IBPS - PO - PRELIMS EXAM (Third Shift, 16-10-2016) 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 | 8 |
| Cloze Test | 7 |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 |
| Error Detection | 10 |
2. Quantitative Aptitude – Total 35 Questions (Level – Easy To Moderate)
| TOPIC | No. of Questions |
| Number Series | 5 |
| Simplification | 5 |
| Inequality | 5 |
| Data Interpretation | 10 |
| Language Problems (Profit Loss, Average, Boats & Stream, CI/SI, Time & Work, Average, Ratio and Proportion, Percentage, Partnership, etc.) | 10 |
3. Reasoning Ability – Total 35 Questions – (Level – Easy To Moderate )
| TOPIC | No. of Questions |
| Based On Order : Height | 3 |
| Puzzle (Floor + Income) | 5 |
| Puzzle ( Sitting Arrangement : Face North and South) | 5 |
| Inequality | 5 |
| Direction | 3 |
| Blood Relation | 3 |
| Puzzle ( Sitting Arrangement : Different Countries) | 6 |
| Syllogism | 5 |
