IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis (12th & 11th August 2018): Check IBPS RRB PO 2018 Prelims Exam Analysis and Review (All Days/All Slots). IBPS (Institute of Banking Personnel Selection) is conducting the preliminary exam for the recruitment to the post of Officer Scale I (commonly known as IBPS RRB PO). This analysis is very useful for the candidates who are yet to appear for IBPS RRB PO Prelims exam 2018. Many candidates told us that the difficulty level of the exam was moderate and questions (mainly in quantitative aptitude section) were time-consuming.
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2018: Table of Contents
The exam pattern IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2018
| Name of Tests (Medium of Exam) | No. of Questions (Max. Marks) | Duration |
| Reasoning (English/Hindi) | 40 (40) | Composite time of 45 Minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude (English/Hindi) | 40 (40) | |
| Total | 80 Questions (80 Marks) |
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In order to qualify in IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2018, candidates need to clear sectional as well as overall cut-off marks (to be announced by IBPS later).
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Overall IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis: 12th August, First Slot
| Name of Tests | Good Attempts |
| Reasoning (English/Hindi) | 30 – 35 |
| Quantitative Aptitude (English/Hindi) | 21 – 27 |
| Total | 50+ |
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis (Section-wise): 12th August 2018, First Slot
Today is the day 2 of ongoing IBPS RRB PO 2018 Prelims exam. Complete section-wise analysis of this IBPS RRB PO 2018 (12th August, 1st slot) is given below
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis: (12th August, 1st Slot) Quantitative Aptitude Section
The difficulty level of maximum questions asked in the first slot was moderate. More detail about the topics from which questions were asked in the first slot of IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2018 is given below:
| Topics | Number of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 | Moderate |
| Approximation | 5 | Moderate |
| Data Interpretation (Line Graph, Table Chart) | 10 | Moderate |
| Number Series (Missing Number) | 5 | Moderate |
| Word Problems (Age-based questions, Percentages, Profit & Loss etc) | 15 | Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Moderate |
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis: (12th August, 1st Slot) Reasoning Section
| Topics | Number of questions | Level |
| Inequality | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Alphabetical Test | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
| Direction-Based | 3 | Easy |
| Seating Arrangement (Linear & Square) and Puzzles (Floor based & Scheduling) | 20 | Moderate – Difficult |
| Miscellaneous | 10 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Moderate |
Overall IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis: 12th August, Second Slot
| Name of Tests | Good Attempts |
| Reasoning (English/Hindi) | 30 – 34 |
| Quantitative Aptitude (English/Hindi) | 23 – 28 |
| Total | 55+ |
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis (Section-wise): 12th August, Second Slot
Complete section-wise analysis of IBPS RRB PO 2018 (2nd slot is given below)
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis: (Second Slot) Quantitative Aptitude Section
| Topic Name | Number of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 | Moderate |
| Number Series (Missing Number) | 5 | Moderate |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 | Moderate |
| Word Problems | 10 | Easy - Moderate |
| Data Interpretation | 15 | Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Moderate |
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis: (Second Slot) Reasoning Section
| Topic Name | Number of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Syllogism | 5 | Moderate |
| Coding Decoding | 3 | Moderate |
| Alphabet Test | 1 | Easy |
| Direction Sense | 2 | Moderate |
| Inequality | 4 | Easy - Moderate |
| Seating Arrangement and Puzzles | 25 | Moderate – Difficult |
| Total | 40 | Moderate |
Overall IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis: 12th August, Third Slot
| Name of Tests | Good Attempts |
| Reasoning (English/Hindi) | 30 – 35 |
| Quantitative Aptitude (English/Hindi) | 23 – 28 |
| Total | 54+ |
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis (Section-wise): 12th August, Third Slot
Complete section-wise analysis of IBPS RRB PO 2018 (3rd slot is given below)
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis: (Third Slot) Quantitative Aptitude Section
| Topic Name | Number of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Data Interpretation (Tabular, Bar Graph) | 10 | Moderate |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 | Moderate |
| Series (Missing Number) | 5 | Moderate |
| Approximation | 5 | Moderate |
| Word Problems (Percentage, Profit and Loss etc) | 15 | Easy – Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Moderate |
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis: (Third Slot) Reasoning Section
| Topic Name | Number of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Seating Arrangement and Puzzles | 20 | Moderate -Difficult |
| Inequality | 5 | Moderate |
| Data Sufficiency | 4 | Moderate |
| Numeric Series | 1 | Moderate |
| Coding Decoding | 5 | Moderate |
| Blood Relation | 3 | Easy – Moderate |
| Alphabet Test | 2 | Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Moderate |
Overall IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis: 12th August, Fourth Slot
| Name of Tests | Good Attempts |
| Reasoning (English/Hindi) | 28 – 34 |
| Quantitative Aptitude (English/Hindi) | 24 – 28 |
| Total | 52+ |
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis (Section-wise): 12th August, Fourth Slot
Complete section-wise analysis of IBPS RRB PO 2018 (4th slot is given below)
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis: (Fourth Slot) Quantitative Aptitude Section
| Topic Name | Number of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 | Moderate |
| Number Series (Missing) | 5 | Moderate |
| Data Interpretation | 10 | Moderate |
| Approximation | 5 | Moderate |
| Word Problems (Percentage, Profit and Loss etc) | 15 | Moderate – Difficult |
| Total | 40 | Moderate |
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis: (Fourth Slot) Reasoning Section
| Topic Name | Number of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Seating Arrangement and Puzzles | 25 | Moderate -Difficult |
| Inequality | 5 | Moderate |
| Alphabets | 1 | Easy |
| Numeric Series | 1 | Moderate |
| Coding Decoding | 3 | Moderate |
| Miscellaneous | 5 | Easy – Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Moderate |
This is the complete analysis of all the slots of 12th August 2018.
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IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis (Overall):11th August, First Slot
| Name of Tests | Good Attempts |
| Reasoning (English/Hindi) | 26 to 33 |
| Quantitative Aptitude (English/Hindi) | 21 to 27 |
| Total | 50+ |
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis (Section-wise): 11th August, First Slot
Complete section-wise analysis of IBPS RRB PO 2018 (1st slot is given below)
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis: (First Slot) Quantitative Aptitude Section
The difficulty level of most of the questions of this section of IBPS RRB PO prelims was moderate. In the first slot, questions from simplification and approximation were not asked.
More detail about the topics from which questions were asked in the first slot of IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2018 is given below
| Topics | Number of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 | Moderate |
| Data Interpretation (Caselet,Bar Graph, Line Graph) | 15 | Moderate |
| Number Series (Wrong Number) | 5 | Moderate |
| Word Problems (Profit Loss, Boat and Streams etc) | 15 | Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Moderate |
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis: (First Slot) Reasoning Section
| Topics | Number of questions | Level |
| Syllogism | 5 | Easy – Moderate |
| Series (Alphabetical, Numeric) | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
| Direction-Based | 3 | Easy |
| Blood Relation | 3 | Easy |
| Seating Arrangement (Linear & Circular) and Puzzles (Box base, Height Comparison & others) | 27 | Easy – Difficult |
| Total | 40 | Moderate |
Overall IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis: 11th August 2018, Second Slot
| Name of Tests | Good Attempts |
| Reasoning | 27 to 33 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 20 to 25 |
| Total | 50+ |
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis (Section-wise): 11th August, Second Slot
Complete section-wise analysis of IBPS RRB PO 2018 (2nd Slot) is given below
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis: (11th August, 2nd Slot) - Quantitative Aptitude Section
| Topics | Number of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 | Moderate |
| Data Interpretation (1 Caselet, 2 Tabular) | 15 | Moderate |
| Number Series (Missing Number) | 5 | Moderate |
| Comparison of 2 quantities (Quantity I, Quantity II) | 5 | |
| Word Problems (Profit Loss, Boat and Streams etc) | 10 | Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Moderate |
One set of questions in the DI was based on caselet whereas other 2 sets of questions in DI were based on tabular DI.
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis: (11th August, 2nd Slot) - Reasoning Section
| Topics | Number of questions | Level |
| Syllogism | 4 | Easy – Moderate |
| Series (Alphabet) | 1 | Moderate |
| Direction-Based | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
| Inequalities | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Coding-Decoding | 5 | Moderate |
| Seating Arrangement and Puzzles | 22 | Easy – Difficult |
| Total | 40 | Moderate |
Overall IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis: 11th August 2018, Third Slot
| Name of Tests | Good Attempts |
| Reasoning | 25 to 30 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 20 to 26 |
| Total | 50+ |
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis (Section-wise): 11th August, 3rd Slot
Complete section-wise analysis of IBPS RRB PO 2018 (3rd Slot) is given below
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis: (11th August, 3rd Slot) - Quantitative Aptitude Section
| Topics | Number of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Approximation | 5 | Moderate |
| Data Interpretation (Caselet, Bar Graph, Tabular) | 15 | Moderate |
| Number Series (Wrong Number) | 5 | Moderate |
| Word Problems (Profit Loss, Boat and Streams etc) | 15 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Moderate |
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis: (11th August, 3rd Slot) - Reasoning Section
| Topics | Number of questions | Level |
| Alphabet Test | 1 | Moderate |
| Inequalities | 2 | Moderate |
| Blood Relation | 2 | Moderate |
| Coding-Decoding | 5 | Moderate |
| Seating Arrangement and Puzzles | 25 | Moderate – Difficult |
| Miscellaneous | 5 | Easy - Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Moderate |
Overall IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis: 11th August 2018, Fourth Slot
| Name of Tests | Good Attempts |
| Reasoning | 27 to 32 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 25 to 30 |
| Total | 54+ |
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis (Section-wise): 11th August, Fourth Slot
Complete section-wise analysis of IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2018 (4th Slot) is given below
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis: (11th August, 4th Slot) - Quantitative Aptitude Section
| Topics | Number of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Approximation | 5 | Moderate |
| Data Interpretation | 15 | Moderate |
| Number Series (Wrong Number) | 5 | Moderate |
| Word Problems (Profit Loss, Boat and Streams etc) | 10 | Moderate |
| Comparison of Two Quantities (I and II) | 5 | Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Moderate |
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis: (11th August, 4th Slot) - Reasoning Section
| Topics | Number of questions | Level |
| Syllogism | 5 | Moderate |
| Direction-Based | 3 | Easy |
| Alphabet - Based | 1 | Moderate |
| Data – Sufficiency | 3 | Moderate |
| Inequalities | 4 | Moderate |
| Blood Relation | 4 | Easy - Moderate |
| Seating Arrangement and Puzzles | 20 | Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Moderate |
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