Sr.No. |
Name of Tests
(NOT BY SEQUENCE) |
No. of
Questions |
Maximum
Marks |
Medium of
Exam |
Time Allotted for Each
Test (Separately Timed) |
1 |
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude |
45 |
60 |
English & Hindi |
60 minutes |
2 |
General/Economy/Banking Awareness |
40 |
40 |
English & Hindi |
35 minutes |
3 |
English Language |
35 |
40 |
English |
40 minutes |
4 |
Data Analysis & Interpretation |
35 |
60 |
English & Hindi |
45 minutes |
5 |
English Language
(Letter Writing & Essay) |
02 |
25 |
English |
30 minutes |
|
TOTAL |
157 |
225 |
|
3 hours 30 Minutes |
Note:
The Pattern of IBPS PO 2018 Mains Exam has changed, and the below listed section-wise topics are the prominent topics. Reasoning and Computer sections are clubbed and there are changes in the name of subjects as well as the number of questions and weightage of each section. Do refer to the pattern asked in the previous years as topics remain the same but do not completely rely on them.
✶ Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude
Reasoning Aptitude
✦ Puzzles
✦ Seating Arrangements
✦ Direction Sense
✦ Blood Relation
✦ Syllogism
✦ Order and Ranking
✦ Coding-Decoding
✦ Machine Input-Output
✦ Inequalities
✦ Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Series
✦ Data Sufficiency
✦ Logical Reasoning (Passage Inference, Statement and Assumption, Conclusion, Argument)
Computer Aptitude
✦ History and Generation of Computers
✦ Introduction to Computer Organisation
✦ Computer Memory
✦ Computer Hardware and I/O Devices
✦ Computer Software
✦ Computer Languages
✦ Operating System
✦ Computer Network
✦ Internet
✦ MS Office Suit and Short cut keys
✦ Basics of DBMS
✦ Number System and Conversions
✦ Computer and Network Security
✶ General/Economy/Banking Awareness
✦ Banking and Insurance Awareness
✦ Financial Awareness
✦ Govt. Schemes and Policies
✦ Current Affairs
✦ Static Awareness
✶ English Language
✦ Reading Comprehension
✦ Cloze Test
✦ Fillers
✦ Sentence Errors
✦ Vocabulary based questions
✦ Sentence Improvement
✦ Jumbled Paragraph
✦ Paragraph Based Questions (Paragraph Fillers, Paragraph Conclusion, Paragraph /Sentences Restatement)
✶ Data Analysis & Interpretation
✦ Data Interpretation (Bar Graph, Line Chart, Tabular, Caselet, Radar/Web, Pie Chart)
✦ Inequalities (Quadratic Equations)
✦ Number Series
✦ Approximation and Simplification
✦ Data Sufficiency
✦ Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems (HCF and LCM, Profit and Loss, SI & CI, Problem on Ages, Work and Time, Speed Distance and Time, Probability, Mensuration, Permutation and Combination, Average, Ratio and Proportion, Partnership, Problems on Boats and Stream, Problems on Trains, Mixture and Allegation, Pipes and Cisterns)
Note:
✶ IBPS introduced Descriptive Paper in its Mains Examination where candidates will be judged on their written skills. An essay and a letter will be given to candidates to write that will constitute of 25 marks and that has to be completed in a time span of 30 minutes.
✶ No separate paper will be conducted for Computer Applications. Reasoning is teamed up with Computer Aptitude section and this entire section will contain 45 questions of a total of 60 marks.
Note:
Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Preliminary and Main examination)
There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.