IBPS RRB Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2021 – August 14th All Shift Complete Analysis

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection has earlier released a notification regarding the IBPS RRB Clerk (Office Assistant ) Preliminary Exam Date. According to the schedule, IBPS will conduct the preliminary examination for the applicants on 8th August and 14th August across different examination centres in the country.  Also, the examination will take place in five shifts across the country. Thousands of banking aspirants are trying their luck in this preliminary test to grab a position in the final merit list. As the Examination of the preliminary round of IBPS RRB is already over, let let have a detailed IBPS RRB Clerk Exam Analysis 2021 in this article.

IBPS RRB Clerk Exam Analysis 2021

IBPS RRB Clerk or Office Assistant Examination is a nation-wide recruitment examination conducted to select eligible and suitable candidates to various Regional Rural Banks of the country. usually conducted on an annual basis, this examination is attempted by lakhs of aspirants across the country. This year, the IBPS RRB Clerk 2021 exam will be conducted across 04 different shifts at various examination centres throughout the country. The predefined shifts schedules IBPS RRB Clerk exam starting times are:

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Detailed Analysis of IBPS RRB Clerk Exam 2021 Prelims August 14

The Indian Institute of Banking Personnel conducted the second rounds of the RRB Clerk Preliminary Examination on 14th August 2021. The examination was conducted at different centres across the country in four shifts. In this section we will do a detailed, shift-wise analysis of all the sections of the IBPS RRB Clerk Exam 2021. We will also give our readers an insight about the number of good attempts and overall difficulty level of the examination.

IBPS RRB Clerk Exam Prelims August 14 Shift 1

The first shift was very easy for most of the candidates who appeared for the exam on August 14. The very high number of good attempts made by the candidates clearly tell that the examination was indeed much easier than expected. Let us check the overall good attempts of both the sections:

Quantitative Aptitude

The questions were prominently asked from the following sections:

• Two sets of DI were asked for shift 1- Line Graph DI and Table DI
• There were five questions from the quadratic equation section.
• From the arithmetic section, questions were asked from- Boat and stream, age based problem, mensuration, profit and loss, ratio, average, time and work.

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Reasoning Ability

The questions were mainly asked from the following sections:

• Five questions were asked from Coding-Decoding section (Chinese)
• Four questions were asked from Comparison based puzzle.
• Five questions were asked from square based seating arrangement.
• There were five questions from the box based puzzle and floor based puzzle.

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IBPS RRB Clerk Exam Prelims August 14 Shift 2

The second shift was also quite easy for most of the candidates who appeared for the exam on August 14.  There was not much of changes in the question paper as it was similar to shift 1 itself. The excellent attempt made by the candidates ranged above 75. Let us check the overall good attempts of both the sections:

Quantitative Aptitude

Questions were asked from the following topics for the shift 2 exam:

• Five difference based questions from the wrong number series.
• Questions were asked from Tabular DI and Line Graph DI.
• From the arithmetic section, questions were asked from profit and loss, mensuration, allegation, percentage, time and work.

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Reasoning Ability

Important questions that were asked for the shift 2 exam, belonged to the following topics:

• Questions from the alpha numeric series were all letter based.
• There were 4 to 5 questions from the numeric series section.
• One question was asked from word formation section.
• Designation based seating arrangement – 5 questions.
• Puzzle based on uncertain number of people – 5 questions.
• Floor and flat based puzzle- 5 questions.
• Box based puzzle – 5 questions.

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IBPS RRB Clerk Exam Prelims August 14 Shift 3

The third shift was easy for most of the candidates who appeared for the exam on August 14.  Just like the good attempts made by the candidates in the previous shifts, here also a same trend was seen. Just like in case of the previous section, the excellent attempt made by the candidates ranged above 75. Let us check the overall good attempts of both the sections:

Quantitative Aptitude

Questions were asked from the following sections:

• Out of the 10 questions from the Data Interpretation, 5 were from the table DI and another 5 from the bar graph DI.
• Arithmetic section included ratio, percentage, time and work, profit and loss, etc.

Reasoning Ability

Questions were asked from the following sections:

• Alphanumeric series- 5 questions
• 3 digit based number series – 5 questions
• Odd one out – 1 question
• Pairing of words- 1 question
• Circular seating arrangement – 5 questions
• Month and date based puzzle – 5 questions
• Classification based puzzle – 5 questions

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IBPS RRB Clerk Exam Prelims August 14 Shift 4

As far as the fourth shift of IBPS RRB Clerk August 14 prelims exam is considered, the question paper was as expected itself. However, the only change that was visible was in the inclusion of a caselet DI  question from the boats and streams section. Let us check the overall good attempts of both the sections:

Quantitative Aptitude

Questions were asked from the following sections:

• Out of the 10 questions from the Data Interpretation, 5 were from the tabular DI and another 5 from the bar graph DI.
• Caselet DI based question was asked from boat and stream question- 5 questions.
• Arithmetic section included ratio, interest, percentage, time and work, profit and loss, etc.

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Reasoning Ability

Questions were asked from the following sections:

• Alphanumeric series- 5 questions
• Letter Series- 5 questions
• Meaningful word- One question
• Circular seating arrangement- 5 questions
• Dual row seating arrangement- 5 questions
• Month based puzzle- 5 questions

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IBPS RRB Clerk Exam Prelims August 14 Shift 5

As the final and the fifth shift of the IBPS RRB Clerk Prelims is now concluded, all the aspirants are staying positive about the examination. The only visible change in the question paper was regarding the missing /wrong number series, as there was no question at all from this section. Let us check the overall good attempts of both the sections:

Quantitative Aptitude

Questions were asked from the following sections:

• Out of the 10 questions from the Data Interpretation, 5 were from the Line Graph DI and another 5 from the bar graph DI.
• The arithmetic section included the regularly asked topics only.

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Reasoning Ability

Questions were asked from the following sections:

• 5 questions from Chinese coding
• Meaningful word formation- 1 question
• Pair formation- One question
• Odd one out – One question
• Month and day based puzzle – 5 questions
• Weight Based- 2 to 3 questions
• Box based arrangement- 5 questions

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Detailed Analysis of IBPS RRB Clerk Exam 2021 Prelims August 8

In this section of the article, let us do a detailed analysis of the IBPS RRB Prelims Examination that commenced on August 8, at different centres. We well give our readers a subject-wise analysis of the number of good attempts and overall difficulty level of the examination.

IBPS RRB Clerk Exam Prelims August 8 Shift 1

The first shift was easy to most of the candidates, making concerns about high cut-off scores. Also, the candidates claimed that the reasoning ability section in the examination was much more easier than the quantitative section. Let us check the overall good attempts of both the sections:

Quantitative Aptitude

• 2 sets of Data Interpretation- Table based and Bar Graph based
• Up to 8 to 9 questions from the arithmetic section was easily doable for the candidates.
• Missing Number Series: 5 questions which very easily solvable.

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Reasoning Ability

The question was asked from the following topics:

• Linear seating arrangement- uncertain number of persons- 5 questions
• 5 questions from circular seating arrangement
• Floor based seating arrangement- 5 questions
• 7 boxes arrangement- 5 questions
• Syllogism: 5 questions
• Inequality: 3 questions
• Direction and Distance

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IBPS RRB Clerk Exam Prelims August 8 Shift 2

The second shift of the day 1 IBPS RRB Clerk Exam is now over.  Also, the candidates claimed that the quantitative section of the examination was much simpler than the shift 1 paper. However, no particular change in the difficulty level of examination was noticed for the shift 2 exam. Let us check the overall good attempts of both the sections:

Quantitative Aptitude

• 2 sets of Data Interpretation- Table based and Bar Graph based
• Questions from simplification section were easier than shift 1 questions.
• About 6 to 7 questions from the arithmetic section was easily doable even without pen or paper for the candidates.
• 2 to 3 questions based on speed, time and distance.
• Missing Number Series: 5 questions which very easily solvable.

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Reasoning Ability

Questions from puzzle and seating arrangement were asked from the following sections.
• 5 questions were asked from box based puzzle
• 3 questions were asked from circular seating arrangement
• 5 questions were asked from linear seating arrangement
• 5 questions were asked from date and month based puzzle.

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IBPS RRB Clerk Exam Prelims August 8 Shift 3

The third shift of the day 1 IBPS RRB Clerk Exam is now over.  Also, if consider the best attempts made by the candidates from the previous shifts to the shift 3, it is relatively lower. However, the examination was overall of easy level and there was no much confusion in the questions. Let us check the overall good attempts of both the sections:

Quantitative Aptitude

• 2 sets of Data Interpretation- Table based and Line Graph based
• About 6 to 7 questions in the arithmetic section was very easy in nature that could be solved even without pen or paper for the candidates.

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Reasoning Ability

Questions from puzzle and seating arrangement were asked from the following sections.

• One question from linear seating arrangement.
• Five questions from month based puzzles.
• Box based puzzle- 7 questions.
• Comparison based- 5 questions.
• Excellent attempts made by the candidates ranged from 35 to 40.

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IBPS RRB Clerk Exam Prelims August 8 Shift 4

The fourth & final shift of the day 1 IBPS RRB Clerk Exam is now over.  Also, if consider the best attempts made by the candidates from the previous shifts to the shift 4, it is relatively lower. However, the examination was overall of easy level and there was no much confusion in the questions. Let us check the overall good attempts of both the sections:

Quantitative Aptitude

The questions from following topics were asked for the examination:

• Pie Chart and Bar Graph DI.
• Ratio, simple and compound interest, profit and loss, boat and stream questions from arithmetic topics.

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Reasoning Ability

Questions from puzzle and seating arrangement were asked from the following sections.

• Dual row puzzle – five questions (5+5 north facing)
• Schedule Based Puzzle-five questions
• Circular seating arrangement – four questions
• Uncertain Linear Puzzle – five questions
• Alphabetical Rearrangement – one question

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IBPS RRB Clerk Exam Details 2021

The Selection Process of IBPS RRB Clerk consists of two stages:

1. Preliminary exam
2. Mains Exam

IBPS RRB Clerk Exam Pattern for Prelims 

As the Preliminary Examination of the IBPS RRB Clerk post is now concluded, let us now patiently wait for the cut off marks and the results. looking at the overall response from the candidates, the shifts conducted on August 14 were pretty easier compared to those held on August 08th 2021. We hope that all the aspirants stay positive about the cut off marks and the results of the examination. We will bring to you timely updates regarding the examination here. So, stay positive, stay tuned and good luck!

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