What is the topic-wise distribution of questions in IBPS PO Mains exam?

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    Anangsha Patra | Contributor-Level 10

    a year ago

    The topic-wise distribution of questions in IBPS PO Mains exam is given below.

    Quant

    Topics Weightage 

    Data Interpretation 

    4-5 Questions 

    Data Sufficiency 

    5 questions 

    Quantity-based questions 

    5 questions 

    English

    Topics Weightage 

    Reading Comprehension 

    2 sets which account for 12-18 questions

    Cloze Test 

    Varies

    Spotting errors 

    Varies

    Para jumbles/ Sentence Rearrangement 

    Varies

    Sentence Improvement 

    Varies

    Fill in the blanks 

    5 questions 

    Sentence/ Paragraph Completion 

    5 questions 

    Sentence Connectors 

    5 questions 

    New pattern questions 

    5-10 questions 

    Reasoning

    • Seating Arrangement and Puzzles: Around 20-24 questions are asked in the exam.
    • Syllogism: This section may consist of the topics of reverse syllogism and direct syllogism
    • Coding-Decoding: Questions on word coding, sentence coding etc. are asked
    • Miscellaneous Problems: This comprises the topics such as blood relations, directions sense, order and ranking, and alphanumeric series. 3-4 questions are asked
    • Input-Output: The questions are based on single and double shifting. In total 5 questions can be expected from this section
    • Data Sufficiency: A
    ...more

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