RBI Assistant Prelims 2022 Exam Analysis: The Reserve Bank of India successfully conducted the RBI Assistant Prelims 2022 on 26th & 27th March 2022 for eligible Indian citizens to fill up 950 vacancies of the RBI Assistant post. The overall difficulty level of RBI Assistant Prelims was Easy to Moderate and candidates shared that they were able to make 84 to 92 overall good attempts. RBI Assistant Prelims 2022 consisted of three sections: English Language, Numerical Ability, Reasoning Ability. Candidates shortlisted in the RBI Assistant 2022 Preliminary Exam will be called for the RBI Assistant Mains 2022 and Language Proficiency Test (LPT). In this article, we have shared the RBI Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis 2022: Difficulty Level, Good Attempts, Section-wise Questions Asked in English Language, Numerical Ability, Reasoning Ability.
RBI Assistant 2022 Important Dates
RBI Assistant 2022 Important Events |
Important Dates |
RBI Assistant 2022 Registration Start Date |
17th February 2022 |
RBI Assistant 2022 Registration Last Date |
8th March 2022 |
Online Application and Payment of Fee |
17th February 2022 to 8th March 2022 |
RBI Assistant 2022 Admit Card |
21st March 2022 to 27th March 2022 |
RBI Assistant 2022 Prelims Exam |
26th & 27th March 2022 |
RBI Assistant 2022 Mains Exam |
May 2022 (Tentative) |
RBI Assistant 2022 Exam Pattern
Candidates who applied for RBI Assistant post in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) underwent the Stage I Preliminary Exam of the three- staged selection process: Preliminary Exam, Mains Exam, and Language Proficiency Test. The RBI Assistant Prelims 2022 consisted of three sections: English Language, Numerical Ability, Reasoning Ability.
NOTE: There was negative marking (1/4th of marks assigned to the question) in both Prelims Exam. The papers were set in bilingual. Each candidate will have to secure minimum cut-off marks as set by RBI.
RBI Assistant 2022 Prelims Exam
Name of Tests |
No. of |
Maximum |
Total Time |
English Language |
30 |
30 |
20 minutes |
Numerical Ability |
35 |
35 |
20 minutes |
Reasoning Ability |
35 |
35 |
20 minutes |
Total |
100 |
100 |
60 minutes |
RBI Assistant Prelims 2022 Exam Analysis (27th March 2022 All Shifts): Overall Difficulty Level, Good Attempts
RBI Assistant 2022 Prelims (27th March 2022 All Shifts): Candidates were able to make 86-92 Good Attempts. Overall Difficulty Level was Easy to Moderate. Check below Paper-wise Questions Asked in English Language, Numerical Ability, Reasoning Ability.
Name of Tests |
No. of |
Good Attempt |
Difficulty Level |
English Language |
30 |
27-29 |
Easy |
Numerical Ability |
35 |
29-31 |
Easy to Moderate |
Reasoning Ability |
35 |
30-32 |
Easy to Moderate |
Total |
100 |
86-92 |
Easy to Moderate |
RBI Assistant Prelims 2022 Exam Analysis (27th March 2022 All Shifts): Section-wise Questions Asked
English Language
Topics |
No. of Questions |
Level |
Reading Comprehension (Story-based, Synonyms- Concern, Antonyms – Peculiar) |
8 |
Easy |
Cloze Test |
7 |
Easy |
Word Swap |
5 |
Easy |
Error Detection |
5 |
Easy |
Sentence Rearrangement |
5 |
Easy |
Word Usage |
3 |
Easy |
Numerical Ability
Topics |
No. Of questions |
Level |
Simplification |
15 |
Easy to Moderate |
Arithmetic |
10 |
Easy to Moderate |
Data Interpretation (Tabular) |
10 |
Easy to Moderate |
Missing Number Series |
5 |
Easy to Moderate |
Reasoning Ability
Topics |
No. of Questions |
Level |
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement (Month, Flat & Floor, Circular, Square, Designation) |
15 |
Easy to Moderate |
Coding-Decoding |
5 |
Easy to Moderate |
Alpha-Numeric Series (Numeric) |
5 |
Easy to Moderate |
Inequality |
5 |
Easy to Moderate |
Syllogism |
4 |
Easy to Moderate |
Direction & Distance |
3 |
Easy |
Word Pairing |
2 |
Easy |
Meaningful Word |
1 |
Easy |
RBI Assistant Prelims 2022 Exam Analysis (26th March 2022 All Shifts): Overall Difficulty Level, Good Attempts
RBI Assistant 2022 Prelims (26th March 2022 All Shifts: Candidates were able to make 84-90 Good Attempts. Overall Difficulty Level was Easy to Moderate. Check below Paper-wise Questions Asked in English Language, Numerical Ability, Reasoning Ability.
Name of Tests |
No. of |
Good Attempt |
Difficulty Level |
English Language |
30 |
26-28 |
Easy |
Numerical Ability |
35 |
28-30 |
Easy to Moderate |
Reasoning Ability |
35 |
30-32 |
Easy to Moderate |
Total |
100 |
84-90 |
Easy to Moderate |
RBI Assistant Prelims 2022 Exam Analysis (26th March 2022 All Shifts): Section-wise Questions Asked
English Language
Topics |
No. of Questions |
Level |
Reading Comprehension (Story-based, Synonyms- Oversight, Soaked) |
10 |
Easy |
Para Jumble (Story based) |
5 |
Easy |
Single Fillers |
5 |
Easy |
Cloze Test |
5 |
Easy |
Sentence Rearrangement |
5 |
Easy |
Error Detection |
4 |
Easy |
Miss-spelt |
3 |
Easy |
Word Usage |
3 |
Easy |
Numerical Ability
Topics |
No. Of questions |
Level |
Simplification |
15 |
Easy to Moderate |
Arithmetic |
10 |
Easy to Moderate |
Data Interpretation (Line Graph, Bar Graph, Tabular, Caselet) |
10 |
Easy to Moderate |
Missing Number Series (+, -, x), Wrong Number Series |
5 |
Easy to Moderate |
Quadratic Equation |
5 |
Easy to Moderate |
Reasoning Ability
Topics |
No. of Questions |
Level |
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement (Tabular, Days, Flat & Floor, Circular, Stack) |
15 |
Easy to Moderate |
Chinese Coding |
5 |
Easy to Moderate |
Syllogism |
5 |
Easy to Moderate |
Alpha Numeric Series (Numeric) |
5 |
Easy to Moderate |
Order & Ranking |
5 |
Easy to Moderate |
Direction & Distance |
4 |
Easy |
Blood Relation |
3 |
Easy-Moderate |
Inequality |
2 |
Easy-Moderate |
Meaningful Word (EARN) |
1 |
Easy |
Word Based (REMAINDER) |
1 |
Easy |
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