IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021 & Student Reaction: Check Overall and Section-Wise Difficulty

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Probationary Officer Exam 2025 ( IBPS PO )

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IBPS PO 2021 exam is being conducted by IBPS to fill up a total of 4135 vacancies. The overall difficulty level of the exam was moderate. Read here IBPS PO prelims exam analysis 2021 & student reaction.

IBPS PO 2021 exam is being conducted by IBPS to fill up a total of 4135 vacancies. The overall difficulty level of the exam was moderate. Read here IBPS PO prelims exam analysis 2021 & student reaction.

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The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is conducting the IBPS PO 2021 prelims exam to fill up a total of 4135 vacancies. According to the students, the overall paper was moderate. The Quantitative Aptitude section was moderate and had few tricky questions. The English section was easy to moderate. The English section was easy. An attempt of 65-71 questions is what considered as good.

According to the IBPS PO exam pattern, the prelims exam comprised three sections-Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning and English. The test carried a total of 100 questions and 100 marks. The duration of the IBPS PO exam was one hour with sectional timings. Candidates qualifying the prelims exam will be called for the mains exam.

In this article, we have provided IBPS PO prelims exam analysis 2021 and student reaction. Read this article to know the section-wise difficulty, overall difficulty, number of good attempts, student reaction and many more.

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021 & Student Reaction

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

Harshit said, “The overall difficulty level of the paper was easy to moderate. The Quantitative Aptitude paper was calculative. In Reasoning, questions were asked from Puzzles, Syllogism, etc. In Maths, questions were asked from Data Interpretation, Number Series, etc.”

Gagan Kumar said, “The overall paper was moderate. English was easy, Quant was moderate, Reasoning was easy to moderate.”

Vaishali said, “The overall paper was good. There were maximum questions on puzzles in Reasoning section. In English, I have attempted 27 questions. The Maths paper was a bit lengthy.”

Gaurav Singh said, “The Reasoning section was tough, Quant was moderate and English was easy. As compared to last year, Reasoning was tough and Maths was easy. In Quant, there were questions from Data Interpretation, Caselet, Arithmetic, Number Series, etc. In English, Para Jumbles, Passages, Error Detection, etc.

Prince Kumar said, “The paper was tricky. The Maths was calculative. In Reasoning, the puzzles were moderate in terms of difficulty level. The English section was easy to moderate. Both Quant and Reasoning sections were moderate.”

IBPS PO 2021 Topic-Wise Distribution of Questions

Candidates can check below the topic-wise distribution of questions in each section:

Quantitative Aptitude

In Quant, there were five questions in Pie Chart, five questions from Table DI, five questions from Caselet DI, boat and streams, etc.

Topic No. of Questions

Data Interpretation

10

Missing Number Series

05

Quadratic Equation

05

Approximation

5

Arithmetic

15

Total

35

Reasoning Ability

There were five questions from double row puzzles, five questions from uncertain row puzzles, five questions from floor-based puzzles, five questions from category-based puzzles.

Topics No. of Questions

Puzzles and Seating Arrangement

20

Syllogism

04-05

Inequality

04-05

Direction

04-05

Alpha Numeric Series

01

Number Based (odd/even)

01

Word Based (Vowel/Consonant)

01

Total

35

English Language

The topic-wise distribution of questions in English Language are given below:

Topics No. of Questions

Reading Comprehension

08-09

Error Detection

05

Word Arrangement

05

Para Jumbles

05

Word Usage

03-04

Total

30

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