IBPS RRB PO (Officer Scale) exams have started across different exam centres in the country. Thousand of banking aspirants are trying their luck in this preliminary test to grab a position in the final merit list. The first day is now over and the overall response was good. Today onwards we will discuss the question patterns, and the asked questions in the IBPS RRB PO exam 2020. Here we are discussing the IBPS RRB Office Assistant exam analysis of September 12, 2020
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IBPS RRB PO Exam Pattern
- Preliminary 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 Analysis
The IBPS RRB Office Assistant Scale-1 exam is conducting across 05 different shifts. The predefined shifts schedules exam starting times are:
| 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: September 12, 2020 Shift 1
According to the students and exam experts, the difficulty level of the Shift 1of the examination was easy to moderate. A total of 45 minutes was allowed to attempt 80 questions in the exam. For an average, we can say that if a candidate attempted 50+ questions with accuracy, then he/ she may advance to the next level of the selection.
| Topic | Good Attempts |
| Reasoning Ability | 28 – 32 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 22 – 27 |
| Total | 52 – 57 |
Reasoning Ability Questions Shift: 1
| Topics | Number of
Questions |
Difficulty
Level |
| Puzzle and Seating Arrangement | 24 |
Easy to Moderate
|
| Direction Sense | 3 | Easy |
| Number Based | 1 | Easy |
| Alphabet Based | 2 | Easy |
| Inequality | 3 | Easy |
| Coding-Decoding | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Day based miscellaneous question | 1 | Easy |
| Total | 40 | Easy to Moderate |
- Puzzle questions based on Circular seating arrangement of 9 students facing both inwards and outwards,
- Floor and Flat puzzles.
- Linear Puzzles questions
- Box Based Puzzle- 10 Boxes
Make sure that you are well versed with different types of Puzzle based questions since the weightage is high compared to other topics.
Numerical Ability Questions Shift: 1
| Topics | Number
of Questions |
Level |
| Data Interpretation | 10 |
Easy to Moderate
|
| Quadratic Equation | 5 | Easy |
| Missing Number Series | 5 | Easy |
| Inequality based questions | 5 |
Easy to Moderate
|
| Arithmetic Word Problems | 15 |
Easy to Moderate
|
| Total | 40 |
Easy to Moderate
|
- A and B together can complete a work in 4 days. “A” alone takes 6 days less than B alone takes. In how many days c alone complete the work if he is 50% more efficient than “B”?
- There are 240 students in class ix and out of that 40% appeared in the exam and in-class x 210 students out of that 30% appeared in the exam. Then find the difference between the number of students not appeared in the exam from both classes?
- Complete the Series:
20, 12, 14, 23 ?
2. 19, 20, 42, 129 ? 2605
3. 520, 532, 508, 544, ?, 556
- Data Interpretation (DI) questions based on Pie Chart and Line Graph.
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RRB Exam Analysis: September 12, 2020 Shift 2
The overall difficulty level of the examination was easy to moderate, as the Shift 1. Question pattern was similar to that of the previous Shift. There were 5 questions from Blood relations topics, and the quadratic equation-based questions were absent in this shift. The puzzle-based question in the reasoning section was lengthy and comparatively time-consuming for most of the candidates.
| Topic | Good Attempts |
| Reasoning Ability | 29 – 34 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 24 – 28 |
| Total | 53 – 59 |
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Reasoning Ability Shift 2
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Puzzle and Seating Arrangement | 25 |
Easy to Moderate
|
| Blood Relation | 5 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 5 | Easy |
| Alphabet Based | 1 | Easy |
| Inequality | 3 | Easy |
| Coding-Decoding | 1 | Easy |
| Total | 40 | Easy |
The questions asked in the IBPS RRB Officer Scale: 1 based on memory is:
- Rectangular Seating Arrangement with 4 people facing inside and 4 people facing outside the centre.
- Floor based puzzle with 9 floors and 9 people
- Colour based puzzle with 3 variables.
- Floor based puzzle with the year of birth of people
- Linear Seating Arrangement- 11 people seating in a single row facing north
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Numerical Ability Shift 2
| Topics | Number of
Questions |
Level |
| Data Interpretation | 15 |
Easy to Moderate
|
| Missing Number Series | 5 | Easy |
| Quantity 1 and Quantity 2 based inequality | 5 |
Easy to Moderate
|
| Approximation | 5 | Easy |
| Arithmetic Word Problems | 10 |
Easy to Moderate
|
| Total | 40 |
Easy to Moderate
|
There were questions asked from topics like Simple interest, Compound Interest, Time and Distance, Boats and Stream, Time and Work etc. There were three sets of Data Interpretation (DI) based questions which included caselet, tabular DI and bar graph.
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IBPS RRB Officer Scale-1 Analysis: Shift 3
Like the previous shifts, in this shift too, the questions were of moderate level. A well-prepared candidate was able to attend 55+ questions in the stipulated time.
| Topic | Good Attempts |
| Reasoning Ability | 29 – 36 |
| Numerical Ability | 25 – 29 |
| Total | 55 – 61 |
Reasoning Ability Questions Shift: 3
| Topics | Number of
Questions |
Level |
| Puzzle and Seating Arrangement | 20 |
Easy to Moderate
|
| Blood Relation | 3 | Moderate |
| Syllogism (3 questions) | 5 | Easy |
| Alphabet Pairing Based | 1 | Easy |
| Inequality | 5 | Easy |
| Chinese Coding | 5 | Easy |
| Number Based | 1 | Easy |
| Total | 40 | Easy |
Questions from the topic of the seating arrangement were time-consuming and accounts for half of the exam score. On this shift questions included from topics like:
- Month based puzzle with dates
- Box based puzzle with 10 boxes, P-Y
- Square seating arrangement, with people sitting at corners facing inwards and people in the middle facing outwards.
- Month based puzzle with events in different cities: 5 possible combinations
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Numerical Ability Questions Shift: 3
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Data Interpretation | 12 |
Easy to Moderate
|
| Number Series | 5 | Easy |
| Quantity 1 and Quantity 2 based inequality | 5 |
Easy to Moderate
|
| Approximation | 5 | Easy |
| Arithmetic Word Problems | 13 |
Easy to Moderate
|
| Total | 40 |
Easy to Moderate
|
The Quantitative Aptitude section was also easy to moderate. There were 2 sets of Data Interpretation (DI) questions in the third shift- table DI and Line Graph. Along with this, there were questions from the topics like Ages, Simple Interest and Compound Interest, Time and Distance, Boats and Stream, Time and Work, Number Series, etc. The approximation questions were easy to solve with BODMAS rule. There was one easy question from Probability too.
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IBPS RRB Officer Scale-1 Analysis: Shift 4
| Topic | Good Attempts |
| Reasoning Ability | 28 – 35 |
| Numerical Ability | 24 – 27 |
| Total | 53 – 58 |
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Numerical Ability Questions Shift: 4
The Numerical aptitude section of the fourth shift was of moderate level. There two sets of Data Interpretation (DI) Tabular DI, Pie Chart and Venn Diagram Caselet DI. Comparing to the previous three sections, Shift 4 Numerical APtitude questions were difficult, even though the overall question level was only moderate.
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Data Interpretation (DI) | 18 |
Moderate
|
| Wrong Number Series | 6 | Easy |
| Quadratic Equation | 6 | Easy to Moderate |
| Arithmetic Word Problems | 10 |
Easy to Moderate
|
| Total | 40 |
Moderate
|
There were questions from topics like, Averages and Ages, Simple Interest and Compound Interest, Time and Distance, Boats and Stream, Time and Work etc.
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Reasoning Ability Questions Shift: 4
| Topics | Number of
Questions |
Level |
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangement | 20 |
Easy to Moderate
|
| Blood Relation | 1 | Moderate |
| Syllogism | 5 | Easy |
| Coding and Decoding | 5 | Easy |
| Direction Sense | 3 | Easy |
| Order and Ranking | 1 | Easy |
| Inequality | 5 | Easy |
| Total | 40 | Easy |
Reasoning Aptitude questions was easy for the Shift 4, of Day 1. Like the previous shifts, half of the questions were asked from the Puzzles sections. Make sure to practice more questions from this section, since your skills to solve these questions will have an impact on your scores. The questions asked were of the following pattern:
- Box based puzzle of 6 different colours
- Age-based puzzle
- Floor based puzzle
- Circular Seating Arrangement of 9 peoples.
- Linear Arrangement with 5 people facing north and 5 People facing south.
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