IBPS SO Prelims Exam 2019 – Shift 1 Analysis

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IBPS SO Prelims 2019 examination is being conducted today for all of the posts i.e. IT Officer, Marketing Officer, Law Officer, HR Officer, Rajbhasha Adhikari, Agriculture Field Officer and so on. Overall, there are 1190+ vacancies in IBPS SO this year. If you’re an aspirant aiming to crack bank exams then you must go through the most recent IBPS SO Prelims examination analysis and review.

In this post, we’re providing the IBPS SO Prelims Examination Analysis 2019 of Rajbhasha Adhikari and Agriculture Field Officer.

IBPS SO Preliminary Exam Pattern

For post of law officer & Rajsabha Adhikari

Serial NoSectionNo. of QuestionsTotal MarksDuration
1.Reasoning505040 minutes
2.English Language502540 minutes
3.General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry505040 minutes
Total150125

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

Serial NoSectionNo. of QuestionsTotal MarksDuration
1.Reasoning505040 minutes
2.English Language502540 minutes
3.Quantitative Aptitude505040 minutes
Total150125

Check IBPS SO Exam Analysis for Prelims 28 December 2019 below:

IBPS SO Exam Analysis for Prelims 2019: Shift 1

SectionsNo. of MCQsGood AttemptsDifficulty Level
English Language5030 – 40Easy – Moderate
Reasoning5028 – 38Moderate
Quantitative Aptitude5030-38Easy – Moderate
General & Banking Awareness/5025 – 32Moderate
Total200120 – 128Moderate

Section-wise Exam Analysis 


Reasoning Ability

TopicTotal QuestionsDifficulty Level
Puzzles20Moderate
Logical Reasoning5Moderate
Coding-Decoding5Moderate
Inequality5Easy-Moderate
Syllogism4Moderate
Blood Relation4Easy
Alphabet-based3Easy-Moderate
Direction2Easy
Others2Easy- Moderate
Total50Moderate

English Language


TopicTotal QuestionsDifficulty Level
Reading Comprehension10-12Moderate
Error Detection5Moderate
Para Jumbles5Moderate
Sentence5Moderate
Word Replacement5Moderate
Cloze Test5Moderate
Fillers5Moderate
Match the Column5Easy-Moderate
Others3Moderate
Total50Moderate

Quantitative Aptitude


TopicTotal QuestionsDifficulty Level
Data Interpretation – Bar Graph & Line Graph15Moderate
Quadratic Equations5Moderate
Data Sufficiency5Easy-Moderate
Arithmetic25Moderate
Total50Moderate

General Awareness

The difficulty level of the General Awareness Section was of Easy to Moderate. The questions were asked from Banking Awareness, Current Affairs, Static GK and latest events.

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