IBPS (Institute of Banking Personnel) conducted the Main Examination for Officer Scale – I post on 30th September 2018. Many candidates who took the exam on 30th September claimed that the overall difficulty level of the exam was moderate. A complete analysis of the IBPS RRB 2018 Officer Scale - I Main Examination is available in this article. IBPS RRB PO Result 2018 for Mains Examination is expected to be announced at the beginning of November 2018.
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IBPS RRB Cut–off 2018 (Expected)
IBPS RRB 2018: Exam Pattern of Officer Scale-I Main Examination
In the main exam, candidates needed to solve 200 questions in two hours of time duration. More details are given below
| Name of Tests (Medium of Exam) |
No. of Questions (Max. Marks) |
Duration |
| Reasoning Ability (English/Hindi) |
40 (50) |
A cumulative time of 2 hours is provided |
| Quantitative Aptitude (English/Hindi) |
40 (50) |
|
| General Awareness (English/Hindi) |
40 (40) |
|
| Computer Knowledge (English/Hindi) |
40 (20) |
|
| English Language (English) OR Hindi Language (Hindi) |
40 (40) |
|
| Total |
200 Questions (200 Marks) |
|
IBPS RRB Exam Analysis: Officer Scale I Main Examination – Overview
A brief overview of the exam analysis is given below
| Name of Tests |
Average Range of Questions Attempted by Candidates |
| Reasoning Ability |
21 – 27 |
| Quantitative Aptitude |
16 – 25 |
| Computer Knowledge |
20 – 25 |
| General Awareness |
25 – 29 |
| Hindi Language |
20 – 25 |
| English Language |
25 – 29 |
| Total |
120 to 130 Questions |
IBPS RRB Officer Scale I Exam 2018: Section-wise analysis of the exam
Complete section-wise analysis of IBPS RRB Officer Scale I Exam 2018 is given below
Reasoning Ability
The difficulty level of the most of the questions of this section was moderate. More details about the questions are given below
| Name of Topic |
Number of Questions |
Difficult Level |
| Input- Output |
5 |
Moderate |
| Direction Sense |
5 |
Easy - Moderate |
| Statement and Assumption |
5 |
Moderate |
| Data Sufficiency |
5 |
Moderate |
| Sitting Arrangement & Puzzles |
18 |
Moderate |
| Miscellaneous |
2 |
Easy |
| Total |
40 |
Moderate |
Quantitative Aptitude
The difficulty level of the questions of Quantitative aptitude was moderate to difficult. More details about the questions asked in this section are given below
| Name of Topic |
Number of Questions |
Difficult Level |
| Quadratic Equation |
5 |
Moderate |
| Data Sufficiency |
5 |
Moderate |
| Data Interpretation (Bar-Graph, Table, Caselet, Double Pie Chart) |
20 |
Moderate to Difficult |
| Miscellaneous (Mensuration, Simplification, Boat & Stream, Time and Work, CI & SI, Profit & Loss etc.) |
10 |
Moderate to Difficult |
| Total |
40 |
Moderate to Difficult |
Hindi Language
Easy to moderate levels of questions were asked in this section. More details about the types and level of questions are given below
| Name of Topic |
Number of Questions |
Difficult Level |
| Sentence Rearrangement |
5 |
Moderate |
| Filler |
5 |
Easy to Moderate |
| Cloze Test |
10 |
Easy to Moderate |
| Error Spotting |
10 |
Moderate |
| Reading Comprehension |
10 |
Easy to Moderate |
| Total |
40 |
Easy to Moderate |
English Language
Details about the types and level of questions are given below
| Name of Topic |
Number of Questions |
Difficult Level |
| Sentence Rearrangement |
5 |
Moderate |
| Filler |
5 |
Moderate |
| Errors (Vocabulary Based) |
5 |
Moderate |
| Cloze Test |
7 |
Moderate |
| Error Detection |
8 |
Easy to Moderate |
| Reading Comprehension |
10 |
Moderate to Difficult |
| Total |
40 |
Easy to Moderate |
General Awareness
In this section, questions from the latest government schemes and 4 to 5 months old current affairs were asked. Most of the asked in this section were already predicted by experts of Jagranjosh.com. You can learn about these questions from the link given below
Preparation Tips for General/Economy/Banking Awareness
Computer Knowledge
Questions based on MS Office and terminologies of the Internet were asked in this section. A few questions were based on programming and encryption-decryption. The difficulty level of the problems was fundamental.