IBPS - PO - PRELIMS EXAM (Third Shift, 22-10-2016) is over and the level of the paper was moderate to difficult and pattern of the paper is being given below:
1. English – Total 30 Questions (Level – Moderate to Difficult )
| TOPIC | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension (Monetary policy) | 7 |
| Cloze Test (Based on Use of technology in Education System) | 8 |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 |
| Error Detection (Based on Importance of Time in production) | 10 |
2. Quantitative Aptitude – Total 35 Questions (Level – Easy To Moderate)
| TOPIC | No. of Questions |
| Approximation/ Simplification | 5 |
| Number Series | 5 |
| Inequality | 5 |
| Data Interpretation (Line and Tabular Graphs - No. of Visitors) | 10 |
| Language Problems (Profit Loss, Average, Boats and Stream, CI/SI, Time and Work, Average, Ratio and Proportion, Percentage, Partnership, etc.) | 10 |
3. Reasoning Ability – Total 35 Questions – (Level – Easy To Moderate )
| TOPIC | No. of Questions |
| Puzzle (Floor) | 10 |
| Puzzle (Sitting Arrangement) - Circular | 5 |
| Inequality | 5 |
| Direction | 2 |
| Blood Relation | 2 |
| Puzzle (North South - Linear) | 5 |
| Syllogism | 5 |
| Misc. | 1 |
