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Institute of Banking Personal Selection PO examination (Mains) took place on September 25, 2021. Candidates from various parts of the country has appeared for this examination. Let us check the shift-wise examination details, question patterns, number of questions from each section. Candidates who have attended the respective shift can analyze their performance, and those awaiting the exam can have a target and exam overview. So, follow this page to keep updated with the IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis of all four shifts. Here is the IBPS RRB PO Mains Exam Analysis of September 25.
IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis 2021
IBPS or the Indian Institute of Banking Personnel is a coveted board that conducts various recruitments to the banks across India. The board conducts an annual recruitment drive for the selection of candidates for the posts of office assistant and officer cadre in the Rural Regional Banks across the country. As the IBPS RRB PO Exam is a national-level banking examination, each year lakhs of aspirants appear for the same at various exam centers. As per the notification released earlier on June 2021, IBPS has invited online applications from eligible and suitable candidates to fill up the vacant posts.
After opening the application window from 08th of June 2021 to 28th of June 2021, the board received lakhs of applications online for the aforementioned posts. Subsequently, the examination date, as well as the, admit card was released for download to the candidates. As scheduled earlier, the first day of the IBPS RRB PO 2021 examination begins on 01.08.2021. As only those candidates who qualify for the prelims exam will be considered for the mains exam, the level of competition will be generally higher.
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IBPS RRB PO Exam Pattern
As the IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam has already begun for 2021, let us examine the level of examination considering the difficulty levels and the number of good attempts made by the candidate. But before that let us quickly recall the examination pattern of the IBPS RRB PO Exam 2021 in this section.
- Prelims Exam
| SL No | Topic | Question | Maximum Marks | Exam Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Reasoning | 40 | 40 | 45 Minutes |
| 2. | Numerical Ability | 40 | 40 | |
| Total | 80 | 80 | ||
- Main Examination (Exam Duration: 120 minutes)
| SL No | Section | Question | Maximum Marks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reasoning Paper | 40 | 50 |
| 2 | General Awareness Paper | 40 | 40 |
| 3 | Numerical Ability Paper | 40 | 50 |
| 4 | English Language / Hindi Language | 40 | 40 |
| 5 | Computer Knowledge Syllabus Paper | 40 | 20 |
| Total | 200 | 200 | |
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IBPS RRB PO Mains Complete Exam Analysis for September 25 2021
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The mains examination of IBPS RRB PO was held on September 25, 2021 across the various locations in the county. Here we will discuss the detailed breakdown of the examination as section wise and candidates can get an idea regarding the examination.
Quantitative Aptitude Analysis
The quantitative aptitude section is one of the most important sections of the examination. Here is the complete analysis regarding the Quantitative Aptitude section of the examination.
Comparative inequality questions were also included and asked in this section. The questions asked were bit time taking a lot of calculations were also involved in this section of the examination.
| Quantitative Aptitude | Number of Questions | Level of Exam |
| Simplification/ Approximation | 5-6 questions | Moderate |
| Number Series | 2 questions | 1-2 was moderate and the rest was easy |
| Quadratic Equations | 5 questions | Easy |
| Data Interpretation |
|
Easy to Moderate |
| Arithmetic (Ratios, Ages, Mixture, Partnerships, SI and CI, Profit and Loss) | 12-13 | Easy to Moderate |
| Overall Level / Best Attempts | 22-25 | Moderate to Difficult |
Reasoning Ability Analysis
The Reasoning Ability section is one of the most important and easy scoring sections of the examination. Here is the complete analysis regarding the Reasoning Ability section of the examination.
Cause effect and arguments were present in the puzzle sections.
| Reasoning Ability | Number of Questions | Level of Exam |
| Syllogism (3 Statements & 2Conculsions) | 3 questions | Easy to Moderate |
| Inequality | 4-5 questions | Easy to Moderate |
| Coding-Decoding (Chinese) | 5 questions | Easy to Moderate |
| Logical Reasoning | 6 | Easy to Moderate |
| Data sufficiency | 5 | Easy |
| Uncertain Row (Seating based) | 5 | Easy |
| Coding | 1 | Easy |
| Direction Sense | 3 | Easy to Moderate |
| Puzzles |
|
Month and Date based Puzzles – Moderate
All other sets were Easy |
| Best Attempts | – | Moderate to Difficult |
English Language Analysis
The English Language section is one of the most easiest to attempt and easy scoring sections of the examination. Here is the complete analysis regarding the English language section of the examination.
|
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Difficulty |
| Reading Comprehension | 7-8 | Easy |
| Word Swapping | 5 | Easy |
| Sentence rearrangement | 5 | Easy |
| Sentence Connector | 5 | Easy |
| Phrase Replacement | 5 | Moderate |
| Fillers | Double Filler questions (5 questions) | Easy |
| Error detection | 7 | Moderate |
| Overall/ Best Attempts | 20-25 | Easy to Moderate |
Computer Knowledge Analysis
This was one of the most anticipated sections of todays examination. But the commission has made this section one of the most easiest for the candidates in terms of question difficulty and also on the level of scoring. Here is the type and kind of questions that were asked in this section of IBPS RRB PO Examination.
- Basics of Computer
- Input/ Output Devices
- Hardware/ Software related questions
- Generation of computers
General Awareness Analysis
Various topics from various categories were asked in this section of the examination. Here is a glimpse to the topics and the type of questions that was asked in the General Awareness section.
- Chairman of BPCL
- MD of LIC
- Indian Start-Up ecosystem
- Olympics (2 questions)
- Population Index
- ECommerce
- Small Finance Banks
- Various Current Affairs questions
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IBPS RRB PO Complete Exam Analysis for 07 August 2021
The exam for the 07th August will be held in 4 shifts, check the overall exam timing for all 4 shifts for the RRB PO prelims exam 2021.
For Shift 1 it was easy compared to the Day 1 exam held on August 1, but it was not much that easy! In Quantitative Aptitude, there were scoring topics, like Speed Maths, DI lengthy, calculative. So, for shifts 1, 2, 3 for Quantitative Aptitude, 25-30 can be the excellent attempts, and the 22-25 can be considered as good attempts.
In the case of Reasoning Aptitude, the miscellaneous portions of all shifts were easy. Puzzles numbered 4-5, of which one was tricky, with variable, North-south plus variables. 33- 35. In the case of the first three attempts, 55-60 can be considered as excellent attempts, whereas 50-55 was almost good attempts.
Shift 4 was difficult as in Quantitative Aptitude, Caselet DI was tricky and lengthy, Venn diagram DI was also tough and unexpected. Of the 5 number series, 2 was tough, the logic understanding was tough. Tabular DI, were time-consuming to read and understand. So, an overall attempt can be predicted as 20-25/26 excellent attempts and the best attempts will be less than that.
In Reasoning Ability, 2 puzzles were tough, Puzzles were year and variable based. Here the excellent attempt will be 33-35, and the best attempt ranges from 30-33.
The overall best attempt for 1, 2, 3 shifts will be 55-60 and for the 4th shift will be 45-50.
| RRB PO Shifts for 07th August | Exam Timings for PO |
| Shift 1 | 09:00 to 9:45 AM |
| Shift 2 | 11:15 AM to 12:00 PM |
| Shift 3 | 1:30 to 2:15 PM |
| Shift 4 | 3:45 to 4:30 PM |
IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis for 07 August 2021 Shift 1
As per the reviews from the candidates who attempted the first shift of the second day, 07/08/2021, the exam was found to be easy to moderate. The overall good attempts will be 50+. The shift has more speed maths questions and puzzles from quantitative and reasoning respectively.
Shift 1 Quantitative Aptitude Analysis
The quantitative aptitude section was comparatively easier than the August 1 examinations schedule.
| Quantitative Aptitude | Number of Questions | Level of Exam |
| Simplification/ Approximation | 5-6 questions | Moderate |
| Number Series – Wrong Numbers | 5-6 questions | 1-2 was moderate and the rest was easy |
| Quadratic Equations | 5 questions | Easy |
| Data Interpretation | Pie Chart (double pie chart)- 5 questions
Tabular – 5 questions |
Moderate |
| Arithmetic (Ratios, Ages, Mixture, Partnerships, SI and CI, Profit and Loss) | 12-13 | Easy to Moderate |
| Overall Level / Best Attempts | 20-25 | Moderate |
Shift 1 Reasoning Ability Analysis
| Reasoning Ability | Number of Questions | Level of Exam |
| Syllogism | 2-3 questions | Easy to Moderate |
| Inequality | 4-5 questions | Easy to Moderate |
| Coding-Decoding (Chinese) | 5 questions | Easy to Moderate |
| Blood Relations | 2-3 questions | Easy to Moderate |
| Meaningful word | 1 | Easy |
| Alphabetic Pair | 1 | Easy |
| Coding | 1 | Easy |
| Direction Sense | 3 | Easy to Moderate |
| Puzzles | Box Puzzles – 5 questions
Row-based puzzles-5 questions Floor based puzzles (9 people)-5 questions Month and Date based Puzzles – 5 questions |
Month and Date based Puzzles – Moderate
All other sets were Easy |
| Best Attempts | 30-34 | Easy to Moderate |
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IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis for 07 August 2021 Shift 2
Compared to the first-day examination, shift 2 of Day 2 was easy in terms of difficulty. And compared to shift 1 it is moderate. The total good attempts as per the review of data from the candidate, an attempt between 55-60 (27 quantitative and 30+ reasoning) will be rewarding. Check the question pattern for the second shift.
Shift 2 Quantitative Aptitude Analysis
| Quantitative Aptitude | Number of Questions | Level of Exam |
| Simplification/ Approximation | 6-7 questions | Easy, with the exception for 1/2Moderate |
| Number Series – Wrong Numbers | Not available | – |
| Quadratic Equations | 5 questions | Easy |
| Data Interpretation | Line graph – 5 questions
Tabular DI – 5 questions Caselet DI – 5 questions |
Moderate |
| Arithmetic (Ratios, Train, Boat, Mixture, Partnerships, SI and CI, Profit and Loss) | 11-12 | Easy to Moderate |
| Overall Level / Best Attempts | 25-30 | Easy-Moderate |
Shift 2 Reasoning Ability Analysis
| Reasoning Ability | Number of Questions | Level of Exam |
| Syllogism | Not available | – |
| Inequality | 5 questions | Easy |
| Coding-Decoding (Chinese) | 5 questions | Moderate [2 questions were time-consuming) |
| Blood Relations | 3 questions | Easy to Moderate |
| Number based series (to arrange in ascending or descending order, then do mathematical operations) | 1 | Easy |
| Alphabetic Pair | 1 | Easy |
| Coding | 1 | Easy |
| Direction Sense | 3 | Easy to Moderate [heavy data] |
| Puzzles | Order Ranking: 2-3 questions (speed comparison)
Designation based puzzle+ variables – 5 questions Year and Age-based puzzles – 5 questions Circular seating arrangements (7 people with variable color) – 5 questions Linear Row Arrangement (North and South facing) – 5 questions |
Easy-Moderate |
| Overall Level / Best Attempts | 30 -35 | Easy to Moderate |
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IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis for 07 August 2021 Shift 3
The third shift of the second day of the RRB PO exam was finished by 2.15 PM. Now, check the detailed analysis of third shift Quantitative and Reasoning papers. Overall comparison, the shift was easier compared to the third shift on Day 1. And, the Good Attempts for this shift ranges between 55- 60.
Shift 3 Quantitative Aptitude Analysis
| Quantitative Aptitude | Number of Questions | Level of Exam |
| Simplification/ Approximation | 3 questions | Easy |
| Number Series – Missing Number series | 5 questions | 3-4 very easy |
| Quadratic Equations | 5 questions | Easy |
| Data Interpretation | Bar graph – 5 questions
Pie chart DI (percentage Data) – 5 questions Caselet DI – 5 questions |
Moderate |
| Arithmetic (Time and Work, Percentages, Partnerships, SI and CI, Profit and Loss) | 11-12 | Easy to Moderate |
| Overall Level / Best Attempts | 25-30 | Easy |
Shift 3 Reasoning Ability Analysis
| Reasoning Ability | Number of Questions | Level of Exam |
| Syllogism | 4 questions (Only a few 3 questions) | Easy |
| Inequality | 5 questions | Easy |
| Coding-Decoding (Chinese) | 5 questions | Easy |
| Blood Relations | 4-5 questions | Easy |
| Letter based Arrangement (Word – HANDIEST) | 1 question | Easy |
| Alphabetic Pair (VANISHINGLY) | 1 question | Easy |
| Meaningful word | 1 question | Easy |
| Coding | 3 questions | Easy |
| Direction Sense | 3 questions | Easy |
| Puzzles | Dual Row Based Puzzles – 5 questions
Box Based Puzzles (10 boxes) – 5 questions Circular Arrangement (9 people) – 5 questions Linear uncertain number of people – 5 questions (18 people) Tabulation Puzzle – 5 questions |
Easy-Moderate
Tabulation Puzzle (Time-consuming) |
| Overall Level / Best Attempts | 32-36 | Easy to Moderate |
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IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis for 07 August 2021 Shift 4
The fourth and last shift for the RRB PO Day 2 was difficult compared to the first 3 sections. The Quantitative Aptitude Di and puzzles in the Reasoning sections were lengthy, time taking and tough. Overall attempt for the subjects has reduced and so for the Shift 4 reduced to 50+.
Shift 4 Quantitative Aptitude Analysis
| Quantitative Aptitude | Number of Questions | Level of Exam |
| Simplification/ Approximation | 5 questions | Easy |
| Number Series – Wrong Number series | 5 questions | 3 easy
2 Moderate |
| Quadratic Equations | 5-6 | moderate |
| Data Interpretation | Single Pie Diagram – 5 questions
Table DI [Percentage] – 5 questions Caselet DI [Venn Diagram]- 5 questions |
Moderate [Table DI was length]
Caselet DI – Moderate to Tough |
| Arithmetic (Time and Work, Percentages, Partnerships, SI and CI, Profit and Loss) | 13- 15 questions | Easy |
| Overall Level / Best Attempts | 20-25 | Moderate to Difficult |
Shift 4 Reasoning Ability Analysis
| Reasoning Ability | Number of Questions | Level of Exam |
| Syllogism | 3- 5 questions | Easy |
| Inequality | 2-4 | Easy- Moderate |
| Coding-Decoding (Chinese) | 5 questions | Very Easy |
| Blood Relations | 3-5 questions | Easy to Moderate |
| Letter based Arrangement (Word – HANDIEST) | 4-5 | Easy |
| Alphabetic Pair (VANISHINGLY) | 1 | Easy |
| Meaningful word | 1 | Easy |
| Coding | – | – |
| Direction Sense | 3 5 questions | Easy-Moderate |
| Puzzles | Order and Ranking Comparison – 4 questions
Year based Puzzle – 3 questions Month and Date based – 5 questions Square base seating arrangement – 5 questions Linear arrangement [variable] – 5 questions |
Moderate – Difficult [Lengthy Questions] |
| Overall Level / Best Attempts | 30-35 | Easy to Moderate |
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IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2021 August 1 Detailed Analysis
The IBPS RRB Office Assistant Scale-1 exam is conducted for the candidates across 05 different shifts. The predefined shifts schedules exam starting times are given in the table below.
| Event | 1st shift | 2nd shift | 3rd shift | 4th shift | 5th shift |
| Reporting time | 7:30 AM | 9:45 AM | 12:00 PM | 2:15 PM | 4:30 PM |
| Gate closure Time | 8:15 AM | 10:30 AM | 12:45 PM | 3:00 PM | 5:15 PM |
| Handwriting sample | 8:30 to 8:35 AM | 10:45 to 10:50 AM | 1:00 to 1:05 PM | 3:15 to 3:20 PM | 5:30 to 5:35 PM |
| Exam start time | 8:35 AM | 10:50 AM | 1:05 PM | 3:20 PM | 5:35 PM |
| Exam end time | 9:20 AM | 11:35 AM | 1:50 PM | 4:05 PM | 6:20 PM |
| Exam end time (PWBD) | 9:35 AM | 11: 50 AM | 2: 05 PM | 4: 20 PM | 6:35 PM |
IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis for 01 August 2021 Shift 1
As the first shift of day 1 is now over and the candidates are out of the examination hall, let us do a quick review of the examination. Following the first-day pattern, the overall exam level was easy to moderate. There were no surprise questions and visible changes in the question format.
Overall Number of Good Attempts
| Topic | Good Attempts |
| Reasoning Ability | 28 – 33 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 25 – 31 |
| Total | 55 + |
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Shift 1 Reasoning Ability Analysis
| Topics | Number of
Questions |
Level |
| Puzzle and Seating Arrangement | 25 |
Easy to Moderate
|
| Coding, and Decoding | 5 | Very Easy |
| Blood Relation | 3 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 5 | Easy |
| Number based | 1 | Easy |
| Inequality | 5 | Easy |
| Total | 40 | Easy |
The overall difficulty level of the reasoning ability section was very easy for the candidates. 25 questions were from the puzzles section. The questions include:
- Comparison based puzzle- 3 questions
- Monday to Sunday based- 5 questions
- Month based – 5 questions
- Circular seating arrangement based – 10 questions
- Classification Puzzle (Colors and Department) – 4 to 5 questions
Shift 1 Quantitative Aptitude Analysis
| Topics | Number of
Questions |
Level |
| Data Interpretation | 10 |
Easy to Moderate
|
| Wrong Number/ Missing Series | 5 | Very Easy |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 to 7 | Very Easy |
| Arithmetic Word Problems | 13 to 15 |
Easy to Moderate
|
| Total | 40 |
Very Easy
|
Three sets of data Interpretation questions were asked for 15 marks; Tabular DI, Caselet DI and a Bar Graph DI. There were questions from topics like Ages, and Averages, Simple Interest and Compound Interest, Time and Distance, Boats and Stream, Time and Work, Mixtures and Allegations, and Percentages. The overall quantitative section was very easy for the candidates.
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IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis for 01 August 2021 Shift 2
As the second shift of day 1 is now over and the candidates are out of the examination hall, let us do a quick review of the examination. Shift 2 of day 1 was a little more of a moderate level than shift 1. While the shift 1 IBPS RRB PO Exam was very easy for the candidates, shift to stands at Easy to Moderate level. However, there were no surprise questions and visible changes in the question format.
Overall Number of Good Attempts
| Topic | Good Attempts |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 to 40 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 25 to 30 |
| Total | 60 to 65 |
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Shift 2 Reasoning Ability Analysis
| Topics | Number of
Questions |
Level |
| Puzzle and Seating Arrangement | 25 |
Easy to Moderate
|
| Coding, and Decoding | 5 | Very Easy |
| Blood Relation & Direction Sense | 6 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 4 | Easy |
| Number based | 1 | Easy |
| Inequality | 4 | Easy |
| Total | 40 | Easy to Moderate |
The overall difficulty level of the reasoning ability section was very easy for the candidates. 25 questions were from the puzzles section. The questions include:
- Box based puzzle- 10 questions
- Uncertain based puzzle- 4 questions
- Year based puzzle- 5 questions
- Parallel row seating arrangement based – 6 questions
- Floor and flat based puzzle – 5 questions
Shift 2 Quantitative Aptitude Analysis
| Topics | Number of questions | Difficulty Level |
| Approximation / Simplification | 5 | Very Easy |
| Wrong Number/ Missing Series | 6 | Easy to Moderate |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 to 7 | Easy |
| Arithmetic Word Problems | 11 to 12 | Moderate |
| Data Interpretation | 13 | Easy to Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Moderate |
- Pie Chart DI, caselet DI table based DI were asked for shift 2
- Arithmetic questions were based on partnership, age, profit and loss, time and work, percentage and ratio, etc
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IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis for 01 August 2021 Shift 3
As the third shift of day 1 is now over and the candidates are out of the examination hall, let us do a quick review of the examination.
Overall Number of Good Attempts
| Topic | Good Attempts |
| Reasoning Ability | 32 to 35 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | Under 30 |
| Total | 60 to 65 |
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Shift 3 Reasoning Ability Analysis
| Topics | Number of
Questions |
Level |
| Puzzle and Seating Arrangement | 25 |
Easy to Moderate
|
| Coding, and Decoding | 5 | Very Easy |
| Blood Relation & Direction Sense | 4 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 3 to 4 | Easy |
| Number based | 1 | Easy |
| Inequality | 5 | Very Easy |
| Total | 40 | Easy to Moderate |
- Month and Day based puzzle- 5 questions
- Classification based puzzle- 5 questions
- Linear seating arrangement based – 5 questions
- Floor and flat based puzzle – 5 questions
Shift 3 Quantitative Aptitude Analysis
| Topics | Number of questions | Difficulty Level |
| Approximation / Simplification | 5 | Very Easy |
| Wrong Number/ Missing Series | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 | Very Easy |
| Arithmetic Word Problems | 11 to 12 | Moderate |
| Data Interpretation | 15 | Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Moderate |
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IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis for 01 August 2021 Shift 4
As the fourth shift of day 1 is now over and the candidates are out of the examination hall, let us do a quick review of the examination.
Shift 4 Reasoning Ability Analysis
| Topics | Number of
Questions |
Level |
| Puzzle and Seating Arrangement | 25 |
Easy to Moderate
|
| Coding, and Decoding | 3 | Very Easy |
| Blood Relation & Direction Sense | 5 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 3 to 4 | Easy |
| Number based | 1 | Easy |
| Inequality | 5 | Very Easy |
| Total | 40 | Easy to Moderate |
- Parallel row seating arrangement based puzzle- 5 questions
- Circular based puzzle- 5 questions
- Month based – 5 questions
- Comparison based puzzle – 5 questions
Shift 4 Quantitative Aptitude Analysis
| Topics | Number of questions | Difficulty Level |
| Approximation / Simplification | 5 | Very Easy |
| Wrong Number/ Missing Series | 6 | Very Easy |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 | Very Easy |
| Arithmetic Word Problems | 14 | Moderate |
| Data Interpretation | 15 | Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Moderate |
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We hope that this analysis will be helpful for all the aspirants heading for the IBPS RRB PO exam 2021 in the upcoming shifts! Stay tuned for a detailed analysis of the next shifts of the day! Good Luck to All the Aspirants!
