IBPS RRB Office Assistant Mains 2017: A Detailed Exam Analysis

IBPS has conducted the RRB Office Assistant Mains examination on 12^th November 2017 successfully in a single shift only. The mains exam consists 200 questions comprises of 5 sections which include Reasoning, Numerical Ability, General Awareness, English Language or Hindi Language, & Computer Knowledge. Total time allotted for the examination was 2 hours.

Analysis of Examination: The overall difficulty level of the exam was Easy to Moderate 

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The section wise details are as follows: 

Numerical Ability:  The difficulty level for this section was Moderate.  There were 40 questions in the section carrying 50 marks. There were 3 sets (Table Graph+ Bar Graph+ Caselet) of DI.  It is noticed that no questions on Approximation/Simplification and Number Series were asked in the section.

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Topic	No. of Questions (40)	Difficulty Level
Data Interpretation (Table Graph+ Bar Graph+ Caselet)	5+5+5=15	Moderate
Data Sufficiency	5	Easy to Moderate
Quadratic Equation	5	Easy
Probability	2	Moderate
Miscellaneous  (Average, Profit & loss, Mixture and Allegation , SI & CI, Ratio & Proportion, Partnership, Time & Work,  Boats and streams etc.)	13	Moderate
Total	40

Note: It is noticed that no question was asked from the topic quadratic equation and Simplification.

Reasoning: The level of difficulty for this section was Easy to Moderate. Inequality and Input- Output were missing in this section.

Topic	No. of Questions (40)	Level
Puzzle	5+5=10	Moderate
Linear Seating Arrangement	5	Moderate
Square Seating Arrangement	5	Moderate
Syllogism	3	Easy to Moderate
Alphanumeric Series	5	Moderate
Coding- Decoding	2	Easy
Miscellaneous (Direction Sense, Order and Ranking, Blood relations, Number Series etc.)	10	Moderate
Total	40

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 Hindi Language: The section of Hindi Language was Easy to Moderate.

Topic	No. of Questions (40)	Level
Reading Comprehension (अपठित गद्यांश)	10	Easy to Moderate
Sentence rearrangement (वाक्यों को क्रम में लगाना)	5	Easy to Moderate
Spotting errors (Vocab based)	5	Moderate
Spotting error (वाक्य में त्रुटी)	5	Easy to Moderate
Cloze Test (रिक्त-स्थान की पूर्ति)	10	Easy
Word Usage	5	Moderate
Total	40

Note: Candidates have to attempt either Hindi or English.

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 English Language:  The level of English section was moderate. There were two sets of Reading Comprehension.

Topic	No. of Questions (40)	Level
Reading Comprehension (2 sets)	7+7=14	Moderate
Sentence fillers (idioms or phrase based)	5	Moderate
Identify the opposite pairs	6	Moderate
Cloze Test (conventional type)	5+5=10	Easy to Moderate
Cloze Test (candidates have to filled sentence or phrase for each blank )	5	Easy to Moderate
Total	40

General Awareness: This section was Easy to Moderate. Majority of the questions in this section were asked from current affairs and banking awareness. Some questions on static GK were also asked in the examination.

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Computer Knowledge: The question asked in this section was easy and consist the basics questions only.

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