IBPS has conducted the RRB Office Assistant Mains examination on 12th 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
The Banking team of Jagranjosh.com has come up with a comprehensive analysis of the question paper and the expected cut off for the examination.
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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