RBI Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis 2020: Get detailed analysis and review of RBI Assistant Prelims 2020 exam held on 14th & 15th February 2020. RBI Assistant exam was held online in Objective MCQ format. Check types of questions asked and their difficulty level.
RBI Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis 2020: In this articles, we have shared the detailed exam analysis and review of the RBI Assistant Prelims 2020 exam held in all the shifts of 14 February and 15 February 2020. RBI conducted the online preliminary exam for the recruitment of Assistants in the central bank in various exam centres across India. Lakhs of candidates appeared for the exam. Candidates who are yet to appear for the RBI Assistant Prelims exam should go through the exam analysis and review below. The RBI Assistant Prelims exam analysis contains the types of questions asked in the exam, their difficulty level and the number of good attempts made by the candidates.
The RBI Assistant Prelims exam was held online. Candidates were asked a total of 100 MCQs from English Language, Numerical Ability and Reasoning Ability. As per the candidates’ feedback, the overall difficulty level of the RBI Assistant Prelims exam was ‘Easy to Moderate’ level. Candidates were able to attempt around 78-85 questions. The numerical ability section was the longest of them all. Candidates who have practised well found the exam easy to attempt within the given time frame.
Have a look at the topics and types of questions asked in each subject or section below. These questions were based on the RBI Assistant Syllabus and Exam Pattern.
RBI Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis 2020 (15 February 2020)
Sections | No. of Questions | Good Attempts | Difficulty Level |
English Language | 30 | 22-27 | Easy |
Reasoning Aptitude | 35 | 27-32 | Easy-Moderate |
Numerical Ability | 35 | 24-28 | Easy-Moderate |
TOTAL | 100 | 77-86 | Easy-Moderate |
RBI Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis 2020 (15 February 2020 - All Shifts)
Numerical Ability: The questions from this section were asked from topics such as Data Interpretation, Number Series, Simplification and Arithmetic
Topic | No. Of questions | Difficulty Level |
Data Interpretation – Tabular/Line Graph/Bar Graph | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Wrong/Missing Number Series | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Simplification | 15 | Easy |
Arithmetic | 10 | Moderate |
Total | 35 | Easy-Moderate |
Reasoning Ability: It contained questions such as Puzzles, syllogism, Inequality, coding-decoding, Direction and others.
Topics | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
Puzzles (Linear Arrangement/Circle Based/Floor Based/Day Based/Month based/Square based/Uncertain) | 15 | Easy-Moderate |
3-digit Number/Coding-Decoding | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Alphabetic & Alphanumeric Series | 3 | Easy |
Inequality/Syllogism | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
Direction/Blood Relations | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Others - Pair, Order Ranking, Word | 4 | Easy |
Total | 35 | Easy-Moderate |
English Language: Questions were asked from reading comprehensions, fillers, cloze test, rearrangement of sentences and others.
Topics | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
Reading Comprehension | 8 - 9 | Easy-Moderate |
Para Jumbles | 5-6 | Easy |
Fillers/Cloze Test | 5 | Easy |
Spelling Error/Error Detection | 5 | Easy |
Rearrangement of Sentence / Sentence Correction | 5 | Easy |
Total | 30 | Easy |
RBI Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis 2020 (14 February 2020)
Sections | No. of Questions | Good Attempts | Difficulty Level |
English Language | 30 | 25-28 | Easy-Moderate |
Reasoning Aptitude | 35 | 26-31 | Easy-Moderate |
Numerical Ability | 35 | 25-29 | Easy-Moderate |
TOTAL | 100 | 78-85 | Easy-Moderate |
RBI Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis 2020 (14 February 2020 - Shift 3)
Numerical Ability
Topic | No. Of questions | Difficulty Level |
Data Interpretation – Bar Graph | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Missing Number Series | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Simplification | 15 | Easy |
Arithmetic | 10 | Moderate |
Total | 35 | Easy-Moderate |
Reasoning Ability
Topics | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
Puzzles (Month Based, Circle Based & Table Based) | 15 | Easy-Moderate |
Coding-Decoding (Chinese) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Alphabetic Series | 5 | Easy |
Inequality | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Blood Relation/3-digit number, Pair & Odd Man Out | 5 | Easy |
Total | 35 | Easy-Moderate |
English Language
Topics | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
Reading Comprehension | 8 - 9 | Easy-Moderate |
Cloze Test | 5 | Easy |
Fillers & Word Swap | 6 - 7 | Easy |
Spelling Error | 5 | Easy |
Rearrangement of Sentence | 5 | Easy |
Total | 30 | Easy |
RBI Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis 2020 (14 February 2020 - Shift 2)
Numerical Ability: In Shift 2 of the exam, questions were asked in a similar way as in Shift 1. The topics from which questions were asked are Data Interpretation, number series, arithmetic and simplification.
Topic | No. Of questions | Difficulty Level |
Data Interpretation – Bar Graph | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Missing Number Series | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Simplification | 15 | Easy |
Arithmetic | 10 | Moderate |
Total | 35 | Easy-Moderate |
Reasoning Ability: Questions were asked from Puzzles, syllogism, directions, alphanumeric series and miscellaneous.
Topics | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
Puzzles (Square Seating Arrangement, Floor Based+Flat, Uncertain Row & Box-based) | 20 | Easy-Moderate |
Syllogism | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Alphanumeric Series (Letter, Number & Symbol) | 5 | Easy |
Pairing, Odd Man Out & Direction | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Total | 35 | Easy-Moderate |
English Language: In this section, questions were asked from Unseen Reading Comprehension, Rearrangement of Sentence, Error Correction, and Spelling Error.
Topics | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
Reading Comprehension | 10 | Easy-Moderate |
Word Swap | 5 | Easy |
Error Detection | 5 | Easy |
Spelling Error | 5 | Easy |
Rearrangement of Sentence | 5 | Easy |
Total | 30 | Easy |
RBI Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis 2020 (14 February 2020 - Shift 1)
Numerical Ability: Questions were asked from Data Interpretation, number series, arithmetic and simplification.
Topic | No. Of questions | Difficulty Level |
Data Interpretation – Line Graph | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Wrong Number Series | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Simplification | 15 | Easy |
Arithmetic | 10 | Moderate |
Total | 35 | Easy-Moderate |
Reasoning Ability: Questions were asked from Puzzles, syllogism, directions, alphanumeric series and miscellaneous.
Topics | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
Puzzles – Linear & Circular Seating Arrangement, Month Based | 15 | Easy-Moderate |
Alphabetical Series | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Syllogism | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
Inequality | 3 | Easy |
Direction | 3 | Easy |
Number-based | 2 | Easy |
Alphabet-based | 1 | Easy |
Pair & Odd Man Out | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
Total | 35 | Easy-Moderate |
English Language: Questions were asked from Reading Comprehension, Cloze Test, Error Correction, and fillers.
Topics | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
Reading Comprehension | 10 | Easy-Moderate |
Cloze Test | 5 | Easy |
Error Detection | 5 | Easy |
Fillers | 5 | Easy |
Sentence Correction | 5 | Easy |
Total | 30 | Easy |