern), Word Rearrangement, Starters & Connectors, Cloze Test (Economy), Phrase Replacement, etc.

Data Analysis & Interpretation

The Data Analysis & Interpretation section was moderate. Total 35 questions were asked in this section. Candidates were given 45 minutes to complete this section. Total marks allotted to this section are 60. Questions were asked from Data Interpretation, Data Sufficiency, Quantity Comparison, Wrong Number Series, Time, Speed and Distance, Mensuration Caselet and Caselet (Boys-Girls). 

Reasoning & Computer Aptitude

Total marks allotted to this section are 45. Candidates had to attempt this section within 60 minutes. Total questions asked in this section were 45. Questions were asked from Puzzles, Data Sufficiency, Coded Directions, Coded Blood Relations, Machine Input-Output, Coding-Decoding, Logical Reasoning, Box-Based MI, Hexagon+Triangle+Circle, etc.

General Awareness

This section carried a total of 40 questions. Candidates had to attempt this section within 35 minutes. The total marks allotted to this section are 40. Questions were asked from the following topics.

• NRI Day
• Overnight Loan rate
• Wooden Satellite launch by
• I-Mobile Pay application
• DAK Pay
• Sig Visa Card
• International Film Festival of India
• International Jury Head
• FX4U
• Eligibility Criteria Shram Yogi Mandhan Yojna
• Deepam + ADB
• NSDL MOU
• Floating Solar Park
• IFSCA Headquater
• PayOut Link

IBPS PO 2020 Mains Exam Analysis-Descriptive Paper

The descriptive test was conducted for 25 marks in IBPS PO mains exam. The descriptive writing test comprised two questions from letter and essay. Candidates had to attempt the section within 30 minutes.

Essay Writing: The word limit for the essay writing was 250. Candidates were asked to write an essay on the following topics:

• Work From Home due to COVID-19
• Inflation- Cost of Living

Letter Writing: The word limit for the letter writing was 150 words. Candidates were asked to write a letter on the following topics.

• Complain about the damaged electronic product to the shopkeeper
• Loan-related: Not eligible
• A letter to the editor for raising awareness about grammatical error due to texting apps in the youngsters

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