IBPS RRB Officer Scale-I Mains Exam Analysis, Review: 30th Sept 2018

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IBPS RRB PO Mains Exam Analysis, Review: 30th September 2018

IBPS RRB PO Mains 2018 Recruitment Exam is over, Now it's time for the much awaited IBPS RRB PO Mains Exam Analysis & Review (30th September 2018). Many students have appeared for this exam today and this brings them to a step closer in their journey of getting a Job in govt. sector. Without wasting any moment, let's get straight to the analysis for which you are all waiting for. Overall the exam was of a Moderate Level .

IBPS RRB Officer Scale-I Mains 2018 exam had 5 sections in the objective test of 200 marks - Quantitative Aptitude, English/Hindi Language, Reasoning, Computer Knowledge, and General Awareness for a composite duration of 120 minutes.

IBPS RRB Officer Scale-I Mains 2018-19 Exam ANALYSIS (OVER-ALL):

SECTIONS	GOOD ATTEMPTS

Hindi Language	20-25
Reasoning	21-26
Quantitative Aptitude	17-23
Computer Knowledge	19-24
General Awareness	23-29
TOTAL	117-131

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE( Moderate-Difficult)

This section had 40 questions for 50 marks. The level of Quantitative Aptitude was moderate to difficult and there were 4 sets of Data Interpretation Questions. Following were the types of DI:

Double Pie Chart
Bar Graph
Caselet
Tabular

The questions were:

Topic	No. of Questions	Level

Data Interpretation	20	Moderate - Difficult
Quadratic Equation	5	Moderate
Data Sufficiency	5	Moderate
Miscellaneous (Mensuration, Boat & Stream, CI and SI, Profit & Loss, Time and Work, Partnership etc.)	10	Moderate
Total	40	Moderate - Difficult

HINDI LANGUAGE (Moderate-Difficult)

This section had 40 questions for 40 marks. The level of Hindi Language section was Moderate to Difficult. There ware two sets of Reading Comprehension consisting 5 questions in each which included 1-2 vocab based questions of antonym and synonym. There were also 2 sets of cloze tests among them one set was based on finding the suitable idiom for the blanks.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level

Reading Comprehension गद्यांश	10	Moderate-Difficult
वाक्य में त्रुटी	10	Moderate
Cloze Test	10	Moderate-Difficult
Sentence Rearrangement	5	Moderate
Filler	5	Moderate
Total	40	Moderate-Difficult

REASONING (Moderate)

The level of reasoning was Moderate. Following were the types of puzzles asked:

Linear+Blood Relation
Parallel Lines Seating Arrangement
Age+Fruit Puzzle
Random Arrangement Puzzle- 3 cities, 9 people, flowers

The questions were:

Topic	No. of Questions	Level

Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles	18	Moderate
Data Sufficiency	5	Moderate
Statement and Assumption	5	Moderate
Direction Sense	5	Easy-Moderate
Number Based Ques	1	Easy
Machine Input- Output	5	Easy-Moderate
Alphabet	1	Easy
Total	40	Moderate

GENERAL AWARENESS (Moderate)
Most of the questions were from banking and current affairs. To the surprise of candidates , in this examination IBPS asked current affairs dating back to 3-4 months rather than the recent ones. There were only a few questions from static awareness. The current affairs questions were mainly from the news and events of April, May and June Month.

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE (Moderate)
The level of this section was very basic most of the questions were from basics of OOPS programming and concepts. Around 10 questions were there from MS Office and 5 to 6 questions were related to terminologies of the Internet. 4 to 5 questions from Encryption and decryption. The level was a bit moderate when compared with computer knowledge section of last year's IBPS RRB PO Mains exam.