IBPS RRB Exam Analysis 2018 – The mains exam of IBPS RRB was conducted by IBPS for the recruitment of Officers Scale I, II, III and Office Assistant on September 30 and October 7 respectively. The prelims exam was held on August 11, 12, 18 for Officers Scale I, II, III and for Office Assistant the exam was conducted on August 19, 25 and September 1, 2018. Coaching institutes like Career Launcher, T.I.M.E, and Bankers Adda have released IBPS RRB exam analysis 2018. In IBPS RRB prelims exam there were 5 sections - Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, English Language, and General Awareness from where questions were asked. By referring to the IBPS RRB exam analysis 2018, candidates can understand the weightage given to each section, and nature and number of the questions asked.
As the IBPS RRB 2018 exam is conducted in two phases – preliminary and mains, the IBPS RRB exam analysis 2018 is done for both the phases in the article below.
IBPS RRB Mains Exam Analysis 2018 - Office Assistant, October 7
IBPS RRB Mains exam of Office Assistant was conducted for 200 marks and the candidates had to complete the exam within 120 minutes. There were five sections in the objective exam - Reasoning, General Awareness, Numerical Ability, English/Hindi Language, Computer Knowledge. The overall level of the exam was moderate.
IBPS RRB for Office Assistant Mains Over-All Exam Analysis 2018
S No. | Subjects | Good Attempts |
1 | Numerical Ability | 17-22 |
2 | Computer Knowledge | 31-34 |
3 | General Awareness | 26-31 |
4 | a)English Language | 24-29 |
b)Hindi Language | 27-32 | |
5 | Reasoning | 23-27 |
Total | 132-143 |
IBPS Exam Analysis 2018 - Numerical Ability
Topic | Number of questions | Level of difficulty |
Data Sufficiency | 5 | Moderate |
Data Interpretation | 20 | Moderate-Difficult |
Miscellaneous (Mensuration, Boat & Stream, CI and SI, Profit & Loss, Time and Work, Partnership etc) | 15 | Moderate |
Total | 40 | Moderate - Lengthy |
This section had 20 questions from Data Interpretation. Some of the questions from DI were based on Pie Chart, Line Graph, Caselet. The overall difficulty level of this section was Moderate to Lengthy.
IBPS Exam Analysis 2018 - Reasoning
Topic | Number of questions | Level of difficulty |
Machine Input Output | 1 | Easy |
Coding Decoding | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Syllogism | 1 | Easy |
Direction Sense | 4 | Easy-Moderate |
Blood Relation | 3 | Moderate |
Data Sufficiency | 5 | Moderate |
Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles | 25 | Moderate |
Reasoning section was dominated by questions based on sitting arrangements and puzzles. The type of questions asked were - Linear Single Line, Comparison based, Circle seating arrangement, parallel lines seating arrangement and month based puzzle and three variable. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.
IBPS Exam Analysis 2018 - Hindi Language
Topic | Number of questions | Level of difficulty |
Sentence Rearrangement | 4 | Moderate |
Filler | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Word Based Error | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Cloze Test (2 Sets) | 10 | Easy-Moderate |
वाक्य में त्रुटी | 5 | Moderate |
Reading Comprehension गद्यांश (2 Sets) | 10 | Moderate |
The overall level of difficulty of this section was easy-moderate.
IBPS Exam Analysis 2018 - English Language
Topic | Number of questions | Level of difficulty |
Reading Comprehension | 10 | Moderate |
Error Detection | 7 | Moderate |
Cloze Test | 8 | Easy-Moderate |
Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | Moderate |
Spell Check based Errors | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Identify the correct use of word in sentences | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Total | 40 | Easy-Moderate |
IBPS Exam Analysis 2018 - General Awareness
In this section, most of the questions were based on Banking and Current Affairs. In current affairs, candidates were asked questions related to news events from the last five months and most of the questions were asked from July and August. Around 7 to 8 questions were based on banking awareness and static GK. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.
IBPS Exam Analysis 2018 - Computer Knowledge
In computer knowledge candidates were asked questions based on shortcut keys, abbreviations, basic protocols of the internet, networking and basics of computer software. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy.
IBPS RRB Prelims Exam Analysis 2018 - Officer Scale I, August 11 (Slot-IV)
Today was the first day of the IBPS RRB Officer Scale - I Preliminary Exam 2018. Spanning a period of one week (ending August 18, 2018), the exam is being conducted in four-time slots: 2 each in morning and evening.
A total of 80 questions had to be answered in 45 minutes. It comprised only two sections i.e. Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude and both were available in English and Hindi. Every correct answer will fetch 1 mark, while every incorrect answer will reduce the score by 0.25.
A detailed break-up of IBPS RRB Officer Scale I Prelims Exam 2018
Section | Total Questions | Level of difficulty | Good Attempts | Approximate time took |
Reasoning | 40 | Moderate | 26-30 | 20 |
Quantitative Aptitude | 40 | Moderate |
26-30 | 25 |
Total | 80 | Moderate | 55-60 | 45 |
Note: Section wise and overall cut-offs are not uniform for all states.
IBPS RRB Exam Analysis 2018 - Reasoning
Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – 2 Parallel rows -12 persons – Facing North/South) | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
AR (Circular Seating Arrangement – Persons/Floor based) | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – Single row) | 5 | Moderate |
AR (Data Arrangement – with variables) | 5 | Moderate |
Coding – Decoding | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
Mathematical Inequalities | 6 | Moderate |
Directions | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
Alphabet based | 2 | Easy |
Syllogism | 6 | Easy-Moderate |
The reasoning section was dominated by questions based on analytical reasoning. There were 4 sets of Analytical Reasoning (Seating Arrangement and Data Arrangement). The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.
IBPS RRB Exam Analysis - Quantitative Aptitude
Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
Data Interpretation (Table based) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Data Interpretation (Line based) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Data Interpretation (Caselet based) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Comparison of 2 Quantities: Quantity I and Quantity II | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
Number Series (Series Completion) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Profit, Loss & Discount | 3 | Moderate |
Time & Work | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
Mensuration | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
Partnership | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
Ages | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
Time, Speed and Distance | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
IBPS RRB Exam Analysis 2018 - Slot-III
Today was the first day of the IBPS RRB Officer Scale - I Preliminary Exam 2018. Spanning a period of one week (ending August 18, 2018), the exam is being conducted in four-time slots: 2 each in morning and evening.
A total of 80 questions had to be answered in 45 minutes. It comprised only two sections i.e. Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude and both were available in English and Hindi. Every correct answer will fetch 1 mark, while every incorrect answer will reduce the score by 0.25.
Detailed break up of IBPS RRB Officer Scale I Prelims Exam 2018 – Slot III
Section | Total Questions | Level of difficulty | Good Attempts | Approximate time taken |
Reasoning | 40 | Moderate | 26-30 | 20 |
Quantitative Aptitude | 40 | Moderate |
20-24 | 25 |
Total | 80 | Moderate | 48-55 | 45 |
Note: Section wise and overall cut-offs are not uniform for all states.
IBPS RRB Exam Analysis 2018 - Reasoning:
Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – Single row arrangement – Facing north/south) | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
AR (Circular Seating Arrangement – persons/their ages – 2 variables) | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
AR (Square Seating Arrangement – persons were facing the centre & outside the center.) | 5 | Moderate |
AR (Data Arrangement – Floor based) | 5 | Moderate |
AR (Data Arrangement – Box based) | 5 | Moderate |
Mathematical Inequalities | 5 | Moderate |
Coding-Decoding | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Alphabet based | 1 | Easy |
Blood Relation | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Miscellaneous | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
The reasoning section was dominated by questions based on analytical reasoning. There were 5 sets of Analytical Reasoning (Seating Arrangement and Data Arrangement). The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.
IBPS RRB Exam Analysis - Quantitative Aptitude:
Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
Data Interpretation (Bar Graph-based) | 5 | Moderate |
Data Interpretation (Table based) | 5 | Moderate |
Data Interpretation (Caselet based) | 5 | Moderate |
Comparison of 2 Quantities: Quantity I and Quantity II | 5 | Moderate |
Number Series (Odd One Out Series) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Simplification/Approximation | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Time, Speed and Distance | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Time, Speed and Distance – Boat and Stream | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Time and work | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Ages | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Profit, Loss and Discount | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Simple Interest and Compound Interest | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Partnership | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Percentage | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Mixture/Alligation | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Miscellaneous (Quant based) | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
IBPS RRB Exam Analysis Preliminary (Officer Scale I), August 11, Slot-II
A total of 80 questions had to be answered in 45 minutes. It comprised only two sections i.e. Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude and both were available in English and Hindi. Every correct answer will fetch 1 mark, while every incorrect answer will reduce the score by 0.25.
The detailed break-up of IBPS RRB Officer Scale I
Section | Total Questions | Level of difficulty | Good Attempts | Approximate time taken |
Reasoning | 40 | Moderate | 26-30 | 20 |
Quantitative Aptitude | 40 | Moderate |
20-24 | 25 |
Total | 80 | Moderate | 50-56 | 45 |
Note: Section wise and overall cut-offs are not uniform for all states.
IBPS RRB Exam Analysis (Reasoning)
Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – 2 Parallel rows -12 persons – Facing North/South) | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
AR (Circular Seating Arrangement – 10 persons were facing the centre) | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – No. of persons was to be calculated) | 5 | Moderate |
AR (Data Arrangement – Floor/Box based) | 4 | Moderate |
AR (Data Arrangement – 7 days/7 sports based) | 3 | Moderate |
Coding - Decoding | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Mathematical Inequalities | 5 | Moderate |
Directions | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
Alphabet based | 1 | Easy |
Syllogism | 4 | Easy-Moderate |
The reasoning section was dominated by questions based on analytical reasoning. There were 5 sets of Analytical Reasoning (Seating Arrangement and Data Arrangement). The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.
IBPS RRB Exam Analysis 2018 - Quantitative Aptitude
Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
Data Interpretation (Table based) | 5 | Moderate |
Data Interpretation (Table based) | 5 | Moderate |
Data Interpretation (Caselet based) | 5 | Moderate |
Comparison of 2 Quantities: Quantity I and Quantity II | 5 | Moderate |
Number Series (Series Completion) | 5 | Easy- Moderate |
Comparison of Variables - Quadratic Equations | 5 | Moderate |
Miscellaneous (Quant based word problems - Profit, Loss & Discount, Mixture/Alligation, Time, Speed and Distance, Probability, Time & Work, Mensuration, Partnership, Ages etc.) | 10 | Moderate |
