IBPS PO Mains Exam Analysis 2022 & Student Reaction: Check Difficulty Level Here

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Probationary Officer Exam 2024 ( IBPS PO )

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Updated on Nov 26, 2022 13:56 IST

IBPS PO mains exam 2022 was conducted on November 26. The overall difficulty level of the objective paper was moderate to difficult. Read here for more details on IBPS PO Mains Exam Analysis 2022 & Student Reaction.

IBPS PO Mains Exam Analysis 2022 & Student Reaction

IBPS PO Mains Exam Analysis 2022 & Student Reaction

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducted IBPS PO mains exam on November 26. According to IBPS PO mains exam analysis, the overall difficulty level of the objective paper was moderate to difficult. The Reasoning & Computer Aptitude section was moderate, General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness section was easy to moderate, English Language section was easy and Data Analysis & Interpretation section was moderate to difficult. The descriptive paper, which carried questions from Letter Writing and Essay, was easy to moderate. Candidates who did not carry their prelims admit card were not allowed to appear for the exam.

IBPS PO mains exam was conducted for 3 hours 30 minutes. There were also sectional time limits for the mains exam. The total marks allotted to the test are 225. Based on the performance in the mains exam, candidates will be shortlisted for the interview. In this article, we have provided IBPS PO mains exam analysis & student reaction so that candidates can check the section-wise and overall difficulty level of the exam.

IBPS PO Mains Exam Pattern 2022

The structure of the IBPS PO mains exam pattern 2022 is given below.

Section name Total questions Allotted Time Total marks

English Language

35 

40

40 

Data Interpretation and Analysis

35 

45

60 

Reasoning and Computer Aptitude

45 

60

60 

General Awareness

40 

35

40

Total

155

180

200

English (Essay and Letter Writing)

2

30 minutes

25

Grand Total

157

3 hours 30 minutes

225

IBPS PO Mains Exam Analysis 2022 & Student Reaction

Shiksha visited one of the IBPS PO mains exam centres in Jharkhand to gather the feedback from students regarding the overall difficulty level of the exam. The feedback shared by students is given below:

Aditya said, “GA section was easy to moderate. I have attempted 29 questions in GA with accuracy. Questions were asked from September and October current affairs. Questions were asked from RBI guidelines, SEBI guidelines, Integrated Ombudsmen. There were no questions on G20, budget and sports. There were one to two questions from Static GK. There were three to four questions from banking awareness. The essay topic in the descriptive paper was based on angel investors, and why education is important for economy. We were asked to write a complaint letter to branch manager. The RC topic was based on the inflation scenario in America after COVID.”

Yogesh Kumar Singh said, “The Maths paper was difficult. There were questions from DI, Arithmetic, etc. In Reasoning, two to three questions were easy. English and the descriptive sections were easy.”

Nitesh Kumar said, “Compared to last year the paper was tough. The Reasoning and Maths sections were tough. English and GA sections were easy. There were questions on uncertain puzzles.”

Aniket said, “The mains paper of IBPS PO 2022 was difficult compared to last year. The English section was easy and Quant section was moderate to difficult.”

Sushant said, “The level of IBPS PO mains paper was good. The Quant was difficult whereas English and Reasoning sections were moderate. There was some new pattern of questions that were not there in the previous year’s mains paper.”

IBPS PO Mains Student Reaction 2022

According to students who had appeared in the IBPS PO mains exam, the overall difficulty level of the exam moderate to difficult. Check below IBPS PO mains student reaction.

IBPS PO Mains Exam Analysis 2022: Questions Asked in General Awareness 

 Questions in the General Awareness were asled from the following topics:

  • Bank Rate
  • Blue Flag Certificate
  • PLI Scheme
  • Advanced Supervisory monitoring system
  • US Open
  • NARCL
  • Rishi Sunak
  • Online Game banning state
  • Human Development Index
  • 12th Maharatna Company
  • Arunachal Pradesh Airport
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The IBPS PO main exam result 2024 is expected to be released soon. The Institute of Banking and Personnel Selection conducted the IBPS PO main exam on November 30, 2024. The IBPS will release the IBPS PO result 2024 will be released on its official website - ibps.in.

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The Institute of Banking and Personnel Selection released the IBPS PO 2024 sectional cutoff and for all the categories. The IBPS PO cutoff for the prelims exam was reduced to 48.50. The Institute also released the sectional cutoff for IBPS PO prelims exam 2024. 

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The IBPS PO Prelims result 2024 was released on its official website - ibps.in. The candidates should note the IBPS PO exam 2024 (prelims) was conducted on October 19 and 20. The IBPS PO result 2024 is available online only. The IBPS PO scorecard has been released on the official website.

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