IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021 For 26th December All Shifts

IBPS SO Prelims Analysis 2021 for 26 Dec Shift 1 & Shift 2: Candidates who are preparing for IBPS SO 2021 must go through the previous year’s exam analysis to know more about good attempts, difficulty level, and so on.

The IBPS SO 2021 Preliminary Exam was conducted on 26 Dec 2021. The IBPS SO Prelims 2021 was held in two shifts: Shift 1 and Shift 2. The IBPS SO Shift 2 timings was 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM. We have collected the reviews from the candidates who appeared in the examination to provide a detailed analysis of the examination.

In this article, we will be providing the IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021 for 26 Dec Shift 1 & Shift 2. It will be helpful for all the candidates who will appear in the upcoming shifts of the examination and candidates who are preparing for the IBPS SO exams.

Shift Wise IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021 For 26th December

IBPS Specialist Officer (SO) Prelims exam was completed on 26th December 2021. Lakhs of candidates had appeared for this exam to secure a place in the Public Sector Banks of India. Not it’s time to discuss the IBPS SO Prelims exam analysis. Aspiring candidates should read the complete IBPS SO Prelims exam analysis 2021.

Before getting into the details of IBPS SO Exam Analysis 2021 for Prelims, candidates must go through the exam overview for a better understanding.

Name of the Exam	IBPS Specialist Officer Recruitment
Conducting Body	Institute of Banking Personnel Selection
Frequency of Conduction	Once a Year
Vacancies	To be announced
Mode of Application	Online
Mode of Fee Payment	Online
Mode of Exam Conduction	Computer-Based Mode (CBT)
Official Website	ibps.in

IBPS SO Prelims Exam 26th December 2021 Shift Timings

Students should be aware of the exact timing of all the shifts of the IBPS SO Prelims exam in order to avoid the last-minute rush at the exam center. The below table contains the timing of all the shifts of IBPS SO(AFO) Prelims exam 2021.

Subject-wise IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021 Shift 1 For 26th December

You can check the subject-wise analysis of the exam from the table provided below.

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021 Shift 1 For English Language

There was no question asked from Cloze Test in There were 2 Reading Comprehension asked in 

• 1st Reading Comprehension was based on a Report of Indonesia 
• 2nd Reading Comprehension was based on Immunity
• Antonyms/Synonyms- Vented, Latent, Encourage 

You can check the section-wise analysis from the table provided below.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension	20	Easy to Moderate
Word Swap	05	Easy to Moderate
Error Detection	05	Easy
Phrase Replacement	05	Easy to Moderate
Match the following	03-04	Easy to Moderate

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021 Shift 1 For Reasoning Ability

The Reasoning section was of moderate level. A total number of 3 sets of puzzles were asked in the examination.

There were questions asked from Puzzle and Seating Arrangement Questions were asked. The questions of Logical Reasoning were difficult and calculative. Puzzles were lengthy and time-consuming. 

• Date Based Puzzle (variable)- 5 questions

You can check the table below to know the detailed analysis

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles	20	Moderate
Data Sufficiency	04-05	Moderate
Direction Sense	02-03	Moderate
Blood Relations	03	Moderate
Inequality	03-04	Moderate
Machine Input	05	Easy to Moderate
Syllogs	03-04	Moderate
Logical Reasoning	03-04	Difficult
Alphabetical	01	Easy
Number Series	01	Easy
Total	50	Moderate

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021 Shift 1 For Quantitative Aptitude

A total number of 50 questions were asked from this section.There was no question asked from Quadratic Equation & Inequality. There were 5 questions from Caselet based on Mensuration. In shift-1, 30 questions were from Speed Maths & the remaining 20 were from Miscellaneous/Arithmetic. 

There were 3 sets of DI of the following type- 

1. Tabular DI
2. Pie Chart
3. Line Graph

You can check the detailed table of the exam analysis provided below.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Data Interpretation	15	Moderate
Missing Number Series	05	Moderate
Approximation	05	Easy-Moderate
Caselet	05	Moderate
Arithmetic	20	Moderate
Total	50	Moderate

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021 Shift 2 26th December

IBPS SO Prelims 2021 Shift 2 exam had 3 sections in the objective test of 125 marks that constituted 150 questions to be completed in 2 hours. The sections asked were:

1. English Language
2. Reasoning Ability
3. General Awareness/Quantitative Aptitude

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021 Shift 2 Overall Difficulty

Our experts have predicted the overall good attempts & section-wise good attempts that has been updated here after the complete IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021.

IBPS SO Exam Analysis Difficulty level(IT, Marketing, agriculture Field Officers, HR/Personnel, IT officers)
Subjects	Difficulty Level
English Language	Easy-moderate
Reasoning	Moderate
Quantitative Aptitude	Moderate
Overall	Moderate

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021 Shift 2 Good Attempts

You can check the section-wise good attempts from the table provided below.

IBPS SO Exam Analysis Difficulty level(IT, Marketing, agriculture Field Officers, HR/Personnel, IT officers)
Subjects	Good Attempts
English Language	34-37
Reasoning	28-34
Quantitative Aptitude	33-38
Overall	95-109

Subject-wise IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021 Shift 2 For 26th December

You can check the subject-wise analysis of the exam from the table provided below.

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021 Shift 2 For English Language

Questions were aksed from RC is based on American Exchange Commission, Archaeologists in Iraq. Overall English Language section was of easy to moderate level.

IT, Marketing, agriculture Field Officers, HR/Personnel, IT officers.	No. of Questions
Reading Comprehension 2 sets(American Exchange Commission, Archaeologists in Iraq)	18
Word Exchange	5
Connectors	2
Starter	2
Cloze Test(Artificial Intelligence)	5
Fillers	5
Vocab(BEND, STAIN, MIGHT)	3
Para Jumble	5
Error Spotting	5

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021 Shift 2 For Quantitative Aptitude 

Level of Difficulty: Easy as well as moderate.

Questions asked from:

• Arithmetic Word Problems
• Data Interpretation 
• Quadratic Equation 
• Missing Series of number
• Table Data Interpretation 
• Case let Data Interpretation

Topics	No. of Questions
Missing Number series	5
Approximation	5
Data Interpretation(Tabular)	5
Data Interpretation(Line Graph)	6
Data Interpretation(Pie Chart)	6
Data Interpretation(Caselet)	3
Quantity Compassion	3
Inequality	6
Miscellaneous	11

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021 Shift 2 For Reasoning Ability

There were 2 puzzles asked in the examination from the reasoning section.

• Level of Difficulty: Easy & Moderate 

You can check the detailed table to know the analysis of the reasoning section.

Marketing, agriculture Field Officers, HR/Personnel, IT officers.	No. of Questions
Floor Based Puzzle	5
Age-Based Puzzle	5
Uncertain Linear and Variable	4
Double Row seating Arrangement	5
Circular Seating Arrangement and variable	5
Syllogisms	4
Inequality	3
Blood Relation	4
Data Sufficiency	3
Coding-Decoding	5
Assumption	4
Argument	1
Odd one out	1
Number based	1

IBPS SO Preliminary Exam Pattern 2021

Here you can check the IBPS SO Prelims Exam Pattern 2021.

For the post of Law Officer & Rajbhasha Adhikari

S No	Section	No. of Questions	Total Marks	Duration
1.	Reasoning	50	50	40 minutes
2.	English Language	50	25	40 minutes
3.	General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry	50	50	40 minutes
Total		150	125	120 minutes

For other Specialist Officers (Agriculture Field Officer, Marketing Officer (Scale I), HR/Personnel Officer, IT Officer Scale I

S No	Section	No. of Questions	Total Marks	Duration
1.	Reasoning	50	50	40 minutes
2.	English Language	50	25	40 minutes
3.	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	40 minutes
Total		150	125	120 minutes

Here we have provided a complete guide on IBPS SO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021 For 26th December All Shifts. Feel free to ask us in the comment section.

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