IBPS Clerk Prelims Expected Exam Topics

IBPS Clerk 2023 recruitment notification is out and the IBPS Clerk Prelims 2023 is expected to happen on 26th August 2023. Since only 16 days are left for the examination to commence it is the right time when aspirants must start revising for this important exam. Candidates often get many resources on the internet to study for all the topics that are coming in the exam, however no one tells them the expected topics that may come in the exam. So, here we are guiding the aspirants on the IBPS Clerk Prelims Expected Exam Topics. However, these expected topics are based on previous year IBPS Clerk prelims exam analysis.

Let’s check out the IBPS Clerk Prelims 2023 exam pattern first.

IBPS Clerk Prelims 2023 Exam Pattern

S. No.	Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Max Marks	Time allotted for each test (separately timed)
1	English Language	30	30	20 mins
2	Numerical Ability	35	35	20 mins
3	Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 mins
	Total	100	100	60 mins

NOTE:

• Prelims Exam is just Qualifying in nature and every candidate has to be qualified in all the three sections by securing minimum sectional cut-off marks along with overall cut-off, that has to be decided by IBPS. After that candidates are eligible to sit in the mains examination.
• There is a negative marking of 1/4 mark per question for each wrong answer.

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IBPS Clerk Prelims Expected Exam Topics

We have come up with these expected topics based on the IBPS Clerk Prelims previous year exam analysis. The following are the section-wise expected questions that can be asked in the upcoming IBPS Clerk Prelims exam slots. As far as previous year is concerned the IBPS Clerk Prelims examination took place on 3rd Sep 2022.

English Language

According to the 3rd Sep 2022 exam analysis english section was easy as compared to other sections. Few important topics which were asked in the previous slot and are expected in the upcoming IBPS Clerk Prelims exam are:

• Reading Comprehension
• Word Swap
• Single Fillers
• Sentence Rearrangement
• Error Detection
• Cloze Test
• Vocabulary Based (Synonyms & Antonyms)
• Phrase Correction

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Below is the previous year exam analysis of the English section that was held on 3rd Sep 2022:

Topic	Number of Questions
RC -2 Vocab (Insularity & Infancy)	8
Replace	5
word usage	1
Mis spelled	5
Close Test	6
sent Rearrangement	4-5
Error	0
Fill in the blank	0

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Reasoning Ability

If we talk about the overall difficulty level of the reasoning ability section in the IBPS Clerk prelims exam which happened on 3rd Sep, 2023 was Easy to Moderate. Some of the important topics which were asked in the examination and can be expected in the upcoming exam are:

• Syllogism
• Inequality
• Puzzles and Seating Arrangement
• Numerical Series
• Blood Relations
• Alphabetical Series
• Direction Sense
• Odd One Out

Puzzles and Seating Arrangement questions were of easy o moderate level and these were based on:

• Month & date based
• Floor & Flat based
• Order based
• Circular Seating arrangement
• Single Row seating arrangement
• Double line seating arrangement
• Uncertain puzzle
• Year based

Out of these all Syllogism and numeric series were of easy level and rest of the topics were easy to moderate levels.

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Below is the previous year exam analysis of the Reasoning section that was held on 3rd Sep 2022:

Topic	Number of Questions
Puzzles Post-Wise- 5 Square Based-5 Uncertain Linear-4	14
puzzle- 7-person Arrangement (box-based concept)	5
Blood Relations	3
Inequality	3
Syllogism	3
Digit Series	5
Para formation	1
Meaningful word	1

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Quantitative Aptitude

After the IBPS Clerk Prelims 2022 exam analysis it can be said that the overall difficulty level of the Quants section was Moderate. Though questions were easy to solve, however those were time consuming. Some topics which were asked in the IBPS Clerk Prelims 3rd Sep 2022 exam and are expected to come in the upcoming exams are:

• Data Interpretation
• Quadratic Equation
• Simplification & Approximation
• Missing/Wrong Number Series
• Word Problems (Time & Work, Time & Distance, Profit & Loss, Percentage, Partnership, Age, Boat & Stream, SI/CI and Mensuration)

Out of these topics like Quadratic equation and Probability were of the easy levels and rest were all of the Easy to Moderate levels.

Below is the previous year exam analysis of the Quant section that was held on 3rd Sep 2022:

Topic	Number of Questions
Simplication easy	10-12
Missing series(difference-product)	5
DI (line) on (boat+ship)	5
Arithmetic	12-13
Mensuration (semicircle circumference)	1

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This is all from us regarding IBPS Clerk Prelims Expected Exam Topics that is scheduled for 26th August 2023. Take free mock test of IBPS Clerk Prelims and know your AIR.