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IBPS PO 2024 Prelims Question Paper – 20 Oct 2024 Shift 3 (Memory-Based, with Solutions)

A memory-based reconstruction of the IBPS PO 2024 Prelims, 20 October 2024 Shift 3, featuring a nuclear-safety reading passage, tea-sales DI, ice-cream puzzles and syllogisms, all worked out.

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Questions
97

Across 3 sections

Duration
60 min

3 timed sections

Marks
97

Negative marking

Attempts
100
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About this test

IBPS PO 2024 Prelims Shift 3 (20 Oct) Memory-Based Paper with Solutions

This is the IBPS PO 2024 Prelims question paper of 20 October 2024, Shift 3, rebuilt from candidate memory rather than taken from the official paper.

Topic-wise questions in each section of IBPS PO 2024 Prelims Question Paper – 20 Oct 2024 Shift 3 (Memory-Based, with Solutions)

English Language
5topics
Cloze Test6 · 23%
Reading Comprehension6 · 23%
Word Usage & Swap6 · 23%
Error Spotting5 · 19%
Sentence Improvement3 · 12%

Based on the questions whose topic is confirmed (87% of this section).

Quantitative Aptitude

All 14 topics, ranked (questions · share of the section):

Data Interpretation10 · 28%
Number Series5 · 14%
Quantity Comparison5 · 14%
Simplification & Approximation5 · 14%
Ages1 · 3%
Average1 · 3%
Boats & Streams1 · 3%
Mensuration1 · 3%
Mixture & Alligation1 · 3%
Partnership1 · 3%
Percentage1 · 3%
Profit, Loss & Discount1 · 3%
Simple & Compound Interest1 · 3%
Trains1 · 3%
Reasoning
7topics
Puzzles15 · 48%
Seating Arrangement5 · 16%
Direction Sense3 · 10%
Order & Ranking3 · 10%
Syllogism3 · 10%
Classification1 · 3%
Coding-Decoding1 · 3%

Based on the questions whose topic is confirmed (97% of this section).

What this tells you: course of action

English Language

  • Begin with Cloze Test, Reading Comprehension and Word Usage & Swap. These carry about 69% of the questions, which makes them the best place for your first study sessions.
  • Keep in rotation: Error Spotting and Sentence Improvement, a steady 31% that rewards regular practice once the first group feels comfortable.
  • Splitting your study time: out of every 10 study sessions on this section, about 7 for the first group and 3 for the keep-in-rotation group.

Quantitative Aptitude

  • First priority: Data Interpretation, Number Series and Quantity Comparison, roughly 57% of the questions between them.
  • Keep in rotation: Simplification & Approximation, a steady 14% that rewards regular practice once the first group feels comfortable.
  • Save for the end: 10 one-question topics (29% together). Skim them last rather than building long study blocks around them.
  • Splitting your study time: out of every 10 study sessions on this section, about 6 for the first group, 1 for the keep-in-rotation group and 3 for the leave-for-last group.

Reasoning

  • Start with Puzzles and Seating Arrangement: together about 65% of the questions, so every hour here pays back the most.
  • Keep in rotation: Direction Sense, Order & Ranking and Syllogism, a steady 29% that rewards regular practice once the first group feels comfortable.
  • Leave for last: 2 topics appear only once, about 6% in total. Revise them from short notes after the topics above are solid.
  • Splitting your study time: out of every 10 study sessions on this section, about 6 for the first group, 3 for the keep-in-rotation group and 1 for the leave-for-last group.

How to revise with this paper

  • Round figures to convenient values before working out approximation questions.
  • In a wrong-number series, test differences and alternating patterns before multiplication rules.
  • Begin each puzzle with its most definite clue and fix it in the grid first.

FAQs about IBPS PO 2024 Prelims Question Paper – 20 Oct 2024 Shift 3 (Memory-Based, with Solutions)

How many questions are in the IBPS PO 2024 Prelims (20 October 2024, Shift 3) paper?
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Probationary Officer (IBPS PO) 2024 Prelims, 20 October 2024 Shift 3 paper on Aptitude360 has 97 questions: 30 in English Language, 35 in Quantitative Aptitude and 32 in Reasoning Ability. All are multiple-choice questions.
What was the marking scheme in IBPS PO 2024 Prelims (20 October 2024, Shift 3)?
In the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Probationary Officer (IBPS PO) 2024 Prelims, 20 October 2024 Shift 3 paper, each question carries 1 mark and a wrong answer costs 0.25 marks; an unanswered question costs nothing. The maximum score on this paper is 97.
In IBPS PO 2024 Prelims (20 October 2024, Shift 3), which Quantitative Aptitude topics were asked?
In the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Probationary Officer (IBPS PO) 2024 Prelims, 20 October 2024 Shift 3 paper, the Quantitative Aptitude section covered topics including ratio and proportion, percentages, time, speed and distance, averages and simple and compound interest. For example, one question begins: “An X-metre-long train can cross a 150-metre-long platform in 331/3 seconds.” To practise these, see Aptitude360's Ratio & Proportion and Percentage practice lessons.
How many reasoning puzzle sets were in the IBPS PO 2024 Prelims (20 October 2024, Shift 3) paper?
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Probationary Officer (IBPS PO) 2024 Prelims, 20 October 2024 Shift 3 Reasoning Ability section had 7 puzzle and arrangement sets, covering 29 of its 32 questions. They include ones that open with “Six persons – A, B, C, D, E…”, “Rohit starts walking from his office. He walks…” and “Seven persons – A, B, C, D, E…”.
How much time is given for the IBPS PO 2024 Prelims (20 October 2024, Shift 3) paper?
Aptitude360's timed version of the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Probationary Officer (IBPS PO) 2024 Prelims, 20 October 2024 Shift 3 paper runs 60 minutes, 20 minutes for each of its 3 sections. Once you finish a section you cannot go back to it.
Where can I practise the IBPS PO 2024 Prelims (20 October 2024, Shift 3) paper online?
You can practise the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Probationary Officer (IBPS PO) 2024 Prelims, 20 October 2024 Shift 3 paper on Aptitude360, where it is a free test. Normal practice is untimed and needs no account, while the Simulated test runs on one clock with a question palette and shows your score, section-wise analysis and the key at the end.

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Test structure

How the paper is split, and how long each part runs. A section you have finished cannot be returned to.

SectionQuestionsTime
IBPSPO24 PRE · 20 Oct 2024 · S3 · English3020 min
IBPSPO24 PRE · 20 Oct 2024 · S3 · Quant3520 min
IBPSPO24 PRE · 20 Oct 2024 · S3 · Reasoning3220 min

Marking & rules

Total marks
97 across 97 questions.
Negative marking
A wrong answer costs marks. Leaving a question unanswered costs nothing.
Attempts
100 in total. An attempt is spent the moment you begin one.

What you get when you submit

The analysis is ready the moment you submit the paper.

Score and accuracy

Marks, percentage, right, wrong and skipped, and the time you took.

Section by section

The same figures for each section, so a weak one cannot hide in an average.

The full answer key

Every question with your answer, the right one, the working, and the video where there is one.

Where you stand

Your score against the spread of everyone else who has sat this test.

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