IBPS SO Prelims Analysis 2021 update: With the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection conducting the IBPS SO Prelims on December 26, students found the difficulty level of the paper moderate. The IBPS SO Prelims Analysis 2021 can be found below.
The recruitment aims at filling up the post of 1,828 Specialist Officers. The posts would be filled up across 11 participating Public Sector Banks that include IT Officer, Rajbhasha Adhikari, Agricultural Field Officer, Law Officer, Marketing Officer, and HR/Personnel Officer. The number of good attempts is also presented below along with IBPS SO Prelims Analysis 2021.
IBPS SO Prelims Analysis 2021: Students can check difficulty level and number of good attempts
IBPS SO Exam Analysis 2021 – Reasoning
The reasoning section of IBPS SO Exam Analysis shift 1, 26th December was of moderate level. A total of four were asked one was date wise puzzle.
| Topics | No. of Questions asked | Difficulty Level |
| Puzzles | 20 | Easy |
| Data Sufficiency | 05 | Moderate |
| Blood Relation | 03 | Moderate |
| Inequality | 04 | Moderate |
| Direction | 03 | Moderate |
| Syllogism (only a few type) | 04 | Easy |
| Logical reasoning | 04 | Easy |
| Machine input | 05 | Difficult |
| Alphabetical Series | 01 | Moderate |
| Number series | 01 | Moderate |
| Total | 50 | Moderate |
IBPS SO Exam Analysis 2021- Quantitative Aptitude
The Quantitative aptitude section as per the IBPS SO Prelims Exam analysis shift 1 was moderate.
- Pie chart, line graph and table based DI were asked.
- Caselet DI was mensuration based
| Topics | No. of Questions asked | Difficulty Level |
| Approximation | 05 | Easy |
| Missing no. series | 05 | Easy |
| DI (3 DIs) | 15 | Moderate |
| Caselet DI | 05 | Moderate |
| Time & work | 01 | Moderate |
| Age-based | 04 | Easy |
| Misc. | 10 | Moderate |
| Total | 50 | Moderate |
IBPS SO Exam Analysis 2021 – English Language
The English language section as per the IBPS SO Prelims exam analysis was easy to moderate. Check the topics below from which the questions were asked.
- Two RCs were asked.
- RC 1 topic: Report on Indonesia
- RC 2 topic – Immunity based
- Vaunted, latent, encourage: Vocab
| Topics | No. of Questions asked | Difficulty Level |
| RC | 20 | Easy |
| Word swap | 05 | Moderate |
| Phrase Replacement | 05 | Moderate |
| Match the following | 05 | Moderate |
| Error Detection | 05 | Easy |
| Total | 50 | easy to Moderate |
IBPS SO Exam Analysis 2021 – Shift Timings
| IBPS SO Slot Timings – 26 December 2021 |
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| Event | 1st shift | 2nd shift |
| Reporting Time | 08:00 AM | 02:00 PM |
| Handwriting Sample | 8:45 to 8:50 AM | 02:45 to 02:50 PM |
| Exam Start Time | 09:00 AM | 03:00 PM |
| Exam End Time | 11:00 AM | 05:00 PM |
While the recruitment aims at filling up the post of 1,828 Specialist Officers, the posts would be filled up across 11 participating Public Sector Banks that include IT Officer, Rajbhasha Adhikari, Agricultural Field Officer, Law Officer, Marketing Officer, and HR/Personnel Officer.
Note: Candidates shared that the overall difficulty level of the questions was ‘Moderate’ and they were able to make 88 to 97 good attempts. The details on mains exam and results would be announced soon by the institute. Keep checking the official website to get more updates on IBPS SO Prelims Analysis 2021.
