IBPS - PO - PRELIMS EXAM (Third Shift, 23-10-2016) 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 (Based on Economy) | 7 |
| Cloze Test (Based on Education System) | 8 |
| Sentence Rearrangement (Based on China Road Congestion) | 5 |
| Error Detection | 10 |
2. Quantitative Aptitude – Total 35 Questions (Level – Easy To Moderate)
| TOPIC | No. of Questions |
| Simplification (Approximation) | 5 |
| Number Series | 5 |
| Inequality | 5 |
| Data Interpretation (Line graph and Tabular graph – 3 colleges with the total number of students and total number of female students) | 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 - Order Ranking - (Floor arrangement with the height of people as other parameter) | 5 |
| Puzzle (Sitting Arrangement) 8 people with the profession of people as other parameter | 5 |
| Inequality | 5 |
| Direction | 3 |
| Blood Relation | 3 |
| Puzzle ( Linear) 8 people in a straight line, facing north and south) | 5 |
| Syllogism | 5 |
| Misc, | 4 |
