What to Expect from IBPS PO 2014

PATTERN OF THE EXAM - 

Quantitative Aptitude - 
From the first weekend experience, the most dominating part (20 marks) section was Data Interpretation. The questions were based on the pure calculations skills and quick calculations. You should have good command over ratios and percentages to get through this section.

D.I. -
Tabular - 5 Questions , One of the type of questions was based on following type of D.I. -

Pie chart - 5 Questions
Questions was based on the following type with Two pie charts and you needed to answer them with the help of both of them.

NOTE - The above two D.I. were asked in IBPS PO 2014 Exam.

One question was on Line Chart

No approximations and Simplification questions

Reasoning -

This section was difficult as compared to Last Year PO Exam. 

They introduced a little twist in the Syllogisms. You have to find out the wrong conclusion out of the given five Conclusions. 

Input/Output were of typical PO Level. The shifting was of Double Side Inward Type. 

For Example -

Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement.

(All the numbers are two digits numbers)

Input: talk 61 26 mold boom 88 81 47 work known ink 36 69 cold

Step I: 26 talk 61 mold 88 81 47 work known ink 36 69 cold boom

Step II: 36 26 talk 61 mold 88 81 47 work known ink 69 boom cold

Step III: 47 36 26 talk 61 mold 88 81 work known 69 boom cold ink

Step IV: 61 47 36 26 talk mold 88 81 work 69 boom cold ink known

Step V: 69 61 47 36 26 talk 88 81 work boom cold ink known mold

Step VI: 81 69 61 47 36 26 88 work boom cold ink known mold talk

Step VII: 88 81 69 61 47 36 26 boom cold ink known mold talk work

Step VII is the last step of the above input, as the desired arrangement is obtained.

Input: 89 who root 19 46 near drink link gold 61 23 under 71 97

1. Which step number is the following output?

46 23 19 89 who root near 61 under 97 71 gold drink link

(1) Step V                            

(2) Step VI                          

(3) Step IV                                  

(4) Step III                          

(5) There is no such step

2. Which word/number would be at 5th position from the right in Step V?

(1) 19                                    

(2) 97                                    

(3) gold

(4) drink                              

(5) who

3. How many elements (words or numbers) are there between 'gold' and '46' as they appear in the last step of the output?

(1) One                 

(2) Three                             

(3) Four

(4) Five                                

(5) Seven

4. Which of the following represents the position of 'who' in the fourth step?

(1) Eighth from the left                 

(2) Fifth from the right

(3) Sixth from the left                    

(4) Fifth from the left

(5) Seventh from the left

5.  Which of the following would be step IV?

(1) 19  89 who root 46 near link gold 61 23 under 71 97 drink

(2) 71 61 46 23 19 89 who under 97 drink gold link near root

(3) 61 46 23 19 89 who root under 71 97 drink gold link near

(4) 97 89 71 61 46 23 19 drink gold link near root under who

(5) None of these

For a change, they asked three questions on the same Direction based problem Pattern.

Sitting Arrangement - In the given arrangement, some were looking Inward and some Outward. The puzzle was based on two more variables like colour, city, etc. 

There was 5 questions on Linear Sitting Arrangement in which some people facing North and some South.

Data Sufficiency - Typical questions asked in IBPS PO Exam.

English

There were two Comprehension Passages based on Newspaper Articles. One was relatively easy.

Questions were based on Para Jumbles, Sentence Correction, Cloze Test, Fill ups.

Computer

The questions were very basic, direct questions and the overview of the subject is enough for attempting the section.

General Awareness

Equal weightage was given to Banking Awareness and Current Affairs. 

For Current Affairs, our capsule was enough to solve 20-25 questions. 

SOME KEY POINTS TO REMEMBER FOR THE UPCOMING BATCHES -

Reasoning

• Don't attempt three variable sitting arrangement as you may get stuck while doing it and will end up loosing precious time.
• Try to attempt Syllogism, Input/Output, Inequalities, Data Sufficiency first.
• We should not assume anything from our side. Just consider the given statement to be 100% true and work accordingly.
• Think Logically.

Quantitative Aptitude

• Try to build up your speed while solving Ratios and Percentages so that you can solve the D.I. questions hastily. 
• Try to identify easy questions while doing Inequalities. There is a chance that you can stuck while finding roots.
• Try to memorize Tables (upto 20) and Squares (upto 30)

English

• Read newspaper on-line, specially Editorial Section of the newspaper (The Hindu). The Reading Comprehension is directly coming from the Editorial Section. 
• Reading newspaper will also help in increasing vocabulary, which will eventually help in solving Antonyms and Synonyms.
• Cloze Test was also from Editorials of the newspapers.

Computer

• Mug up the Computer Capsule.
• No need to go in depth of the subject. Questions are direct from books.

General Awareness

• GK Power Capsule is proving to be huge hit in the IBPS PO Exam. So, please mug it up.
• Follow RBI & Govt of India website for latest schemes and updates.

Attempt Paper in 2 rounds: You should attempt the question paper in two rounds. While attempting each section - first do the questions, for which you are sure and which can be done in less than a minute. Leave tougher questions for the second round. This way, you will not miss any easy question in the paper and will be able to optimise the score.

IBPS will follow the same pattern in the upcoming batches because they have to follow the Equipercentile Method. We will provide a post on the same very soon. Please remember the key points and work on your weakness.